Shape Language vs Llearny
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shape Language
This app helps you learn any language through translation. It breaks down translations to aid understanding, catalogs new vocabulary, and offers various learning modes like roleplay and chat. It also allows you to translate any language into your own.
- Learn languages by translation
- Understand translation breakdowns
- Catalog new words and phrases
- Quiz on learned vocabulary
- Proofread text
- Roleplay conversations
- Quick translation
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Learn any language by translation. Shape Language is the most advanced companion app for learning any language in the world. Learn how to say anything naturally in any language, or translate any language into your language. Shape Language will break down a translation so you understand its parts, and catalogue the new words and phrases you learn to quiz you on them later. In addition to Translate, the app has modes like Proofread, Roleplay, Make Polite, Chat, and Quick Translate. Terms and Conditions: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Llearny
This app offers a structured, step-by-step Japanese language course for beginners, covering the alphabet, grammar, and real-life sentences. It includes a smart dictionary with spaced repetition and features designed to build daily learning habits.
- Step-by-step Japanese course
- Alphabet mnemonics and audio
- Plain language grammar explanations
- Real sentence examples
- Smart dictionary with spaced repetition
- Daily habit building features
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Llearny is a step-by-step Japanese course for beginners. No textbook, no random videos: one clear path from the alphabet to real sentences. THE ALPHABET, FREE Every hiragana and katakana character comes with a picture mnemonic and audio. あ looks like an apple and reads "a". Most learners finish hiragana in a week and katakana the next. A STRUCTURED COURSE Grammar explained in plain language, dozens of real sentences per topic, listening lessons, culture notes and exercises after every lesson. Start speaking from lesson one. A DICTIONARY THAT REMEMBERS FOR YOU Save any word or whole sentence from a lesson with one tap. With Premium, built-in spaced repetition decides when to show it again, and you can export everything to Anki. BUILT FOR DAILY HABITS 10 minutes a day beats two hours once a week. Streaks, lives and daily lessons keep the rhythm, and long streaks earn real subscription discounts. FREE VS PREMIUM Free: the whole alphabet, the first 10 course lessons, then one new lesson a day, the dictionary and one free try of each practice mode. Premium: all lessons with no daily limit, practice exercises for completed lessons, spaced repetition for your cards, Anki export, alphabet tests and lives that protect your streak. SUBSCRIPTION Premium is an auto-renewable subscription with monthly and yearly plans. The price is shown in the app before you buy and is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel it in your App Store settings at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://www.llearny.com/en/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.llearny.com/en/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Shape Language at every 2 weeks against Llearny's every 6 weeks. Llearny's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Shape Language sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Llearny sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $10.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Shape Language against 5.0 for Llearny. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Shape Language ships an update every 2 weeks, Llearny every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shape Language | Llearny |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Voyager Space Systems, LLC | Dmitrii Surdin |
Customer experience
Shape Language
Llearny
In-app purchases
Shape Language
- Basic$3.991 Month
- Advanced$6.991 Month
- Usage Limit Top Up$1.99
Llearny
- Premium Monthly1 Month trial$10.991 Month
- Premium Yearly1 Year trial$87.991 Year
