Learn it! On the go... vs Etch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Learn it! On the go...
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LearnIt! On the Go... is a professional study tool for serious learners, teachers, and content creators. This is not a gamified app with prebuilt lessons. You bring your own content, and LearnIt! turns it into a dynamic personal textbook you can use anytime, anywhere. Built for busy people with limited study time, LearnIt! helps you make progress in short sessions throughout the day, on the go. *Use 1 or 2 study languages and learn through structured tabs: Sentences Vocabulary Questions Flashcards (auto-generated) Writing (Chinese stroke order support) Notes Extras (custom tab) *Key features: Import your own material from Excel Automatic flashcard generation from your content Cram + SRS review workflows Powerful review/search across your dataset Full control over tabs and on-screen presentation Dark/light themes and typography customization MP3 upload and audio integration (PRO) Experimental TTS tools (PRO) Content builder/editor and backend utilities (PRO) LearnIt is designed for learners who want ownership of their curriculum, not a one-size-fits-all path. Subscription Terms LearnIt PRO is an auto-renewable yearly subscription. Pricing is shown in-app and in your local App Store currency. Privacy Policy: https://learnit.eruisw.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Learn it! Your content. Your progress. On the go...
Etch
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Note: Etch's interface and its AI-generated definitions are in Chinese. It is built for Chinese speakers learning English. I built Etch because vocabulary never stuck for me. Words I looked up were gone the next day. My dictionary app held hundreds of saved words and not one of them had become mine. What I eventually understood is that the problem was not recall โ it was writing. Reading a word ten times does less than writing it once. Psychologists call this the generation effect: producing the answer yourself leaves a far stronger trace than reading it. So Etch does one thing well. It makes you write the word. Capture without leaving what you're reading A Shortcut pulls the selected word in along with the sentence it appeared in. The sentence where you met the word is the sentence you'll see again at review time โ words stripped of context are the hardest to keep. The entry fills itself in Pronunciation, definitions, example sentences, morpheme breakdown and common collocations arrive a few seconds after you add the word. Senses are ordered to fit the sentence you captured, rather than copied from a dictionary in fixed order. Review by writing, not by recognizing Write with a finger or Apple Pencil, get judged the moment you finish, and see letter by letter where you went wrong. Three modes: write from the meaning, write from the pronunciation, or fill the blank in a sentence. Recognizing a word is not the same as being able to write it โ that difference is the whole point of Etch. Scheduling is handled for you Etch uses FSRS-5. It schedules each review from the wordโs difficulty, stability, and current retrievability, aiming to bring it back as memory weakens rather than promising an exact moment of forgetting. One vocabulary across Mac and iPhone Capture on the Mac, review on the iPhone, progress syncs both ways. A home screen widget keeps today's words in front of you, and the ink darkens as you finish them. Etch is free, carries no ads, and does not sell your data. You can export your whole vocabulary at any time, and delete your account from inside the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Etch at none against Learn it! On the go...'s 1. Etch also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Learn it! On the go...'s advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price and ads there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Learn it! On the go... sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $59.99 per year. Etch asks for nothing beyond the download.
Learn it! On the go... ships an update every 3 weeks, Etch weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Learn it! On the go... | Etch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No โ better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 โ better | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PAUL ISTRATE | ๅฎ ๅจ |
In-app purchases
Learn it! On the go...
- Learnit! PRO Annual$59.991 Year
Etch
No in-app purchases





