Doomersion vs LingoWhales
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Doomersion
Learn languages through immersive video content that adapts to your skill level. As you scroll through short clips, the difficulty gradually increases, mirroring natural language acquisition methods.
- Immersive video learning
- Adaptive difficulty
- Level-matched content
- Natural language acquisition
- Scroll-based progression
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Doomersion (formerly Doomlingo) lets you watch short videos in your target language that are exactly matched to your level, and then as you scroll they get a little harder so you learn! That way you can learn languages by immersion, which is how people actually learn!
LingoWhales
Learn languages through engaging short videos. Study subtitles, save new words, and practice speaking with an AI tutor. Personalized learning paths and vocabulary review tools are included.
- Learn via short videos
- Study subtitles and transcripts
- Save vocabulary
- Flashcard review
- AI speaking practice
- Personalized learning
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LingoWhales is a language-learning app built around short videos. Users can watch short videos to study subtitles and transcripts, save words and phrases, review saved vocabulary with flashcards, and practice speaking with an AI tutor. The app also includes onboarding for language preferences, search, profiles, and saved content to support a personalized learning experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LingoWhales at 5.0 against Doomersion's 4.2. Doomersion's advantage is ratings volume (86 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
LingoWhales holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Doomersion has 86 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Doomersion | LingoWhales |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (86 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 86 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mostafa Tamer Afr | Ashley Xu |
In-app purchases
Doomersion
No in-app purchases
LingoWhales
No in-app purchases
