Comparison

ChitChat vs Zaya

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

Head to head
About

ChitChat

Learn vocabulary from your own conversations and build a personalized study plan. Practice speaking with an AI partner and connect with local language learners for real-world practice.

Highlights
  • Personalized vocabulary study plans
  • AI voice conversation practice
  • Six practice modes (flashcards, fill-in-the-blank, etc.)
  • Local language meetup discovery
  • Community features for study partners
  • Custom and public study set creation
Features
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Learn the words you actually use—and find people nearby to practice with. ChitChat is a language-learning and community app that turns your everyday vocabulary into a personalized study plan. Record yourself speaking about your life, interests, routines, or goals, and ChitChat transcribes your speech, identifies the words you use most, and organizes them for practice in your target language. PERSONALIZED VOCABULARY Build a study plan based on your real conversations instead of relying only on generic word lists. Review your most-used words, see how they are translated, organize them by CEFR level, and track your progress from A1 through C2. SIX WAYS TO PRACTICE Strengthen recall and comprehension with: • Flashcards • Fill in the Blank • Definitions • Matching • Translation • Level-based practice ChitChat tracks your attempts, accuracy, and word mastery so you can focus on the vocabulary that needs more attention. VOICE CONVERSATION PRACTICE Build confidence by speaking with an AI language partner in real time. Practice conversations in your target language, review your transcript afterward, and use words from your conversations to continue growing your personalized study plan. DAILY CHALLENGES AND STREAKS Complete daily translation questions based on your vocabulary, monitor your current and longest streaks, and receive reminders that help you stay consistent. LOCAL LANGUAGE MEETUPS Discover language meetups in your area and turn digital learning into real-world conversation. View each meetup’s languages, proficiency levels, venue, schedule, location, and attendance availability. RSVP as Going, Maybe, or Can’t Go, share your language level and learning interests, and join the meetup group chat to connect with other attendees. You can also host your own meetup, add multiple languages, set an attendance limit, choose public or friends-only visibility, and share the event with the ChitChat community. COMMUNITY AND STUDY PARTNERS Meet other language learners through community posts, profiles, follows, comments, study sets, meetup sharing, and motivation messages. Discover potential study partners, stay connected between events, and compare progress on public and friends leaderboards. CREATE AND DISCOVER STUDY SETS Build custom study sets using the words and translations you want to learn, or explore public sets created by other members. Save useful sets and add selected vocabulary to your own study plan. LANGUAGE AVAILABILITY The fullest ChitChat experience is currently available for English and Spanish, including personalized vocabulary, AI-generated practice, pronunciation support, and voice conversations. Limited features are also available for select English language pairs, including Jamaican Patois, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Mandarin Chinese. Available practice modes and AI features vary by language pair. Whether you are learning for travel, conversation, school, work, or personal growth, ChitChat helps make language learning more personal, practical, and social.

About

Zaya

Learn Spanish through engaging, bite-sized video lessons that feel like a social media feed. Practice new vocabulary with quick exercises and converse with an AI partner. Focuses on real-world scenarios for beginners.

Highlights
  • Swipeable video lessons
  • Bite-sized learning
  • Interactive exercises
  • AI conversation practice
  • Real-world topics
  • Gamified learning
Features
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Zaya is a history tutor you talk to out loud, one to one. Name a topic, like the fall of Rome, Genghis Khan or the space race, and Zaya builds a short course around it. Each lesson is a conversation. Interrupt, ask "wait, why?", or go off on a tangent, and Zaya answers and keeps the story going. • A real conversation. Talk to Zaya by voice, like a private tutor. If you'd rather not speak, tap a reply instead. • History told as stories. Every lesson puts you in the scene with the people and decisions that shaped it. • Any topic you're curious about. Ancient empires, revolutions, world wars, forgotten figures. You choose, and Zaya builds the course. • Lessons that fit your day. Each one takes a few minutes, and a lesson path shows what's next. • Quick checks. Short questions during the lesson help the important parts stick.

Screenshots

ChitChat4 screens
Zaya4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ChitChat at none against Zaya's 1. Zaya's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 8 days). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Zaya sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $79.99 per year. ChitChat asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for ChitChat against 4.7 for Zaya. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 6 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ChitChat ships an update every 8 days, Zaya every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ChitChat versus Zaya: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChitChatZaya
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (9 ratings) — better4.7 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings9 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB81 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer76xFortify Learn, Inc.

Customer experience

ChitChat

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Zaya

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ChitChat

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Zaya

Subscriptions1
  • Zaya Pro Annual3 Days trial$79.991 Year

Questions

Is ChitChat free?
ChitChat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Zaya free?
Zaya is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ChitChat or Zaya?
ChitChat is rated higher. ChitChat averages 4.8 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Zaya averages 4.7 from 6 ratings.
Do ChitChat or Zaya have ads?
Neither ChitChat nor Zaya shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ChitChat or Zaya?
ChitChat ships an update every 8 days, and Zaya every 3 days. Most recently, ChitChat was updated on November 9, 2026 and Zaya on October 31, 2026.

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