Comparison

Tidam vs Circassian App

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

Head to head
About

Tidam

This app provides a comprehensive Chechen phrasebook with native speaker audio for pronunciation. It helps users quickly find essential phrases for everyday situations, with Russian and English translations and search functionality.

Highlights
  • Everyday phrase collection
  • Native speaker audio
  • Situation-based categories
  • Russian and English translations
  • Phrase search
  • Favorites list
Features
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Tidam is a practical Chechen phrasebook that helps you quickly find essential phrases, hear native pronunciation, and communicate confidently in everyday situations. Perfect for learners, travelers, and anyone who wants to better understand or speak Chechen. Features: • Large collection of everyday phrases • Native speaker audio pronunciation • Categories for real-life situations • Russian and English translations • Favorites for quick access • Fast phrase search • Word class forms support Tidam helps you not only memorize phrases but speak naturally and confidently. Learn, listen, and communicate anytime.

About

Circassian App

Learn Circassian with bite-sized lessons and native speaker audio, covering both Western Adyghe and Eastern Kabardian dialects. Explore cultural heritage, history, and traditions through interactive exercises and an alphabet course. The app works offline and supports English, Russian, and Turkish.

Highlights
  • Bite-sized lessons
  • Native speaker audio
  • Two dialects (Western Adyghe, Eastern Kabardian)
  • Alphabet and vocabulary courses
  • Cultural heritage content (Habze)
  • Spaced repetition system
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Learn Circassian in just a few minutes a day, and become part of the Circassian community while you do it. Learn Circassian is the home base for the Circassian diaspora: short daily lessons, the living traditions of Adyghe Xabze, and a real community of Circassians from around the world. It teaches both Adyghe (Western) and Kabardian (Eastern), with native-speaker audio and the full alphabet. Everything works in English, Russian, and Turkish, so you learn in the language you think in. Lessons that actually stick Over 4,000 words and phrases, with 50+ units in each dialect. Four lesson types keep every session fresh, and a spaced-repetition system brings each word back right before you would forget it. Learn a few at a time. Miss one and it returns. Get it right and it moves to long-term memory. Real voices, real pronunciation More than 4,000 native-speaker recordings. Hear a phrase, then build the sentence you just heard, word by word. The whole alphabet All 60 letters across 10 short lessons, each with its sound, transliteration, and an example word. A community that speaks your language Join the community chat or the dedicated Turkish room. Share messages, voice notes, photos, reactions, and replies, or message anyone privately, one on one. Find Circassians everywhere Discover fellow learners and speakers around the world, add friends, and keep a daily streak going together. Wherever the diaspora reaches, there is someone here. Adyghe Xabze: the code of honor 16 chapters on Circassian values, hospitality, history, proverbs, weddings, music and dance, horse culture, cuisine, and the diaspora itself. Each one opens with a short illustrated lesson before the quiz. A Circassian library 266 hand-picked books, films, documentaries, songs, and children's media, gathered in one place. Built to keep you going Streaks, a weekly and all-time leaderboard, and a profile that shows your city and your tribe. Your progress saves offline, so you can learn on a flight, a commute, or anywhere with no signal. Sign in to sync across all your devices. Free to start Learn every day with 5 hearts. Go Premium for unlimited hearts and lessons that never pause. Monthly and annual plans, each with a 3-day free trial. The Circassian language is alive. Come learn it, and meet the people who speak it. Privacy Policy: https://circassianapp.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://circassianapp.com/terms

Screenshots

Tidam3 screens
Circassian App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tidam at none against Circassian App's 5. Tidam also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Circassian App's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (47 vs 13). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Circassian App sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Tidam asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Tidam against 4.9 for Circassian App. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 47 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of Tidam's written reviews are positive against 97% of Circassian App's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tidam ships an update every 3 weeks, Circassian App every 3 days. Both last shipped on September 26, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tidam versus Circassian App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTidamCircassian App
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (13 ratings) — better4.9 (47 ratings)
Positive reviews92.9% of reviews96.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1347 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB298 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdam GutovSocial Ascension LLC

Customer experience

Tidam

All ratings13 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive92.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative0.0%

Circassian App

All ratings47 ratings
Positive97.9%
Neutral2.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive96.7%
Neutral3.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Tidam

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Circassian App

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly3 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Annual3 Days trial$44.991 Year
  • Family Plan3 Days trial$99.991 Year
One-time2
  • Beginner Audio Course$29.99
  • Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is Tidam free?
Tidam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Circassian App free?
Circassian App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tidam or Circassian App?
Tidam is rated higher. Tidam averages 5.0 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Circassian App averages 4.9 from 47 ratings.
Do Tidam or Circassian App have ads?
Neither Tidam nor Circassian App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tidam or Circassian App?
Tidam ships an update every 3 weeks, and Circassian App every 3 days. Most recently, Tidam was updated on September 26, 2026 and Circassian App on September 26, 2026.

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