Zollang vs Passage
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Zollang
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Learn a language from what you love. Paste your own text, song lyrics or an article, have Zollang write one, share a YouTube link or just pick a topic: Zollang turns it into lessons you speak, listen to and read, built around your words. Learn English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Turkish, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese and Luxembourgish, with many more on the way. SPEAK β FROM DAY ONE β’ Speaking lessons: hear each sentence, then say it yourself. Can't speak right now? Switch to tap practice. β’ Conversation: talk out loud with an AI voice coach that knows your lessons and your vocabulary. β’ Practise your lesson: say your own lesson's sentences out loud. β’ Role play: everyday situations, out loud. β’ Pronunciation coach: get coached until it sounds right. LISTEN β’ Slow podcasts: two AI voices talk through an article or topic you choose, slowly enough to follow. Comprehension practice you can take anywhere. β’ YouTube lessons: learn from a video sentence by sentence, with color-coded translations. β’ Understand natives: hear how natives really say it. READ β’ Easy Reader: read your own texts and tap any word you don't know. β’ Sentence anatomy: watch a sentence being built, one step at a time. ONE VOCABULARY BEHIND IT ALL Every lesson feeds one personal vocabulary. Spaced review brings words back before you forget them, and contextual review puts them into new sentences. NOT SURE WHERE TO START? Begin with a pre-made lesson. MORE DETAILS A Speaking lesson starts with a new-word warm-up; an AI voice coach then builds each sentence chunk by chunk, and Explain clears up any phrase. A closing Recap rebuilds every sentence from memory. Then read it with audio and practice with flashcards, sentence building, fill in the blank, dictation, mix & match and shadowing. Free Conversation takes any topic you like. Practise your lesson gives you a hint when you're stuck. In Role play, pick a scene (Beginner or Intermediate) or describe your own: you get a role, a goal and phrases to use, for five minutes. The Pronunciation coach says a word, you repeat it, and it corrects you by voice. Slow podcasts come with a transcript, speed control and their vocabulary. YouTube lessons play the video with a synced transcript. Understand natives puts the textbook line next to the casual way natives say it. More ways in: scan a page with your camera, turn a word list into a vocabulary lesson with a story using every word, or read a long text in Easy Reader page by page, with word help and optional page audio (Quality or Basic voice). AI texts come in four levels: Beginner 1, Beginner 2, Intermediate and Advanced. Your words move from New to Learning, Reviewing and Mastered; rate each review Forgot, Hard, Good or Easy. Tricky words get extra practice. Save sentences with lists, tags and stars; browse verb conjugations and word lists. Track your study days, streak, words read and how many of the most common words you know. Pre-made lessons by topic and level need no credits. Teachers can share lessons with a class; students join with a code, nickname and PIN, no email. For travel, moving abroad, talking with a partner's family, work or school. One account on iPhone, iPad and the web, in English, Spanish, French, German and Brazilian Portuguese. SUBSCRIPTIONS Start free with a limited set of lessons and features. Starter and Plus subscriptions (monthly or annual) include monthly credits for creating lessons, audio and conversations; subscribers can also buy extra credits. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel them in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.zollang.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://www.zollang.com/terms Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Passage
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Read real books in Spanish, French or Italian. When a sentence loses you, tap it. Passage gives you a natural translation, explains the grammar in plain English and picks out the key words. TAP ANY SENTENCE β’ A natural translation of the whole sentence β’ The grammar, explained in a few plain lines β’ Key words with their meanings, saved in one tap β’ Read Aloud with a natural voice that runs on your device, even offline CLASSICS AT YOUR LEVEL β’ 380+ public-domain books in Spanish, French, Italian, English, Dutch and Turkish β’ Don Quijote, Lazarillo de Tormes, Les MisΓ©rables, Madame Bovary, Pinocchio and hundreds more β’ Browse by language, genre and level: beginner, intermediate or advanced β’ A quiet reader with page turns, themes and adjustable text β’ Made for iPhone and iPad, with a two-page spread on iPhone Duo WORDS THAT KEEP THEIR SENTENCE β’ Every word you save keeps the sentence and the book you found it in β’ Spaced review decides what comes up and when β’ Eight games: Flashcards, Context Recall, Listening, Match Blitz, Reverse Translation, Spelling Bee, Word Sprint and Boss Review β’ A daily goal, a streak and a home-screen widget help you keep at it Passage suits readers who know the basics and would rather read than drill. Explanations are available in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Turkish and Portuguese. PASSAGE PRO Passage is free to start. Passage Pro gives you every book, unlimited sentence explanations, unlimited saved words and all practice games. The yearly plan starts with a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and you can manage them in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.patara.tech/passage/privacy-policy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Zollang at none against Passage's shown. Zollang also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Zollang sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month and Passage sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Zollang ships an update every 5 days, Passage every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zollang | Passage |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days β better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | No β better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 β better | 26.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Tonderayi Mazanhi | Huseyin Ugur Genc |
In-app purchases
Zollang
- Starter Monthly$12.991 Month
- Plus Monthly$24.991 Month
- Starter Quarterly$59.993 Months
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- Ultra Monthly$79.991 Month
- Plus Quarterly$115.993 Months
- Starter Annual$139.991 Year
- Ultra Quarterly$219.993 Months
- Plus Annual$269.991 Year
- Ultra Annual$769.991 Year
- 500 Credits$4.99
- 1,500 Credits$14.99
- 3,150 Credits$29.99
Passage
- Monthly$2.991 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
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