Comparison

Basic English conversation vs Learn American English words

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Basic English conversation

Learn practical English conversation skills through dialogues, phrases, and vocabulary. Covers everyday situations like greetings, travel, dining, and city navigation. Includes exercises, tests, and speech tempo settings to aid learning.

Highlights
  • 1300 useful phrases
  • 66 typical dialogues
  • 2500 vocabulary words
  • 132 exercises with answers
  • 37 tests with answers
  • Speech tempo setting
  • Diagnostic and revision tests
Features
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Unit 1 - Good morning! ▪ Meeting & greeting ▪ Do you speak English, Spanish...? ▪ Where are you from? Where do you live? ▪ Talking about family ▪ Planning a meeting ▪ Saying sorry and asking for help ▪ On a visit ▪ Talking about school & work ▪ Ending a visit & saying goodbye Unit 2 - Travelling ▪ At the airport ▪ Passport & customs control ▪ Travelling by bus, train, tube, taxi ▪ Getting a coach & buying tickets ▪ Taking an express train ▪ Renting a car ▪ Travelling by car ▪ Travelling by ship Unit 3 - On a holiday ▪ Booking a hotel room ▪ Checking in at the hotel ▪ Problems with hotel services ▪ Camping & caravanning ▪ At the restaurant ▪ Changing money & using a cashpoint ▪ At the seaside ▪ In the mountains Unit 4 - In a city ▪ Asking about the way ▪ Going by bus ▪ Travelling by underground (subway) ▪ Taking a taxi ▪ At the clothes shop ▪ At the supermarket ▪ Going to the theatre, cinema ▪ At the gallery & museum 1300 useful phrases and 2500 words 66 typical dialogues 750 high quality photos 132 exercises + 37 tests with answers Speech tempo setting Advanced features: 1. Diagnostic and revision tests 2. A list of mistakes you made 3. A speech tempo setting 4. A list of your favourite phrases Terms of Use : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy : https://www.myapp.page/language-reading-books/privacy

About

Learn American English words

This educational game makes learning new English words fun and effective. It uses visual and audio aids, along with a "Smart-Teacher" function, to help users improve pronunciation and spelling. Expand your vocabulary through engaging tests and practice reading, speaking, listening, and literacy skills.

Highlights
  • Visual and audio support for pronunciation
  • Smart-Teacher function for organized learning
  • Vocabulary building through games
  • Flashcards with phonetic transcription
  • Interactive tests for knowledge assessment
  • Covers over 50 diverse topics
  • Supports over 40 languages for translation
Features
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This self-teaching game helps to learn productively correct pronunciation and spelling through visual and audio support. For the correct organization of the learning process will help the function "Smart-Teacher". With this interesting and entertaining game you will be able to add new words from scratch to your vocabulary through playing. The vocabulary is the foundation for good oral and writing skills. Self-training every day can improve your knowledge in practice - reading, speaking, listening and literacy. It includes the translation of words more than 40 languages. The learning process consists of several stages: - Learning the alphabet, parts of speech, such as nouns, adjectives, verbs with phonetic transcription through flashcards and sound accompaniment by native speaker. - Testing of the knowledge of the words happens through fun and simple tests: • Choosing the right word for the picture. • Choosing the dynamic moving images for the words. • Writing words and spell check. This engaging and useful game of skill is a mobile tutor for self-study of vocabulary and phonetics on the elementary level. List of topics: colors, human body parts, domestic animals, wild animals, animal body parts, birds, insects, sea life, nature, natural phenomena, fruits, vegetables, food, kitchenware, home, home interior, bathroom, home appliances, tools, office, school supplies, school, numbers, geometric shapes, musical instruments, shop, clothes, shoes and accessories, toys, infrastructure, transport, travel, entertainments, information technology, human, society, professions, sport, summer sports, winter sports, prepositions. This interactive self-learning app can be used on any device: phone, tablet and smart TV without a touchscreen and control by keypad or d-pad.

Screenshots

Basic English conversation4 screens
Learn American English words4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Learn American English words at 100% against Basic English conversation's 67%. Learn American English words also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (153 vs 49). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Basic English conversation sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Learn American English words sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $5.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Learn American English words holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 49 and 153 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Basic English conversation's written reviews are positive against 100% of Learn American English words's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Basic English conversation versus Learn American English words: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBasic English conversationLearn American English words
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (49 ratings)4.6 (153 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings49153 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB83 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNatalja MorozovaRoman Vynokurov

Customer experience

Basic English conversation

All ratings49 ratings
Positive77.6%
Neutral12.2%
Negative10.2%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral4.2%
Negative29.2%

Learn American English words

All ratings152 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral7.2%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Basic English conversation

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Subscription$4.997 Days
  • Yearly Subscription$24.991 Year
One-time6
  • English conversation$1.99
  • Travel English$1.99
  • English for tourism$1.99
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  • In a city$1.99
  • Speak English$4.99
  • Lifetime Access$39.99
1 purchases

Learn American English words

Subscriptions1
  • NO ADS 1 year$5.991 Year

Questions

Is Basic English conversation free?
Basic English conversation is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Learn American English words free?
Learn American English words is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Basic English conversation or Learn American English words?
Learn American English words is rated higher. Basic English conversation averages 4.2 out of 5 from 49 ratings, while Learn American English words averages 4.6 from 153 ratings.
Do Basic English conversation or Learn American English words have ads?
Neither Basic English conversation nor Learn American English words shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Basic English conversation or Learn American English words?
Basic English conversation ships an update every 2 months, and Learn American English words every 2 months. Most recently, Basic English conversation was updated on November 1, 2026 and Learn American English words on November 3, 2026.

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