Vice Verba vs Launching Latin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vice Verba
This educational game helps students learn Latin verb forms through interactive challenges. Players earn in-game currency by mastering verb conjugations, unlocking historical Roman figures. Customize your learning experience by selecting specific tenses, voices, and moods.
- Master Latin verb forms
- Earn togas by parsing verbs
- Unlock Roman figures ('imagines')
- Customize tenses, voices, moods
- Adjustable difficulty
- Learn about historical Romans
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Vice Verba helps students of Latin master verb forms. Players parse verbs and produce forms to earn togas. When enough togas are collected, an ‘imago’ of a famous dead Roman is unlocked. Collect all XII ‘imagines’, and don’t forget to flip the ‘imagines’ over to see their stats! Players can customize the game by choosing tenses, voices, and moods, and the presence or absence of macrons. The game increases in difficulty as the player’s skills improve. Vice Verba was inspired by the ‘Hoplite Challenge Cup’, a non-digital game created by Drs. Hardy Hansen and Gerald Quinn for the intensive Greek program at CUNY. Thanks to Dr. Hansen for his encouragement and advice at the earliest stages of development. Thanks also to the University of Winnipeg for its generous financial support.
Launching Latin
This app helps children learn basic Latin vocabulary and phrases through interactive flashcards, quizzes, and matching games. It covers fundamental concepts like numbers, shapes, seasons, and weather.
- Learn numbers, shapes, seasons, weather
- Classic Latin phrases
- Flashcards
- Quizzes
- Matching games
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Quickly learn elementary Latin! Launching Latin teaches kids numbers, shapes, seasons, weather, and classic phrases all in Latin! Carpe diem! Get started today with flashcards, quizzes, and matching games!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Vice Verba at 5.0 against Launching Latin's 4.4. Vice Verba also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.5). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Vice Verba holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of Vice Verba's written reviews are positive against 83% of Launching Latin's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vice Verba | Launching Latin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (20 ratings) — better | 4.4 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.9% of reviews — better | 83.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ludicrous Software | Jack Frank |
Customer experience
Vice Verba
Launching Latin
In-app purchases
Vice Verba
No in-app purchases
Launching Latin
No in-app purchases
