Comparison

HiNative vs Langiddy

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

Head to head
About

HiNative

Connect with native speakers worldwide to ask questions about languages and cultures. Get pronunciation help, writing corrections, and cultural insights. Learn and help others in over 110 languages.

Highlights
  • Ask questions via audio or text
  • Get writing corrections from natives
  • Post pictures for context
  • Connect with speakers from 170+ countries
  • Supports over 110 languages
  • Premium features for enhanced learning
Features
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**Over 5,000,000 Users Worldwide!!** HiNative is a global Q&A community for language learners and people that are curious about the world. Ask questions, get answers, and connect with native speakers from over 170 different countries! FEATURES Audio Uploads - Want to check your pronunciation? Curious about a certain region's accent? Need some handy phrases for your upcoming trip? Just record your questions and ask: let the world hear you! Correction Function - Have your writing corrected by native speakers!When you post in your target language, native speakers will show you natural ways to say what you want to say. You can receive corrections to your messages with friends, work emails, journal entries, speeches, etc. Pictures - Not sure how to write something? No problem! It's easier to ask some questions by posting a picture: signs, menus, labels, and even that rad Chinese character you're considering getting a tattoo of--just snap a picture and ask away. Unlike a dictionary or web search, HiNative gives you customized example sentences, responses to your follow-up questions, and tips to improve your pronunciation. With HiNative, you also get access to the best resource for language learning: native speakers. And as a native speaker yourself, you can help out too! HiNative supports over 110 languages, bringing the entire world to your fingertips. It's never been this easy to connect, help, and learn. ------ HiNative is run by the creators of Lang-8, one of the most successful and popular language learning websites around, with over a million users worldwide. ------ HiNative PREMIUM Premium features include the following. 1: Play every voice answer, even those posted in response to other users' questions. This gives you even more opportunity to hear native speakers pronounce the language you're learning. 2: Use bookmarks to gather your favorite questions and answers into a simple, searchable list. Never lose track of important questions. 3: Receive 10 Premium tickets per month to help your questions stand out. Questions asked with a ticket stick to the top of the question feed, get highlighted, and receive more answers on average. 4: Search. Everything's better with search. Search your old questions and bookmarks to find the information you want, faster. 5: Follow any question that you're interested in. You'll receive notifications when anyone responds to a question you follow. This makes it easier to stay up-to-date with the questions you really care about. 6: If a feature you want isn't listed above, email us at support@hinative.com, and we'll see what we can do :) Payment information: Premium Subscriptions cost $11.40 USD per month. - Payment will be charged to a user's iTunes Account upon confirmation of purchase. - Subscription will renew automatically unless Auto-Renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. - A user's account will be charged for the following month if their subscription is not cancelled 24 hours prior to the end of the current subscription period. - Subscriptions may be managed by the user, and Auto-Renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. - Subscriptions for the current month cannot be canceled. Premium Terms of Use: https://lang8.notion.site/HiNative-Premium-Service-Terms-of-Use-183a44cf58b1800f81abfb35bd68470b Privacy Policy: https://lang8.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-183a44cf58b1802c851acddb39445b95?pvs=74 FAQ about Premium: https://lang8.notion.site/Tell-me-about-the-features-included-with-a-HiNative-Premium-subscription-13ea44cf58b180a9afa4ef6414b11914 How to cancel a Premium subscription: https://lang8.notion.site/How-do-I-cancel-my-Premium-subscription-13ea44cf58b18044acfce96b11c71473

About

Langiddy

Connect with language learners globally through a social chat platform. Text in your native and target languages with instant translations, and turn conversations into interactive flashcards to accelerate your learning journey.

Highlights
  • Global language learner connections
  • Instant text translation
  • Dual-language texting
  • Gamified flashcard system
  • Conversation-to-flashcard creation
  • Support for over 100 languages
Features
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Learn languages by actually using them. Langiddy is a safe place to practice the language you’re learning—or start learning a new one. You can study a language for years, but if you don’t use it, you lose it. Langiddy gives you a place to show up, practice, meet people, and put your language to work through conversations you actually want to have. Meet people around the world, make friends, practice anytime with Giddy, and turn the conversations you have into the things you learn. USE IT OR LOSE IT. With Langiddy, you don’t need to find a traditional language-exchange partner who happens to be learning your native language. Two people can be learning completely different languages while sharing the same conversation. You can practice Japanese while your friend practices Spanish, French, Korean, or another language—each experiencing the conversation in the language they’re learning. ONE CONVERSATION. EVERYONE LEARNS. Connect through shared interests, jump into Town Hall, use Chat Now when you want someone to talk to, or practice anytime with Giddy, your AI language partner. Then just start chatting. Connect → Chat → Save → Review → Use → Grow See conversations in the language you’re learning. Tap when you need help understanding something. Break down phrases, listen to pronunciation, save useful words and expressions, and turn what you encounter into personalized flashcards. Review with spaced repetition. Then recognize and use what you’ve learned when it comes up again in a real conversation. YOUR CONVERSATIONS BECOME YOUR LESSONS. • Meet language learners from around the world • Discover people through Town Hall • Use Chat Now to find someone available to chat • Make friends through real conversations • Practice anytime with Giddy, your AI language partner • Learn together even when you’re practicing different languages • Experience conversations in the language you’re learning • Translate messages when you need help • Break down phrases and understand how they work • Listen to pronunciation • Save useful words and phrases from conversations • Turn what you encounter into personalized flashcards • Review with spaced repetition • Send voice messages and practice speaking • Earn XP, level up, build shared streaks, and see your practice add up A GYM FOR THE LANGUAGE YOU WANT TO SPEAK Learning a language takes reps. Read it. Hear it. Write it. Speak it. Get things wrong. Get better. Come back tomorrow and do it again. Whether you’re learning Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic, Hindi, Russian, or another language, Langiddy gives you somewhere to actually use it. Don’t just study a language. Start living it. Langiddy supports 100 languages, including Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic, Hindi, Russian, Dutch, Swedish, Greek, Turkish, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian, Tagalog, Hawaiian, and many more. Terms of Use: For more information, see our "Terms of Use" at https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ or visit https://langiddy.com/services.

Screenshots

HiNative4 screens
Langiddy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Langiddy at 100% against HiNative's 68%. Langiddy also leads on update cadence (daily vs fortnightly) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). HiNative's advantage is ratings volume (9.1K vs 15). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. HiNative sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.49 per month and Langiddy sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Langiddy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HiNative has 9.1K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of HiNative's written reviews are positive against 100% of Langiddy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HiNative ships an update fortnightly, Langiddy daily. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
HiNative versus Langiddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHiNativeLangiddy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (9.1K ratings)5.0 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9.1K — better15
Update frequencyFortnightlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB86 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperLang-8, IncNoah Duran

Customer experience

HiNative

All ratings9,087 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral3.6%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews1,022 reviews
Positive68.4%
Neutral8.1%
Negative23.5%

Langiddy

All ratings15 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

HiNative

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Frequent app crashes or freezes
  • Inconsistent notification behavior
  • Issues with landscape orientation
  • Difficulty changing language settings

Requested features

4 requests
  • Private messaging or chat functionality
  • Ability to filter or search past questions
  • Moderation system to ensure quality answers
  • More language options and dialects

Langiddy

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

HiNative

Subscriptions8
  • HiNative Premium Monthly plan7 Days trial$4.491 Month
  • HiNative Premium Monthly plan1 Month trial$4.491 Month
  • HiNative Premium Monthly plan7 Days trial$9.991 Month
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  • HiNative Premium Monthly plan1 Month trial$9.991 Month
  • HiNative Premium Yearly plan7 Days trial$34.991 Year
  • HiNative Premium Yearly plan1 Month trial$34.991 Year
  • HiNative Premium Yearly plan7 Days trial$83.991 Year
  • HiNative Premium Yearly plan1 Month trial$83.991 Year
One-time2
  • Hinative Coin$0.99
  • Hinative Coin$8.99
1 purchases

Langiddy

Subscriptions1
  • Unlimited access7 Days trial$9.991 Month

Questions

Is HiNative free?
HiNative is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Langiddy free?
Langiddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HiNative or Langiddy?
Langiddy is rated higher. HiNative averages 4.7 out of 5 from 9.1K ratings, while Langiddy averages 5.0 from 15 ratings.
Do HiNative or Langiddy have ads?
Neither HiNative nor Langiddy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HiNative or Langiddy?
HiNative ships an update fortnightly, and Langiddy daily. Most recently, HiNative was updated on October 17, 2026 and Langiddy on October 6, 2026.

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