LingoBuddy vs Translator & Flashcards
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LingoBuddy
Practice speaking a new language through natural voice conversations with an AI companion. Get instant feedback on grammar and pronunciation, track your progress on the CEFR scale, and receive personalized recaps after each session. Supports 15 languages.
- AI voice conversations
- Personalized progress tracking
- Instant grammar/pronunciation feedback
- CEFR proficiency scale
- 15 languages available
- Debrief and recap after calls
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Finally, a language partner who's always ready to talk! LingoBuddy is your personal AI language companion. Call Lingo anytime and just start speaking. From day one, you're having natural, pressure-free voice conversations that actually get you talking. Whether you're a complete beginner or looking to polish your fluency, Lingo adapts to your level. Chat about your day or practice ordering food. It's the safest place to make mistakes, get instant feedback, and build real-world confidence. WHY LINGOBUDDY? - REAL VOICE CONVERSATIONS: Call an intelligent AI that listens and responds just like a native speaker. No typing, no judgment, just pure speaking practice. - LINGO REMEMBERS YOU: Every call, Lingo picks up where you left off: your interests, your progress, the words you're working on. It's like talking to a friend who's genuinely following your journey. - A DEBRIEF AFTER EVERY CALL: Hang up and get a short, focused recap: what you did well, what to work on, and what to practice next. Gentle, instant corrections to your grammar and pronunciation, right when you need them. - WATCH YOUR VOCABULARY GROW: Every word you say or hear in a call is saved to your Learn tab. Lingo brings each word back right before you'd forget it (spaced repetition) and slips the ones you're about to lose into your next conversation. Not in the mood to talk today? Practice your flashcards instead. They're built from your own calls, not a generic word list. - SEE YOUR LEVEL RISE: Lingo analyzes your conversations and places you on the CEFR proficiency scale (A1 to C2). Watch yourself move from Beginner toward Fluent as you practice more. 15 LANGUAGES AVAILABLE Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal), English, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Turkish, Japanese, Chinese, and Arabic. PRACTICE THAT FITS YOUR LIFE Start free with short daily calls, then upgrade for longer calls and more monthly minutes whenever you're ready. Every call runs up to 10 minutes - a quick chat or a proper conversation, your choice. Lingo gives you a soft heads-up before time's up, so nothing ends mid-sentence. Download LingoBuddy today and turn your language learning into a real conversation! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Translator & Flashcards
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Translate a word. Learn it forever. Echo turns the words you look up into vocabulary you actually keep. Translate any word the way you already do – then save it, with one tap, into a flashcard deck scheduled by FSRS, the modern spaced repetition algorithm. No courses. No streaks. No busywork. THE TRANSLATE-TO-LEARN LOOP 1. Type or paste a word in any of 10 languages. 2. Echo translates it instantly, on-device, with no rate limits. 3. Echo enriches it: alternative translations, an example sentence, and an importance score that tells you whether the word is worth learning at your level. 4. Tap "Learn this word." It joins your deck and is scheduled for review. 5. Review for 60 seconds a day. Compound for life. WHY IT WORKS • Translate-as-you-go. Reading foreign news, watching subtitled shows, traveling – every translation becomes lasting vocabulary, instead of a tab you'll close and forget. • A modern algorithm. FSRS is the 2022 successor to the SM-2 algorithm Anki has used for decades. It schedules each word for the moment you're about to forget it – not a fixed interval, not a guess. • AI-enriched cards. Each card auto-generates alternative translations, an example sentence with native translation, and an importance score (Essential, Frequent, Useful…). No more building cards by hand. No more learning rare words you'll never use. • On-device translation. Apple's Translation framework handles the work – instant, private, and offline-capable. • No leagues, no candy colors, no fake urgency. WHAT YOU'LL FIND INSIDE • 10 supported languages: English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, Dutch, Russian. • Spaced repetition reviews with four ratings (Again / Hard / Good / Easy) and configurable session sizes. • A Learn dashboard with mastery, active, and queue stats – and a real progress chart of your vocabulary over time. • Pronunciation in the source language for any word, on any card. ECHO PRO Echo is free in its core. You can translate, hear the words, save, and learn them absolutely free. Echo Pro unlocks unlimited translations for heavy users, full AI enrichment on every card, an unlimited deck, and more generous limits on the words generations. Available as a weekly subscription with a 3-day free trial, or annually at a meaningful saving. WHO ECHO IS FOR The reader who marks every unfamiliar word in a foreign novel. The traveler who picks up phrases on a trip and wants them to last. The expat who hears the same word every day until it finally clicks. The serious self-learner has already passed the basics, building real vocabulary at B1 and beyond. And anyone who wants the algorithm without the friction. If you're tired of looking up the same word for the third time, Echo is for you. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: LingoBuddy at 15.1 against Translator & Flashcards's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. LingoBuddy sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Translator & Flashcards sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | LingoBuddy | Translator & Flashcards |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 108 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jakob Frederik Ahlberg | Stepan Velichko |
In-app purchases
LingoBuddy
- Pen Pals14 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Language Adventurer7 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Best Friends14 Days trial$12.991 Month
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- Language Master$35.006 Months
Translator & Flashcards
- Echo Pro Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Yearly Subscription$29.991 Year
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