SharingStories Languages vs Gooniyandi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SharingStories Languages
This application serves as a community-driven audio-visual repository for documenting and preserving languages. It allows communities to record, store, and share their languages with interactive cultural materials. Designed for scalability, it can be adapted by various communities to manage their linguistic heritage.
- Audio-visual language repository
- Community-owned and controlled
- Modular-based system
- Interactive cultural material links
- Scalable for adaptation
- Language recording and documentation
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The SharingStories Language Lightbox iOS Application is a community owned and controlled, login, modular based, audio-visual language repository developed and implemented with the Paakantji community of NSW but designed for scalability and adaptation by other communities. The Language Lightbox is available to communities for use in recording, documenting and holding their own languages. The tool also includes functionality which allows for links to relevant interactive cultural material relating to language words and can be shared and populated across satellite communities connected to the Language and Culture hubs. To implement the Language Lightbox in your community, please contact SharingStories Foundation info@sharingstories.com.au The Language Lightbox build was funded by the Ministry of the Arts’ Indigenous Language Support (ILS). This tool has been developed for SharingStories by The Project Factory, an award winning digital production company.
Gooniyandi
This app provides a digital Gooniyandi-English dictionary for easy access to the traditional language of the southern central Kimberley region. It functions offline and receives updates when connected to the internet, serving as a portable language resource.
- Gooniyandi-English dictionary
- Offline functionality
- Language resource
- Digital dictionary
- Language updates
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Gooniyandi is the traditional language of the region to the east and south of Fitzroy Crossing, in the southern central Kimberley. This app is based on Yarrangi Gooniyandi Thangardi: Gooniyandi – English Dictionary, First Edition published by the Kimberley Language Resource Centre and the Gooniyandi Aboriginal Corporation. It is designed to put the dictionary in your pocket. This app will be under development until June 2022. Once you’ve downloaded the app it will work even if you are offline. When connected to the internet, the latest updates from the Gooniyandi team will load.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SharingStories Languages at 5.0 against Gooniyandi's 3.0. SharingStories Languages also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
SharingStories Languages holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
SharingStories Languages ships an update every 9 months, Gooniyandi every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SharingStories Languages | Gooniyandi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Project Factory AU | Carmel Leahy |
Customer experience
SharingStories Languages
Gooniyandi
In-app purchases
SharingStories Languages
No in-app purchases
Gooniyandi
No in-app purchases
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