SpeakJoy vs Micabo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SpeakJoy
Master real-world conversations in new languages with this personal companion app. Currently offering English and Chinese, with more languages and features planned for future updates.
- Real-world conversation practice
- Personal language companion
- English language learning
- Chinese language learning
- Future language expansion
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Your personal language companion for mastering real-world conversation in any language of your choice. English and Chinese learning for now. More languages, lessons and improvements will come soon.
Micabo
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Your courses become a summary you reread, and flashcards Micabo brings back just before you forget. Drop in a handout, a photo of the whiteboard, a Word file or a video. Micabo writes the summary, pulls out the cards and plans your sessions. Exam coming up? The plan tightens toward that day. WHAT YOU DO - Import a course (PDF, photos, Word, YouTube or text) - Read the summary, fix it, reread it - Review your cards with spaced repetition - Set an exam date - Share a course with friends, or keep it to yourself THREE TABS Courses: everything you've imported. Review: the cards due today, nothing else. Profile: your streak, your totals, your friends. FREE AND PRO Without a subscription: 1 course, 70% of the summary, 5 cards per session. Micabo Pro: unlimited courses and cards, full summary, exam mode. 3-day free trial. Auto-renewing subscriptions: - Yearly: €59.99 per year - Weekly: €7.99 per week Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically within 24 hours before the end of the current period unless cancelled. Manage your subscription in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SpeakJoy at none against Micabo's 3. SpeakJoy also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). Micabo's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Micabo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. SpeakJoy asks for nothing beyond the download.
SpeakJoy ships an update fortnightly, Micabo every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SpeakJoy | Micabo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Inevitable Engine LLC | Adrien Martinot |
In-app purchases
SpeakJoy
No in-app purchases
Micabo
- Micabo Pro Wöchentlich$6.997 Days
- Micabo Pro Jährlich Rabatt$34.991 Year
- Micabo Pro Jährlich3 Days trial$59.991 Year
