MiG vs Let's Practice Russian
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MiG
This app helps you learn Russian vocabulary through rapid word exposure. It offers multiple study modes and allows you to create custom word sets. Practice for just five minutes daily to build recognition and familiarity with the Cyrillic alphabet.
- Speed-reading word exposure
- Paired, learning, and Russian-only study modes
- Customizable word sets
- Focus mode for single-word practice
- Cyrillic and romanization support
- Offline use
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миг means a blink, an instant. small sessions, a little at a time, until the russian starts to feel familiar. mig is a quiet practice app for english speakers learning russian. it comes with 1,431 words and phrases across 28 themed sets, from first greetings to abstract concepts. bring your own sets too, from a csv or json file. four ways through any set: блиц · flash read the set at speed, one word at a time, paired with english or russian only. from a slow crawl to 300 words a minute. rotate to landscape for focus mode, where everything but the word disappears. карточки · flashcards flip through the set at your own pace. tap to turn a card, tap the speaker to hear the word spoken, swipe like a real deck. повторяй · repeat aloud say each word out loud and mig scores how close you got. it runs hands free: mig says the word, the mic opens by itself, and your answer sends itself when you stop talking. it grades sound rather than spelling, so «нравиться» and «нравится» are judged the way a russian ear hears them, not the way a dictionary spells them. recognition happens on your device and nothing is sent anywhere. слушай · listen the mode you do not look at. mig reads the set aloud, each word in english and then russian, as many times over as you ask, and loops until you stop it. it keeps playing with the screen off and takes the lock screen controls, so a set can run while you walk, cook or commute. every word in mig's own sets is a recording rather than a synthesized guess, read by eight different speakers. the stress falls where it should, which a phone's built-in voice cannot promise. pick one speaker or let them rotate. mig remembers your place in every mode, so a set you left half finished on the train is waiting where you stopped. it also remembers which words you have got right, which is how только новые works: practice only what you have not learned yet. бортжурнал, the logbook, is a dated record of what you actually practiced: which sets, which modes, how long, and which words you met or moved to known. it is a record, not a score. no progress rings, no points, no grade. a слово дня widget puts a word on your home screen, with a sentence of the day on the medium size. one daily reminder, off until you ask for it, skips the days you already practiced. no accounts. no tracking. no analytics. no ads. your sets, your recordings and your progress stay on your phone, and mig works with no connection at all. a note on the audio: words you import yourself are spoken by your phone's own voice, which does not always land the stress correctly, so trust the written mark over the voice there. and romanization is a reading aid to lean on early, then let fall away as the cyrillic grows comfortable.
Let's Practice Russian
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Let’s Practice Russian is a focused practice app for building real Russian reading, vocabulary, and grammar reflexes. It's suitable for all levels of Russian learners, even absolute beginners. Work through bite-sized drills, hear Russian words spoken aloud, review tricky grammar patterns, and strengthen the words you miss most. The app is built for quick daily practice without clutter, streak pressure, or a giant course map. Learn at your own pace, jump around, or just use as a handy reference.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Let's Practice Russian at daily against MiG's every 2 months. MiG's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MiG ships an update every 2 months, Let's Practice Russian daily. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MiG | Let's Practice Russian |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 106 MB | 207 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Devin Dyson | Dylan Rhodes |
In-app purchases
MiG
No in-app purchases
Let's Practice Russian
No in-app purchases
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