Comparison

French vs VocabDuels

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

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About

French

Build real French skills with a calm, honest approach. Focus on vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, and reading with clear explanations and practice drills. Track your actual progress without pressure or gamified elements.

Highlights
  • Spaced repetition vocabulary review
  • Grammar lessons and drills
  • Practice by specific focus areas
  • Pronunciation audio
  • Reading and listening stories
  • Unlimited verb conjugator
  • Honest progress tracking
Features
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Practice French is a calm, honest way to build real French — without the streaks, lives, and guilt of gamified apps. Pick what you want to practice, see your actual progress, and stop whenever you like. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Vocabulary with spaced repetition (SM-2) — review the right words at the right time, so they actually stick. • Grammar lessons and short drills — clear explanations followed by fill-in-the-blank and multiple-choice practice. • Practice by focus — drill exactly the area you want: articles, conjugation, prepositions, pronouns, agreement, negation, or common mistakes. • Pronunciation — tap to hear French read aloud in the exercises and on vocabulary cards. • Reading & listening lessons — short illustrated French stories, every one narrated with high-quality audio, with a guided dictation mode and comprehension questions. • Conjugator — complete conjugation tables for more than 12,000 French verbs, with a type-every-form practice mode. Free and unlimited. • Listen — episodes about France and the French language, split into short chapters with a transcript, a translation and dictation. Audio keeps playing in the background. The first episode of every show is free. • Today — a short daily set on Home: a few words, one grammar area and one story. Do as much as you like. • Recent mistakes — what tripped you up lately, gathered in one place and ready to practise again, with a "Why?" after every wrong grammar answer. • Daily games — Word Puzzle (a French word a day) and Word groups (sixteen French nouns, four hidden groups). Free, with an archive of past days. • Optional daily reminder — one quiet nudge at a time you choose. Pause it or turn it off anytime. • Light and dark mode — follows your device, or pick one in the app. • Honest progress — see what you've learned and where to focus, with no fake streaks or pressure. BUILT TO BE CALM No ads. No daily streak shaming. No dark patterns. Just a few quiet minutes of practice whenever it suits you. FOR EVERY LEVEL Content spans A1 to C1 — from your first words to advanced, nuanced sentences. WORKS IN YOUR LANGUAGE The app and translations are available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, and Arabic. FREE TO USE Free daily limits apply on iOS, Android and the web: 50 practice answers and 3 story starts per day. Premium removes both limits. Purchase Premium only in the mobile app through the Apple App Store or Google Play. Sign in to the same account to use Premium on the web and across your devices. There is no checkout on the website. PREMIUM • Monthly or annual subscription. • Removes the daily free-practice limit. • Opens every podcast episode and adds the listening tools: slow mode, sentence loop and tap-to-jump. • Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled in your App Store account settings. Start today — your first session takes just a few quiet minutes. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://practice-french.com/privacy

About

VocabDuels

Features
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VocabDuels turns building your vocabulary into a game. Pick the language you want to learn and the language you already speak - any pair of the eight. Learn Spanish from German, English from Turkish, Russian from Italian: 56 combinations in one app. Every level is short and focused - five words at a time. Each word arrives as a flashcard you can hear spoken aloud, then comes back as a quiz and as a letter puzzle, so you meet it three different ways before it sticks. Every third level is a review that brings back what you just learned, and every tenth is a Grand Review of the whole block. When you want a real opponent, step into a duel: five questions, five seconds each, one life. - 8 languages, any pair: English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish, Russian - 450 essential A1 words across 90 levels - Flashcards with pronunciation - Multiple-choice quizzes and word puzzles - 1v1 duels against live opponents - A daily prize wheel with a free spin every day - Review gifts - gold, power-ups and diamonds for clearing a review - Hints, extra lives and 50/50 boosts for when a word will not come - Track your progress on the global leaderboard - Built-in translator VocabDuels Pro Pro removes interstitial ads and raises your monthly translation allowance from 25 to 1,000 characters. - Monthly - $2.99 per month - Yearly - $19.99 per year (save 44%) Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://vocabduels.com/privacy

Screenshots

French4 screens
VocabDuels4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: French at none against VocabDuels's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. French sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and VocabDuels sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
French versus VocabDuels: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFrenchVocabDuels
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 9 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB173 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperToba UG (Haftungsbeschränkt)MUSTAFA SENGUL

In-app purchases

2 purchases

French

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium$22.991 Year
7 purchases

VocabDuels

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time5
  • Pouch of Gold$0.99
  • Starter Pack$1.99
  • Power-Up Bundle$1.99
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  • Bag of Gold$4.99
  • Chest of Gold$9.99

Questions

Is French free?
French is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is VocabDuels free?
VocabDuels is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do French or VocabDuels have ads?
VocabDuels shows ads; French does not.
Which is updated more often, French or VocabDuels?
French ships an update every 9 days, and VocabDuels every 9 days. Most recently, French was updated on October 31, 2026 and VocabDuels on October 25, 2026.

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