Grammarize vs Puzzle English
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Grammarize
Master English grammar with this app, offering interactive lessons on irregular verbs and phrasal verbs. Earn rewards for progress and track your performance with detailed statistics. Study offline and sync your progress across devices.
- Irregular verb study with pronunciation
- Phrasal verb lessons
- Instant translation
- Detailed statistics
- Cross-device synchronization
- Offline functionality
- Free rewards and bonuses
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Featured by Apple as one of the best apps for english grammar learners. Simple and effective learning of english grammar. Get free rewards and bonuses for good results. Study irregular verbs with pronunciation and get instant translation to any required language. Study most commonly used phrasal verbs. See detailed statistics of your results. Synchronize your study progress between your devices. Works offline. No internet connection required. For any technical issues and feedback, please contact grammarizeapp@gmail.com
Puzzle English
Enhance your English listening comprehension and expand your vocabulary with interactive puzzles and games. This app offers a fun, tutor-free way to learn English for those with a foundational understanding of the language. It includes vocabulary revision tools and a personal dictionary to track your progress.
- VideoPuzzles and AudioPuzzles for listening skills
- Phrase Master game for sentence completion
- Word Miner game for vocabulary building
- SuperMemo algorithm for word revision
- Personal dictionary for saved words
- Search function for new words
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Develop your listening skills and improve your vocabulary with free Puzzle English app! It is an excellent tool to learn English without tutors for those who have basic knowledge of the language. Tasks: VideoPuzzles and AudioPuzzles — exercises for developing your English listening skills. Games: Phrase Master — complete the phrase you hear on the video using the first letter of each word. Word Miner — make words out of the given letters and learn their meaning. Words: Vocabulary Builder — Revise words from your personal dictionary using the SuperMemo algorithm. Dictionary — Your personal dictionary, to which you can add words when playing games, doing tasks or using Search function. Learn English with Puzzle English and speak English like a native speaker! There are two ways to get access to “Premium” subscription: - get an automatically updated monthly subscription for 15.99 USD per month - get an automatically updated monthly subscription for 15.99 USD per month with 7-day trial period Monthly Puzzle English — Premium subscription is updated automatically. Payments are charged to the bank card linked to your iTunes Store profile. You can unsubscribe at any time via your iTunes settings, but no less than 24 hours before the current period ends. If you don't unsubscribe in 24 hours, the payment for the next period will be charged to the card linked to your iTunes Store profile. Please read the Terms of Use and Privacy Statement: https://puzzle-english.com/termsofuse-privacy?lang=en
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Puzzle English at 313 against Grammarize's 38. On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Grammarize sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Puzzle English sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Grammarize against 4.6 for Puzzle English. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Puzzle English has 313 ratings behind it against 38, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of Grammarize's written reviews are positive against 74% of Puzzle English's.
Grammarize ships an update every 6 weeks, Puzzle English every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Grammarize | Puzzle English |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (38 ratings) — better | 4.6 (313 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.2% of reviews — better | 73.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 38 | 313 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 116 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Oleksii Polishchuk | LLC PUZZLE ENGLISH TECHNOLOGIES |
Customer experience
Grammarize
Puzzle English
Bugs and requests
Grammarize
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Puzzle English
Reported bugs
16 issues- App crashes when logging in via Google account
- Login credentials not working despite valid account
- Password recovery emails not being received
- App freezes when adding words to dictionary
- Crashes when scrolling podcasts to the end
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- Missing 'return to personal plan' button after completing exercises
- App hangs during navigation and transitions
- Vocabulary training shows incorrect statistics (max 10 words/day)
- Correct answer appears for only 1 second in word training
- Dictionary examples sometimes show wrong words with similar sounds
- Vocabulary test glitches with mismatched word definitions
- Video examples in dictionary display as blank white screens
- Lesson categories not displaying consistently across devices
- Pause/repeat dialogue function not working in movie mode
- App crashes on older iPhone models (iPhone 4G, iPhone 8 Plus)
- App doesn't open after updates on some devices
Requested features
10 requests- Video rewind buttons (15-second skip back)
- Landscape/horizontal view mode for tablets and iPads
- Offline download capability for movies and content
- Sentence examples during word training
- Ability to select translation variants during vocabulary learning
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- Marked completion checkbox for podcasts without rewinding to end
- Podcast navigation controls in the app (not just locked screen)
- Comments section in dictionary for user-reported errors
- More books and reading materials in English
- Better separation between American and British English variants
In-app purchases
Grammarize
- Phrasal verbs$1.99
- English grammar$14.99
Puzzle English
- Premium Gold Month$9.491 Month
- Premium Gold Month Trial7 Days trial$9.491 Month
- Premium Silver Month$12.491 Month
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- Premium Month$16.991 Month
- Premium Month Trial7 Days trial$16.991 Month
- Premium Bronze Month$16.991 Month
- Premium Bronze Month Trial7 Days trial$16.991 Month
- Monthly Premium$17.491 Month
- Monthly Premium7 Days trial$17.491 Month
- Premium Gold Infinity$39.99
Questions
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