Comparison

Vocabul vs Lang Life

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Vocabul

Features
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Own the words you meet. Courses teach you their words. Vocabul keeps yours: the ones you run into in a novel, a news article, a series, a meeting or a song. Type a word, share it from another app or scan it off a printed page, and Vocabul writes the whole flashcard for you, so building your own vocabulary stops being data entry. YOUR WORDS, NOT A COURSE'S No lessons to follow, no streaks to protect. Your learning path is whatever you are reading, watching and working on, and every card comes from your own life, so every card is one you actually need. A FULL FLASHCARD, WRITTEN FOR YOU Filling in a flashcard by hand takes longer than learning the word. Vocabul's AI fills in all of it: - A clear definition, in plain language - An illustration for the main meaning, generated with the card - CEFR level (A1–C2), so you know how advanced a word is - Real collocations: the words this word actually travels with - Example sentences you can borrow in your own writing - A translation in your own language, one tap behind the definition - IPA transcription - Part of speech and grammar markers - Usage register: formal, informal, slang, literary, technical Multiple meanings? Each sense gets its own block, up to six, so a word with three faces stays one card, not three. You can still edit definitions and examples by hand, and add or remove meanings. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE - Heard a word? Type it. - Reading on your phone? Select text in another app and share it to Vocabul. - Reading on paper? Point the camera at the page and tap the word. Phrases work too: save "look forward to" or "by and large" as one card. As you add a word, Vocabul suggests its dictionary form, so you save "run," not "ran," and it catches near-duplicates already in your collection. ORGANIZED BY WHERE YOU MET IT Group cards into Sets: a book, a show, a course, a client. Words you scan or share drop into the Set you used last, your most recent cards float to the top, and search finds any saved word or Set, typos included. 37 LANGUAGES TO LEARN Spanish, French, Japanese, German, English, Italian, Korean, Chinese and 29 more. Pick your study language and the whole app speaks it, from menus to hints. Set your native language separately and every definition can show a translation, one tap away. FREE TO START Vocabul is free with a small monthly AI allowance, and Plus gives you about four times as much. If you use it up, new cards wait until it renews or you upgrade, and every card you have saved stays open to read, search and edit. WHO IT'S FOR - Readers moving from textbooks to real books, articles and shows - Learners who outgrew gamified courses and want to steer their own vocabulary - Students preparing for IELTS, DELF, TestDaF, JLPT, HSK and other exams, who need register and collocations, not just a gloss - Professionals and expats living in a second language Calm, personal, and free of streak-chasing. Just the words you actually met. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Lang Life

Features
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Learn Chinese the way you'll actually use it. LangLife generates real conversation scenes—ordering food, taking a taxi, chatting with a coworker—so you practice language in context, not random word lists. Pick a situation you want to practice, or let the app surprise you. Each scene pulls out the vocabulary you need and turns it into flashcards with characters, pinyin, and audio. - Practice scenes based on everyday situations - Vocabulary pulled from context, not generic lists - Flashcard review with native audio - Add your own custom cards Free to start. Subscription unlocks unlimited scenes. Stop memorizing words you'll never use. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://langlife.app/privacy

Screenshots

Vocabul4 screens
Lang Life4 screens

Verdict

The call

Vocabul and Lang Life are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Vocabul sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Lang Life sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Vocabul versus Lang Life: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVocabulLang Life
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKostiantyn ZgharaWoven Labs

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Vocabul

Subscriptions2
  • Vocabul Plus Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Vocabul Plus Yearly$19.991 Year
2 purchases

Lang Life

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Yearly$99.991 Year

Questions

Is Vocabul free?
Vocabul is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lang Life free?
Lang Life is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Vocabul or Lang Life have ads?
Neither Vocabul nor Lang Life shows ads.

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