Comparison

Bluent vs BUILDeutsch

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

Head to head
About

Bluent

Features
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Bluent teaches German the way you'll actually use it - through natural conversation. Instead of flashcards, you practice speaking from the very first lesson. Each lesson is a hand-crafted dialogue where you listen, respond, and gain confidence in your abilities. Feeling stuck? Tap for hints. The app listens to your pronunciation and keeps you moving forward. What's inside: • Structured A1 to A2 curriculum covering everyday topics: introductions, activities, business language, grammar & more • Lessons written and curated by language tutors • Speech recognition that listens as you speak • Helpful hints that guide without giving away the answer • Phrase bank that saves words you've seen in the lessons Fang an zu sprechen! --- PLEASE NOTE: Bluent offers some lessons for free, but you will need a subscription to access all of them. Your subscription will automatically renew unless you turn off auto-renewal at least 24 hours before the end of the current payment period. Your Apple Account will be charged at the same price for renewal within the 24-hour period prior to the end of the current payment period unless you change your subscription preferences on the Settings page in the app, or in your Apple Account settings. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime on the Settings page in the app, or in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://public.bluent.app/privacy Terms of Service: https://public.bluent.app/terms License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

About

BUILDeutsch

Features
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BUILDeutsch makes German click. Most apps make you memorize German. BUILDeutsch shows you how it actually works — every word colored by its role in the sentence. It's intuitive one-of-a-kind color-coding engine helps you finally understand sentence structure. Der is cyan, die is magenta, das is lime. Verbs glow yellow. Cases have their own colors. You don't memorize tables. You build sentences and quickly the patterns become instinct. THE BUILDER — Enter any sentence to see how it's built, then reshape it. Tap a word to change tense, case, or person, and watch the rest of the sentence rearrange itself the way German demands. DIALOGUE — Real conversations from everyday life: a family morning, the bakery, a doctor's visit. Two native voices, every word colored by its role, the English right underneath. Listen, read along, and say the lines back. DEUTSCHLENS — Point your camera at your kitchen, your street, your desk — and see the world in German. Every word arrives with its gender, its plural, and a natural sentence for practice. Saved photos keep their words offline, forever. SATZPUZZLE — Rebuild real German sentences piece by piece until the word order stops feeling foreign and starts feeling obvious. DER WEG — A complete A1 → C1 course, 84 lessons, one path. The color code is introduced one idea at a time: verbs first, then genders, then time, then the case system — exactly when the grammar itself does. Listening, speaking and reading woven in. WORKING IN HEALTHCARE? — There's a Medical German section too — 1,800+ clinical terms and common sentence patterns from Anamnese to Arztbrief. It's not a formal FSP prep course, but if the Fachsprachenprüfung is on your horizon, it's a great companion for building the vocabulary along the way. AND THE REST • 7,000+ words with genders, plurals and example sentences — searchable offline • Flashcards with spaced repetition, organized by real-life topics • Build your own decks from any word you meet — even from your photos • A cheat sheet for the moments you just need the answer • A night theme that's easy on the eyes FREE: the first two course units, daily photo credits, and the full color-coded experience. PRO: the complete A1–C1 course, unlimited DeutschLens photos, unlimited Builder sentences. $7.99/month or $49.99/year, each with a 7-day free trial. Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage in your App Store account settings. Terms: https://buildeutsch.com/terms.html Privacy: https://buildeutsch.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

Bluent4 screens
BUILDeutsch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: BUILDeutsch at 16.4 against Bluent's 18.6. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Bluent sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and BUILDeutsch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Bluent versus BUILDeutsch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBluentBUILDeutsch
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB76 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperOpenTide GmbHMango Medicine LLC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Bluent

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Semester$49.996 Months
  • Yearly$89.991 Year
2 purchases

BUILDeutsch

Subscriptions2
  • BUILDeutsch Pro7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • BUILDeutsch Pro7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Bluent free?
Bluent is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BUILDeutsch free?
BUILDeutsch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bluent or BUILDeutsch have ads?
Neither Bluent nor BUILDeutsch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bluent or BUILDeutsch?
Bluent ships an update every 4 days, and BUILDeutsch every 4 days. Most recently, Bluent was updated on October 24, 2026 and BUILDeutsch on October 12, 2026.

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