BUILDeutsch vs Germanio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BUILDeutsch
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BUILDeutsch makes German click. Most apps make you memorize German. BUILDeutsch shows you how it actually works — every word colored by its role in the sentence. It's intuitive one-of-a-kind color-coding engine helps you finally understand sentence structure. Der is cyan, die is magenta, das is lime. Verbs glow yellow. Cases have their own colors. You don't memorize tables. You build sentences and quickly the patterns become instinct. THE BUILDER — Enter any sentence to see how it's built, then reshape it. Tap a word to change tense, case, or person, and watch the rest of the sentence rearrange itself the way German demands. DIALOGUE — Real conversations from everyday life: a family morning, the bakery, a doctor's visit. Two native voices, every word colored by its role, the English right underneath. Listen, read along, and say the lines back. DEUTSCHLENS — Point your camera at your kitchen, your street, your desk — and see the world in German. Every word arrives with its gender, its plural, and a natural sentence for practice. Saved photos keep their words offline, forever. SATZPUZZLE — Rebuild real German sentences piece by piece until the word order stops feeling foreign and starts feeling obvious. DER WEG — A complete A1 → C1 course, 84 lessons, one path. The color code is introduced one idea at a time: verbs first, then genders, then time, then the case system — exactly when the grammar itself does. Listening, speaking and reading woven in. WORKING IN HEALTHCARE? — There's a Medical German section too — 1,800+ clinical terms and common sentence patterns from Anamnese to Arztbrief. It's not a formal FSP prep course, but if the Fachsprachenprüfung is on your horizon, it's a great companion for building the vocabulary along the way. AND THE REST • 7,000+ words with genders, plurals and example sentences — searchable offline • Flashcards with spaced repetition, organized by real-life topics • Build your own decks from any word you meet — even from your photos • A cheat sheet for the moments you just need the answer • A night theme that's easy on the eyes FREE: the first two course units, daily photo credits, and the full color-coded experience. PRO: the complete A1–C1 course, unlimited DeutschLens photos, unlimited Builder sentences. $7.99/month or $49.99/year, each with a 7-day free trial. Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage in your App Store account settings. Terms: https://buildeutsch.com/terms.html Privacy: https://buildeutsch.com/privacy.html
Germanio
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Practise the German citizenship test in your own language. One tap shows every question and its answers translated, and all of the test practice is free. Naturalisation also asks for German at level B1, and the German course in Germanio goes up to B1 and on to C1. The citizenship test (Leben in Deutschland), complete and free - All 300 general questions of the BAMF catalogue plus the 10 for your Bundesland: the 310 you can be asked, out of 460 in the full catalogue. - The questions follow the May 2025 edition of the BAMF catalogue. - The picture questions are in, coats of arms included. - Every question comes with an explanation in your language and its source. - Practise by topic: politics in a democracy, history and responsibility, people and society. - A timed mock test in the format of the real one: 33 questions, 60 minutes, pass with 17 correct answers. - The translation is a study aid. The test itself is in German. German up to B1, the level naturalisation asks for Germanio prepares you for the DTZ, the German exam at the end of the integration course, and the course carries on to C1 for work and study. - 3,200 words from A1 to C1, every noun with its article, every word with audio. - Grammar in 95 short cards with examples from everyday life: the flat, work, the doctor, the office. - You type every answer yourself, and each word comes back around the time you would forget it. - The DTZ part by part: Hören, Lesen, Schreiben and Sprechen in the exam format, letters with a model answer, speaking with a recording and a model answer. - Mock exams scored by the rules of the real exam: B1 overall only with B1 in speaking. What is free, what you buy Free: every question of the citizenship test, level A1, the first part of each level from A2 to C1, and one task from each part of the DTZ. One purchase unlocks the rest. No subscription. Everything is stored on your phone, so you can study offline. The app's languages Translations, interface and explanations in English, French, Arabic, Turkish, Russian, Ukrainian and Farsi. What you learn is German. Germanio is an independent study app and is not affiliated with the Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF), telc gGmbH, g.a.s.t. or the Goethe-Institut. The names "Einbürgerungstest", "Leben in Deutschland" and "Deutsch-Test für Zuwanderer (DTZ)" are used descriptively only. Statements about laws and exams link to the official sources (bamf.de, gesetze-im-internet.de, gast.de). Privacy: https://iocodo.com/apps/germanio/privacy Support: https://iocodo.com/apps/germanio/support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BUILDeutsch at every 4 days against Germanio's every 3 weeks. Germanio's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. BUILDeutsch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Germanio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BUILDeutsch ships an update every 4 days, Germanio every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | BUILDeutsch | Germanio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 245 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mango Medicine LLC | IOCODO LLC |
In-app purchases
BUILDeutsch
- BUILDeutsch Pro7 Days trial$7.991 Month
- BUILDeutsch Pro7 Days trial$49.991 Year
Germanio
- Germanio Pro$17.99









