Viglot vs Malmoi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Viglot
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You understand far more than you can say. Viglot closes that gap with speaking practice built around your own life, in 40+ languages. ■ When it's your turn, your mind goes blank You've studied for months, maybe years. You can read a menu and follow a conversation. But when it's your turn to speak, your mind goes blank. Fluency isn't knowing more words, it's getting them out when it counts, and that is exactly what Viglot trains. ■ Past the basics, most apps run out of things to teach you Ordering a coffee and asking the way won't get you through a doctor's appointment, a job interview or dinner with your partner's family. Viglot starts where beginner courses stop and takes you from intermediate to advanced (B1 to C2), with new situations every time instead of the same drills with longer words. ■ Learn the language for your life, not a textbook's Tell Viglot what you need the language for: your job, a move abroad, your partner's family, football, cooking. Every lesson becomes a scene from that life, and every phrase comes with a picture of the moment and a native-quality voice. Words you need, seen in a real moment, are words that stay. ■ Practice speaking without an audience No one to practice with, or too self-conscious to try in front of people? Your conversation partner in Viglot is an AI: it's there whenever you have ten minutes, never loses patience and never judges. You get a goal, like returning a faulty jacket, explaining your symptoms or agreeing on a price, and you talk it through out loud. Afterwards you find out whether you got there and what to say better next time. ■ Don't stall when a word is missing In a real conversation you forget a word, or the other person gets you wrong. Viglot trains you for both: you practice saying things in your own words, and Viglot even misunderstands you on purpose, so you learn to rephrase, give an example or ask back until your point lands. ■ Stop forgetting what you learned Words you struggle with come back sooner, words you know come back later, so your time goes where it's needed. A word only counts as learned once you've produced it yourself, not just recognized it. And the difficulty follows you: it eases off when you're struggling and pushes when you're cruising. ■ Exam coming up? Type your exam as the topic, for example DELE B1, DELF A2, Goethe B1, JLPT N4, HSK 3 or TOPIK II, and your lessons follow its syllabus unit by unit. Any other topic works just as well. Viglot isn't affiliated with any exam provider. ■ Not learning from English? Most apps only teach from English. Viglot works in any pair of 40+ languages, in either direction: German from Persian, Spanish from Arabic, English from Ukrainian, Japanese from French. Learn Spanish, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi and many more, including regional varieties such as Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese and Egyptian Arabic. Right-to-left languages work fully, and the app itself is available in 36 languages. ■ Who it's for Viglot is for learners who want to finally use what they know. It covers A1 to C2 and is tuned for B1 and up. It isn't made for complete beginners: it assumes you already know the basics. ■ Free to start The core exercises are free. Premium unlocks the conversations and the speaking practice, plus listening, culture and grammar-feedback exercises. Premium is a monthly subscription; cancel anytime. You know more than you can say. Time to start saying it. Terms of Use (EULA): https://viglot.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://viglot.com/privacy.html
Malmoi
Master Korean pronunciation and grammar with this comprehensive learning tool. It focuses on how words are actually spoken, offers conjugation drills, and includes a vast dictionary with multiple language translations. Prepare for exams with reading, listening, writing, and mock test modules.
- Pronunciation trainer with computed rules
- Irregular verb and adjective conjugation drills
- 44,000-word dictionary with multi-language meanings
- 296 grammar patterns with examples
- Reading, listening, and writing practice modules
- TOPIK mock tests and writing scoring
- Offline functionality
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Korean is not read the way it is written. 값이 is [갑씨], 국물 is [궁물], 좋다 is [조타]. Malmoi is built around that fact. • Pronunciation trainer — the standard pronunciation rules, computed. Wrong answers are plausible misreadings of the same word, not other words, so you cannot guess by shape. • Conjugation drills — ㅂ, ㄷ, ㅅ, 르, ㅎ irregulars sorted automatically, with the full conjugation table for every verb and adjective. • 44,000 words with meanings, hanja origins, examples and the standard pronunciation published by the National Institute of Korean Language. Meanings come in English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese and Vietnamese at beginner and intermediate levels. • 296 grammar patterns across six levels, each with attachment rules and two examples. • Reading — passages, sentence ordering, newspaper headlines, sentence insertion. • Listening — dialogues read aloud at study speed and exam speed. • Writing — character count, style consistency, spoken-language check, and the official scoring rubric with a model answer. • Mock tests for both exam types, with the level a total score would give. Everything runs on your device. No account, no server, and it works with no connection. Levels are an estimate. There is no official published word list, so levels start from the beginner/intermediate/advanced grading of the National Institute of Korean Language and are split further by corpus frequency. Mock scores are an estimate as well — the official conversion table is not published, and writing is self-scored. Not affiliated with or endorsed by NIIED or the TOPIK organisers. Dictionary data from the Korean Basic Dictionary, National Institute of Korean Language (KOGL Type 1). Also Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and OpenSubtitles / FrequencyWords (CC BY-SA 4.0). Free: all of Level 1, the first words, grammar, reading and listening of every level, 15 drill questions a day per type, the TOPIK I mock test and writing tasks 51–52. No ads, no account. Malmoi Premium unlocks everything: Monthly (1 month) or Yearly (1 year) auto-renewing subscription, or the Lifetime Pass — a one-time purchase that never renews. Prices are shown in the app in your local currency. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel in your account settings. Already using Malmoi? If you used it before version 1.0.5, every feature stays free on that device, for good. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://inphilchoi.github.io/malmoi-privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Malmoi at none against Viglot's 1. Malmoi also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Viglot sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $17.99 per month. Malmoi asks for nothing beyond the download.
Viglot ships an update every 9 days, Malmoi every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Viglot | Malmoi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Viktor Pergjoka | INPHIL CHOI |
In-app purchases
Viglot
- Premium$17.991 Month
Malmoi
No in-app purchases









