Comparison

Spelloom vs DeutschStart

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

Head to head
About

Spelloom

Features
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Build your vocabulary with flashcards and spaced repetition. Learn words in context, practice listening and pronunciation, and save words from other apps to create your own cards. Words in context Learn new words with translations and examples that show their meaning and how they’re used in context. Listen to pronunciations, explore images that help you remember, and watch short videos featuring native speakers to discover words in real speech as well as on flashcards. A variety of exercises Choose the correct translation, recognize words by ear, build them from letters, and type your answers. Practice saying words aloud with speech recognition. Different exercise formats help reinforce meaning, spelling, and pronunciation. Spaced repetition Spelloom schedules each word’s next review based on your answers. Words you find harder come back more often, while words you know well return after longer intervals. Your daily learning plan See which words are due for review and how many new words you can learn today. Set your daily goal and exercise difficulty, choose vocabulary levels, and learn at your own pace. Ready-made vocabulary and Word Bank Learn German, Spanish, French, Dutch, Italian, and Polish. Choose vocabulary by topic and level, from A1 to C1. Add your own words to your Word Bank, along with translations, examples, images, and your own audio recordings. Progress and motivation Track the words you’ve learned, your study time, and your progress by level and topic. View your activity calendar, keep your learning streak going, and unlock achievements. Set reminders to make learning a regular habit. Add word and streak widgets to your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Study rooms and exams Learn with a teacher, friends, or colleagues. Create themed study rooms with shared word collections, invite others with a link, compare progress, and test your knowledge with exams. Teachers can choose vocabulary for their students, track their progress, and review exam results and mistakes. Free version and Premium Start for free: learn up to 5 new words a day, review vocabulary, add your own words, and join study rooms. Premium removes the daily limit on new words and unlocks word list imports from files, dedicated practice for difficult words, and detailed statistics. Create unlimited study rooms and invite more participants. Audio generation for custom words is available with Premium. Premium is available as a monthly or annual subscription that renews automatically. Pricing and terms are shown before purchase. You can manage your subscription and cancel automatic renewal in your App Store account settings. Learn new words and make them stick with Spelloom. Privacy Policy: https://spelloom.com/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

DeutschStart

Features
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All the German you need for B1 — in one app 80 topics. 3,147 words. 1,007 sentences to translate. 3,567 exercises. And every single one is spoken by a real human voice: 10,746 recordings, over five hours of speech — offline, anywhere. We put in one place what usually costs you three separate subscriptions. Translate a sentence — and get it taken apart. Not a red cross, but an explanation: word order, articles, endings, verb forms, the whole grammar, word by word. Said it your own way but got it right? It counts — because one thought can be put into German in more ways than one. Flashcards that remember for you. A word comes back after one day, three, seven, fourteen, thirty — exactly when you start to forget it. Grammar without the fog. The rule in plain words, a full conjugation table for all six persons, articles colour-coded: der blue, die orange, das green. The exercise comes right after. Speaking out loud. Listen to the phrase, say it back, the app checks you. Mistakes work for you. Everything you got wrong comes back for review on its own. No sign-up. No subscription. No ads. No internet. Open it and follow the plan. B1 isn't talent. It's 80 topics in order.

Screenshots

Spelloom4 screens
DeutschStart4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DeutschStart at none against Spelloom's 2. DeutschStart also leads on update cadence (daily vs weekly) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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. Spelloom sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. DeutschStart asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spelloom ships an update weekly, DeutschStart daily. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
Spelloom versus DeutschStart: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpelloomDeutschStart
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB194 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperViktor OsipchukVladyslav Kushniruk

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Spelloom

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Premium Annual7 Days trial$79.991 Year
None

DeutschStart

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spelloom free?
Spelloom is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DeutschStart free?
DeutschStart is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Spelloom or DeutschStart have ads?
Neither Spelloom nor DeutschStart shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spelloom or DeutschStart?
Spelloom ships an update weekly, and DeutschStart daily. Most recently, Spelloom was updated on November 13, 2026 and DeutschStart on November 13, 2026.

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