Comparison

Input vs Mowa

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

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About

Input

Features
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Start understanding Polish naturally β€” through stories, dialogues, and real-life context. Our approach is based on the comprehensible input method β€” the brain absorbs language much more easily when you hear understandable speech in real situations. Instead of boring exercises: β€’ audio podcasts for A1–B1 learners β€’ real-life stories and dialogues β€’ AI conversations after listening β€’ word and phrase translations with examples β€’ listening comprehension practice β€’ gradual exposure to natural Polish β€’ learning without overwhelming grammar This app helps you not just study the language, but start feeling it. You naturally get used to structures, expressions, and phrases inside real context β€” the same way language is acquired in real life. What’s inside Podcasts for learning Polish Listen to stories and dialogues adapted to your level. New words are explained through context, not dry definitions. AI Practice After each podcast, you can discuss what you heard with AI β€” by text or voice. This helps you start speaking and using new phrases faster. Neuro Lessons Lessons based on a neuroscience-inspired method that helps you understand language structure through logic and comparison with your native language. Word & Phrase Translations Tap unfamiliar words and get: β€’ translations β€’ explanations β€’ usage examples β€’ similar phrases Natural Language Acquisition The more understandable content you listen to, the more naturally your brain starts recognizing the language. Progress Tracking Continue listening where you left off and track your learning activity. Who this app is for β€’ beginners β€’ people tired of memorization β€’ learners struggling with listening comprehension β€’ anyone who wants to speak naturally β€’ podcast and content-based learning lovers Start understanding Polish naturally Listen. Understand. Absorb. Speak. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Mowa

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Mowa teaches Polish as one course. Words, grammar and reading are three views of the same progression β€” not three apps in a trench coat. WHAT A DAY LOOKS LIKE Open Today and the app tells you where you are: your current unit, and what it lets you do ("You can order in a cafΓ©"). Then one session: the word reviews that are due, the grammar set those words need, and new material only if the time you asked for allows it. One budget, honestly costed. THE COURSE β€’ 18 units from your first words to B1. Each has a can-do goal, its own vocabulary, its grammar topics and a capstone passage to read when you finish it. β€’ 104 grammar topics from A1 to C1, with 1,040 exercises. Lessons, pitfalls and explanations are written out in English, Russian and Ukrainian β€” not machine-translated. β€’ 18 edited reading passages from A1 to B1, recommended when you genuinely know enough of the words. Coverage is measured, not guessed. More than 130 practice drafts up to C1 are one switch away. β€’ 10,000 Polish lemmas with glosses, examples, inflection tables, aspect pairs and more than 15,000 recorded clips. BEYOND RECOGNITION β€’ Listening-first reviews. Once a word is stable, you hear its sentence before you see it. β€’ Sentence echo. We show the meaning, you type the Polish β€” graded on sense, not on a missing comma. β€’ Fluency sprints. Sixty seconds over words you know well, scored against nothing but your own last run. All three sit outside your daily budget and never touch your review schedule. HOW IT DECIDES WHAT TO SHOW YOU β€’ Spaced repetition (FSRS) schedules everything: words individually, and each grammar topic as a single card graded on the whole exercise set. β€’ A two-minute check at the start finds your level and drops you into the right unit. It is an estimate, not an exam β€” practice keeps correcting it, and you can retake it any time. β€’ Grammar is practised on words you already know, because a case ending on unknown vocabulary is noise. MOCK EXAMS Prepare for the PaΕ„stwowy B1 and telc exams with six complete mock papers and focused drills. You can score writing and speaking yourself, or get optional AI feedback with Premium. IF YOU ONLY CAME FOR THE WORDS If you came here to learn Polish words, nothing has been taken away. The frequency queue still runs from the most useful word to the ten-thousandth, you can still swipe through the dictionary and sort what you already know, and you can switch the grammar course out of your daily plan in Settings and use Mowa as a pure vocabulary trainer. YOUR STREAK, HONESTLY A day counts when you practise. There is a calendar, a widget for your Home Screen and a small celebration the first time you finish a session each day β€” and that is the whole of it. No gems, no leagues, no fake levels, and no guilt when a streak ends. Premium can automatically save one missed day each month. It counts the days you showed up; it never claims you learned something you did not. Core lessons, readings, reviews and manual mock scoring work offline. Premium AI feedback for mock writing and speaking needs an internet connection. The free version includes ads; Premium removes them. No account or sign-up is required. Interface in English, Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian. MOWA PREMIUM Mowa Premium is an optional auto-renewable subscription, billed monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://itsartstudios.com/apps/mowa/privacy

Screenshots

Input4 screens
Mowa4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mowa at none against Input's 8. Input's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Input sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Mowa asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Input versus Mowa: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInputMowa
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Every 5 days
AdsNo β€” betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size8 MB329 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYauheni SurmaAliaksei Kernazhytski

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Input

Subscriptions8
  • Basic (monthly)$7.991 Month
  • Conversational (Monthly)$9.991 Month
  • Fluent (Monthly)$14.991 Month
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  • Pro (Monthly)$29.991 Month
  • Basic (6-Month)$39.996 Months
  • Conversational (6-Month)$49.996 Months
  • Fluent (6-Month)$79.996 Months
  • Pro (6-Month)$129.996 Months
None

Mowa

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Input free?
Input is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mowa free?
Mowa is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Input or Mowa have ads?
Mowa shows ads; Input does not.

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