Polish21 vs Lernanto
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Polish21
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Master Polish in 21 days with Polish21! Learn Polish through a structured 21-day course designed for real-world conversations. Practice with Speech recognition, track your progress, get advice from a teacher, and learn while driving your car. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Lernanto
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HOW IT WORKS As you master a word, it comes back less and less often, and if you forget it, it comes back sooner: that's how spaced repetition works. The questions adapt to your level on each word: you start with multiple choice, move on to fill-in-the-blank, then type the word with no help. If you get it wrong, the question gets easier again. By default, the app gives you the most frequent words first, then rarer and rarer ones. You can also pick one of 16 topics, such as food or travel, to discover the words that go with it, and add any word you find in the word list to your reviews. WHY FREQUENT WORDS FIRST The first thousand words of a language cover more than 80% of everyday vocabulary, the next thousand about a tenth, and the thousand after that a few percent. Even those, if you don't know them, can get in the way of a conversation. So Lernanto picked over 3,000 of the most frequent nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs in each language: the words that come up most in everyday conversation. 28 LANGUAGES Currently, the 24 official languages of the European Union, plus Icelandic, Norwegian, Catalan and Esperanto. FREE WORDS, THEN A ONE-TIME PURCHASE In each language, 100 words are free. To go further and get the most out of the app, there's no subscription: you buy a language once and for all. You can also buy two-language bundles, or access to every language. WHAT LERNANTO DOESN'T DO Lernanto isn't a dictionary. It doesn't teach grammar or conjugation, and set phrases aren't included. It isn't enough on its own to become fluent either. For that, you also need lessons and time spent listening and reading in the language. READING AND LISTENING SUGGESTIONS Every now and then, a session ends with a short note about the language or its culture, with a movie, a book, a show or a podcast to check out. NO DATA COLLECTED Lernanto doesn't ask for an account, doesn't show ads and collects nothing, not even usage statistics. Your progress stays on your phone and only leaves it if you export a backup yourself. Lernanto means βthe learnerβ in Esperanto.
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Verdict
Polish21 and Lernanto are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters β price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them β neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Polish21 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Lernanto sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Polish21 | Lernanto |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad β better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.4 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 484 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OLE PETTER HAUGEN | Zerava |
In-app purchases
Polish21
- Polish21 Pro$19.99
Lernanto
- English + Slovenian$14.99
- English + Lithuanian$14.99
- English + Greek$14.99
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- English + Irish$14.99
- English + Estonian$14.99
- English + Latvian$14.99
- English + Finnish$14.99
- English + Croatian$14.99
- English + Hungarian$14.99
- All languages$49.99









