Kalimo vs Wortino
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kalimo
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Learn German, Spanish and Turkish from English, at your own pace, with Kalimo. Kalimo is a language-learning app that teaches German, Spanish and Turkish from A1 to C2 on the Common European Framework (CEFR), explained in English from the first word to the last. Every level is filled with real lessons; short, gamified sessions move you forward in a few minutes a day. IT FINDS YOUR LEVEL FIRST A short placement test on first launch puts you where you actually are, not at the beginning of a book you have already read. LEARN BY SPEAKING Every lesson has a speaking part where you say the sentences out loud. Your pronunciation is scored in real time: you see which word and which sound came out wrong, and you correct it with hints written in English. You are graded in German on German, in Spanish on Spanish, in Turkish on Turkish. KALIMO IS ALWAYS THERE Kalimo, the mascot teacher, explains the lesson in his own voice, guides you through it and celebrates when you get it right. Everything he says is in English; every word and sentence of your new language is read in its own voice. THE READING SHELF Hundreds of articles written for your level, in German, Spanish and Turkish. Kalimo reads them aloud one sentence at a time, and the English of the line he is reading appears underneath it while he reads. Words you have learned are marked green in the text. VOCABULARY PRACTICE Flashcards, matching, gap-fill and spaced repetition: the words you learn come back before you forget them, at the moment the repetition is due. MOTIVATION A daily goal, a streak, quests and weekly leagues bring you back. Your progress is visible at a glance: which level you are on, where you stand this week. IT WORKS OFFLINE Download the audio packs and you can study without a connection and still hear every word. START FREE The first pair of lessons and the first article are free. Every pair of lessons after that, every new article and every level test opens with a short rewarded ad; what you open stays open, and there is no daily limit. A full-screen ad follows the lesson questions and the level test; every third lesson offers a rewarded ad that refills your hearts on the way in. A lesson entered right after an ad opens without one. There are no ads on launch and none along the edge of the screen. Hearts: you start with five, a wrong answer costs one, and one heart comes back every 10 minutes. If you run out you can wait, watch a short ad, or refill from the shop. On a subscription the heart counter never runs at all. SUBSCRIPTION A subscription removes every ad, and Talk with Kalimo and the pronunciation studio are subscriber-only. The yearly plan starts with 7 days free; your card is not charged when the trial begins and the first charge is taken at the end of day 7. Cancel from your Apple ID subscription settings before the trial ends and you pay nothing. LOCATION Your approximate location — a rough area of about 5 km — is used only to suggest learners near you; your precise location is never stored. Refuse the permission and the "nearby" section is hidden entirely. 13 AND OVER A calm, safe design; the app is for ages 13 and over. Personal data is never sold, and an account is opened only with Google or Apple. Ready? Open your first lesson today and say your first sentence in five minutes. Terms of Use (EULA): https://lingopulse-ai.web.app/kosullar Privacy Policy: https://lingopulse-ai.web.app/gizlilik
Wortino
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Wortino is a German flashcard app with Turkish and English explanations. It uses the FSRS spaced-repetition algorithm, so each German word comes back for review just before you would forget it. A1, A2 and B1 levels are available: 5,000+ words. Meanings and explanations are in Turkish and English only. GERMAN FLASHCARDS • Words come with a clear meaning and real example sentences; nouns are taught with their articles • You only study the cards that are due today • Recognition cards come first; typing (production) cards unlock as you learn the word DER / DIE / DAS • Turkish has no grammatical gender, so the article of each German noun has to be learned separately. A dedicated article drill helps it stick VERB CONJUGATION AND GRAMMAR • Conjugation tables presented as flashcards • Drills for the passive (Passiv), Konjunktiv II, the genitive, separable verbs and verbs that take a fixed preposition (Rektion) • Topic units: study words grouped by everyday themes EXERCISE TYPES • Flashcards, typing answers, and a word bank for building sentences PRONUNCIATION • Listen to words and example sentences: play automatically, on tap, or off OFFLINE STUDY AND SYNC • Cards you have already downloaded can be studied without a connection; new cards and some grammar cards need one. Progress syncs when you are back online • Use the same account on the web (wortino.app) and on iPhone EXAMPLE SENTENCES Most example sentences come from the Tatoeba corpus (tatoeba.org) and are shared under CC BY 2.0 FR; sources are on the Credits page in the app. Some explanations and example sentences are prepared with the help of AI and reviewed; AI-written example sentences are labelled on the cards. ACCOUNT Sign in with email, Google or Apple. Your progress is tied to your account and syncs across devices. PRICING Wortino is free to use with ads. Wortino Pro (monthly or yearly subscription) removes the ads; every word from A1 to B1 stays free either way. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://wortino.app/nutzungsbedingungen Privacy Policy: https://wortino.app/datenschutz
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Kalimo at none against Wortino's shown. Kalimo also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 days) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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
Both are free to download. Kalimo sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $29.99 per year and Wortino sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Kalimo ships an update daily, Wortino every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kalimo | Wortino |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | ertan eker | kemal cetinkaya |
In-app purchases
Kalimo
- Kalimo Yıllık7 Days trial$29.991 Year
Wortino
- Wortino Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
- Wortino Pro Yearly7 Days trial$44.991 Year









