Sonnet vs Bonjour Path
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Sonnet
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Sonnet helps you actually learn French β by recalling it, not just reading it. Instead of multiple-choice guessing, you type the answer. Every drill checks your spelling letter by letter, turns the word green when you nail it, and a built-in hint nudges you one letter at a time when you're stuck. VERBS β’ Practice 944 verified verbs across every tense and mood. β’ Type the conjugation; wrong letters show in red, correct turns green. β’ Spaced repetition brings back what you forget, and starts you on the most common verbs first. β’ Rate each card Hard or Easy to tune your schedule. PHRASES β’ 1,000+ everyday French phrases, the kind you'll actually use. β’ Switch direction: recall the meaning, or type the French. β’ Tap any French word to see what it means. WORDS β’ Build vocabulary with around 3,000 of the most common French words. β’ Search and browse the whole list any time. CONJUGATOR β’ Look up any verb and see its full conjugation tables, with the stem and ending colour-coded. β’ Verbs are numbered and grouped by how common they are. GRAMMAR β’ Short, clear notes for each tense β including when the subjunctive is triggered. ALSO β’ Hear words and phrases spoken aloud. β’ Daily goals and a progress view. β’ Light and dark themes. iPhone and iPad. PRIVATE BY DESIGN β’ Works fully offline. No account. No ads. No tracking. Nothing you do leaves your device. Free to use. Bon courage !
Bonjour Path
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Bonjour Path is a structured French-learning companion for learners working from A0 through B2. Follow an 80-unit path with practical lessons, short checks, vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, listening, speaking, and writing activities. Build a sustainable routine with Daily Practice, adaptive reinforcement, original bilingual Daily Stories, and progress checkpoints. LEARN STEP BY STEP - Work through 80 units and 400 lessons across A0βB2. - Practise with 800 distinct lesson checks. - Review French vocabulary and useful chunks in the app or with the Home Screen widget. - Use French-first Daily Stories with complete English support. - Revisit material through locally scheduled reinforcement. PRACTISE SPEAKING - Listen with Appleβs installed French voices. - Record and replay your own response when you choose. - Optionally see what on-device Canadian French speech recognition heard. - Treat feedback as practice evidence, not an accent score or official language assessment. KEEP YOUR LEARNING PRIVATE - No account is required. - Learning progress is stored on your device. - Bonjour Path contains no advertising or third-party analytics SDK. - Export and restore a password-protected encrypted learning backup whenever you choose. All learning materials in this edition are app-authored.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Sonnet at none against Bonjour Path's shown. Sonnet also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sonnet ships an update every 2 weeks, Bonjour Path every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sonnet | Bonjour Path |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks β better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No β better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad β better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 β better | 18.4 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brandon van Rijn | Hung Luong |
In-app purchases
Sonnet
No in-app purchases
Bonjour Path
No in-app purchases







