Cadence vs LearnThings
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cadence
This app helps you achieve personal goals by creating customized learning paths. It offers short, engaging lessons with practical examples and interactive elements. Practice your new skills through scenarios and quizzes, and track your progress to build a consistent learning habit.
- Personalized learning paths
- Short, practical lessons
- Interactive examples and diagrams
- Real-life scenario practice
- Progress tracking
- Read or listen to lessons
- Optional subscription for more features
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Turn a goal you care about into a course built for you. Learn one useful idea at a time, then practise putting it to work. Start free, with no account required. Speak with confidence in a meeting. Prepare for a difficult conversation. Become a better leader. Bring your own goal and the situation behind it. A COURSE BUILT FOR YOU Your goal and context shape your learning path. See what is ahead, pick up where you left off and take your next step. MAKE IT CLICK Short lessons explain ideas with practical examples. Diagrams, labelled charts and interactive models help when a picture makes the idea clearer. Need another approach? Explore the same idea through simpler words, a story, a drawing, a worked example or something to try. PRACTISE FOR REAL LIFE Try scenarios, quizzes and short exercises. Get feedback on your response, revisit key ideas and ask Coach when you want another explanation or example. READ OR LISTEN Read on iPhone or iPad, or listen to lesson audio with your choice of narrator. BUILD A LEARNING HABIT See your progress, return for your next lesson and keep working toward your goal. FREE TO START AND KEEP LEARNING Learn as a guest with 2 new lessons a day, audio included. Add an account for backup, restoring on a new device, or Cadence Plus. Plus is optional: no daily lesson limit, more Coach messages, more practice, longer live voice practice and all 12 lesson voices. Cadence Plus is billed through Apple as a yearly or monthly auto-renewable subscription. A seven-day trial may be available on the yearly plan for eligible Apple IDs when Apple shows the offer. Manage or cancel in your Apple subscription settings. Cancellation keeps access through the paid-through date. Questions or ideas: support@learningcadence.app Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Service terms: https://learningcadence.app/terms/ Privacy: https://learningcadence.app/privacy/
LearnThings
This app creates personalized learning paths for any subject, skill, or exam. It breaks down content into weekly topics with notes, podcasts, and quizzes tailored to your learning style and available time. Track your progress and sync across devices with a free account.
- Personalized learning paths
- Weekly topic breakdown
- Notes for reading
- Podcast episodes for audio learning
- Quizzes for knowledge checks
- Progress tracking
- Cross-device syncing
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LearnThings turns any topic into a personalized learning path. Tell the app what you want to learn — a skill, an exam, a subject you're just curious about — along with your current level and how much time you have. LearnThings builds a structured path just for you, broken into weeks and topics. Each topic comes to life in the format that fits how you learn best: • Notes — clear, readable lessons you can read at your own pace • Podcast — narrated audio episodes for learning on the go • Quiz — practice questions that check what you've actually learned HOW IT WORKS 1. Tell LearnThings what you want to learn, your starting level, and your timeline 2. Review your personalized path before committing to it 3. Work through topics at your own pace, tracking progress as you go 4. Create a free account to keep your paths and progress synced across devices Whether you're prepping for an exam, picking up a new skill for a project, or just curious about something new, LearnThings adapts the path and the pacing to you. LearnThings is free to use, with an optional Pro subscription. LEARNTHINGS PRO Free learners can build 2 new learning paths a month. LearnThings Pro (Pro Monthly or Pro Annual, auto-renewing) raises that to 12 new paths a month. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel any time in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://learn-api.46-225-168-54.nip.io/legal/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: LearnThings at free against Cadence's freemium. Cadence's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Cadence sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and LearnThings sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. 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 Cadence against 5.0 for LearnThings. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Cadence ships an update every 2 days, LearnThings weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cadence | LearnThings |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TIMOTHY YONG LEE LIM | ALBARAA TAHER ZEINOGLU |
Customer experience
Cadence
LearnThings
In-app purchases
Cadence
- Cadence Plus Monthly$9.991 Month
- Cadence Plus Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
LearnThings
- LearnThings Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- LearnThings Pro Annual1 Month trial$19.991 Year









