Comparison

LingPal vs Chiritsumo Tango

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

LingPal

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Learn Japanese, Korean, French, or English—and practice using what you learn. LingPal brings together short lessons, speaking practice, and AI conversations to help you turn new words into something you can say. Whether you’re starting with Japanese kana, building everyday vocabulary, or returning to a language you’ve studied before, choose your next lesson and keep going. BUILD A FOUNDATION, ONE LESSON AT A TIME • Follow structured courses with beginner, intermediate, and advanced content. • Learn vocabulary, grammar, and useful expressions through interactive exercises. • Practice listening, matching, sentence building, and fill-in-the-blank questions. PRACTICE OUT LOUD • Listen to words and sentences, record yourself, and check pronunciation feedback. • Rehearse everyday situations, from ordering a drink to checking in at a hotel. • Take turns with an AI conversation partner in the language you’re learning. MAKE YOUR MISTAKES PART OF YOUR PROGRESS • Return to incorrect answers and practice the material that needs another try. • Use daily review and focused exercises for grammar, listening, pronunciation, writing, and speaking. • Track completed lessons, XP, and your learning streak. GET STARTED WITH JAPANESE CHARACTERS • Practice hiragana and katakana in guided lessons. • Follow stroke-order demonstrations and try writing kana yourself. Choose a language. Listen, speak, and review. Start your next lesson with LingPal. SUBSCRIPTIONS & AVAILABILITY Some courses and features require a subscription. AI conversations require a subscription and an internet connection. Speech features depend on device permissions and availability. Available features and subscription options are shown in the app before purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Questions or feedback? Contact atlasai.global@gmail.com. Terms of Use: https://atlasai.it.com/manage/data/page/view/LingPal_TermsofUse Privacy Policy: https://atlasai.it.com/manage/data/page/view/LingPal_PrivacyPolicy

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Chiritsumo Tango

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Language learning, starting with words. A vocabulary app with 22 languages and 64,620 words. From Spanish, Korean and Japanese to Arabic and Vietnamese, build your vocabulary in five minutes a day with four-choice quizzes. Every language comes with a Getting Started page and a chart of its characters, so you can begin before you can read a single letter. ▼ The 22 languages Spanish / Korean / Japanese / Chinese / French / German / Italian / Portuguese / Russian / Polish / Turkish / Hindi / Bengali / Urdu / Arabic / Tagalog / Indonesian / Malay / Vietnamese / Mongolian / Esperanto / English ■ Start before you can read the script "I want to learn Korean, but I can't read 안녕하세요." That is where people stop, so every language has a Getting Started page. What characters exist, how they sound, how word order works, and the first greeting you can actually say. It opens by itself the first time you choose a language. ■ Every character, listed Hangul has 40. Japanese kana, 46. The Arabic script, 28. What looked like unfamiliar patterns turns into a set you can count. Diagrams show how the parts build one character: ㅎ + ㅏ + ㄴ → 한. Chinese has far too many characters for that, so instead you get how Pinyin is read, plus easy words with their readings marked. ■ We take the translations seriously Dictionary output is not shipped as it comes. Every entry passes several independent checks, and a separate auditor spot-checks the result afterwards. Stiff dictionary phrasing, a missing primary meaning: we have closed them one at a time. ■ How the learning works - Four-choice quizzes teach the meaning and the reading together - Collect only the words you got wrong and review those - Hear pronunciation, for the languages your device can speak - Split by level, so you know where to start - Example sentences show how a word is actually used ■ Built so that you come back - A companion grows as you study. It gains experience and evolves - Your streak counts up, day by day - Trade codes with a friend and compare streaks and weekly word counts - Set your daily goal to 10, 20 or 30 questions, and change it whenever you like ■ Who this is for - You want a bigger vocabulary in Spanish, Korean, Japanese or any of the other 19 - You want to learn some of the language before a trip or a move abroad - You started teaching yourself and stalled at the writing system - You want to turn five minutes of your commute into study "Chiritsumo" comes from a Japanese saying: even dust, piled up, becomes a mountain. We built this so that you can watch it pile. --- - No banner ads: nothing shrinks the screen you study on - Video ads play only when you choose to watch one - Full-screen ads appear at most once every few quizzes - Works offline once downloaded. - Contact: yoshitetsugames21@gmail.com

Screenshots

LingPal4 screens
Chiritsumo Tango4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chiritsumo Tango at none against LingPal's 3. Chiritsumo Tango also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). LingPal's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. LingPal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. Chiritsumo Tango asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LingPal ships an update every 5 weeks, Chiritsumo Tango weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 2 level
LingPal versus Chiritsumo Tango: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLingPalChiritsumo Tango
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperATLASAI LIMITEDYoshitetsu Suzuki

In-app purchases

3 purchases

LingPal

Subscriptions3
  • LingPal Pro 1 Week$5.997 Days
  • LingPal Pro 1 Month$9.991 Month
  • LingPal Pro(3-Day Free Trial)7 Days trial$39.991 Year
None

Chiritsumo Tango

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LingPal free?
LingPal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chiritsumo Tango free?
Chiritsumo Tango is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LingPal or Chiritsumo Tango have ads?
Chiritsumo Tango shows ads; LingPal does not.
Which is updated more often, LingPal or Chiritsumo Tango?
LingPal ships an update every 5 weeks, and Chiritsumo Tango weekly. Most recently, LingPal was updated on October 31, 2026 and Chiritsumo Tango on October 24, 2026.

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