CocoDrilo vs Language Islands
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CocoDrilo
This app uses spaced repetition to help you learn and retain Spanish vocabulary and grammar. It offers daily reviews, contextual examples, and various practice styles to build long-term retention without repetitive drills.
- Spaced repetition for retention
- Vocabulary and grammar review
- Words in context with examples
- Multiple practice styles
- Progress tracking and streaks
- Customizable learning options
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Remember the Spanish you learn. New words and grammar come back in a daily review until they stick. Set a daily word goal and follow a guided grammar path. New words and grammar topics feed one daily review, and your answers shape what comes back: difficult material returns sooner, while material you know well gets more time between reviews. DAILY REVIEW FOR VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR New vocabulary and completed grammar topics get their own review schedules in the same daily routine, so practice continues beyond your first encounter. Review vocabulary in both directions, from understanding Spanish to recalling it yourself. WORDS IN CONTEXT Explore 6,300+ built-in words with 18,900+ bilingual examples. See how words work in different sentences and browse themed lists. Search in Spanish or English when you want to look something up. HEAR HOW IT SOUNDS Play pronunciation audio for 11,000+ built-in words, verb forms, and grammar answers, so you learn how Spanish sounds as well as how it's spelled. GRAMMAR PRACTICE WITH EXPLANATIONS Work through 70 guided drills across 15 units, from ser and estar to past tenses, commands, the subjunctive, and si-clauses. Practice conjugating verbs and choosing grammar that fits the sentence. Answer explanations help you understand why a form fits and learn from mistakes. Open a concise Quick guide when you need a refresher. PRACTICE WHAT NEEDS ATTENTION Choose vocabulary, grammar, or conjugation for extra practice. Track your learning and review activity, and see which material is going strong. With CocoDrilo Pro, repeated misses in Daily Review can become a personalized Focus session. Use your recent review history to work on words and grammar that need more attention. BRING YOUR OWN VOCABULARY With CocoDrilo Pro, create personal lists, add words, or import vocabulary from pasted text or CSV, TSV, and plain-text files. Bring material from a class, tutor, or your own reading into the same learning and review routine. Preview your import and check for existing words before adding it. COCODRILO PRO Pro adds personal vocabulary and import, detailed insights into what needs attention, personalized Focus practice, higher daily goals, optional extra review, and more control over practice sessions and grammar settings. Whether you're starting Spanish or returning to it, give what you learn a place in your daily routine. Use of CocoDrilo and CocoDrilo Pro is governed by the Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Language Islands
Learn to speak a new language by collecting and organizing real-life sentences into themed "islands." Focus on conversational fluency with native pronunciation and active recall, rather than traditional drills.
- Collect real-life sentences
- Organize into themed islands
- Native-quality pronunciation
- Active recall practice
- Learn multiple languages
- Build personalized phrasebook
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Language Islands gets you speaking — with the method language pros use: collect the sentences that matter to you and group them into small, themed islands. This isn't another textbook drilling you on fruit, colors, and "the apple is red." You bring the words from your real life — moving abroad, your partner's family, a trip, a new job, a language exam — and the translation and native-quality pronunciation appear in seconds. Listen. Repeat. Actively recall. That's how a language sticks where it counts: in real conversation. Learn to speak Spanish, French, Italian, German, Turkish, Portuguese, Dutch and more — from English, at your own pace. Build your own phrasebook, hear every sentence spoken by a natural voice, and practice out loud in short daily sessions. Made for real reasons to speak: • Moving to or living in another country • Understanding your partner's or in-laws' language • Getting ready for a trip • A new job, client, or work meetings • A speaking exam or school trip • Reviving a language you learned years ago No vocab drills. No endless word lists. Just your sentences, your islands, your pace. Start talking. Legal: Privacy Policy: https://www.language-islands.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CocoDrilo at 5.0 against Language Islands's 4.0. CocoDrilo also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (10 vs 1). Language Islands's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.6). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. CocoDrilo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Language Islands sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CocoDrilo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CocoDrilo has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
CocoDrilo ships an update weekly, Language Islands every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CocoDrilo | Language Islands |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 184 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ithaca Software LLC | Kaan Senturk |
Customer experience
CocoDrilo
Language Islands
In-app purchases
CocoDrilo
- CocoDrilo Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- CocoDrilo Pro Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
Language Islands
- Language Islands Pro - Monthly$9.991 Month
- Language Islands Pro - Yearly$59.991 Year








