Master Amharic vs Tikiri
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Master Amharic
Learn Amharic through fun, interactive lessons designed for beginners and children. Master the Fidel alphabet and vocabulary with structured levels and engaging exercises. Track your progress and build confidence with expert-developed content.
- Duolingo-style interactive lessons
- Fidel alphabet and vocabulary learning
- 9 structured learning levels
- Over 1,000 interactive exercises
- Progress tracking with XP and badges
- Expert-developed content
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Learn Amharic is the fun, interactive way to master Ethiopia's official language. Designed for kids and beginners, our Duolingo-style lessons make learning the Fidel alphabet and Amharic vocabulary engaging and effective. START WITH THE BASICS Begin with sound awareness and letter recognition. Our step-by-step approach introduces the Fidel writing system naturally, so learners build confidence from day one. 9 STRUCTURED LEVELS Progress through carefully crafted levels — from Sound Play and Meet the Fidel to Sentence Patterns, Morphology, and Leveled Readers. Each level builds on the last. INTERACTIVE EXERCISES Practice with multiple choice, matching, listening, and word building exercises. Over 1,000 activities keep learning fresh and fun. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Earn XP, collect achievement badges, and watch your mastery grow. Daily streaks keep you motivated. BUILT WITH EXPERTS A collaborative work with linguists and teachers from Addis Ababa University, ensuring authentic and educationally sound content.
Tikiri
This app introduces young learners to the Sinhala language through interactive flashcards, alphabet lessons, and simple phrases. It features native speaker audio, colorful illustrations, and fun facts about Sri Lanka, with adjustable modes for different age groups.
- Sinhala flashcards with native audio
- Alphabet learning module
- Everyday phrase pronunciation
- Interactive picture quiz
- Multilingual translations
- Two age-appropriate modes
- Offline access
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Tikiri is a warm, playful companion for little ones exploring their first Sinhala words, for the families passing the language on and the curious travellers meeting it for the first time. Tikiri isn't a course and it won't promise fluency. Think of it as a friendly sidekick to keep Sinhala close and fun, something to enjoy alongside everything else that helps a little one meet the language. The words, letters, and phrases are spoken aloud by a native speaker, so little ones hear them the way they're really said. Start with the Flashcards: 238 words across 19 topics, from Animals and Food to Feelings, School and Space. Soft watercolor artwork on every card, and a slowed syllable-by-syllable version so little mouths can follow along. Fun facts about Sri Lanka tucked inside. Just tap the picture to hear it. Meet the Alphabet, the Sinhala hodiya letter by letter. Tap to hear each letter's sound, then its example word, with a picture to remember it by. Then try Sound Maker. A wheel of twelve vowel marks sits around a Sinhala letter, each mark in the place it really appears. Tap one and hear the letter change, with the pieces and the result shown side by side. Try the Quiz, a gentle "see and pick" picture game with stars to collect. And say the Phrases, everyday things like hellos, thank-yous, and "I love you," each one spoken aloud with a slower take on the next tap. On every card, you can show the meaning in a language you already know: English plus Tamil, Hindi, Russian, German, French, Chinese, Italian, Arabic, Spanish, Korean, and Japanese. The Sinhala stays the same, so anyone in the family can share it. Two age modes so it grows with your child. Little kid keeps things gentle. Big kid mode opens the full decks, the Quiz, the Phrases and Sound Maker, plus Big Numbers up to 1000 and the Geography sub-decks of Cities, Provinces, and Landmarks. No account. No internet needed. Free to download, with an optional tip that unlocks nothing and is never required. Made by a Sri Lankan dad, for every Sri Lankan child.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Tikiri at free against Master Amharic's free with in-app purchases. Tikiri also leads on ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Master Amharic sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $49.99 per year and Tikiri sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Master Amharic against 5.0 for Tikiri. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tikiri has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Master Amharic ships an update every 8 days, Tikiri fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Master Amharic | Tikiri |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 150 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nippt | Rakitha Perera |
Customer experience
Master Amharic
Tikiri
In-app purchases
Master Amharic
- Master Amharic Premium$49.991 Year
Tikiri
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$2.99
- Large Tip$4.99









