Comparison

LangTurbo vs Fluency Refrain

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

Head to head
About

LangTurbo

Features
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Learn a language from real podcasts, not lessons. Play any episode and read every line as it is spoken, with the translation right underneath. Tap a word you don't know and see what it means in that sentence. Over three million shows in 100 languages, made by people who speak them. Your first week is free. INCLUDED IN YOUR SUBSCRIPTION • Transcripts that follow the audio, lighting up word by word • The translation under every line, in English or 28 other languages • Tap any word for its meaning in context, and hear it read aloud, slowly if you like • New words highlighted, so you see at a glance what you haven't learned yet • One tap to mark a word known • Your weekly listening, and how much of everyday speech your words now cover • Playback speed, a sleep timer and lock-screen controls • Made for iPhone and iPad START WHERE YOU ARE Tick off the common words you already know, and LangTurbo leaves them alone from your first episode. 100 LANGUAGES Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Hindi, Dutch, Swedish, Polish, Turkish, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Greek, Hebrew, Ukrainian, Czech, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Hungarian, Romanian, Thai, Catalan, Tagalog, Swahili, Welsh and many more. Subscription: LangTurbo requires an auto-renewable subscription, yearly or monthly; new subscribers get the first week free. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when the trial ends, and the subscription renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends, in Settings → your name → Subscriptions. Terms: https://www.langturbo.com/terms Privacy: https://www.langturbo.com/privacy

About

Fluency Refrain

Learn pronunciation by speaking phrases in unison with studio voices, not by repeating after them. Add your own phrases and use spaced review to master them. Supports multiple languages and integrates with Fluency Streak.

Highlights
  • Chorus with studio voices
  • Add custom phrases
  • Spaced review system
  • Supports multiple languages
  • Idioms, proverbs, tongue-twisters
  • Integration with Fluency Streak
Features
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Fluency Refrain is a pronunciation app built on one idea: you learn to say a phrase by saying it WITH the voice, not after it. Pick a language, add the phrases you actually want to say, and chorus them: speak in unison with a studio voice, again and again, until the phrase comes up to full speed. Then let review bring each phrase back right before you forget it. CHORUS, DON'T REPEAT Repeating after a recording leaves a gap where your own accent creeps back in. Chorusing closes that gap. You say the phrase at the same time as the voice, matching its rhythm, stress and melody, with a tap-to-adjust gap and tempo so you can start slow and speed up as it sticks. YOUR PHRASES, NOT A SYLLABUS Start from a short seed pack for your goal (first phrases, travel basics, hard-to-pronounce phrases, or expressions worth collecting) and then add anything you like: a line from a show, something a friend said, the sentence you fumbled yesterday. Every phrase gets a studio voice in the language and variety you chose. REVIEW THAT BRINGS PHRASES BACK Spaced review schedules each phrase for the moment it is about to fade. Say it, reveal it, hear it, grade yourself. Phrases you nail come back less often; phrases you miss come back sooner. IDIOMS, PROVERBS AND TONGUE-TWISTERS Checked packs of idioms, proverbs and tongue-twisters for French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Greek, with meanings and references, ready to chorus. More languages on the way. BUILT FOR POLYGLOTS Keep as many languages as you like. Pin up to three as your focus, and the app tells you which language needs you next. Transliteration for non-Latin scripts. Studio voices in 80+ languages and regional varieties. WORKS WITH FLUENCY STREAK Link Fluency Refrain to Fluency Streak and every chorus and review session counts toward your daily language streak automatically. WHAT TESTERS SAY "I found that chorusing revolutionized my ability to learn Korean. This app has revolutionized my ability to chorus. It is simple to use, has many uses, and permits the addition of all kinds of material. I love it!" — Mindy Thompson Fullilove, MD, author of The Tao of K-drama (Oxford University Press) FREE AND PRO Free: unlimited languages, up to 20 phrases, full chorus and review. Refrain Pro removes the phrase limit. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage them in your App Store account settings. Privacy policy: https://fluencyrefrain.com/privacy Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

LangTurbo4 screens
Fluency Refrain4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LangTurbo at none against Fluency Refrain's 3. LangTurbo also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). Fluency Refrain's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.1). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Fluency Refrain sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. LangTurbo asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LangTurbo ships an update every 3 days, Fluency Refrain weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
LangTurbo versus Fluency Refrain: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLangTurboFluency Refrain
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.117.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB19 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPablo NunezGeorge Dick

In-app purchases

None

LangTurbo

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Fluency Refrain

Subscriptions3
  • Refrain Pro — Weekly$7.997 Days
  • Refrain Pro — Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Refrain Pro — Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is LangTurbo free?
LangTurbo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fluency Refrain free?
Fluency Refrain is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do LangTurbo or Fluency Refrain have ads?
Neither LangTurbo nor Fluency Refrain shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LangTurbo or Fluency Refrain?
LangTurbo ships an update every 3 days, and Fluency Refrain weekly. Most recently, LangTurbo was updated on October 23, 2026 and Fluency Refrain on November 6, 2026.

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