Comparison

Offscript vs Bolo

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

Head to head
About

Offscript

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Offscript is a different kind of language app. Most language apps teach vocabulary as if language were a bag of disconnected words. But that’s not how people actually speak. Real language comes in phrases, rhythm, tone, and context. Offscript helps you learn from short-form clips inspired by the way people already consume media. The experience feels closer to doomscrolling than studying, except each clip teaches you something useful. You hear language in context, check your understanding, and review what matters until it starts to feel natural. The goal is not just to recognize words. It’s to help you understand how people actually speak, and to make it easier to speak that way yourself. With Offscript, you can: - Learn from short clips instead of abstract word lists - Understand phrases in context - Practice with quick comprehension checks - Review what you’ve seen so it sticks - Build a habit through small, repeatable sessions - Move toward speaking more naturally, not just translating in your head If you’ve ever felt that language learning apps were too artificial, too slow, or too far from real speech, Offscript is built for a different approach. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Bolo

Learn languages by speaking them aloud and receiving instant feedback. Explore different cultures through interactive journeys and practice with a virtual coach. Offers a wide range of languages, including less common ones, with gamified reviews and spaced repetition.

Highlights
  • Speak and get scored on pronunciation
  • Interactive cultural journeys
  • Virtual parrot language coach
  • Spaced review system
  • Gamified practice modes
  • Learn 84 languages
Features
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Your family's language, spoken out loud. No login required. Free to start, and you're learning in minutes. Bolo teaches 84 languages from English, from Spanish, French and Mandarin to the ones most apps skip: Bengali, Hausa, Cantonese, Burmese, Quechua, Tigrinya, Konkani and many more. Pick a language, say your first words, and hear how you did. SPEAK, DON'T TAP Say each phrase out loud and Bolo scores you: Perfect, Great, Good, Almost or Try again. Then it tells you what to fix. A JOURNEY THROUGH YOUR LANGUAGE'S WORLD Ride the rails across India and Europe, take the boat through Southeast and East Asia, or hit the road through Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. Every stop is a handful of everyday phrases. AN ELDER WHO CALLS A family elder phones you from time to time to chat in the language you are learning. BOLO CHAT Talk with Bolo, your parrot coach, and learn how to say what you actually want to say. REVIEW AND GAMES Spaced review brings each phrase back right before you would forget it, and quick games keep practice light: listening, matching, building sentences and more. For South Asian scripts, trace each letter stroke by stroke. FREE TO START Every new learner gets 3 days of All-Access, free, with no card. After that, practice 10 phrases a day for free in your main language, and earn coins to open new stops. All-Access unlocks every language, unlimited practice, Bolo Chat and detailed feedback on every phrase. THE LANGUAGES SOUTH ASIA Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu AFRICA Amharic, Egyptian Arabic, Hausa, Igbo, Oromo, Somali, Swahili, Tigrinya, Yoruba, Zulu EAST ASIA Cantonese, Fuzhounese, Hakka, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Shanghainese, Taishanese, Taiwanese Hokkien, Teochew SOUTHEAST ASIA Burmese, Indonesian, Khmer, Lao, Malay, Tagalog, Thai, Vietnamese EUROPE Albanian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Estonian, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish (Spain), Ukrainian LATIN AMERICA Guarani, Nahuatl, Portuguese (Brazil), Quechua, Spanish (Latin America), Yucatec Maya MIDDLE EAST Eastern Armenian, Farsi, Gulf Arabic, Hebrew, Levantine Arabic, Pashto, Turkish Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://bolo-india.app/privacy

Screenshots

Offscript4 screens
Bolo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Bolo at every 3 days against Offscript's every 3 weeks. 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. Offscript sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month and Bolo sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Offscript ships an update every 3 weeks, Bolo every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Offscript versus Bolo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOffscriptBolo
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB165 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperShashank ShekharAakesh Patel

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Offscript

Subscriptions2
  • Offscript Monthly$19.991 Month
  • Offscript Annual7 Days trial$89.991 Year
5 purchases

Bolo

Subscriptions2
  • Bolo! All-Access3 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Bolo! All-Access3 Days trial$99.991 Year
One-time3
  • Small pack$1.99
  • Medium pack$4.99
  • Large pack$9.99

Questions

Is Offscript free?
Offscript is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bolo free?
Bolo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Offscript or Bolo have ads?
Neither Offscript nor Bolo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Offscript or Bolo?
Offscript ships an update every 3 weeks, and Bolo every 3 days. Most recently, Offscript was updated on October 31, 2026 and Bolo on November 10, 2026.

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