Comparison

Etimo vs Kökçe

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

Head to head
About

Etimo

Features
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Etimo — Kelimelerin Kökeni Her gün kullandığın kelimelerin arkasında binlerce yıllık hikâyeler gizli. "Kahve" Etiyopya'dan, "dükkân" Farsça'dan, "masa" Latince'den geliyor — peki ya diğerleri? Etimo, Türkçedeki kelimelerin kökenlerini keşfetmeni sağlayan bir etimoloji uygulaması. Oyna, öğren, keşfet. OYNA Zamana karşı yarış. 4 şıktan doğrusunu bul, combo zinciri kur, en yüksek skoru kovala. Her gün yeni sorularla kendini test et. ÖĞREN Başkentler oyunu, Türkiye il-ilçe-plaka quiz'i, unutulmaya yüz tutmuş Türkçe kelimeler, tarihte bugün ve deyimlerin hiç bilmediğin kökenleri — hepsi tek yerde. KEŞFET Günün kelimesini öğren, etimoloji haritasında dil ailelerini gez, kelime ağaçlarında köken bağlantılarını takip et. Her kelime bir kapı, her köken bir yolculuk. GİZLİ KELİME Harfleri tek tek açarak gizli kelimeyi bul. İpucu olarak kelimenin kökeni ve anlamı sana yol gösterecek. 7.000+ kelime · 50+ dil kökeni · 81 il · 971 ilçe · 5 quiz modu Dilini ne kadar tanıyorsun? Gizlilik Politikası: https://ertankaraoglu.com/privacy.html Kullanım Şartları (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Kökçe

Features
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Kökçe tells you where Turkish words come from. One word is chosen each day. Its origin, the languages it passed through, its first written attestation and its meaning today all sit on one screen. JOURNEY Follow a word step by step: where it was born and which languages carried it into Turkish. Each step shows the form and meaning in that language. Reconstructed forms are marked with an asterisk. CROSSING PATHS Words that look nothing alike may have passed through the same link along the way. Kökçe finds those crossings and connects the words: fikir, tefekkür and mefkûre meet in the same Arabic form, and so do rahat and rayiha. Browse them from a word's entry or from a list of their own. DICTIONARY Over 800 words. Filter by origin language, keep your favourites. Search follows Turkish rules, so "sarki" still finds "şarkı". SOURCES Every entry names the source it rests on: Nişanyan Sözlük, the Turkish Language Association's Güncel Türkçe Sözlük, Kubbealtı Lugatı, Tietze. Unknown fields are left empty rather than invented. Where an origin is disputed, the competing view is given too. HOME AND LOCK SCREEN See the word of the day in a widget. Small, medium and large sizes sit alongside Lock Screen widgets, and you choose which pool each widget draws from. SIRI AND SPOTLIGHT Ask "what's the word of the day in Kökçe" and Siri answers without opening the app. Every word is indexed in Spotlight, so it surfaces as you search. DAILY REMINDER The word of the day arrives at the time you choose, in your device's local time. WORD POOL Draw the daily word from the mixed, everyday or lesser-known pool. Open the lesser-known pool to stretch your vocabulary. FOR EVERYONE VoiceOver and Dynamic Type are supported throughout. The app works offline, and dictionary updates arrive in the background as the catalogue grows. FREE AND OPEN SOURCE No ads, no subscription, no account. The app collects nothing and sends nothing to a server. The code is MIT and the content is CC BY-SA 4.0; both are public on GitHub.

Screenshots

Etimo4 screens
Kökçe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kökçe at none against Etimo's 5. Kökçe also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. Etimo sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Kökçe asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Etimo ships an update every 6 weeks, Kökçe daily. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Etimo versus Kökçe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEtimoKökçe
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperErtan KARAOGLUFurkan Ataman

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Etimo

Subscriptions2
  • Aylik Premium$0.991 Month
  • Yıllık Premium$6.991 Year
One-time3
  • Ipucu Paketi 5 Adet$0.99
  • Ekstra Quiz Hakki$0.99
  • Tek Harf Acma$0.99
None

Kökçe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Etimo free?
Etimo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kökçe free?
Kökçe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Etimo or Kökçe have ads?
Neither Etimo nor Kökçe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Etimo or Kökçe?
Etimo ships an update every 6 weeks, and Kökçe daily. Most recently, Etimo was updated on October 7, 2026 and Kökçe on October 18, 2026.

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