Comparison

CourseTrees vs meramu

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

Head to head
About

CourseTrees

Visualize university course catalogs as interactive graphs. Easily see course prerequisites, plan academic paths, and explore what each course unlocks. Supports 156 universities, simplifying semester planning.

Highlights
  • Interactive course graph
  • Visualize prerequisites
  • Plan academic routes
  • Explore course unlocks
  • Supports 156 universities
Features
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CourseTrees turns a university's course catalog into one interactive graph. Every course is a node, every prerequisite is an edge. From there, you can see what a course unlocks, trace a route to a course you want to take, and plan a few semesters out without reading the catalog cover to cover. 156 universities are on it today.

About

meramu

Learn new words by combining illustrated cards in a puzzle format. Discover new terms by mixing elements and collecting their associated words in your chosen language. Offers 248 lessons across 50 languages with audio and pronunciation guides.

Highlights
  • Combine illustrated cards to discover words
  • 248 lessons across 50 languages
  • Audio pronunciation and native language meanings
  • Offline access for saved media
  • Optional account backup for progress
  • No ads or in-app purchases
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Learn vocabulary by combining illustrated cards. Mix water and earth to discover mud, then collect its word in the language you're learning. Explore 248 lessons, 379 illustrated course cards and 50 learning languages, including Bengali and Tamil. Each lesson gives you a small set of ingredients and a goal to make. Combine cards, use hints when you're stuck, and hold a card to see its meaning in your native language. Read Chinese pinyin or Japanese romaji and kana. Hear words with recorded pronunciation or an available device voice. Artwork and pronunciation for your chosen language download automatically, with your current lesson and next five first. Keep playing while the rest downloads. Saved media works offline on iPhone and iPad. Play without an account. Adults can optionally back up their nickname, settings and progress with Apple, Google or email sign-in. Restore, export or delete your backup from Settings. Gameplay analytics is a separate adult choice and is off by default. No ads or in-app purchases. Existing progress stays separate for each learning language.

Screenshots

CourseTrees4 screens
meramu4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: meramu at 5 against CourseTrees's 1. On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for CourseTrees against 5.0 for meramu. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: meramu has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
CourseTrees versus meramu: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCourseTreesmeramu
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequency—Daily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB109 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNOAH BAER FINKELSTEINJoshua Dirga

Customer experience

CourseTrees

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

meramu

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

CourseTrees

No in-app purchases

None

meramu

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CourseTrees free?
CourseTrees is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is meramu free?
meramu is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CourseTrees or meramu?
CourseTrees and meramu are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do CourseTrees or meramu have ads?
Neither CourseTrees nor meramu shows ads.

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