Comparison

Learn the World vs Scrolane

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

Head to head
About

Learn the World

Discover daily geography and world history facts through an engaging, swipeable card feed. Learn about countries, cultures, and historical events at your own pace, with content adapting to your knowledge level. Enjoy an offline-first experience with personalized categories and configurable daily notifications.

Highlights
  • Swipeable fact card feed
  • Offline-first experience
  • Personalized learning levels
  • Configurable daily notifications
  • Thousands of curated facts
  • Lightweight and fast design
Features
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Globefact is a simple and addictive way to learn geography and world history every day. Swipe through full-screen fact cards and explore countries, capitals, landscapes, cultures, flags, history and world records in a fast, immersive vertical feed. Each fact is designed to be short, memorable and easy to understand. Whether you are a beginner or a geography enthusiast, Globefact adapts to your level with personalized content ranging from simple country facts to advanced geopolitics and obscure historical insights. FEATURES - Vertical feed of geography facts - Configurable notifications for daily learning with no effort - Beginner, intermediate and expert learning levels - Personalized categories based on your interests - Offline-first experience, no internet required - Thousands of curated facts about the world - Lightweight, fast and distraction-free design Learn something new about the world in seconds, anytime you open the app. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

About

Scrolane

Features
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You unlock your phone to check one thing. Forty minutes later you lock it again, and none of it stayed. Scrolane takes that exact habit — the scrolling, the swiping, the five minutes in a queue — and gives you something to keep at the end of it. HOW IT WORKS Swipe through cards. One idea each, about two minutes, finished — not a teaser for a longer article. Every card ends with a single question, because answering something is what makes it stick. When a topic won't let you go, open a course: five to eight short modules, built around what you've been reading and the level you read at. WHAT'S INSIDE • A feed shaped by your interests and your level, not by what's trending • Courses that go deep on the topics you keep coming back to • Save any card, add your own notes, find them all in one place • A curiosity map that lights up as you explore • Saved cards stay readable offline BUILT ON SOURCES Every card is written from cited reference material and checked before it reaches you. Spot something off? One tap reports it, and the card gets reviewed and rewritten. NO STREAKS. NO GUILT. Nothing to keep alive, nothing that punishes you for a day away. Just minutes of curiosity, counted quietly, against a weekly goal you set yourself and can change whenever. NOTHING TO PERFORM No likes, no comments, no followers, nobody watching what you read. There's no account to create either — open the app and start. WHAT YOU'LL READ ABOUT The physics behind ordinary things. The ways your own mind misleads you. The history of the ideas that shaped how we think. Mathematical paradoxes that survive a second look. Logic puzzles that reward patience. The library keeps growing. TWELVE LANGUAGES English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Norwegian, Swedish, Czech, Romanian, Bulgarian, Croatian and Russian. SCROLANE PREMIUM Unlimited cards, every course, and a feed tuned to you. • Yearly subscription: $49.99 per year • Weekly subscription: $1.99 per week • 3-day free trial before either plan begins • Prices shown are for the United States; your local price appears in the app Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase, or at the end of the free trial. Your subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple ID settings. Privacy Policy: https://scrolane.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://scrolane.com/terms

Screenshots

Learn the World4 screens
Scrolane4 screens

Verdict

The call

Learn the World and Scrolane are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Learn the World sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Scrolane sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Learn the World versus Scrolane: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLearn the WorldScrolane
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSylvain FertonsAdconcept OU

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Learn the World

Subscriptions3
  • Globefact Premium$4.997 Days
  • Globefact Premium$9.991 Month
  • Globefact Premium$49.991 Year
3 purchases

Scrolane

Subscriptions3
  • Scrolane Weekly3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Scrolane Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Scrolane Premium (Annual)1 Year trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Learn the World free?
Learn the World is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scrolane free?
Scrolane is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Learn the World or Scrolane have ads?
Neither Learn the World nor Scrolane shows ads.

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