Shady vs mellow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Shady
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Make the short videos you already enjoy part of your language-learning routine. Save a YouTube Shorts link and Shady turns it into a lesson with captions, useful phrases, and sentence-by-sentence shadowing practice. Listen, speak along, and revisit the expressions you want to remember. LEARN WITH SHORT VIDEOS β’ Save a Shorts link to keep a video in your study library. β’ Create captions and review useful expressions from a video. β’ Practice listening and speaking one sentence at a time. β’ Save phrases and sentences to revisit later. Shady supports learning with English, Japanese, and Chinese videos. Some features may require a subscription. Availability and pricing can vary by country. Use videos you love to build a language-learning habit, one short lesson at a time.
mellow
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Practising a language is rarely a question of time. It is a question of starting. mellow turns that around: instead of opening an app, you answer a call. The call comes to you Eight in the morning, seven on the way home β pick the days and the hour, and the phone rings then. Answer and the conversation is already under way. There is no moment left in which to decide whether today is the day. 8 languages, 19 friends English, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Korean, each with friends who have their own personality and way of talking. Help in your own language The app, in-call translations, hints and learning reports come in your language. Stuck for words? A hint shows two things you could say next. A real call Voice, not typing. Your friend speaks, you answer, and it answers back without waiting for you to finish typing. It runs at the pace of a real call, which is the part that is hard to practise anywhere else. Each friend talks differently Each one talks differently. One waits while you find the word; another keeps the pace up. Pick whoever suits the day. Set the scene Write the situation you want β ordering at a cafΓ©, introducing yourself in an interview β and the conversation goes there. What you keep A report arrives when the call ends: where you got stuck, and how the sentence would have sounded more naturally, line by line. The corrections become review cards, and they come back around when you are about to forget them. Free to use Two calls a week, five minutes each. They come back every Monday. Subscribe if you want to talk more: 300 minutes a month, up to 60 minutes a call. Worth knowing Your conversation partner is an AI, not a person. Your voice and conversation are sent to OpenAI for speech recognition, conversation and learning feedback. AI replies and review expressions are sent to OpenAI or Google Gemini for speech synthesis; replies may contain your name or conversation details. The app asks for your consent before calls or scheduling. Decline and non-call features remain available. Subscription mellow Membership is a monthly or yearly auto-renewable subscription; prices are shown in the app. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of service: https://www.mellowcall.com/en/terms Privacy policy: https://www.mellowcall.com/en/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Shady at 3 against mellow's 1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Shady sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and mellow sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Shady ships an update every 2 weeks, mellow weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shady | mellow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 β better | 16.4 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 129 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Hyeonwoo Kim | Nullge |
In-app purchases
Shady
- μλ Premium μκ° 24μκ° νΉκ°3 Days trial$5.991 Month
- μλ Premium μκ° μ¬λ°©λ¬Έ νΉκ°3 Days trial$5.991 Month
- μλ Premium μκ°3 Days trial$9.991 Month
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- μλ Premium μκ° μμ ν μΈ$9.991 Month
- μλ Premium μ°κ° 24μκ° νΉκ°3 Days trial$39.991 Year
- μλ Premium μ°κ° μ¬λ°©λ¬Έ νΉκ°3 Days trial$44.991 Year
- μλ Premium μ°κ° λ³΅κ· νΉκ°$49.991 Year
- μλ Premium μ°κ° μμ ν μΈ$59.991 Year
- μλ Premium μ°κ°3 Days trial$69.991 Year
mellow
- mellow Membership Monthly$7.991 Month
- mellow Membership Yearly$59.991 Year





