Yuston vs ChildStep
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Yuston
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If you have just moved to a new country, the language is around you all day. You hear dozens of words you actually need — at the doctor, at the bank, at work, in the school chat — and by evening not one of them is left. Yuston is built for exactly that. HOW IT WORKS 1. Save a word the moment you meet it. Type it, or just say it out loud — even if you don't know how it is spelled yet. The app builds the card for you: meaning, translation, real examples, related words, pronunciation. 2. The app brings it back before you forget. Spaced repetition with widening intervals. You don't have to remember when to review — the app remembers for you. 3. Anna makes you actually use it. Recognising a word is one thing. Saying it out loud is another. Anna, your AI coach, practises with the words from your own dictionary: asking questions, building realistic situations, telling stories that need those exact words, and raising the difficulty as you are ready. 4. Your dictionary suggests what to learn next. New words that build on what you already saved — around work, travel, food, relationships or everyday life. WHY IT IS DIFFERENT Most vocabulary apps stop at the flashcard: word, card, memorise. YourLangCoach continues: save it, remember it, use it, meet it again. That continuation is the whole point. It is what moves a word from "I have seen this somewhere" to "I know how to say this". It is not a chatbot that answers your question and forgets you. It is not a fixed course somebody else designed. It is your own words, coming back at the right time, in situations where you have to produce them yourself. ALSO INSIDE • Workbook — keep PDFs, photos, screenshots, notes, teacher materials and useful AI explanations in one place, next to your dictionary • Add words by voice, not just by typing • Works for whichever language you are learning Designed by a certified language coach.
ChildStep
This app helps families break down large goals into manageable daily tasks for children and adults. It fosters collaboration and celebrates progress with visual trails and encouragement, promoting a calm and pressure-free environment for personal growth.
- Break down goals into daily steps
- Visual progress tracking
- Send encouragement and cheers
- Ready-made goal templates
- Offline functionality
- Child account management
- Gentle reminders
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ChildStep helps families turn big goals into small, doable daily steps — together. A parent or guardian sets up the family, adds their children, and plans goals. Each goal breaks down into steps — the small everyday tasks that add up to it — and every step lands on the daily list of whoever it belongs to, child or grown-up. As steps get done, everyone sees the progress on a friendly visual trail — and can send a little "cheer" to celebrate. Built for calm, not pressure. No ads, no advertising trackers. Just your family. START IN A MINUTE Not sure where to begin? Pick one of twenty-nine ready-made goals, grouped by what matters to families: staying safe, learning, doing it themselves, making things, health, feelings and getting along, responsibility, helping others, and money. Learning to swim, reading every day, riding a bike, saving up for something. Each one arrives with its tasks already worked out — the weekly lesson, the practice at home, the milestones along the way — and shared between the children and the grown-ups. Change anything you like. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Start from a ready-made goal, or write your own from scratch • Set a goal for each child, then break it into steps: the everyday tasks that get it done • Build a weekly routine the whole family can see • Check a step off as it is done, and watch the goal it belongs to fill up • Send cheers and encouragement when somebody finishes theirs • Get gentle reminders for the steps you choose, at the time they happen • See simple insights: streaks, what is done, what is coming up • Look back together at the week, and write down what went well • Give a teenager their own sign-in when they are ready, with a code only a parent can issue • Works offline and syncs across the family's phones when signed in MADE FOR FAMILIES ChildStep is designed to be set up and run by a parent or guardian. Children under 13 have no account of their own — a parent adds them and manages their steps. From 13, a child can join with their own Google or Apple account, and only with a code a parent issues. Because the app involves children's information, we ask for verifiable parental consent before any child data is collected, and parents can review, export, or delete their family's data at any time. PRIVACY FIRST • No ads, and no advertising or tracking SDKs • We don't sell your data or use it for marketing • The one outside service we use is crash reporting, and those reports are stripped of your family's names, your photos and the contents of your requests • The app opens your photo library only (for avatars) — never the camera or microphone • Your data is encrypted in transit and you can delete it anytime in Settings ROLES Organizer (the parent who creates the family), Parent/Guardian (other adults you invite), and Child. Adults manage the family; children focus on their steps. Privacy Policy: https://childstep.app/privacy Terms of Service: https://childstep.app/terms Questions or feedback? support@childstep.app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ChildStep at none against Yuston's 5. Yuston's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Yuston sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. ChildStep asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yuston | ChildStep |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yana Sklyar | Paul Pham |
In-app purchases
Yuston
- YourLangCoach$14.991 Month
- Voice monthly$29.991 Month
- Premium Annual$109.991 Year
- Extra Pack$6.99
- Intensive Day$9.99
ChildStep
No in-app purchases









