Comparison

Kalima vs Dubara

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

Head to head
About

Kalima

Features
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Learn languages with books you want to read. Bring your books, documents and web articles into Kalima. Tap unfamiliar words for definitions and translations, save them with their original sentences, and review them with spaced-repetition flashcards. Listen as you read and practise the words you discover. READ WHAT INTERESTS YOU • Import EPUB, PDF and other supported ebook and document formats, web pages, or camera scans. • Browse public-domain classics when you want something new to read. • Continue from your saved reading position. UNDERSTAND WORDS IN CONTEXT • Look up definitions and translations while you read. • Save vocabulary with its sentence and source, so you can return to the context where you found it. • Hear words and text read aloud with device voices, or AI voices with Kalima Pro. BUILD YOUR VOCABULARY • Turn saved words into flashcard practice. • Review at intervals that adapt to what you remember, powered by FSRS spaced repetition. • Keep reading, listening and vocabulary practice together. MAKE READING YOURS Adjust typography, themes and narration to suit how you like to read. FREE AND PRO The free plan includes up to 3 imports, 1 video, and 200 saved words. Kalima Pro removes these limits and adds AI voices plus sync for eligible books, vocabulary and progress across devices. SUBSCRIPTIONS Kalima Pro offers monthly and annual auto-renewing subscriptions. Eligible new subscribers may receive a 7-day free trial on either plan; Apple determines eligibility, which is shared across the subscription group. Your localized price is shown before purchase. Kalima keeps analytics pseudonymous and does not send your imported text, book titles, saved words, definitions, URLs, or searches to analytics. Privacy Policy: https://kalimaapp.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://kalimaapp.com/terms

About

Dubara

Features
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You can read it. You just can't produce it. Dubara hands you one real sentence, you translate it in your own words — no multiple choice, no word tiles — and an AI grades what you actually wrote in seconds, with a reason instead of a red X. That gap between understanding a language and using it is where most learners stall for years. Dubara is built for exactly that gap. HOW A SESSION GOES 1. You get a sentence at your CEFR level (A1–C2) on a topic you picked. 2. You type the translation. Any wording. Your own phrasing. 3. You get a score out of 100, a natural-sounding suggested translation, and specific tips — "'tomar' is more common than 'beber' when you're talking about having coffee" — not "incorrect, try again". 4. Tap any word you didn't know for a hint, star it, and it comes back as a flashcard before you forget it. ALSO IN THE APP • Today's news, rewritten at A2, B1 and C1 — tap any word for a hint, star it into your deck, then translate the whole article for points • The Daily Headline: one sentence a day, one try, the same for everyone learning your language pair — see where you stand • An AI tutor you can roleplay with: café, airport, job interview, doctor. It answers in your target language and corrects you gently • Spaced-repetition flashcards with Quiz, Match and Write games • Every sentence you've ever written, scored and searchable, plus accuracy by level and by topic so you can see where you actually break • Streaks, weekly quests, streak freezes and repairs for the weeks life wins • Home-screen widgets, offline practice and a listening mode • Made for iPhone and iPad • The whole interface in 15 languages — Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Chinese WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT Almost every language app grades you by recognition: pick the right tile, tap the matching word, choose one of four. That is easy to score automatically, and it is why you can hold a 400-day streak and still go blank ordering a coffee. Free-form production is the hard thing to grade, so almost nobody grades it. The apps that get close hand your sentence to a volunteer native speaker and you wait — minutes if you're lucky, hours if you're not, and only if someone happens to be online. Dubara grades the sentence you actually wrote, in seconds, every time, even at three in the morning, and tells you why. FREE AND PRO Free: a daily workout of graded sentences, one news translation and a short tutor chat a day, unlimited flashcards. Pro lifts the daily limits — practice, read and talk as much as you like — and unlocks every theme. Choose monthly, yearly (with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers) or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Pick your languages, tell us why you're learning and set your daily pace. A free account — email, Apple or Google — keeps your level, your streak and every sentence you've written in sync across your devices. Terms: https://dubara.io/terms · Privacy: https://dubara.io/privacy

Screenshots

Kalima4 screens
Dubara4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Kalima at every 3 days against Dubara's every 10 days. Dubara's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Kalima sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days and Dubara sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kalima ships an update every 3 days, Dubara every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Kalima versus Dubara: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKalimaDubara
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB26 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperMuhammadjon OlimovSoner Sahin

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Kalima

Subscriptions2
  • Kalima Pro Weekly$6.997 Days
  • Kalima Pro Monthly7 Days trial$14.991 Month
3 purchases

Dubara

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Dubara Pro Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is Kalima free?
Kalima is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dubara free?
Dubara is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Kalima or Dubara have ads?
Neither Kalima nor Dubara shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kalima or Dubara?
Kalima ships an update every 3 days, and Dubara every 10 days. Most recently, Kalima was updated on October 15, 2026 and Dubara on October 25, 2026.

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