TinyLingo vs Centum
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TinyLingo
Learn languages through authentic podcasts and AI-generated stories with synced transcripts and instant translations. Progress tracking helps you advance from beginner to mastery.
- Authentic podcasts with synced transcripts
- AI-generated short stories
- Tappable contextual translations
- CEFR progress tracking
- Background audio and lock-screen controls
- Multiple languages supported
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Experience language learning that feels real. Leave behind endless memorization and textbook learning — learn faster through real immersion. TinyLingo surrounds you with authentic podcasts and AI-generated short stories in your target language, complete with synced transcripts and instant, contextual translations. Tap any word, select any phrase — the translation appears in a beat, right in the flow of what you're listening to. No flashcards, no drills, just comprehensible input at your level. WHAT YOU GET • Real podcasts in your target language, with word-level transcripts synced to the audio. Read along while you listen — never miss a word. • AI-generated short stories with native-sounding audio, tailored to your CEFR level (A1 through C2). Pro users generate unlimited stories on any topic. • Tappable translations. Single words or multi-word phrases — tap, see the contextual translation, keep going. Works for idioms and collocations that dictionaries miss. • CEFR progress tracking. A visible roadmap from Beginner (A1) to Mastery (C2). TinyLingo picks your current level and shows exactly what to complete to advance. • Background audio + lock-screen controls. Keep listening with the screen off or in another app. • Sign in with Apple. Passwordless, private. LANGUAGES Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, and more. New podcast feeds are added regularly. PRO SUBSCRIPTION Upgrade to TinyLingo Pro to unlock unlimited phrase translations, multiple target languages at once, and unlimited AI-generated stories. • Pro Monthly — auto-renewing monthly subscription • Pro Yearly — auto-renewing annual subscription (save vs. monthly) Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your Apple ID is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to period end. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://tinylingo.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://tinylingo.com/privacy A NOTE ON AI Translations and generated stories are produced by large language models and may occasionally contain errors. They are intended as a learning aid, not as professional translation.
Centum
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Every language app hands you more content. Centum hands you one. Centum is a tool for a single method: pick one film you love, and watch it a hundred times — until the lines live in your mouth instead of your notebook. THE FIVE STAGES 1 · Watch it once with no subtitles at all. Just enjoy it. You'll miss most of it, and that's the point. 2 · Watch it with subtitles in your own language. Now you know the story cold. 3 · Watch it with English subtitles. Sound starts snapping onto spelling. 4 · Go line by line. Loop a single sentence, say it out loud, record yourself, compare. Stay on a line until it's yours. 5 · Then watch — or just listen — for the remaining laps. Screen off, on the train, doing the dishes. This is where the fluency actually gets built. WHAT THE APP DOES · Sentence looping — tap any line to loop it, frame-accurate, no drift. · Shadow recording — hear the original, say it, hear yourself back, both drawn side by side as waveforms. · A lap count you can't fake — a lap only counts when the playhead really went through: 1.5x speed or slower, 90% of the film or more, no scrubbing your way to the end. Dragging the slider earns you nothing. · A hundred squares — one per lap, shaded by the stage you were in. Watching your film fill up is the whole point of the thing. · Bilingual subtitles aligned by timecode, not by line number — two subtitle files are almost never from the same release, and off-by-one alignment ruins everything. · Background listening with lock screen controls. Stage five is mostly ears. · Notes and per-sentence mastery, so you can see which lines still aren't yours. · Eight languages: English, 简体中文, 繁體中文, 日本語, 한국어, Español, Français, Deutsch. WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING Centum ships with no films and no subtitles. It is a tool, not a library. You bring: · A video file in MP4 or MOV (H.264 or HEVC). MKV and AVI cannot be played on iOS — this is a system limitation, not a setting. · A subtitle file (.srt or .ass). One in English, plus optionally one in your own language for stage two. Without any subtitles you can still watch the film and count laps, but stages two through four need them. Import your files through the Files app. PRIVACY No account. No sign-up. Nothing to log in to. Your films, your notes, your recordings and your lap count live in this device's sandbox and go nowhere. Delete the app and all of it is gone with it. — The method is 장동완's 100LS. The app is just the tool that makes it survivable. Questions or ideas: business@zhidun-ai.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Centum at none against TinyLingo's 2. Centum also leads on ads (none vs shown). TinyLingo's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price 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. TinyLingo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Centum asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | TinyLingo | Centum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Benjamin Gubler | 北京智敦科技有限公司 |
In-app purchases
TinyLingo
- Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Pro Yearly$49.991 Year
Centum
No in-app purchases









