Loop English vs Needs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Loop English
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English does not stay in a textbook. You meet it in messages, work calls, menus, videos, trips, and conversations — usually at the exact moment you need to understand or say something naturally. Loop English turns those moments into a personal learning loop: MEET IT • Ask “How do I say it?” and get natural English for the situation you actually face. • Choose between neutral, friendly, and formal wording. • Paste text or capture it with the camera to understand useful English around you. • Discover expressions people use in real conversations. UNDERSTAND IT • Create rich AI cards from a word or phrase. • See pronunciation, part of speech, meaning, examples, forms, word family, related expressions, and real-life usage. • Hear the phrase and understand why it is said that way — not just its dictionary translation. REMEMBER IT • Save useful material to your personal deck. • Review it through writing, listening, matching, phrase building, and spaced practice. • Turn your own material into an audio lesson for a walk or commute. • Keep reviewing saved cards even when you are offline. USE IT • Practice real situations with AI conversation partners. • Choose a prepared scenario or describe your own. • Work on pronunciation with reference audio and detailed feedback. • Learn how to ask natural English questions step by step. FIX IT • See the sentences that need improvement after a conversation. • Understand the correction and ask why. • Save grammar explanations and turn your own mistakes into future practice. Loop English is for adults who have studied English but still hesitate when real life starts. It does not give everyone the same generic lesson. It helps you learn the English you personally meet, need, and get wrong. Meet it. Learn it. Use it. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use and Privacy Policy are available inside the app and on loopenglish.app. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Loop English Terms: https://loopenglish.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://loopenglish.app/privacy
Needs
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You speak first. That is the whole idea. Needs is an English course you do, not one you watch. Every zone starts from a real situation: ordering in a café, asking directions, the chemist, the doctor, a phone call, a complaint, a chat with a neighbour. Each one ends in something you can do. Grammar and vocabulary are moves inside the situation, never separate drills. What you do Speak into the microphone and get scored on your pronunciation. The recording stops by itself when you finish. Read aloud, sentence by sentence, and hear the phrase read back in a natural-sounding voice. Type real answers to open questions, and the app corrects them. Tap any word to see it in your own language. Colour in a real work of art, by Vermeer, Van Gogh and others, as you learn. The painting is the reward. Where you start A placement test puts you at a level that fits. It is measured, not guessed. From there you work through six settings, London through to World, from A1 up to C1: 168 zones in all. Survival, free The English you need on day one. Money, a taxi, a hotel, the chemist, an emergency, an SOS. All free except the final challenge. Exam and professional courses 21 courses, paper by paper. Exams: IELTS, TOEFL iBT, Cambridge B2 First, C1 Advanced and C2 Proficiency, A2 Key for Schools, TOEIC, OET and Linguaskill Business. Fields: business, interviews, presentations, negotiation, medical English, tech, aviation, hospitality, legal, economics, banking and finance, and academic writing. They come with Pro. When the day is over Bedtime Mode: a bedtime story, a poem, a song and soft vocabulary, on a dark, calm screen. Also inside Sir York's Library, with a Grammar Bank, Sounds of English pronunciation practice, and Today's World: news, videos and podcasts. A daily goal of three activities, and a streak. Sir York is a small dog, and he guides you through the app. No adverts, anywhere. The app speaks Spanish and English. Free to use: Pro adds things, and nothing about getting in requires paying. Made by Verónica Arena, an English teacher. Instituto Needs, Buenos Aires. There is no large company behind it. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Our terms: https://veroare-needs-app.expo.app/legal?doc=terms Privacy Policy: https://veroare-needs-app.expo.app/legal?doc=privacy
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Verdict
Loop English and Needs are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Loop English sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month and Needs sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Loop English | Needs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 355 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Andrei Blokhin | VERONICA BEATRIZ ARENA |
In-app purchases
Loop English
- Loop English Pro · Monthly7 Days trial$14.991 Month
- Loop English Pro · Yearly7 Days trial$89.991 Year
Needs
- Needs Pro, one month$6.991 Month
- Needs Pro, one year1 Year trial$44.991 Year
- 500 coins$1.99
- 1,500 coins$4.99
- 4,000 coins$9.99
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- 10,000 coins$19.99









