Comparison

NovaTova vs Yalla

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

Head to head
About

NovaTova

Features
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NovaTova helps children learn languages through live online sessions with qualified teachers. Parents can book lessons, track upcoming and completed sessions, manage children profiles, view progress, and follow learning activity from one simple app.

About

Yalla

This app focuses on conversational language learning, enabling users to speak from the first lesson with a teacher. It offers six languages with real-life scenarios and explanations in English, Hebrew, or Arabic. Users can learn slang and phrases used by native speakers.

Highlights
  • Conversational learning with a teacher
  • Real-life scenarios and slang
  • Explanations in English, Hebrew, or Arabic
  • Learn six languages
  • Read letters in familiar alphabets
  • Short, daily lessons
Features
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Where you start talking. Yalla is a language-learning app built on conversation with a teacher: Hebrew, Levantine Arabic, Spanish, French, Russian and English. You speak with your teacher out loud from the very first lesson, with every explanation in English. Each language has its own teachers: • Hebrew with Noa and David: modern spoken Hebrew, the kind you hear on the street, at work and at the supermarket. Your pocket ulpan. • Spoken Arabic with Layla and Samer: Levantine Arabic, the dialect people actually speak, not the textbook. • Spanish with Sofía and Mateo: Spanish as it's spoken in Latin America, for the big trip and for life. • French with Léa and Hugo: the French of France, for real life and family. • Russian with Anya and Misha: real-life Russian, every word also written in letters you can read. • English with Emma and Ben: for Hebrew and Arabic speakers. The app also works fully in Hebrew and Arabic. Want to learn Hebrew from zero, learn Arabic for travel, or learn Spanish, French or Russian? Same method in every language. Why Yalla? • A teacher who talks with you: real conversation, out loud, from the first lesson, in real situations: the café, work, the market, travel. • Letters you can read: Hebrew, Arabic and Russian words also come written in letters you already know, so you read and say them from day one. • In your language: every explanation, hint and correction in English, no translation in between. • A few minutes a day: short lessons, a path built around you, and review right before you forget. • Open conversation: pick a topic or spin the wheel, and just talk. What you'll be able to do: • Order, ask and get by on your own, at home and abroad • Understand and answer without translating in your head • Slang and phrases people really use • Speak even while you still make mistakes Start with a free trial. Yalla Pro offers monthly and annual subscriptions. Trial length, price and billing terms appear before you confirm. Manage your subscription through Apple. One subscription unlocks all languages. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://yallasafa.io/privacy.html

Screenshots

NovaTova3 screens
Yalla4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NovaTova at none against Yalla's 2. NovaTova also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence and iOS requirement 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. Yalla sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. NovaTova asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NovaTova ships an update every 10 days, Yalla weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
NovaTova versus Yalla: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNovaTovaYalla
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.9 (40 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—40 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB140 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVERBATIMX LTDBar Cayouf

In-app purchases

None

NovaTova

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Yalla

Subscriptions2
  • Yalla Pro חודשי3 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Yalla Pro שנתי3 Days trial$99.991 Year

Questions

Is NovaTova free?
NovaTova is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Yalla free?
Yalla is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do NovaTova or Yalla have ads?
Yalla shows ads; NovaTova does not.
Which is updated more often, NovaTova or Yalla?
NovaTova ships an update every 10 days, and Yalla weekly. Most recently, NovaTova was updated on November 5, 2026 and Yalla on November 10, 2026.

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