Melsi vs eGeez
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Melsi
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tigrinya users can ask questions and any other user is able to leave an answer on their question post
eGeez
This app makes learning the Geez alphabet an engaging adventure for children. Guided by a friendly lion cub, kids explore letter families through interactive mini-games and 3D adventures. Families can personalize the learning experience with custom voice recordings and share progress.
- Interactive alphabet learning journey
- Mini-games for each letter family
- 3D adventure modes
- Daily letter hunts and rewards
- Family voice recording for personalized learning
- Offline functionality
- Parent and teacher dashboard
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eGeez turns learning the Geez alphabet into an adventure. Anbessa the lion cub guides children along a journey through all 33 letter families and 231 letters of the fidel - the script used by Amharic and Tigrinya. Every letter is voiced by a real human recording. FOR KIDS - A winding journey with exactly one next step - no menus to get lost in - Six mini-games per letter family: pop bubbles, trace letters, feed Anbessa, outsmart Jibby the hyena - 3D adventures: Letter Runner across Lalibela, Aksum, the Simien mountains and Gondar, and Fidel Skylands floating islands - A Daily Letter Hunt, streaks, and a treasure gift every day - Dress Anbessa in hats, scarves and capes earned by learning FOR FAMILIES - Family Voice: a grandparent anywhere in the world can record the letters in their own voice for your child - Voice postcards and share cards to celebrate milestones - The whole app works offline after the first download - perfect for travel and for keeping kids off the internet - App text in English, Amharic, Tigrinya, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Swedish and Norwegian FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS - A parents dashboard (behind a grown-up gate) with letter mastery, trouble letters and practice tips - A full teacher mode: term plans, homework links over WhatsApp, a TV chant board for the classroom - no accounts needed PRIVACY FIRST - No ads. No accounts. No data collection. Everything stays on the device. The only things that ever leave it are the cards and files a grown-up explicitly shares. Includes gentle Bible story picture books in Tigrinya for young children. One purchase unlocks everything; no ads, no subscriptions, no in-app purchases.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Melsi at Free against eGeez's $12.99. eGeez's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Melsi is free to download; eGeez costs $12.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Melsi ships an update every 4 months, eGeez monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Melsi | eGeez |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $12.99 |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | degen logistics | Yosief Weldegebriel |
In-app purchases
Melsi
No in-app purchases
eGeez
No in-app purchases







