Asla vs LingoLens
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Asla
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Learn spoken Arabic — the real thing, the everyday Arabic people actually speak at home and on the street, not the Modern Standard Arabic of textbooks. Asla teaches you the dialect your family understands: colloquial, everyday Arabic, not formal MSA. MANY DIALECTS — YOURS IS ALREADY HERE Asla covers several Arabic dialects, and they're all in the app: • Tunisian Arabic — the most complete, the ideal place to start • Levantine Arabic (Lebanese) • Moroccan Arabic (Darija) • Algerian Arabic Pick the one that's yours: your family's dialect, your country of origin, or the region you care about. One app, real spoken Arabic — not a school subject. NO ARABIC SCRIPT NEEDED You start without learning the letters. Every word and sentence is written in Latin transliteration (Arabic transliteration / phonetic Arabic), so you read and speak from minute one. The Arabic alphabet can come later, if you ever want it. WHAT'S INSIDE ASLA • Flashcards with spaced repetition: review at the right moment and remember for the long run • Native pronunciation: every word spoken by real voices, not robotic text-to-speech • Useful example sentences: everyday Arabic you can reuse right away • Transliteration on everything: spoken Arabic without the script, start to finish • Multiple dialects in one app: Tunisian, Levantine, Moroccan, Algerian WHO IT'S FOR • The diaspora reconnecting with their heritage and the language of their family • People who understand a little but don't dare to speak • Complete beginners who want something usable, not abstract grammar • Travelers who want the real dialect, not Standard Arabic WHY DIALECT, NOT STANDARD ARABIC The Arabic taught in schools (Modern Standard Arabic / MSA) is almost never the Arabic people speak. Nobody orders a coffee in MSA. Asla teaches you the living language directly — spoken Arabic, colloquial Arabic, everyday Arabic — so you understand and get understood. Reconnect with your heritage, one card at a time. Download Asla and start speaking your dialect today. getasla.com
LingoLens
This app transforms your favorite videos into language learning lessons. It offers dual captions, instant word translations and saving, and a built-in dictionary. Sync your progress across devices and explore content in your target language.
- Dual captions
- Instant word translation
- Save words to bank
- YouTube search
- Cross-device sync
- Built-in dictionary
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LingoLens turns the videos you already love into comprehensible-input lessons in the language you're learning. • Watch videos with dual captions - your target language layered over your own. • Tap any word for an instant translation, pronunciation, and its dictionary base form, then save it to your word bank with one tap. • Search YouTube or browse a feed built around your learning language. • Your word bank and history sync across the LingoLens web app and the Chrome extension. • A built-in dictionary works both directions and auto-detects the language you typed. Learn Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, and more - translated into the language you already speak. LingoLens Pro (optional subscription) unlocks unlimited saved words. Terms of Use: https://lingolens.us/terms Privacy Policy: https://lingolens.us/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Asla at none against LingoLens's 2. 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. LingoLens sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.00 per month. Asla asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Asla | LingoLens |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Marouane Naghmouchi | John Hartwig |
In-app purchases
Asla
No in-app purchases
LingoLens
- LingoLens Pro (Monthly)$4.001 Month
- LingoLens Pro (Yearly)$45.001 Year









