Vice Verba vs Doceo
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.
Doceo
This app helps users learn Latin by providing tools for vocabulary building, grammar understanding, and practice. It features a dictionary, grammar catalog, and a custom quiz builder to tailor study sessions.
- Latin vocabulary dictionary
- Grammar concept catalog
- Custom practice set builder
- Multiple-choice quizzes
- Organized grammar notes
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Doceo: Your Companion for Learning Latin Doceo is a clean, focused app designed to support Latin learners with the tools they need to build vocabulary, understand grammar, and practice. Whether you're just starting out or reviewing for class, Doceo helps you study smarter. Features: • Latin Vocabulary Dictionary Search through a growing collection of Latin words with English definitions, perfect for building your vocab base. • Grammar Concept Catalog Browse notes on essential Latin grammar topics all in one organized place. • Custom Practice Set Builder Create and take your own multiple-choice quizzes. Tailor practice sets to fit your learning goals, review them anytime, and reinforce what you’ve learned.
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Verdict
Vice Verba and Doceo both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Doceo's written reviews are positive against 91% of Vice Verba's. Vice Verba's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Vice Verba against 5.0 for Doceo. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 8 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of Vice Verba's written reviews are positive against 100% of Doceo's.
| Parameter | Vice Verba | Doceo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (20 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ludicrous Software | Laura Haddad |
Customer experience
Vice Verba
Doceo
In-app purchases
Vice Verba
No in-app purchases
Doceo
No in-app purchases









