Dopa vs Kalimo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dopa
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Learn words by playing. Dopa turns the most used words of a new language into quick games, short lessons and a daily puzzle, and shows you how much of the language you already understand. Courses: Spanish and German, taught in English. FOUR GAMES, ALL WITH YOUR WORDS • Gate Runner: run through the gate with the right translation and grow your crowd • Word Rush: catch the falling words before they hit the ground • Dopa 4×4: a new puzzle every day. Find four groups of four words • Letter Wheel: swipe the letters and fill the crossword Every game uses the words you are learning, so every round is practice. THE WORDS THAT MATTER, FIRST A small share of any language covers most of what people say and write. Dopa orders every lesson by real usage frequency, so your effort goes into the words you will actually meet. HOW IT WORKS • Short lessons with audio for every word and animated word cards • Varied exercises: pictures, listening, spelling and recall • Phrases and grammar that put the words to work • Earn XP from lessons, games and matches and climb the weekly league • Watch your comprehension percentage rise after every lesson Five minutes a day is enough to move the number. Dopa Premium is available as an auto-renewing subscription (monthly, every 6 months or yearly). Payment is charged to your Apple Account, and the subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.fono.ai/privacy/
Kalimo
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Learn German, Spanish and Turkish from English, at your own pace, with Kalimo. Kalimo is a language-learning app that teaches German, Spanish and Turkish from A1 to C2 on the Common European Framework (CEFR), explained in English from the first word to the last. Every level is filled with real lessons; short, gamified sessions move you forward in a few minutes a day. IT FINDS YOUR LEVEL FIRST A short placement test on first launch puts you where you actually are, not at the beginning of a book you have already read. LEARN BY SPEAKING Every lesson has a speaking part where you say the sentences out loud. Your pronunciation is scored in real time: you see which word and which sound came out wrong, and you correct it with hints written in English. You are graded in German on German, in Spanish on Spanish, in Turkish on Turkish. KALIMO IS ALWAYS THERE Kalimo, the mascot teacher, explains the lesson in his own voice, guides you through it and celebrates when you get it right. Everything he says is in English; every word and sentence of your new language is read in its own voice. THE READING SHELF Hundreds of articles written for your level, in German, Spanish and Turkish. Kalimo reads them aloud one sentence at a time, and the English of the line he is reading appears underneath it while he reads. Words you have learned are marked green in the text. VOCABULARY PRACTICE Flashcards, matching, gap-fill and spaced repetition: the words you learn come back before you forget them, at the moment the repetition is due. MOTIVATION A daily goal, a streak, quests and weekly leagues bring you back. Your progress is visible at a glance: which level you are on, where you stand this week. IT WORKS OFFLINE Download the audio packs and you can study without a connection and still hear every word. START FREE The first pair of lessons and the first article are free. Every pair of lessons after that, every new article and every level test opens with a short rewarded ad; what you open stays open, and there is no daily limit. A full-screen ad follows the lesson questions and the level test; every third lesson offers a rewarded ad that refills your hearts on the way in. A lesson entered right after an ad opens without one. There are no ads on launch and none along the edge of the screen. Hearts: you start with five, a wrong answer costs one, and one heart comes back every 10 minutes. If you run out you can wait, watch a short ad, or refill from the shop. On a subscription the heart counter never runs at all. SUBSCRIPTION A subscription removes every ad, and Talk with Kalimo and the pronunciation studio are subscriber-only. The yearly plan starts with 7 days free; your card is not charged when the trial begins and the first charge is taken at the end of day 7. Cancel from your Apple ID subscription settings before the trial ends and you pay nothing. LOCATION Your approximate location — a rough area of about 5 km — is used only to suggest learners near you; your precise location is never stored. Refuse the permission and the "nearby" section is hidden entirely. 13 AND OVER A calm, safe design; the app is for ages 13 and over. Personal data is never sold, and an account is opened only with Google or Apple. Ready? Open your first lesson today and say your first sentence in five minutes. Terms of Use (EULA): https://lingopulse-ai.web.app/kosullar Privacy Policy: https://lingopulse-ai.web.app/gizlilik
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Kalimo at none against Dopa's shown. Kalimo also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Dopa sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Kalimo sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $29.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Dopa ships an update every 2 weeks, Kalimo daily. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dopa | Kalimo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dopa Elabs SL | ertan eker |
In-app purchases
Dopa
- Monthly subscription$7.991 Month
- 6-Month subscription$29.996 Months
- Yearly subscription1 Year trial$39.991 Year
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- Yearly subscription7 Days trial$39.991 Year
Kalimo
- Kalimo Yıllık7 Days trial$29.991 Year









