Comparison

Deutschly vs Halm

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

Head to head
About

Deutschly

Features
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Improve your German vocabulary, grammar, speaking, and listening with structured lessons, real-life dialogues, and 20,000+ interactive exercises. Deutschly combines smart AI tutoring, multiplayer battles, and social learning in one powerful platform. AI GERMAN TUTOR Chat with an intelligent AI tutor that corrects your grammar in real time, explains rules in your native language, and adapts to your level. Practice speaking with full voice conversations, export your chat history, and get personalized feedback on pronunciation and sentence structure. 5 LIVE MULTIPLAYER BATTLE MODES Challenge friends or get matched with players worldwide: • Quiz Battle — Race to answer multiple-choice questions. Power-ups: 50/50, Double Chance, Audience Help • Word Monster — Type the German translation of 3,000+ words with fun facts. Letter Hint power-up available • Trivia Battle — Test your knowledge of German culture, history, and language • Word Chain — Build chains where each word starts with the last letter of the previous one • Wort Kampf — 100+ themed categories (animals, food, cities, sports…). Type every German word you know. Random Play mode for instant matchmaking SOCIAL HUB — Learn Together, Compete Together • Friends System — Add friends, view profiles, track progress, send direct messages • Study Groups — Join or create groups by level, city, topic, or hobby. Featured & trending groups discoverable • Group Chat — Real-time messaging with admin controls and pinned announcements • Activity Feed — See friends' achievements, level-ups, streaks, and battle wins. Like and comment • Collaborative Sessions — Invite a friend to study the SAME lesson in real time: Read → Practice → Battle. Bonus XP for completing together • Study Partners & Buddies — Find long-term accountability partners matching your level and goals • Friend Challenges — Challenge friends: Word Race, XP Master, Streak Battle, Perfect Challenge • Group Events — Participate in scheduled group learning events • Discover Page — Find friends and groups by level, language, and interests • QR Code Sharing — Share your profile or group invite MASSIVE CONTENT LIBRARY — 20,000+ Items • 3,000+ vocabulary words with translations & fun facts in 14 languages • 3,000+ flashcards with spaced repetition (SRS) • 3,000+ fill-in-the-blank grammar exercises • 3,000+ swipe practice cards (multiple choice, fill blank, true/false, word order, match pairs) • 1,500+ short stories with full translations in 14 languages • 500+ Germany Guide Q&As across 12 life categories STRUCTURED LEARNING PATH (A1 → C2) Personalized curriculum with grammar lessons, vocabulary units, and topic modules. The app identifies weak areas and builds targeted review sessions automatically. SPEAKING & LISTENING • Speech recognition for pronunciation scoring • Listening comprehension exercises with audio • 12 interactive dialog simulations: restaurant, doctor, office, airport, shopping, and more 10+ EXERCISE TYPES Speed Drill • Sentence Building • Swipe Learning • Flashcards • Fill in the Blanks • Vocabulary Deep-Dive • Grammar Lessons • Mistake Review • Quiz Hub • Story Reading GAMIFICATION XP System • Daily Streaks • Daily Goals • Achievements & Badges (6 rarity levels: Common → Legendary → Limited) • Global Leaderboards (daily/weekly/monthly/all-time) • Weekly Community Challenges • Coins & Battle Power-ups • Level Milestones PROGRESS TRACKING Learning calendar • Weekly summary reports • Mistake analysis • AI-powered learning pattern analytics • Friend comparison stats GERMANY GUIDE — 1,200 Practical Q&As Immigration & Visa • Housing & Renting • Healthcare • Employment • Finance & Banking • Education • Transportation • Daily Life • Culture • Legal Topics • Food • Technology 14 LANGUAGES English • Turkish • German • French • Spanish • Italian • Portuguese • Dutch • Russian • Arabic • Chinese • Japanese • Korean • Hindi Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Halm

Learn German and English through engaging stories and adapted news articles. Tap any word for instant translation within the sentence context. Words you choose to keep are reviewed using an Spaced Repetition System.

Highlights
  • Read stories and news in German or English
  • Tap words for instant in-sentence translation
  • Spaced repetition for vocabulary review
  • Offline functionality
  • Privacy-focused with no account or analytics
  • Accessibility features
Features
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Read something you actually want to read — in German or English — and let the words stick. Halm turns short stories and adapted news into reading you can handle at your level. Tap any word to see what it means right here, in this sentence. Keep the ones worth keeping. EPISODES Multi-part stories set where you'd actually be: an apartment viewing, a doctor's waiting room, a Sunday at the lake. Each episode shares vocabulary across its parts, so words return on their own instead of being drilled. TAP ANY WORD Translation runs on your device. Halm reads the whole sentence, not the word alone. KEEP WHAT MATTERS You choose what enters review. Nothing is added behind your back. Kept words return on an FSRS schedule, and Halm shows you counts you can verify — never invented percentages. GERMAN AND ENGLISH Two full tracks. Pick one, or switch whenever you like. NO STREAKS Nothing to break, no leaderboard, no notification guilting you back. Read when you want to read. PRIVACY No account, no sign-up, no third-party analytics or advertising. Halm collects nothing automatically. ACCESSIBILITY VoiceOver throughout, Dynamic Type everywhere, Reduce Motion honored, and color never used as the only signal. Works offline. Requires iOS 26.

Screenshots

Deutschly4 screens
Halm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Halm at none against Deutschly's 7. Halm also leads on ads (none vs shown). Deutschly's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.1). On price and update cadence 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. Deutschly sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Halm asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Deutschly ships an update every 6 weeks, Halm every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Deutschly versus Halm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeutschlyHalm
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size125 MB488 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developeratakan cetinkayaTimofey Lavrenyuk

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Deutschly

Subscriptions4
  • 1 Month Premium$7.991 Month
  • Premium 3 Month$22.993 Months
  • Premium 6 Month$34.996 Months
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  • Premium 12 Month$59.991 Year
One-time3
  • 100 DeCoin$2.99
  • 300 DeCoin$3.99
  • 500 DeCoin$5.99
None

Halm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Deutschly free?
Deutschly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Halm free?
Halm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Deutschly or Halm have ads?
Deutschly shows ads; Halm does not.
Which is updated more often, Deutschly or Halm?
Deutschly ships an update every 6 weeks, and Halm every 4 weeks. Most recently, Deutschly was updated on October 16, 2026 and Halm on October 14, 2026.

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