Comparison

Stride Spanish vs Hola Means Hola

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

Head to head
About

Stride Spanish

Master Spanish with a sentence-based approach. This app offers over 4,500 practice sentences, clear translations, and pronunciation tools. Progress from beginner to expert with practical topics and personalized study options.

Highlights
  • 4,500+ practice sentences
  • Beginner to Expert levels
  • Clear English translations
  • Pronunciation audio
  • Tap-to-reveal translations
  • Personalized Liked list
  • Local progress tracking
Features
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Stride Spanish Learn Spanish one sentence at a time. Stride Spanish is a focused Spanish learning app built around real example sentences, clear translations, pronunciation practice, and a gradual learning path from beginner foundations to advanced fluency. • 4,500+ Spanish practice sentences • Levels from Absolute Beginner through Expert Fluency • Clear English translations for every lesson sentence • Audio recordings for pronunciation practice • Slow playback option for careful listening • Tap-to-reveal translations so you can test yourself first • New vocabulary introduced inside example sentences • Lesson notes and pronunciation hints where helpful • Save favorite examples to a personal Liked list • Study mode for reviewing saved sentences • Local progress tracking so you can continue where you left off • Settings for showing translations automatically or enabling auto-play audio • Practical topics including travel, work, health, conversation, opinions, culture, business, and advanced nuance

About

Hola Means Hola

This app is a Spanish learner's dictionary designed for intermediate and advanced users. It features a frequency-ordered word list with definitions in Spanish, example sentences, and optional English hints. The app also includes a reader view, flashcards, and audio for offline listening.

Highlights
  • Frequency-ordered Spanish dictionary
  • Reader View with 500 pages
  • Flashcard review system
  • Spanish audio for offline listening
  • Search Spanish and English words
  • English hints available
  • No account or ads required
Features
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Learn Spanish words without constantly translating them. Hola Means Hola is a Spanish-first learner’s dictionary designed to be searched, read, and listened to. Look up the word you need, or follow a frequency-ordered path through Spanish vocabulary. Without flashcards. --SEARCH IN SPANISH OR ENGLISH-- Search more than 70,000 Spanish entries and hundreds of thousands of conjugations, plurals, inflected forms, and related terms. Choose Simple Spanish for the essential meaning or Detailed Spanish for greater precision and nuance. Definitions, examples, and connected words remain in Spanish. English support is available when you need confirmation, but it never takes over the learning experience. --READ THE DICTIONARY--- Build your Spanish from the words that matter most. The 25,000-word reading path is organized into 25 levels, beginning with the words Spanish uses most. Clear Spanish definitions build on more common vocabulary, so each level helps unlock the next. Read while you wait in line, take a break, or have a few quiet minutes. Your place and progress are saved automatically. --LISTEN WHILE YOU MOVE-- Turn vocabulary into a Spanish listening practice for walks, commutes, or time away from the screen. Choose from three listening modes: - Complete: Spanish definition and example, English confirmation, then the example again - Spanish Only: definition and example entirely in Spanish - Mixed: a shorter bilingual review Adjust playback speed, set a sleep timer, and download audio for the levels you want available offline. --EACH ENTRY INCLUDES-- - Frequency rank - Simple and detailed Spanish definitions - Spanish example sentences - Optional English support - Multiple meanings, if applicable - False-cognate warnings --BUILT FOR INDEPENDENT LEARNERS-- Hola Means Hola is for intermediate and advanced learners who want to spend more time understanding Spanish with Spanish, and less time translating back and forth. You can also: - Track how many words you read each day - Review your recent activity - Hide Spanish words that are already obvious to English speakers, such as “animal” - Download the complete dictionary for offline search - Report entries that seem wrong or unclear - Use the app without creating an account Hola Means Hola has no ads, third-party analytics SDKs, or cross-app tracking. Limited first-party analytics help improve the dictionary, search, reader, and audio experience. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.holameanshola.com/privacy

Screenshots

Stride Spanish3 screens
Hola Means Hola4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Hola Means Hola at 3 against Stride Spanish's 1. Stride Spanish's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Stride Spanish against 5.0 for Hola Means Hola. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stride Spanish ships an update weekly, Hola Means Hola every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Stride Spanish versus Hola Means Hola: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStride SpanishHola Means Hola
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB28 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperJason HuangPatrick Griffith

Customer experience

Stride Spanish

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

Hola Means Hola

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Stride Spanish

No in-app purchases

None

Hola Means Hola

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stride Spanish free?
Stride Spanish is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hola Means Hola free?
Hola Means Hola is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Stride Spanish or Hola Means Hola?
Stride Spanish and Hola Means Hola are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Stride Spanish or Hola Means Hola have ads?
Neither Stride Spanish nor Hola Means Hola shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stride Spanish or Hola Means Hola?
Stride Spanish ships an update weekly, and Hola Means Hola every 5 days. Most recently, Stride Spanish was updated on October 31, 2026 and Hola Means Hola on October 31, 2026.

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