ApsLing vs Circassian App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ApsLing
This app helps preserve and develop Abkhazian and other North Caucasian languages through reading texts and memorizing words. It utilizes spaced repetition to build vocabulary and retain learned material effectively. The project welcomes collaboration from native speakers to expand language offerings.
- Language preservation project
- Learn Abkhazian and North Caucasian languages
- Vocabulary building
- Spaced repetition learning method
- Text reading exercises
- Collaboration opportunities
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Социальный гуманитарный проект, направленный на сохранение и развитие абхазского и других северокавказских языков. Приложение позволяет изучать языки через через чтение текстов и заучивание слов. Вы сможете постепенно и эффективно расширять словарный запас с помощью методики интервального повторения, которая помогает надёжно запоминать новые слова и не забывать изученное. Проект открыт для сотрудничества. Мы приглашаем носителей и представителей абхазского и других северокавказских языков принять участие в развитии приложения и добавлении новых языков. Свяжитесь с нами для обсуждения сотрудничества.
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.
- 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
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ApsLing at none against Circassian App's 5. ApsLing also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Circassian App's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (47 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Circassian App sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. ApsLing asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ApsLing against 4.9 for Circassian App. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Circassian App has 47 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of ApsLing's written reviews are positive against 97% of Circassian App's.
ApsLing ships an update every 3 weeks, Circassian App every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ApsLing | Circassian App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.9 (47 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 96.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 47 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 298 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Inar Sadzba | Social Ascension LLC |
Customer experience
ApsLing
Circassian App
In-app purchases
ApsLing
No in-app purchases
Circassian App
- Monthly3 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Annual3 Days trial$44.991 Year
- Family Plan3 Days trial$99.991 Year
- Beginner Audio Course$29.99
- Lifetime$99.99








