Parlay vs Hola Means Hola
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Parlay
This app provides speaking practice for Spanish learners, focusing on real conversations and practical application of vocabulary and grammar. It guides users through weekly lessons, including vocabulary review, verb drills, and AI-powered role-playing scenarios.
- AI speaking partner for role-play
- Weekly vocabulary and verb drills
- Short video explainers
- Guided practice with spoken feedback
- Review and remember flashcards
- Real-life conversation practice
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Parlay is speaking practice built around a real Spanish course. It turns what you cover in class into Spanish you can actually say. SPEAKING PRACTICE THAT STICKS Plenty of apps keep you busy matching words and collecting streaks. Parlay has you speaking from your first week. You say your answers, Parlay listens, and it answers back in Spanish you can hear. That is how a language moves from something you recognize to something you can use. EVERY WEEK, THREE STEPS Each week of your course follows the same path, with the steps that week calls for. 1. Build Your Foundation • Review & Remember: note cards and drills for the week's vocabulary, with recorded audio for every word • Verb Drills: conjugation note cards and spoken quizzes, one tense at a time • Quick Explainers: short videos that explain the week's topic 2. Put It Together • Guided Practice: work through the week's lessons with a tutor that speaks its feedback aloud • Watch and Learn: watch a short video, then answer questions about it by speaking 3. Let's Talk! • Role-play: real-life conversations with your AI speaking partner, at your own pace BUILT AROUND A REAL CURRICULUM The material follows The Language House's own Spanish course, week by week, so practice at home lines up with class instead of competing with it. ACCESS Parlay is currently available to students enrolled at The Language House in Austin, Texas. Your school adds your email address when you enroll. Sign in with Google, with Apple, or with a code sent to your email. There is no password to remember. Not a student yet? Visit languagehouseatx.com to enroll.
Hola Means Hola
This app is a Spanish learner's dictionary designed for intermediate and advanced users. It features a frequency-ordered word list with definitions in Spanish, example sentences, and optional English hints. The app also includes a reader view, flashcards, and audio for offline listening.
- Frequency-ordered Spanish dictionary
- Reader View with 500 pages
- Flashcard review system
- Spanish audio for offline listening
- Search Spanish and English words
- English hints available
- No account or ads required
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Learn Spanish words without constantly translating them. Hola Means Hola is a Spanish-first learner’s dictionary designed to be searched, read, and listened to. Look up the word you need, or follow a frequency-ordered path through Spanish vocabulary. Without flashcards. --SEARCH IN SPANISH OR ENGLISH-- Search more than 70,000 Spanish entries and hundreds of thousands of conjugations, plurals, inflected forms, and related terms. Choose Simple Spanish for the essential meaning or Detailed Spanish for greater precision and nuance. Definitions, examples, and connected words remain in Spanish. English support is available when you need confirmation, but it never takes over the learning experience. --READ THE DICTIONARY--- Build your Spanish from the words that matter most. The 25,000-word reading path is organized into 25 levels, beginning with the words Spanish uses most. Clear Spanish definitions build on more common vocabulary, so each level helps unlock the next. Read while you wait in line, take a break, or have a few quiet minutes. Your place and progress are saved automatically. --LISTEN WHILE YOU MOVE-- Turn vocabulary into a Spanish listening practice for walks, commutes, or time away from the screen. Choose from three listening modes: - Complete: Spanish definition and example, English confirmation, then the example again - Spanish Only: definition and example entirely in Spanish - Mixed: a shorter bilingual review Adjust playback speed, set a sleep timer, and download audio for the levels you want available offline. --EACH ENTRY INCLUDES-- - Frequency rank - Simple and detailed Spanish definitions - Spanish example sentences - Optional English support - Multiple meanings, if applicable - False-cognate warnings --BUILT FOR INDEPENDENT LEARNERS-- Hola Means Hola is for intermediate and advanced learners who want to spend more time understanding Spanish with Spanish, and less time translating back and forth. You can also: - Track how many words you read each day - Review your recent activity - Hide Spanish words that are already obvious to English speakers, such as “animal” - Download the complete dictionary for offline search - Report entries that seem wrong or unclear - Use the app without creating an account Hola Means Hola has no ads, third-party analytics SDKs, or cross-app tracking. Limited first-party analytics help improve the dictionary, search, reader, and audio experience. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.holameanshola.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Parlay at 16.4 against Hola Means Hola's 18.0. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Parlay against 5.0 for Hola Means Hola. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Parlay | Hola Means Hola |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | The Language House LLC | Patrick Griffith |
Customer experience
Parlay
Hola Means Hola
In-app purchases
Parlay
No in-app purchases
Hola Means Hola
No in-app purchases









