Loro vs Onymera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Loro
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Learn a new language without ever "sitting down to study." Loro puts fresh vocabulary right on your Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets, so every time you check your phone you pick up a real word or phrase in the language you're learning. Named after the parrot—nature's great mimic—Loro turns the dozens of times you glance at your phone each day into tiny, effortless lessons. No lessons to schedule. No streak guilt. Just steady, passive progress. HOW LORO WORKS • Pick your target language and skill level. • Add the Loro widget to your Lock Screen or Home Screen. • Every refresh shows a fresh mix of single words AND short, useful phrases. • Tap any card to see the meaning, an example sentence, and pronunciation. • Mark words as "Learned" and watch your count grow. WHY A WIDGET WORKS Cramming is forgettable. Repeated, spaced exposure is how memory actually sticks. Because Loro lives where you already look—the Lock Screen—you get natural spaced repetition, all day long. LEARN MANY LANGUAGES Spanish, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, and more. Choose the language you want and switch anytime. Perfect for beginners building a base and for travelers, students, and anyone who wants words that come up in real life. GET STARTED • Core widget with a daily word + phrase. • Multiple languages to choose from. • Meanings, examples, and pronunciation. LORO PREMIUM (subscription required) Unlock the full experience with Loro Premium: • Premium: Faster refresh intervals (as often as every hour). • Premium: Unlimited widget slots and every widget theme. • Premium: All languages and all skill levels unlocked. • Premium: Phrase packs by topic—travel, food, work, dating, and more. • Premium: Advanced Lock Screen layouts and macOS, Apple TV & Apple Vision support. • Premium: Detailed progress, "learned" history, and review reminders. All features labeled "Premium" above require a Loro Premium subscription or the Lifetime purchase. The core widget is included; Premium unlocks all languages, phrases, audio and every widget. SUBSCRIPTION Choose Monthly, Annual, or a one-time Lifetime unlock. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION • Loro Premium is an auto-renewable subscription. • Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. • Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period, at the price of your selected plan. • Manage or cancel anytime in Settings > your Apple Account > Subscriptions. • The Lifetime option is a one-time purchase and does not renew. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://lastoneparis.github.io/loro-site/privacy.html Questions or feedback? Email hugomoriceau@icloud.com — we reply to every message. Learn a language the effortless way. Start with Loro today.
Onymera
Learn new words daily with this app that displays a different word on your lock screen every minute. It offers extensive vocabulary lists in nine languages, complete with definitions, example sentences, and pronunciation guides. The app works offline and allows for personalized word selection based on your needs.
- Daily word display on lock screen
- Extensive vocabulary in 9 languages
- Definitions, example sentences, and pronunciation
- Offline functionality
- Customizable word selection
- Word history and saved words
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A new word, where you already look. Onymera puts a word on your lock screen and changes it about once a minute, so you meet a different one almost every time you glance at your phone. Not a notification. Not a feed. Nothing to open, nothing to remember, no streak to keep alive. NINE LANGUAGES, 32,000 WORDS AND COUNTING, ALL FREE • Korean - 5,965 words: the complete National Institute of Korean Language learner list, beginner through advanced, with Hanja origins where they help. • Japanese - 3,984 words: JLPT N5 and N4, and N3 well under way. Every entry carries its kana reading and romaji. • Chinese - 4,571 words: HSK 1 to 5, and the start of HSK 6, with pinyin. Simplified characters. • English - 4,295 words across four tiers, from everyday to genuinely rare. • Spanish - 2,709 words: CEFR A1, A2 and B1, with IPA so you know where the stress falls. • Portuguese - 2,592 words: A1, A2 and B1. Brazilian: ônibus, trem, celular, você. • French - 2,708 words: CEFR A1, A2 and B1, with IPA for everything the spelling hides. • German - 2,699 words: CEFR A1, A2 and B1, from the Goethe-Institut's own examination lists. • Italian - 2,697 words: CEFR A1, A2 and B1, with open and closed vowels marked. The word lists follow the official curriculum for each language where one exists, and every entry passes the same validator before it ships. Pick a language and the whole rotation follows; your history and saved words are kept separately for each one. EVERY ENTRY HAS A SENTENCE A definition in plain English, under 140 characters. An example sentence where the meaning is obvious from context, with a translation. Tap the widget for the pronunciation, the definition and the sentence, with the last five words you were shown underneath, so a word you half caught is never lost. TELL IT WHAT YOU'RE HEADING INTO Say, in plain English, what words you want to see: "a week in Seoul", "my first job in a Berlin office", "nothing beginner" - and the rotation follows. Thousands of words per language means even a very specific request comes back with a real list. This is the one optional purchase; everything else is free and complete without it. DOWNLOADS ONCE, THEN WORKS WITH NO SIGNAL A language is fetched the first time you pick it - a few hundred kilobytes - and from then on it lives on your phone. No account, no sign-up, nothing to fetch on a plane. The lists keep growing, and each language updates itself the next time you use it: new words arrive without an app update. A LIBRARY THAT FILLS ITSELF Your history is rebuilt from the rotation itself, so it is complete whether or not you opened the app. Save the ones you want to keep. Search by the word, by how it sounds, or by what it means in English. Accents and umlauts are optional: "manana" finds mañana, "schon" finds schön. LOCK SCREEN AND HOME SCREEN A rectangular and an inline widget for the lock screen. Small and medium widgets for the home screen: the small one is a glance, the medium one brings the example sentence with it. All free, and the app shows you how to add them the first time you open it. OPTIONAL: PERSONALIZATION - $2.99, ONCE The steering described above, plus the pace: slow the widget down to one word an hour, or one a day to sit with, rather than a new one every look. Your selection follows you to any device you sign in on. One payment. No subscription, ever. Nothing recurring anywhere in the app. — iPhone, iOS 17 or later. Privacy: onymera.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Onymera at every 2 days against Loro's every 4 days. On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Loro sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Onymera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Loro ships an update every 4 days, Onymera every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Loro | Onymera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HUGO ANATOLE PAUL MORICEAU | Convoya |
In-app purchases
Loro
- Monthly$6.991 Month
- Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Lifetime$89.99
Onymera
- Onymera Full Unlock$2.99









