Comparison

UrduLingo vs Silq

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

Head to head
About

UrduLingo

Master Urdu through interactive lessons and games designed for teenagers. Features include 98 lessons, 7 categories, 4 educational games, and progress tracking. Learn anytime, anywhere with offline access and audio for perfect pronunciation.

Highlights
  • 98 interactive lessons
  • 7 essential categories
  • 4 educational games
  • Achievement badges and daily streaks
  • Progress tracking
  • Offline learning
  • Audio pronunciation
Features
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Learn Urdu the fun way! UrduLingo is designed for teenagers to master Urdu through interactive lessons and games. FEATURES: • 98 carefully crafted lessons across 5 difficulty levels • 7 essential categories: Greetings, Family, Colors, Numbers, Animals, Common Phrases, and Action Verbs • 4 engaging educational games to practice what you learn • Achievement badges and daily streaks to stay motivated • Track your progress with stars and points • Pre-recorded audio for perfect pronunciation • 100% offline - learn anytime, anywhere PERFECT FOR: Teenagers (ages 13-18) who want to learn Urdu at their own pace. Whether you're reconnecting with your heritage or learning a new language, UrduLingo makes it easy and fun! START YOUR URDU JOURNEY TODAY!

About

Silq

Learn heritage languages like Dari, Pashto, and Urdu with dialect-specific lessons. Gamified learning turns vocabulary and conversation practice into an engaging experience. Reconnect with your roots and honor family history through language.

Highlights
  • Dialect-specific language lessons
  • Gamified learning with points and levels
  • Learn everyday conversational phrases
  • Native script and transliteration
  • Covers over 20 heritage languages
  • Pronunciation fundamentals
Features
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Learn Dari, Pashto, Urdu and Punjabi — plus 20+ more heritage languages the big apps skip. You pick the dialect, and the lessons follow. YOU PICK THE DIALECT Most language apps do not know the difference between Afghan Dari and Iranian Farsi, or Afghan Pashto and Pakistani Pakhto. Silq does. Choose the variant before you start and every lesson, phrase and script sample follows it. Those differences are a huge part of our heritage. LEARN LIKE YOU PLAY Silq turns language learning into a game. Earn points, unlock levels and build streaks as you work through vocabulary, phrases and real conversations. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN Everyday conversational phrases Family and cultural vocabulary Numbers, greetings and essentials Native script alongside transliteration, so you can read it and say it Reading and pronunciation fundamentals LANGUAGES AVAILABLE Persian / Farsi (including Afghan Dari) Pashto (Afghan and Pakistani Pakhto) Urdu Punjabi (Pakistani and Indian) Tajik Uzbek Arabic (Egyptian, Syrian, Palestinian, Sudanese, and more dialects soon) Gujarati Tamil Telugu Malayalam Sindhi Kurdish (Kurmanji and Sorani) Marathi Kazakh Sinhala Nepali Kyrgyz Turkish and more coming WHY SILQ Many mainstream apps do not cover Pashto, Dari, Sindhi or Sinhala at all. Silq was built to fill that gap — giving diaspora speakers a way to learn the language their grandparents spoke, their parents tried to teach them, and they always meant to get around to. PERFECT FOR Diaspora communities reconnecting with their roots Parents teaching their kids the mother tongue Adults who understand the language but cannot speak it Heritage learners honouring their family history Anyone curious about Central and South Asian languages FREE TO START Silq is free to download and free to begin. A Silq Premium subscription (auto-renewing) unlocks full course access, additional languages and all premium lessons. Subscription price and billing terms are shown in the app before you purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple ID, and your subscription auto-renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Start your streak today. Your heritage is waiting. Questions, feedback, or want to help us add a language? We are built by the community, for the community. Reach us at info@speaksilq.com or visit https://speaksilq.com LEGAL Privacy Policy: https://speaksilq.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

UrduLingo4 screens
Silq4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: UrduLingo at 5.0 against Silq's 3.6. UrduLingo also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10). Silq's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (82 vs 3). On price, update cadence, 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. Silq sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.29 per month. UrduLingo asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

UrduLingo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Silq has 82 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

UrduLingo ships an update every 9 days, Silq every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
UrduLingo versus Silq: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUrduLingoSilq
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better3.6 (82 ratings)
Positive reviews—28.3% of reviews
Number of ratings382 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 8 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB112 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperImran RashidRahim Siddiq

Customer experience

UrduLingo

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Silq

All ratings82 ratings
Positive57.3%
Neutral7.3%
Negative35.4%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive28.3%
Neutral11.3%
Negative60.4%

In-app purchases

None

UrduLingo

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Silq

Subscriptions9
  • One Language - Monthly3 Days trial$2.291 Month
  • All Languages - Monthly3 Days trial$3.591 Month
  • Add Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
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  • Basic Monthly3 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly3 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • One Language - Yearly3 Days trial$37.991 Year
  • All Languages - Yearly3 Days trial$56.991 Year
  • Basic Yearly3 Days trial$99.001 Year
  • Premium Yearly3 Days trial$149.001 Year
One-time1
  • One Time Purchase - Premium$289.99

Questions

Is UrduLingo free?
UrduLingo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Silq free?
Silq is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, UrduLingo or Silq?
UrduLingo is rated higher. UrduLingo averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Silq averages 3.6 from 82 ratings.
Do UrduLingo or Silq have ads?
UrduLingo shows ads; Silq does not.
Which is updated more often, UrduLingo or Silq?
UrduLingo ships an update every 9 days, and Silq every 8 days. Most recently, UrduLingo was updated on October 30, 2026 and Silq on November 7, 2026.

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