Orphi vs Modu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Orphi
Practice Mandarin through AI-powered voice calls and text messages. Get real-time feedback and personalized lessons that adapt to your learning pace. Fit language practice into your busy schedule with short, engaging conversations.
- AI voice call practice
- Text message conversation practice
- Real-time speaking correction
- Personalized learning paths
- Adaptive difficulty
- Progress tracking
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Orphi is your AI language tutor, always available, always adapting to you. Practice through voice calls and text messages, whenever you have a few minutes. Real conversations that get you speaking from day one. - Speak from Day 1 Most apps make you tap through flashcards for weeks before you open your mouth. Orphi gets you talking immediately. Tap the orb, start a voice call, and practice speaking with an AI that listens, responds, and gently corrects you in real time. - Practice like you are texting a friend Chat with Orphi through iMessage, SMS, or in-app messaging. Quick exchanges throughout your day: waiting in line, on your commute, between meetings. Language learning that fits your life, not the other way around. -Truly personalized Orphi remembers your conversations, your interests, your goals, and your mistakes. Every interaction is tailored to you specifically. The difficulty adapts automatically based on your performance, not a placement test you took months ago. Features: • Voice calls: Tap to talk, get instant responses • Text messaging: Practice via iMessage, SMS, or in-app chat • Spaced repetition: Built-in flashcards that actually stick • Progress tracking: See your streak, vocabulary growth, and level • Multiple languages: Mandarin for now • Adaptive difficulty: Automatically adjusts to your level Built for busy people: 2 minutes here. 5 minutes there. Orphi is designed for real life, not hour-long study sessions. Orphi is literally always available, whenever you have a spare moment. Why Orphi? Traditional apps gamify language learning but never get you speaking. Orphi gives you the best of both: an AI tutor you can call or text anytime, that remembers you and adapts to your level. Languages available: Mandarin Chinese https://www.useorphi.com/eula
Modu
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Read Chinese stories, understand unfamiliar words, and build vocabulary from what you read. Modu combines graded reading, a tap-to-lookup dictionary, and spaced-repetition review in one app. Choose a graded story or import your own EPUB and TXT books. Tap unfamiliar words for pinyin and meanings, save vocabulary in context, and review it later. READ WHAT INTERESTS YOU • Explore a library of graded retellings of public-domain stories. • Import EPUB and TXT books to read with built-in learning tools. • Generate AI stories based on your selected topic and level, with vocabulary you are due to review. • Follow RSS feeds. Available article text depends on the source; some feeds provide summaries only. UNDERSTAND AS YOU READ • Tap words for pinyin, meanings, and measure words. • Use AI explanations to explore a word in the context of a sentence. • Translate sentences and paragraphs into English on your device, or read with a bilingual chapter view. • Listen to text with read-aloud tools. REMEMBER WORDS IN CONTEXT • Save vocabulary from your reading and review it with spaced-repetition flashcards. • Mark words as known to focus highlighting on unfamiliar vocabulary. • Track your reading and vocabulary progress, and export your vocabulary. OFFLINE READING AND YOUR ACCOUNT Read and save books on your device as a guest, without creating an account. Books already on your device and core reading tools work offline. On-device translation requires an initial language-model download. AI features and natural online voices require an internet connection. Sign in to back up your vocabulary. Modu Plus also syncs reading progress and other learning data across devices. Imported book files remain on your device; import the same books on another device to continue reading there. FREE + MODU PLUS Free features include reading, dictionary lookup, on-device translation, bilingual reading, vocabulary review, book imports, RSS, the story library, and basic read-aloud. Limited AI explanations and story generation are included. Modu Plus adds higher AI usage allowances, natural multi-voice read-aloud, and additional learning-data sync. AI and natural-voice usage limits apply. See the in-app purchase screen for available plans and current allowances. Start with a story, and build your Chinese one reading session at a time. Terms of Use (EULA): https://modu-ai-proxy.zhouxuehan101.workers.dev/terms Privacy Policy: https://modu-ai-proxy.zhouxuehan101.workers.dev/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Modu at none against Orphi's shown. On price, update cadence, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Orphi ships an update every 9 days, Modu weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Orphi | Modu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 153 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Josue Frejus Godeme | 雪寒 周 |
In-app purchases
Orphi
No in-app purchases
Modu
No in-app purchases









