HiNative vs Bloom
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Bloom
Master new languages with engaging, research-based games that focus on grammar and vocabulary. This free application offers interactive lessons and custom stories to enhance fluency and comprehension for Spanish and French learners.
- Research-based language games
- Vocabulary and grammar practice
- Interactive lessons and stories
- Progression management
- Over 200 vocabulary sets
- Six mini-games
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Learn languages through a variety of research-based games! This free app will allow you to practice both grammar and vocabulary in a way that is interactive, fun and optimized using research into the most effective language-learning strategies. Developed by a teacher with over ten years of language teaching experience, this app can be a great way to improve your current level of fluency, no matter how much you already know! Currently includes resources for: Spanish and French Main Features: - Account creation and progression management allowing the program to adjust to your unique learning journey and current fluency - Vocabulary learning and review sessions to teach and improve fluency - Custom created stories implementing learned vocabulary to test and reinforce learning - Access to over 200 unique vocabulary sets ordered to optimize comprehension and retention - Six interactive mini-games to keep learning sessions fun and engaging - Extra review sessions allowing users to familiarize themselves with grammar and other aspects of language learning - And much more in the future!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bloom at none against HiNative's 10. Bloom also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 68%) and update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). HiNative's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (9.1K vs 6). On price, ads and device support 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. HiNative sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.49 per month. Bloom asks for nothing beyond the download.
HiNative holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HiNative has 9.1K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of HiNative's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bloom's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
HiNative ships an update fortnightly, Bloom every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HiNative | Bloom |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (9.1K ratings) — better | 4.3 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9.1K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 139 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lang-8, Inc | Jessica Henry |
Customer experience
HiNative
Bloom
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
Bloom
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
HiNative
- 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
- Hinative Coin$0.99
- Hinative Coin$8.99
Bloom
No in-app purchases









