Comparison

Basic English conversation vs VAK Test

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

VAK Test

Discover your dominant learning style through a quick 12-question assessment. The app provides personalized study tips, insights into your skills and strengths, and clear definitions of your learning preferences.

Highlights
  • 12-question learning style assessment
  • Personalized study tips
  • Skills and strengths identification
  • Learning style definitions with examples
  • Insights into differences between styles
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In this easy and quick 12 question test, you will know what your dominant learning styles is and learn useful topics about it such as: STUDY TIPS Learn better ways to study by implementing tips that you will learn depending on your dominant learning style SKILLS AND STRENGTHS Learn your skills and strengths that will depend on your learning style and apply them to everyday tasks DEFINITIONS Learn what your dominant style means with examples and how you differ on other learning styles Instagram: @santidevhmo

Screenshots

Basic English conversation4 screens
VAK Test3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: VAK Test at 5.0 against Basic English conversation's 4.2. VAK Test also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). Basic English conversation's advantage is ratings volume (49 vs 4) and device support. On price 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. VAK Test asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

VAK Test holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Basic English conversation has 49 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Basic English conversation's written reviews are positive against 100% of VAK Test's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Basic English conversation versus VAK Test: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBasic English conversationVAK Test
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (49 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings49 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — better—
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNatalja MorozovaSantiago Gomez del Campo

Customer experience

Basic English conversation

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

VAK Test

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
None

VAK Test

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Basic English conversation free?
Basic English conversation is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is VAK Test free?
VAK Test is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Basic English conversation or VAK Test?
VAK Test is rated higher. Basic English conversation averages 4.2 out of 5 from 49 ratings, while VAK Test averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.

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