Literably vs BLAST Bilingual App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Literably
This app provides a quick and precise method for evaluating reading skills in K-8 students. It includes a comprehensive running record to track fluency, accuracy, and comprehension.
- Reading fluency assessment
- Reading accuracy assessment
- Reading comprehension assessment
- Full running record
- K-8 student focus
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A fast and accurate way to assess reading fluency, accuracy, and comprehension for K-8 students, including a full running record. The iOS app is for student use only; classes must be set up elsewhere.
BLAST Bilingual App
This app provides a fully automated bilingual assessment for young learners, evaluating pre-reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills in both English and Spanish. The comprehensive evaluation takes about 15-20 minutes to complete.
- Bilingual assessment
- English and Spanish evaluation
- Pre-reading and writing skills
- Listening comprehension
- Speaking skills
- Automated process
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Fully-automated bilingual assessment for Kindergarten emergent bilinguals that assesses pre-reading and writing skills, listening comprehension, and speaking in English and Spanish. The whole assessment takes approximately 15-20 minutes to complete.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BLAST Bilingual App at 5.0 against Literably's 2.8. Literably's advantage is ratings volume (39 vs 3). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BLAST Bilingual App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Literably has 39 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Literably ships an update every 3 months, BLAST Bilingual App every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Literably | BLAST Bilingual App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (39 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 39 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Literably, Inc. | LangInnov |
Customer experience
Literably
BLAST Bilingual App
In-app purchases
Literably
No in-app purchases
BLAST Bilingual App
No in-app purchases
Questions
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