BetterW4 vs Norsk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BetterW4
Manage your school day with a comprehensive timetable, track assignments and grades, and access campus life information. Customize your experience with appearance options and receive timely notifications.
- Live timetable with countdowns
- Assignment tracking and deadline management
- Grade tracking with predicted and final scores
- Campus life directory and contact information
- Customizable appearance and notifications
- School account synchronization
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Everything you need for the school day, on your phone. TIMETABLE See today’s lessons with rooms and teachers, plus a live countdown showing how long is left in the current period. Changed and cancelled lessons are colour-coded, and school calendar events appear alongside your classes. ASSESSMENTS Track deadlines in list or month view. See what’s due, what’s overdue and what you’ve already handed in. GRADES Predicted and final grades side by side, with your IB 1–7 average. CAMPUS LIFE Look up students and teachers, browse houses, check who’s on call tonight, and reach a house leader or nurse in one tap. Plan trips, fill in travel forms and keep emergency contacts handy. EXTRA ACADEMICS Your activities, EA diary, portfolio and CAS interviews. MADE TO FIT YOU Light or dark appearance, two calendar layouts, and custom colours for every subject. Notifications for timetable changes and upcoming deadlines. Sign in with your school account to sync with W4. A built-in demo mode lets you explore the app before signing in.
Norsk
Learn Norwegian Bokmål with a comprehensive vocabulary and grammar system. Features spaced repetition, offline access, and targeted content for official language tests. Ideal for newcomers to Norway.
- 12,368 words and phrases
- 351 texts from A1 to C1
- 87 grammar rules with drills
- 12,027 form drills
- Alphabet and pronunciation guide
- 50 dialogues
- Walk Mode for offline learning
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Norwegian built for people who moved to Norway and have to learn the language for real — for Norskprøven, for work, for talking to a neighbor. The app teaches Bokmål. WHAT IS INSIDE • 12,368 words and phrases, ordered by the Norwegian Kelly list rather than by an author's intuition • 351 texts from A1 to C1 — tap any word to see what it means and what form it is in • 87 grammar rules, each with an explanation and drills • 12,027 form drills: en/ei/et, the definite form, the plural, the tenses • The alphabet and pronunciation from zero: kj and skj, the retroflex sounds, length, the two tones • 50 dialogues: the checkout, the clinic, the neighbor, the job interview • 30 minimal pairs for ear training: tak / takk, kjøre / skjære HOW IT WORKS Spaced repetition shows a word exactly when you are about to forget it. Gender (en / ei / et) is learned with the word, not from a separate list. Tap an inflected word in a text and the app names the form: husene is the definite plural of hus. Examples are spoken by the system voice. NORSKPRØVEN WORDS & TERMS A dedicated track of the vocabulary and structures the Norskprøven test expects: the words, the forms and the situations it covers. WALK MODE Start it and put the phone in your pocket. The word, a pause to remember it, the meaning, the word again. Works with the screen locked. NO INTERNET, NO ACCOUNT Everything lives on the device. No sign-up, no ads. Your progress is never uploaded. Anonymous usage statistics help us fix what breaks; one switch in the app turns them off. FREE 20 new words a day (50 on the first day), unlimited reviews, the first 4 texts and the first 8 grammar rules — forever, with no trial period. NORSK PRO Removes the daily limit and opens every text, every grammar drill, the placement test and your personal path. Monthly, yearly with a 7-day free trial, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Teaching order comes from the Norwegian Kelly list (Språkbanken, University of Gothenburg). Gender and every inflected form come from Norsk Ordbank (Språkrådet and the University of Bergen). Both CC BY 4.0, both credited in the app. Interface: Ukrainian, English, Finnish, Swedish — those four languages and no others.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BetterW4 at none against Norsk's 3. BetterW4 also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 6 days). Norsk's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.5). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Norsk sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. BetterW4 asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BetterW4 against 5.0 for Norsk. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
BetterW4 ships an update daily, Norsk every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BetterW4 | Norsk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 140 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Johannes Severin Landbo Børresen | Oleksandr Kostiuk |
In-app purchases
BetterW4
No in-app purchases
Norsk
- Norsk Pro — Monthly$9.991 Month
- Norsk Pro — Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Norsk Pro, lifetime$119.99









