PhraseMind vs Tellable
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
PhraseMind
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Catch a phrase in real life β save it, learn it at home. PhraseMind is your personal phrasebook and trainer. Collect the phrases you actually needed today β at the doctor's, at lunch, at the gym β translate them into natural variants, organize them by context, and make them stick with smart repetition. Textbooks teach words. PhraseMind teaches the sentences you needed yesterday. 30+ LANGUAGES, ANY PAIR Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Arabic and more β pick any pair and any direction, from English β Spanish to German β Japanese. Switch pairs anytime; each keeps its own phrase library. NATURAL TRANSLATIONS, NOT LITERAL ONES Type a phrase and PhraseMind translates it for you β with AI that suggests several natural ways to say the same thing. Pick the variants you like or add your own, and listen to each one with text-to-speech. Works just as well for single words β build your vocabulary alongside full phrases. ORGANIZE BY REAL-LIFE CONTEXTS Build your own folder tree: β’ Health β Doctor visits and symptoms β’ Food β Restaurants and ordering β’ Work β Meetings and communication β’ Travel β Tickets, hotels, small talk This way you learn not just words, but how they are used in real situations. TRAINING THAT FITS YOUR PACE Choose how many phrases to repeat, how recent they are, and where they come from β the whole tree or a single folder. Flashcard-style repetition tracks what you know and what needs another pass. YOUR LIBRARY, ALWAYS WITH YOU Your phrases are stored on your device and work offline. Share a phrase set with a friend by link β they can import it in one tap. FREE TO USE No subscriptions, no ads. AI translation has a fair daily limit β sign in with Google or Apple to raise it. PhraseMind is designed to help you move beyond translation and start thinking in phrases and contexts.
Tellable
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Tellable turns your day into language practice. Write or speak about your day and practice expressing yourself in the language you're learning. Use local journaling without an account. Connect an account to purchase Tellable Pro and sync supported learning data across connected devices. AI features send the text or audio needed for processing to external AI services with your permission. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PhraseMind at none against Tellable's 1. PhraseMind also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Tellable sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $54.00 per year. PhraseMind asks for nothing beyond the download.
PhraseMind ships an update every 9 days, Tellable every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PhraseMind | Tellable |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 6 days β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No β better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 β better | 16.4 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dmitrii Babii | Hiroaki Ohira |
In-app purchases
PhraseMind
No in-app purchases
Tellable
- Tellable ProοΌyearlyοΌ$54.001 Year
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