Comparison

Plynno vs Parlumi

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

Head to head
About

Plynno

Features
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Plynno is a Ukrainian and English speaking trainer for people who already speak Russian. Choose a direction—Russian to Ukrainian or Russian to English—and practice through real conversation. Talk about what matters to you, receive one useful correction at a time, and immediately try a more natural phrase. What you can do with Plynno: • complete a short daily practice of five successful replies; • use free conversation without lessons, tests, scores, or pressure; • tailor practice to your goal, level, and communication style; • keep conversations, saved phrases, scenarios, and progress separate for each language; • save useful corrections and review phrases on a spaced schedule; • dictate messages, listen to replies, or use a dedicated voice mode; • set on-device reminders, maintain a streak, and aim for three active days a week; • use the interface in English, Russian, or Ukrainian; • practice without an account, subscription, or ads. Privacy: Conversation history, saved phrases, and learning progress are stored on your device. Speech recognition and spoken playback run locally. To generate a cloud reply, your current message and a limited amount of active conversation context are sent for processing. Plynno helps you feel less afraid of mistakes and use your chosen language more often—calmly, gradually, and at your own pace.

About

Parlumi

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Parlumi turns learning a language into the best part of your day. Bite-sized lessons that feel like a game, instant feedback and a clear path that takes you from your very first words to speaking with confidence. Five minutes a day is all it takes to feel the difference. Choose from nine languages, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, German, Dutch and Swedish, and climb from A1 to C2 across 72 units: from saying hello and ordering a coffee to debating, adding nuance and getting the jokes locals make. Already know some? The placement test starts you at the right level, and an exam at the end of each level shows you just how far you’ve come. You learn from your own language, because Parlumi speaks thirteen: the nine course languages plus Polish, Finnish, Ukrainian and Turkish. Every explanation is written for speakers of your language, shows you what’s different and warns you about false friends before they trip you up. Every lesson feels fresh. Build sentences with tiles, type with the keyboard of the language you’re learning, listen to natural voices at normal or slow speed, say sentences out loud and find out instantly if you’re understood, spot the mistake and finish each unit with a short story. Words that give you trouble come back in smart reviews, and if you get stuck, a hint or “I don’t know” shows you the answer without breaking your stride. And you never learn alone. In the city of Parlumi, each week you join a neighbourhood of up to twenty people and together you build a project at The Harbor, The Lighthouse, The Beach or any of its eight places. You contribute by hitting your daily goal, so consistency counts, not level. When your neighbourhood finishes the build, you earn gems, the city grows stage by stage and you rise through the titles, from Visitor all the way to Mayor of Parlumi. Friends make it even better: find them by @username or with your QR code, compete on the weekly leaderboard, challenge them to a 60-second lightning duel where speed beats level, and invite them to earn months of Premium. Your privacy comes first: until you’re friends, people only see your @username and photo. Streaks, XP, a daily goal, hearts and a gem shop with streak shields, Double XP and avatar frames keep you coming back day after day. And Parlumi doesn’t leave you stranded without signal: keep studying, see your friends and your city with the latest saved data, and everything you do is sent automatically as soon as you’re back online. Nothing you learn is ever lost. Start in seconds, no account needed. Whenever you like, create a free one with Apple or your email and take your progress to all your devices.

Screenshots

Plynno4 screens
Parlumi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Parlumi at every 2 days against Plynno's every 5 days. Plynno's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plynno ships an update every 5 days, Parlumi every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Plynno versus Parlumi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlynnoParlumi
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size325 MB159 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYeldos TurapbayevArtsessions

In-app purchases

None

Plynno

No in-app purchases

None

Parlumi

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Plynno free?
Plynno is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Parlumi free?
Parlumi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Plynno or Parlumi have ads?
Neither Plynno nor Parlumi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Plynno or Parlumi?
Plynno ships an update every 5 days, and Parlumi every 2 days. Most recently, Plynno was updated on October 8, 2026 and Parlumi on October 19, 2026.

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