Basic Russian conversation vs Russian ー Listening・Speaking
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Basic Russian conversation
Learn essential Russian phrases for travel and everyday situations with audio lessons and interactive exercises. This app helps you navigate tourism, dining, and city life with over 1300 phrases and 2500 words.
- Everyday conversation dialogues
- Travel-specific phrases
- Holiday and city life scenarios
- Audio lessons for pronunciation
- Interactive exercises
- Over 1300 useful phrases
- 2500 words with photos
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The Russian language for tourism with English translations. Are you going to travel around the Russian speaking countries? Take this app and you cannot get lost. 1. Everyday conversation - meet your new friend, visit your friend, talk about your family and jobs... 2. Travelling - travel by plane, coach, train or boat, go through the immigration and passport control... 3. Holiday - book your hotel, order your meal at the restaurant, rent a car, buy your skipass... 4. City life - ask about the way, travel by tube, bus or taxi, go to the cinema or gallery, do some shopping... Listen, read and revise more than 1300 useful phrases in interactive exercises. Use 750 high quality photos to revise the meaning and pronunciation of more than 2500 words. Terms of Use : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy : https://www.myapp.page/language-reading-books/privacy
Russian ー Listening・Speaking
Master Russian speaking and listening with daily dialogues and interactive lessons. Practice pronunciation, expand vocabulary, and improve fluency through real-life conversations and engaging exercises. Suitable for beginners to advanced learners.
- 750+ daily dialogues
- Topic-based lessons
- Native speaker audio
- Show/hide transcript & translation
- Sentence highlighting
- Playlist mode
- Practice games
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LET’S START LEARNING TO SPEAK RUSSIAN LIKE A NATIVE SPEAKER! "Learn Russian - Listening And Speaking" is one of PORO’s ongoing apps for self-learners who want to speak Russian easily and effectively. With 750 daily dialogs, a list of lessons with various topics from greeting, introduction, shopping, business conversation, family talks, etc…. It's suitable for all Russian learners from beginner to intermediate and advanced learners to practice speaking Russian. While listening to the conversation of the native speaker, try to imitate full sentences with the same intonation, pronunciation like the native speaker. By PORO's app, you can not only learn the speaking style, pronunciation, the way to break and intonation of native speakers and improve listening skill but also learn groups of vocabularies and useful phrases to communicate in daily talking. »»»»»»»»» Main features of PORO's App: »»» Common conversations. - More than 750 lessons about Russian common conversation in daily life with audio files of native speakers. - Various topics from greeting, introduction, small talk to business conversations… - Consist of the audio script for learner to follow. »»» Show/ Hide transcript, translation. - Understand and remember the native speaker's reading way by customizing the show/ hide transcript mode. - Understand the meaning of new vocabulary and the meaning of the full sentence in each situation by customizing the translation mode »»» Sentences are highlighted following the audio. - The mode that sentences are highlighted following the audio will help you to follow the conversation directly. - You can click on the sentence to listen/ practice that phrase again »»» Playlist mode. Enjoy practicing Russian while driving or traveling…, you just need to turn on the app and click on playlist mode. »»» Practice game. By playing completing sentences game, you would know if you have already remembered the full sentence and its structure or not. »»» Learn Russian through news. Not only can you improve your listening skill and vocabulary but also can enrich your knowledge and update world news. »»» Learn Russian through stories. Learning Russian becomes more interesting because PORO has added a new function called Learning Russian through stories. You can enlarge your vocabulary, and learn how to express yourself in particular situations! »»»»»»»»»»»» The App “Learn Russian - Listening And Speaking" is suitable for: »»» False-beginners and who want to improve Russian communication. »»» Those who self-study Russian at home. »»» Learners who want to practice for ORFL, TRKI and other Russian tests. »»» Those who love communicating in Russian and practicing Russian by shadowing method. »»» Those who like to challenge your level. “Learn Russian - Listening And Speaking” App is still in the developing process, so we hope to receive your contributed comment to make it better. We are a team that loves the Russian language and always try to share our love with the community, so if you like this app then please take a moment to rate 5 stars for it! You can also contact us by commenting or clicking the feedback button on the options screen. »»»»»»»»»»»» Please kindly contact: - Email: support@porostudio.com - Terms of Service : https://www.app-privacy-policy.com/live.php?token=3licpZLkWXHlZl2iR3FEi8bZwFV6FYTc - Privacy Policy : https://www.app-privacy-policy.com/live.php?token=AgvpgBrUSWc5YB2vVlA8K6BoWOPX40BU Thank you very much and good luck to you!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Russian ー Listening・Speaking at 4.6 against Basic Russian conversation's 4.0. Russian ー Listening・Speaking also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (24 vs 4). Basic Russian conversation's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Basic Russian conversation sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Russian ー Listening・Speaking sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Russian ー Listening・Speaking holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Russian ー Listening・Speaking has 24 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Basic Russian conversation ships an update every 6 months, Russian ー Listening・Speaking every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Basic Russian conversation | Russian ー Listening・Speaking |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 4.6 (24 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 24 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| 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 | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 172 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Natalja Morozova | Ha Ho |
Customer experience
Basic Russian conversation
Russian ー Listening・Speaking
In-app purchases
Basic Russian conversation
- Weekly Subscription$4.997 Days
- Yearly Subscription$24.991 Year
- Unit 1: Good morning$1.99
- Unit 2: Travelling$1.99
- Unit 3: On a holiday$1.99
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- Unit 4: In a city$1.99
- All units$4.99
- Lifetime Access$39.99
Russian ー Listening・Speaking
- Monthly$7.991 Month
- Annual$59.991 Year
- Upgrade to Silver package$4.99
- Upgrade to Gold package$12.99
- Upgrade to platinum package$24.99
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