Immersea vs Parlumi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Immersea
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Learn Spanish, Japanese, and any language from the videos and podcasts you already watch, not canned lessons. Immersea turns YouTube links, podcast episodes, and your own files into interactive language lessons. Read along and learn with subtitles synced to playback: dual captions in the source language and yours. Tap any word for an instant definition, save it to your vocabulary list, and review with flashcards and spaced repetition practice. WHY IMMERSEA Most apps teach from their own curriculum. Immersea lets you learn from real content in the language you choose: Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, German, and more. Bring a YouTube video, a podcast episode, or a file you care about. Immersea adds dual subtitles, tap-to-learn definitions, and a personal word library. HOW IT WORKS 1. Paste a YouTube link, podcast URL, video file, or text 2. Choose the language you are learning 3. Follow along with dual captions synced to playback 4. Tap any word for meaning, examples, and pronunciation 5. Save words to your vocabulary library 6. Practice with flashcards and spaced repetition when words are due FEATURES • Learn Spanish, Japanese, Korean, and more from YouTube, podcasts, and video • Dual subtitles: source language + your learning language • Tap any word for AI definitions in context • Build your personal vocabulary from real content • Flashcards and listening practice • Spaced repetition: review words at the right time • Works with content you find, not a fixed course library PERFECT FOR • Learners who want language immersion from native content, not drills • Intermediate learners building vocabulary from real speech • Anyone who learns best from podcasts, vlogs, and real-world video Start with a link you love. Turn it into a lesson. Build vocabulary you will actually use, in whatever language you are learning. Download Immersea and learn from content that keeps you watching. LEGAL Privacy Policy: https://immersea-web.vercel.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://immersea-web.vercel.app/terms Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Parlumi
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Parlumi turns learning a language into the best part of your day. Bite-sized lessons that feel like a game, instant feedback and a clear path that takes you from your very first words to speaking with confidence. Five minutes a day is all it takes to feel the difference. Choose from nine languages, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, German, Dutch and Swedish, and climb from A1 to C2 across 72 units: from saying hello and ordering a coffee to debating, adding nuance and getting the jokes locals make. Already know some? The placement test starts you at the right level, and an exam at the end of each level shows you just how far you’ve come. You learn from your own language, because Parlumi speaks fourteen: the nine course languages plus Polish, Finnish, Ukrainian, Turkish and Romanian. Every explanation is written for speakers of your language, shows you what’s different and warns you about false friends before they trip you up. Every lesson feels fresh. Build sentences with tiles, type with the keyboard of the language you’re learning, listen to natural voices at normal or slow speed, say sentences out loud and find out instantly if you’re understood, spot the mistake and finish each unit with a short story. Words that give you trouble come back in smart reviews, and if you get stuck, a hint or “I don’t know” shows you the answer without breaking your stride. And you never learn alone. In the city of Parlumi, each week you join a neighborhood of up to twenty people and together you build a project at The Harbor, The Lighthouse, The Beach or any of its eight places. You contribute by hitting your daily goal, so consistency counts, not level. When your neighborhood finishes the build, you earn gems, the city grows stage by stage and you rise through the titles, from Visitor all the way to Mayor of Parlumi. Friends make it even better: find them by @username or with your QR code, compete on the weekly leaderboard, challenge them to a 60-second lightning duel where speed beats level, and invite them to earn months of Premium. Your privacy comes first: until you’re friends, people only see your @username and photo. Streaks, XP, a daily goal, hearts and a gem shop with streak shields, Double XP and avatar frames keep you coming back day after day. And Parlumi doesn’t leave you stranded without signal: keep studying, see your friends and your city with the latest saved data, and everything you do is sent automatically as soon as you’re back online. Nothing you learn is ever lost. Start in seconds, no account needed. Whenever you like, create a free one with Apple or your email and take your progress to all your devices. Parlumi is free and will stay free. If you want more, Parlumi Premium gives you unlimited lives, a free streak freeze every month and free hints and intensive reviews. You also get free gems every month, and even more with the yearly plan. It's a monthly or yearly subscription (the yearly plan includes a 7-day free trial) that renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; you can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://parlumi.site/condiciones?lang=en · Privacy Policy: https://parlumi.site/privacidad?lang=en
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Parlumi at none against Immersea's 2. Parlumi also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 10 days). Immersea's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price 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
Both are free to download. Immersea sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Parlumi asks for nothing beyond the download.
Immersea ships an update every 10 days, Parlumi every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Immersea | Parlumi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Amine Elbarry | Artsessions |
In-app purchases
Immersea
- Immersea Monthly Plan3 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Immersea Yearly Plan$59.991 Year
Parlumi
No in-app purchases









