Koko vs HaHu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Koko
Learn practical phrases and conversations in Amharic and Afaan Oromo from your first lesson. This app offers a structured curriculum with audio, reading, vocabulary review, and guided practice in real-life scenarios. It supports native script, pronunciation guides, and optional tools like Word Scan for object translation.
- Structured A1 curriculum
- Native script support
- Audio pronunciation
- Vocabulary review
- Guided practice chats
- Word Scan object translation
- Reading activities
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Learn useful Afaan Oromo and Amharic words and phrases with short lessons that fit into your day. FIND YOUR NEXT STEP Practice greetings, coffee, family, shopping, home, directions, and daily routines. Every lesson and unit check is open from the start. Follow your next lesson, return to unfinished practice, or choose a topic that interests you. LEARN BY DOING Listen to available recordings, match words, build sentences, and practice remembering what you have learned. Save words for later and revisit them in vocabulary review. TWO LANGUAGES, YOUR CHOICE Switch between Afaan Oromo and Amharic whenever you like. Afaan Oromo lessons use Qubee. Amharic lessons include Fidel and a pronunciation guide. PRACTICE EVERYDAY MOMENTS Try a guided coffee conversation or another everyday situation. Use Word Collector to scan items around you, learn their Oromo or Amharic words, and add them to your own dictionary. Unlock two short stories when you pass a unit check. Explore 44 stories across both languages, with key words you can tap to hear and save. Use the flag button to share corrections and help improve Koko. LEARN WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT Start learning without signing in. Sign in with Apple or Google if you'd like to back up your progress and continue on iPhone or web. Koko is free to use, with no third-party ads or subscription. Optional tips support continued development and do not unlock features. Privacy: https://hellokoko.app/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://hellokoko.app/terms/ Support: https://hellokoko.app/support/
HaHu
Master the Amharic alphabet with interactive lessons and pronunciation feedback. Practice reading and speaking characters, track your progress, and focus on missed letters. Available offline in English and Amharic.
- Pronunciation feedback
- Interactive character learning
- Timed pronunciation tests
- Progress tracking and history
- Offline functionality
- Retry missed characters
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HaHu: Speak! teaches you how to read and pronounce every character in the Amharic alphabet. Learn Don’t know any of the characters? Then start here. Listen to the sound of each character and try saying it yourself. The app will give you instant feedback on your pronunciation. You can listen to your pronunciations as you go. Keep trying until you have it down pat! Test Put your skills to the test. Say the character before time expires! Increase difficulty by lowering the time limit and shuffling the characters. How fast can you go? Track Progress You can see all of your past sessions on the history page. Score, mode, time limit, and more are all saved. You can retry previous sessions. With “Retry Missed,” you can focus on the characters you missed. Language The app is available in both English and Amharic. Offline No internet connection necessary. Subscription The base forms of each character are free. Subscribe to unlock all 231 characters. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Koko at weekly against HaHu's every 3 weeks. Koko also leads on ratings volume (7 vs 1). HaHu's advantage is iOS requirement (16.7 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Koko sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and HaHu sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 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 Koko against 5.0 for HaHu. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Koko has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Koko ships an update weekly, HaHu every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Koko | HaHu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.7 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 98 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Olana LLC | Azariah Seblu |
Customer experience
Koko
HaHu
In-app purchases
Koko
- One Coffee$1.99
- Two Coffees$4.99
- Coffee Ceremony$9.99
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- Coffee + a Meal$24.99
HaHu
- Full Alphabet Access$4.991 Month





