Comparison

LerneQ vs DeutschStart

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

Head to head
About

LerneQ

This app helps Russian and Ukrainian speakers learn German noun genders and strong verb conjugations. It uses color-coded articles and pattern-based verb training with visual aids and pronunciation.

Highlights
  • Color-coded noun articles
  • Visual aids with pronunciation
  • Pattern-based strong verb training
  • Präteritum and Perfekt conjugation builder
  • Spaced repetition for missed words
  • Topic-based vocabulary sets
Features
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Why is it der Löffel but die Gabel? Nothing in the word tells you. Native speakers just know. Everyone else guesses. LerneQ is made for Russian and Ukrainian speakers learning German. It trains two hard things: the gender of nouns and strong verbs. Articles by color Every noun comes in the color of its article: der is blue, die is rose, das is green. The color sticks to the word, so you stop digging for a rule mid-sentence. - Everyday nouns by topic: apartment, food, work, health and more - A picture on every card, in its article's color, with German pronunciation - In the test a gap sits before the noun: drag der, die or das onto it - Words you miss come back sooner Strong verbs bleiben, blieb, geblieben. Strong verbs change their vowel and no rule says how. LerneQ groups them into rows that change the same way, so you learn a pattern, not a list of exceptions. - You build the Präteritum and Perfekt yourself from tiles: the vowel, the ending, hat or ist - Every verb has a picture, a memory story in Russian and all its forms with sound What LerneQ is not Not a full German course. It is the trainer you keep next to one, from A1 to B2. The yearly plan starts with a 3-day free trial for new subscribers. The three-month plan has no trial. A subscription opens all nouns and verbs. Cancel anytime. Terms of Use: https://lerneq.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://lerneq.com/privacy

About

DeutschStart

Features
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All the German you need for B1 — in one app 80 topics. 3,147 words. 1,007 sentences to translate. 3,567 exercises. And every single one is spoken by a real human voice: 10,746 recordings, over five hours of speech — offline, anywhere. We put in one place what usually costs you three separate subscriptions. Translate a sentence — and get it taken apart. Not a red cross, but an explanation: word order, articles, endings, verb forms, the whole grammar, word by word. Said it your own way but got it right? It counts — because one thought can be put into German in more ways than one. Flashcards that remember for you. A word comes back after one day, three, seven, fourteen, thirty — exactly when you start to forget it. Grammar without the fog. The rule in plain words, a full conjugation table for all six persons, articles colour-coded: der blue, die orange, das green. The exercise comes right after. Speaking out loud. Listen to the phrase, say it back, the app checks you. Mistakes work for you. Everything you got wrong comes back for review on its own. No sign-up. No subscription. No ads. No internet. Open it and follow the plan. B1 isn't talent. It's 80 topics in order.

Screenshots

LerneQ4 screens
DeutschStart4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DeutschStart at none against LerneQ's 3. DeutschStart also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 4 days). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. LerneQ sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. DeutschStart asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LerneQ ships an update every 4 days, DeutschStart daily. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
LerneQ versus DeutschStart: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLerneQDeutschStart
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size138 MB194 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMykola KorzhVladyslav Kushniruk

In-app purchases

3 purchases

LerneQ

Subscriptions3
  • LerneQ Premium$3.991 Month
  • LerneQ Premium (3 months)$12.993 Months
  • LerneQ Premium (Annual)3 Days trial$44.991 Year
None

DeutschStart

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LerneQ free?
LerneQ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DeutschStart free?
DeutschStart is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LerneQ or DeutschStart have ads?
Neither LerneQ nor DeutschStart shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LerneQ or DeutschStart?
LerneQ ships an update every 4 days, and DeutschStart daily. Most recently, LerneQ was updated on November 9, 2026 and DeutschStart on November 8, 2026.

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