WeSign Basic vs Signs and Cues
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WeSign Basic
This app teaches American Sign Language with videos of common school-related questions and answers. It offers normal and slow playback speeds, plus additional resources for further learning.
- ASL lessons for school
- Video demonstrations
- Slow and normal playback speeds
- Deaf adult Q&A
- Additional learning resources
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Learn American Sign Language relating to school to help bridge a language gap between home and school. Videos of Deaf adults asking some common questions to Deaf children relating to school. This app features questions with various answers with both "normal" and "slow" play speed options. Also within the app are further resources to get connected to learn more American Sign Language!
Signs and Cues
This app provides a comprehensive dictionary for ASL Sign Language, Cued Speech, and Fingerspelling, featuring over 6,000 signing video clips and 1,500 cueing video clips. It also includes example sentences for ASL signing and explanations for certain words.
- ASL Sign Language dictionary
- Cued Speech dictionary
- Fingerspelling dictionary
- Example sentences for ASL
- Word explanations
- Over 6,000 signing video clips
- Over 1,500 cueing video clips
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The Signs and Cues app has a vocabulary dictionary for ASL Sign Language, Cued Speech, or Fingerspelling; and also has example sentences dictionary for ASL signing. Some words have yellow tabs, which means the "explanation" tab can be clicked to get an explanation of the word. Signs and Cues combines the words from SignCueQuest, The ASL Adventure Game with YouTube's "ASL Word of The Day" and "Cued Speech Word of The Day" videos in a handy dictionary. There are more than 6,000 signing video clips and more than 1500 cueing video clips. *** Signs and Cues needs an internet connection to run.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Signs and Cues at 100% against WeSign Basic's 20%. Signs and Cues also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.9) and device support (4 vs 2). WeSign Basic's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (10 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Signs and Cues holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WeSign Basic has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of WeSign Basic's written reviews are positive against 100% of Signs and Cues's.
WeSign Basic ships an update monthly, Signs and Cues every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WeSign Basic | Signs and Cues |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 88 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthew Krom | Donna A Gateley |
Customer experience
WeSign Basic
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In-app purchases
WeSign Basic
No in-app purchases
Signs and Cues
No in-app purchases
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