Comparison

HaHu vs Twaf

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

Head to head
About

HaHu

Master the Amharic alphabet with interactive lessons and pronunciation feedback. Practice reading and speaking characters, track your progress, and focus on missed letters. Available offline in English and Amharic.

Highlights
  • Pronunciation feedback
  • Interactive character learning
  • Timed pronunciation tests
  • Progress tracking and history
  • Offline functionality
  • Retry missed characters
Features
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HaHu: Speak! teaches you how to read and pronounce every character in the Amharic alphabet. Learn Don’t know any of the characters? Then start here. Listen to the sound of each character and try saying it yourself. The app will give you instant feedback on your pronunciation. You can listen to your pronunciations as you go. Keep trying until you have it down pat! Test Put your skills to the test. Say the character before time expires! Increase difficulty by lowering the time limit and shuffling the characters. How fast can you go? Track Progress You can see all of your past sessions on the history page. Score, mode, time limit, and more are all saved. You can retry previous sessions. With “Retry Missed,” you can focus on the characters you missed. Language The app is available in both English and Amharic. Offline No internet connection necessary. Subscription The base forms of each character are free. Subscribe to unlock all 231 characters. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Twaf

This app provides daily guidance for the Ge'ez calendar and Orthodox Tewahedo traditions. It automatically calculates fasting and feast days, offers a visual year wheel, and includes prayers, saint profiles, and scripture readings. It also features a church directory and wedding planning tools, all available offline.

Highlights
  • Automatic Ge'ez calendar calculations
  • Circular Year Wheel for fasts and feasts
  • Interactive candlelit prayers
  • Saint profiles linked to feast days
  • Fasting Guide and scripture references
  • Ethiopian and Eritrean church directory
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Twaf is a daily companion for the Ge'ez calendar and the Orthodox Tewahedo tradition — for the Ethiopian and Eritrean diaspora, and for anyone walking this path of fasting and prayer. Know today's fast, automatically. Great Lent, Nineveh, Advent, Wednesdays and Fridays, and named fasts and feasts — computed from the Ge'ez calendar and Orthodox Easter. See the year on the Year Wheel — tap to explore fasting seasons and feasts. Pray by candlelight. Open a prayer and a twaf lights the page as you read — morning, midday, and evening. Follow Sunday readings in English, Tigrigna, and Amharic, with a focused reading view and opening and closing responses. Weekly readings refresh online when available from the readings service; an internet connection is needed for new readings. Keep today's calendar and fasting information close with the medium Home Screen widget. Meet the saints woven into your calendar through short, sourced profiles. Read Scripture, prepare for confession, and explore the Fasting Guide. Find a church. Browse Ethiopian and Eritrean congregations by city. Plan a wedding. Explore Saturdays and Sundays outside fasting periods. Switch between English, Tigrigna, and Amharic anytime. Core calendar and bundled prayer content are available offline. No account is required. Your saved preferences and private notes are stored on your device. Online readings and external links require network access. Dates are provided for reference. Please confirm observance-critical details with your parish priest.

Screenshots

HaHu4 screens
Twaf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Twaf at none against HaHu's 1. Twaf also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. HaHu sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Twaf asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for HaHu against 5.0 for Twaf. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HaHu ships an update every 3 weeks, Twaf daily. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
HaHu versus Twaf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHaHuTwaf
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.715.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAzariah Seblurobel abraha

Customer experience

HaHu

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Twaf

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

HaHu

Subscriptions1
  • Full Alphabet Access$4.991 Month
None

Twaf

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HaHu free?
HaHu is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Twaf free?
Twaf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HaHu or Twaf?
HaHu and Twaf are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do HaHu or Twaf have ads?
Neither HaHu nor Twaf shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HaHu or Twaf?
HaHu ships an update every 3 weeks, and Twaf daily. Most recently, HaHu was updated on October 5, 2026 and Twaf on October 7, 2026.

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