Comparison

Iter Lexici vs Fluency Refrain

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

Head to head
About

Iter Lexici

Read books in your target language seamlessly with integrated word and grammar help. Progress through stories, track your learning journey, and maintain a daily streak. Offers a free tier with limited reading and a subscription for unlimited access.

Highlights
  • In-sentence word and grammar help
  • Audio playback with sentences
  • Progress tracking and daily streaks
  • Read real stories, not drills
  • Free tier with limited reading
  • Subscription for unlimited access
Features
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Iter Lexici lets you read books in the language you are learning without breaking stride. Each sentence is its own step. Questions about words and fragments sit on the line you are on, so the help is in the book, not outside it. Audio can play with the sentence. Grammar and vocabulary arrive as you travel through a real story, not a list of drills. Each day you light a candle and gather fragments as you read. Reach your daily seal, keep a streak, and go farther. A free candle takes you a meaningful way in; subscribe for unlimited reading. Sign in with Apple, Google, or email. Subscriptions renew monthly unless you cancel in Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://iterlexici.com/privacy-policy

About

Fluency Refrain

Features
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Fluency Refrain is a pronunciation app built on one idea: you learn to say a phrase by saying it WITH the voice, not after it. Pick a language, add the phrases you actually want to say, and chorus them: speak in unison with a studio voice, again and again, until the phrase comes up to full speed. Then let review bring each phrase back right before you forget it. CHORUS, DON'T REPEAT Repeating after a recording leaves a gap where your own accent creeps back in. Chorusing closes that gap. You say the phrase at the same time as the voice, matching its rhythm, stress and melody, with a tap-to-adjust gap and tempo so you can start slow and speed up as it sticks. YOUR PHRASES, NOT A SYLLABUS Start from a short seed pack for your goal (first phrases, travel basics, hard-to-pronounce phrases, or expressions worth collecting) and then add anything you like: a line from a show, something a friend said, the sentence you fumbled yesterday. Every phrase gets a studio voice in the language and variety you chose. REVIEW THAT BRINGS PHRASES BACK Spaced review schedules each phrase for the moment it is about to fade. Say it, reveal it, hear it, grade yourself. Phrases you nail come back less often; phrases you miss come back sooner. IDIOMS, PROVERBS AND TONGUE-TWISTERS Checked packs of idioms, proverbs and tongue-twisters for French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Greek, with meanings and references, ready to chorus. More languages on the way. BUILT FOR POLYGLOTS Keep as many languages as you like. Pin up to three as your focus, and the app tells you which language needs you next. Transliteration for non-Latin scripts. Studio voices in 80+ languages and regional varieties. WORKS WITH FLUENCY STREAK Link Fluency Refrain to Fluency Streak and every chorus and review session counts toward your daily language streak automatically. WHAT TESTERS SAY "I found that chorusing revolutionized my ability to learn Korean. This app has revolutionized my ability to chorus. It is simple to use, has many uses, and permits the addition of all kinds of material. I love it!" — Mindy Thompson Fullilove, MD, author of The Tao of K-drama (Oxford University Press) FREE AND PRO Free: unlimited languages, up to 20 phrases, full chorus and review. Refrain Pro removes the phrase limit. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage them in your App Store account settings. Privacy policy: https://fluencyrefrain.com/privacy Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Iter Lexici4 screens
Fluency Refrain4 screens

Verdict

The call

Iter Lexici and Fluency Refrain are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Iter Lexici sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month and Fluency Refrain sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Iter Lexici versus Fluency Refrain: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIter LexiciFluency Refrain
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB19 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperITER LEXICI, LLCGeorge Dick

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Iter Lexici

Subscriptions1
  • Full Journey Monthly$9.991 Month
3 purchases

Fluency Refrain

Subscriptions3
  • Refrain Pro — Weekly$7.997 Days
  • Refrain Pro — Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Refrain Pro — Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Iter Lexici free?
Iter Lexici is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fluency Refrain free?
Fluency Refrain is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Iter Lexici or Fluency Refrain have ads?
Neither Iter Lexici nor Fluency Refrain shows ads.

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