Comparison

LangWIDGET vs PathGlot

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

Head to head
About

LangWIDGET

Learn new words through a home screen widget and periodic notifications, offering a passive learning experience. Access all available languages offline without needing an internet connection or creating an account.

Highlights
  • Home screen widget learning
  • Periodic notifications
  • Passive learning method
  • Completely offline
  • No internet required
  • Access to all languages
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You've downloaded enough things for learning languages that force you to stay in the app and look at ads and extras you need to buy. LangWIDGET will teach you the words you want to learn through a cool widget on your home screen and with periodic notifications. You're already checking your phone at inappropriate times anyway. Why not learn a language in addition to just sitting there and breathing? This is a modern take on the classic passive learning methods of listening to audio tapes while you rest. LangWIDGET is completely offline, no internet connection required or even utilized. That means no accounts, no logins, and most importantly, no worries about your data being collected and sold to advertising companies. Everything you need to learn a new language is in your hands. You don't have to purchase individual languages. You have access to them ALL: English, Spanish, French, Japanese, German, Korean, Italian, Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, Swedish, Swahili, Ukrainian, Czech, with more to come.

About

PathGlot

Experience language immersion by exploring real cities in Google Street View with an AI guide. Practice speaking naturally through conversations and descriptions of your surroundings, without needing to travel.

Highlights
  • Explore 22 real cities in Google Street View
  • AI voice guide for real-time conversation
  • Learn from context and surroundings
  • Ask questions about places
  • Supports 9 languages
  • Adjustable to any learning level
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Learn a language the way you'd pick one up abroad: by walking around and talking to someone who lives there. PathGlot drops you into real Google Street View of a foreign city with an AI voice guide who talks with you in the language you're learning. 22 cities, 9 languages. Start with a 3-day free trial. Walk down a side street in Madrid, turn a corner in Tokyo, cross a bridge in Paris. Your guide is right there with you, describing what's around you, answering your questions out loud, and keeping the conversation in your target language — at whatever level you're at. Immersion without the plane ticket. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Explore 22 real cities across 9 languages in full Google Street View • Talk out loud with a real-time AI voice guide, and interrupt whenever you want • Hear the places around you described as you move, in the language you're learning • Point at a building, a statue or a sign and ask what it is • Say where you want to go and the guide takes you there • Pick the language up from context and conversation instead of drills LANGUAGES AND CITIES • Spanish: Madrid, Barcelona, Buenos Aires • French: Paris, Lyon, Montreal • German: Berlin, Vienna • Japanese: Tokyo, Osaka • Korean: Seoul, Busan • Chinese: Taipei, Kaohsiung, Singapore • Italian: Rome, Florence • Portuguese: Lisbon, Sao Paulo • English: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago WHY IT WORKS Memorizing word lists is not how anyone actually learns to speak. Here you are finding your way around a real place, asking real questions, and getting real answers back. The guide sticks to accurate information about what is actually on the street around you, so what you learn holds up when you get there. FOR ANY LEVEL Just starting out, or brushing up before a trip. The guide meets you where you are and keeps the conversation moving at your pace. TRY IT FREE FOR 3 DAYS PathGlot is a subscription app. Your first 3 days are free with full access, every city, every language. Cancel any time before it ends and you are not charged. Grab your headphones, pick a city, go for a walk. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Subscriptions are auto-renewable. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase, and renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://pathglot.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://pathglot.com/privacy

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: LangWIDGET at free against PathGlot's subscription. PathGlot's advantage is device support. On price, rating, ratings volume 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. LangWIDGET sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and PathGlot sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for LangWIDGET against 5.0 for PathGlot. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
LangWIDGET versus PathGlot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLangWIDGETPathGlot
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequency—Daily
Ads—No
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
Devices—iPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB34 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAlfonso CejudoCharles West

In-app purchases

3 purchases

LangWIDGET

One-time3
  • Mixtape 2$0.99
  • Mixtape 3$0.99
  • Mixtape 4$0.99
10 purchases

PathGlot

Subscriptions10
  • Wanderer Monthly$14.991 Month
  • Wanderer Monthly3 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Explorer Monthly$24.991 Month
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  • Explorer Monthly3 Days trial$29.991 Month
  • Immersion Monthly$39.991 Month
  • Wanderer Annual3 Days trial$89.991 Year
  • Wanderer Annual$119.991 Year
  • Explorer Annual3 Days trial$169.991 Year
  • Explorer Annual$199.991 Year
  • Immersion Annual$329.991 Year

Questions

Is LangWIDGET free?
LangWIDGET is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PathGlot free?
PathGlot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LangWIDGET or PathGlot?
LangWIDGET and PathGlot are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 4 ratings respectively.

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