Comparison

TONGUES vs Allora

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

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About

TONGUES

This app lets you learn vocabulary relevant to your life, starting with words you care about. You can create custom lessons based on detailed prompts, making language learning personalized and engaging.

Highlights
  • Personalized vocabulary learning
  • Custom lesson generation
  • AI-driven learning
  • Hobby and profession-specific terms
  • User-driven curriculum
Features
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It takes 40,000 words to be fluent in a language. Most language apps leave you at 5,000 or less. Instead of leaving your vocab in a chat with an LLM, save them here. TONGUES is the most comprehensive language app available, including every language and for the first time, every dialect. Acquire vocabulary by recording everyday conversations, generating lists based on your favorite topics with AI, or through your camera. Study with FSRS flashcards, audio playlists, generated stories and conversations, and home/lock screen widgets. Whereas most language apps limit you on the vocabulary you are able to acquire, spending up to a few months with colors, farm animals, and basic foods and greetings, TONGUES gives you vocabulary related to you profession first, slang, or any other interests and queries you might have. ______ TONGUES Pick a word. Any word. Most language apps hand you the same tired curriculum — colors, farm animals, "the boy eats an apple." TONGUES does the opposite. You choose what you learn, starting with the words you already care about: the jargon from your job, the slang from your hobbies, that phrase you've been dying to drop at a dinner party. Learn vocabulary that's actually relevant to your life, not a textbook's Start from your profession, your hobbies, your obsessions Give elaborate prompts and get lessons tailored to them Study what sticks, because you picked it. Studying a language should feel like learning to say the things you want to say. With TONGUES, it finally does. Download Tongues and pick your first word. EVERY LANGUAGE AND DIALECT TONGUES features every single language and dialect varying degrees. It is on average 90% accurate depending on how rare the language and dialect is. AUDIO PLAYLISTS With TONGUES, everything is automatically an audio playlist. Every word that you encounter on vacation, during a conversation, or found in an artifact, can be read out loud using state-of-the-art voice models. For commonly used language, ElevenLabs is used, and for rare languages, Forvo is used. ARTIFACTS With TONGUES, you can generate artifacts which are conversations stories that can be read out loud. You can generate their prequels and sequels while testing your reading comprehension for them. CONVERSATIONS When conversing with the AI, get valid responses in real time. Break down grammatical structures coming from the chat, and save words you don't understand back to your flashcard deck. TONGUES remains the only true language learning application that harnesses top frontier models

About

Allora

This app offers a calm and focused approach to learning Italian, French, and Spanish through short daily lessons and engaging stories. It guides users from beginner levels to conversational fluency with a clear roadmap and smart vocabulary review.

Highlights
  • Guided roadmap from A0 to B1
  • 35 hand-crafted units
  • Leveled daily stories
  • Tap-to-translate and save words
  • Spaced-repetition flashcards
  • Learn multiple languages separately
  • Natural voice pronunciation
Features
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Allora is the calm way to learn Italian, French, and Spanish - ten focused minutes a day, from your very first word to holding a real conversation. No stress, no guilt-trip streaks. Just a clear path and three simple daily loops: A GUIDED ROADMAP (A0 to B1) 35 hand-crafted units across 8 stages take you from the alphabet and greetings to past tenses and everyday conversation. Each unit ends with a checkpoint quiz, so you only move on once it's really stuck. DAILY READS Short, leveled stories - order a coffee in Rome, catch a train, meet a neighbor - written to match exactly where you are. Tap any word you don't know to hear it and save it instantly. SMART REVIEW Saved words turn into spaced-repetition flashcards that come back right before you'd forget them, so vocabulary actually sticks. THREE LANGUAGES, ONE APP Learn Italian, French, and Spanish together or one at a time - your progress, streaks, and saved words are tracked separately for each. Every lesson and story is read aloud in a natural voice, so you train your ear and your accent from day one. Start with ten minutes today. Una lingua al giorno.

Screenshots

TONGUES4 screens
Allora4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Allora at none against TONGUES's 6. Allora also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.6). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. TONGUES sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Allora asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Allora holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
TONGUES versus Allora: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTONGUESAllora
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size145 MB41 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperOlympian Hourglass LLCAIDAN LANE CONNOLLY

Customer experience

TONGUES

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Allora

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

In-app purchases

6 purchases

TONGUES

Subscriptions6
  • Standard$8.991 Month
  • Pro$14.991 Month
  • Max$29.991 Month
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  • Standard (Yearly)$83.001 Year
  • Pro (Yearly)$155.991 Year
  • Max (Yearly)$299.991 Year
None

Allora

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TONGUES free?
TONGUES is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Allora free?
Allora is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TONGUES or Allora?
Allora is rated higher. TONGUES averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Allora averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do TONGUES or Allora have ads?
Neither TONGUES nor Allora shows ads.

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