Comparison

PollyStop vs NoSubs

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

Head to head
About

PollyStop

Practice speaking a new language with an AI tutor that listens, identifies mistakes, and creates personalized practice sessions. Engage in immersive conversations, review your errors, and build vocabulary through interactive exercises and stories.

Highlights
  • AI-powered language tutor
  • Personalized practice sessions
  • Speech recognition and feedback
  • Interactive conversation practice
  • Vocabulary building through flashcards
  • Immersive practice scenarios
  • Weekly short stories
Features
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PollyStop gives you a language tutor who's with you every day. Her name is Polly. She listens when you talk, notices what trips you up and what you already have down, and plans your next practice around it. You just show up and talk. IMMERSION, WITHOUT THE NERVES People say the only way to learn a language is to move there. Then someone asks you a question and your mind goes blank. So PollyStop gives you a place to practice first. Walk around, walk up to the people you meet, and talk to them out loud. Get it wrong, try again. Nobody's judging, and Polly hears all of it. SHE REMEMBERS WHAT YOU SAID Then talk to Polly out loud, like a phone call. She brings up what you got wrong, shows you the natural way to say it, and saves it for you. YOUR PRACTICE, BUILT FOR YOU What you said turns into phrases, flashcards and say-it-back practice, made from your own conversations. You never make a list. PRACTICE THAT FEELS LIKE UNWINDING Some days you don't have a conversation in you. That's fine. Fly over real cities while your own phrases play. Just listen, with the translation in your ear, or say each one back. The land below fills with color as you go, and your practice still gets done. SOMEWHERE NEW EVERY WEEK A new short story set somewhere new, written at your level. Read it, read along out loud, or just listen. THE HARD PART IS DOING IT So PollyStop can lock the apps you doomscroll until today's practice is done. You pick the apps. Polly holds the door. WHAT'S FREE Walking around the game, flying with your phrases, the weekly stories, your phrases and flashcards, and app blocking are free, for good. Every minute Polly listens and talks back costs us real money, so after a free first call, her calls and live conversations in the game are Premium. Learn Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and more. Complete beginners are welcome. So is anyone who took three years of it in school and kept exactly one word. Terms of Use: https://tyb.ai/terms Privacy Policy: https://tyb.ai/privacy

About

NoSubs

Features
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Learn a language by understanding real content. Without subtitles. NoSubs turns native videos, shows, songs and stories into lessons at your level, one line at a time, until you can follow the real thing by ear. UNDERSTAND NATIVE CONTENT Start with short stories voiced by native speakers, written for your level, in Spanish, Japanese, Korean, whatever language you're trying to learn. Each line plays first. Only the words that are new to you light up. Tap any word for its meaning. LEARN FROM ANYTHING YOU WATCH Found a video, a clip, a show or a song you love? Share it to NoSubs from the app you're watching in, or paste a link. NoSubs turns it into lessons at your level. Import works in dozens of languages. PRACTICE LISTENING Every line plays with no subtitles first. Catch what you can, replay it, slow it down to half speed, then check yourself. Your ear does the work. GET QUIZZED BY YOUR TUTOR Your tutor (Lupe for Spanish, Kenji-sensei for Japanese, Madam Choi for Korean) quizzes you on the exact lines you just heard. Get one wrong and they'll let you know. You pick how hard they go. SEE YOURSELF FLUENT With Fluent, a selfie and a few seconds of your voice become a short video of you saying a line from your story at native speed. Then guess what you just said. (Fluent is part of NoSubs Pro.) KEEP EVERY WORD Keep any word or line as a flashcard. Each story becomes its own deck, and cards come back right before you'd forget them. Review what's due, or study them all. YOUR ROAD TO FLUENCY Follow your path one story at a time and watch the stops behind you add up. NOSUBS PRO Try NoSubs free. Pro unlocks every part of every story and import, unlimited lessons a day, and Fluent. Your flashcard reviews stay free, with or without Pro. NoSubs Pro is an auto-renewing subscription with a free trial. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://nosubs-language.vercel.app/privacy

Screenshots

PollyStop4 screens
NoSubs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: NoSubs at every 3 days against PollyStop's weekly. NoSubs also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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. PollyStop sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month and NoSubs sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PollyStop ships an update weekly, NoSubs every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
PollyStop versus NoSubs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPollyStopNoSubs
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size228 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTrain Your BrainTeam7 LLC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

PollyStop

Subscriptions2
  • PollyStop Premium7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • PollyStop Premium7 Days trial$99.991 Year
One-time1
  • PollyStop Lifetime$99.99
2 purchases

NoSubs

Subscriptions2
  • NoSubs Pro Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • NoSubs Pro Annual7 Days trial$79.991 Year

Questions

Is PollyStop free?
PollyStop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NoSubs free?
NoSubs is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PollyStop or NoSubs have ads?
Neither PollyStop nor NoSubs shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PollyStop or NoSubs?
PollyStop ships an update weekly, and NoSubs every 3 days. Most recently, PollyStop was updated on November 5, 2026 and NoSubs on November 6, 2026.

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