Comparison

Drops vs uTalk

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

Head to head
About

Drops

Learn new languages through engaging games and visual aids. Practice vocabulary and common phrases in over 55 languages, from beginner to expert levels. Track progress, unlock achievements, and enjoy professionally curated lessons with native speaker pronunciations.

Highlights
  • Gamified vocabulary learning
  • Visual learning aids
  • 55+ language options
  • Progress tracking and rewards
  • Native speaker pronunciations
  • Customizable learning goals
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Join over 50 million people who use Drops for free language lessons. It’s fast, fun, and easy! Practice vocabulary in Spanish, Japanese, French, Korean, Chinese, German, English. Discover 55+ different new languages with Drops! Learn new languages while playing games. You can become fluent, learn vocabulary and common phrases in Hebrew, Arabic, Russian, and Hindi. Set goals, unlock achievements, and get rewards! • Become fluent in a foreign language with this language learning app • Learn to read characters and scripts from different alphabets like Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Hebrew, Arabic, Russian, and Hindi • Custom illustrations for each vocabulary word makes it easy to remember • From beginner to expert levels, grow your foreign language vocabulary • A professionally curated vocabulary list with more than 3,000 words and phrases • Game-like language lessons that make language learning fun and effective • Level up! Track your progress and get rewards • Professional voice artists and sound design with correct dialect pronunciations • Learn to speak languages like Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English (British), English (American), French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (European), Russian, Spanish (Mexican), Spanish (European), Tagalog, Ainu, Arabic (Egyptian), American Sign Language (ASL), Basque, Bosnian, Cantonese, Catalan, Chti, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Estonian, Finnish, Galician, Greek, Greenlandic, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Igbo, Indonesian, Irish, Maori, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Romanian, Samoan, Sanskrit, Serbian, Swahili, Swedish, Swiss German, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Welsh, and even Yoruba! "By focusing on visually appealing games and vocab, Drops aims to lower the barrier preventing users from exploring a new language and, ultimately, accessing the social and economic benefits knowing that language may provide." - TechCrunch We are featured by CNET, Forbes, VentureBeat and many other places too! Try Drops Premium with a 7 day free trial. Download the app to learn about different membership options, and register to learn all about exclusive discounts. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of Drops premium. Afterwards your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your settings in the iTunes Store after purchase. You can cancel your subscription anytime, and you won't be charged in the next billing cycle. Privacy Policy and Terms of Use: http://languagedrops.com/privacypolicy.html

About

uTalk

Learn over 150 languages with native speaker audio and interactive games. Build vocabulary and pronunciation skills through useful everyday phrases and 60+ topics. Progress through difficulty levels and track your learning journey.

Highlights
  • Learn from native speakers
  • Interactive games
  • 60+ learning topics
  • Offline content download
  • Progress tracking
  • Pronunciation practice
Features
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LEARN LANGUAGES FAST: uTalk gets results because every word you hear is in your new language and you speak, listen and understand from the start. With free starter words in 150+ languages, you can try it risk-free. Score 100% in the games and you can unlock an extra topic for free. WHY UTALK WORKS: 1. LEARN FROM THE LOCALS: We record native speakers so you hear every word pronounced clearly. Mimic their pronunciation and compare your intonation with theirs. Practise until you get it right – you can even slow the audio down if it’s too fast. 2. USEFUL EVERYDAY WORDS AND PHRASES. Topics take around two to three hours to complete. But you can dip in for just five minutes at a time or longer. With 60+ topics, that’s a total of 180 hours of learning. 3. KEEPS YOU MOTIVATED: Check your scores on progress bars as you move through five progressively difficult games. To get full marks, you’ll have to know the words as well as your own language. WHO’S IT FOR? uTalk’s tried and trusted way to learn a new language has been developed over 30 years and is perfect for beginners. But its wide-ranging language is also invaluable for intermediates looking to improve their vocabulary and pronunciation. HOW IT WORKS: Subscribe to everything on uTalk or buy individual languages or topics. The app automatically syncs between your devices. Work offline by downloading content. FIND YOUR LANGUAGE: A: Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Ancient Greek, Arabic (Egypt, Gulf, Lebanon, Modern Standard, Morocco), Armenian, Assamese, Azerbaijani B: Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Breton, Bulgarian, Burmese C: Cantonese, Catalan, Cebuano, Chibemba, Chichewa, Chinese Mandarin, Cockney, Croatian, Czech D: Danish, Dari, Dutch, Dzongkha E: English (Australia, Canada, India, Scotland, UK, US), Esperanto, Estonian F: Fijian, Filipino, Finnish, Flemish, French (France & Canada) G: Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Greenlandic, Gujarati H: Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian I: Icelandic, Igbo, Ilocano, Indonesian, Irish, Italian J: Japanese, Javanese K: Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Kurdish (Kurmanji & Sorani), Kutchi, Kyrgyz L: Ladino, Lao, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Lingala, Luganda, Luxembourgish M: Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Manx, Maori, Marathi, Mongolian N: Neapolitan, Nepali, Norwegian O: Odia, Oromo P: Papiamentu, Pashto, Persian, Pidgin (Nigerian), Polish, Portuguese (Portugal & Brazil), Punjabi (India & Pakistan) R: Romanian, Russian S: Sami (Southern), Samoan, Sardinian, Scots, Scottish Gaelic, Serbian, Shona, Sicilian, Sindhi, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish (Spain, Argentina & Latin America), Swahili, Swedish, Swiss German T: Tajiki, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tigrinya, Tok Pisin, Tswana, Tumbuka, Turkish, Turkmen U: Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek V: Vietnamese W: Welsh, Wolof, Wu Chinese (Shanghainese) X: Xhosa Y: Yoruba Z: Zulu 60+ TOPICS: Accommodation, Adjectives, Alphabet, Animals, Bathroom, Body, Business, Calendar, Camping, Clothes, Colours, Cooking, Countries, Directions, Doctor, Driving, Emergencies, Family, Farming, Food, Fruit, Golf, Football, Holiday, Illness, Ingredients, Kitchen, Hobbies, Numbers, Occupations, Olympics, Prepositions, Restaurant, Sailing, School, Shopping, Skiing, Social Phrases, Sports, Technology, Transport Any questions? support@utalk.com. Visit us now at utalk.com Information about uTalk subscriptions A subscription to uTalk is £7.99 a month, or the equivalent in local currency. Subscriptions give you access to all of uTalk’s content, in every language Subscriptions last one month, and auto-renew every month unless cancelled Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period Subscriptions can be managed by you and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after purchase Terms and Conditions - https://utalk.com/termsandconditions.html

Screenshots

Drops4 screens
uTalk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: uTalk at none against Drops's shown. uTalk also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). Drops's advantage is ratings volume (72K vs 987) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Drops sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and uTalk sells 89 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Drops holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drops has 72K ratings behind it against 987, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Drops's written reviews are positive against 63% of uTalk's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drops ships an update weekly, uTalk monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Drops versus uTalk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDropsuTalk
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (72K ratings) — better4.4 (987 ratings)
Positive reviews74.6% of reviews — better62.6% of reviews
Number of ratings72K — better987
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#160 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size191 MB287 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPLANB LABS OUEuroTalk

Customer experience

Drops

All ratings71,502 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral2.9%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews2,192 reviews
Positive74.6%
Neutral9.6%
Negative15.8%

uTalk

All ratings987 ratings
Positive84.3%
Neutral4.4%
Negative11.3%
Written reviews374 reviews
Positive62.6%
Neutral7.0%
Negative30.5%

User reviews

Drops

From 72K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Vocabulary learning
  • 👍 Unique and engaging learning activities
  • 👍 Wide range of languages
  • 👍 Customizable learning experience
  • 👍 Effective for building vocabulary

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inaccurate translations or pronunciations
  • 🔒 Subscription model issues
  • 👎 Limited to vocabulary, lacks grammar/sentence structure
  • 👎 Repetitive and not enough variety in exercises

uTalk

From 987 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy and fun to use
  • 👍 Variety of languages available
  • 💡 Rare languages like Kurdish and Cebuano
  • 👍 Native speaker audio for pronunciation
  • 🚀 Effective for learning vocabulary

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs
  • 💰 Expensive subscription and in-app purchases
  • 🤔 Inconsistent translations and pronunciations
  • 🤔 Lack of grammar and sentence structure lessons
  • 🤔 Difficulty cancelling subscription

Bugs and requests

Drops

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Login issues and lost progress
  • Crashes and performance problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more grammar and sentence-level learning
  • Improve accuracy of translations and pronunciations
  • Provide more flexibility in time limits and review sessions
  • Integrate more conversational practice
  • Improve user interface and navigation

uTalk

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes on launch or during use
  • Syncing and login issues
  • Incorrect translations or pronunciations
  • Compatibility problems on newer devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more grammar and sentence structure lessons
  • Improve user interface for larger screens
  • Allow users to record and compare their own pronunciation
  • Provide more localized content for each language
  • Improve subscription management and cancellation process

In-app purchases

13 purchases

Drops

Subscriptions12
  • Genius for a month$7.991 Month
  • Premium$9.991 Month
  • Premium$11.991 Month
Show 9 more
  • Premium$14.991 Month
  • Curious for a month$22.991 Month
  • Holiday premium!$39.991 Year
  • Premium7 Days trial$62.991 Year
  • Premium7 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • All Language Learning Plans7 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • Premium7 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • Premium7 Days trial$89.991 Year
  • Premium7 Days trial$99.991 Year
One-time1
  • Unlimited time for all Languages!$59.99
89 purchases

uTalk

Subscriptions17
  • Learn Latin American Spanish$3.991 Month
  • Learn Hebrew$3.991 Month
  • Learn Neapolitan$7.991 Month
Show 14 more
  • Learn Luganda$7.991 Month
  • Learn Wolof$7.991 Month
  • Learn Amharic$7.991 Month
  • Learn Sesotho (Southern Sotho)$7.991 Month
  • Learn Argentinian Spanish$7.991 Month
  • Learn Canadian French$7.991 Month
  • Learn Swiss German$7.991 Month
  • Learn Cebuano$7.991 Month
  • Learn Flemish$7.991 Month
  • Learn Georgian$7.991 Month
  • Learn Ilocano$7.991 Month
  • uTalk Monthly Subscription$10.991 Month
  • uTalk's 150+ Languages$11.991 Month
  • Learn Kinyarwanda$34.996 Months
One-time72
  • Single Topic Purchase$0.99
  • Taster uCoin Pack$1.99
  • 200 uCoins$8.99
Show 69 more
  • 800 uCoins$32.99
  • Learn Russian$49.99
  • Learn Latin American Spanish$49.99
  • Learn French$54.99
  • Learn Spanish (European)$54.99
  • Learn Modern Standard Arabic$54.99
  • Learn Slovenian$54.99
  • Learn Kazakh$54.99
  • Learn Dari$54.99
  • Learn Luganda$54.99
  • Learn Xhosa$54.99
  • Learn Portuguese$54.99
  • Learn Maltese$54.99
  • Learn Neapolitan$54.99
  • Learn Bosnian$54.99
  • Learn Chinese (Mandarin)$54.99
  • Learn Armenian$54.99
  • Learn Basque$54.99
  • Learn Estonian$54.99
  • Learn Italian$54.99
  • Learn Dutch$54.99
  • Learn Kinyarwanda$54.99
  • Learn Pashto$54.99
  • Learn Dzongkha$54.99
  • Learn Malayalam$54.99
  • Learn Gujarati$54.99
  • Learn Catalan$54.99
  • Learn Latvian$54.99
  • Learn Japanese$54.99
  • Learn Shona$54.99
  • Learn Korean$54.99
  • Learn Tswana$54.99
  • Learn Flemish$54.99
  • Learn Yoruba$54.99
  • Learn Khmer$54.99
  • Learn Greenlandic$54.99
  • Learn Argentinian Spanish$54.99
  • Learn Filipino (Tagalog)$54.99
  • Learn Amharic$54.99
  • Learn Swiss German$54.99
  • Learn Irish$54.99
  • Learn Macedonian$54.99
  • Learn Haitian Creole$54.99
  • Learn Nepali$54.99
  • Learn Egyptian Arabic$54.99
  • Learn Albanian$54.99
  • Learn Kurdish (Sorani)$54.99
  • Learn Georgian$54.99
  • Learn Shanghainese$54.99
  • Learn Urdu$54.99
  • Learn Bengali$54.99
  • Learn Tibetan$54.99
  • Learn Tigrinya$54.99
  • Learn Sicilian$54.99
  • Learn Sinhala$54.99
  • Pack of 2600 uCoins$64.99
  • Learn Croatian$69.99
  • Learn Chichewa$99.99
  • Learn Lao$99.99
  • Learn Scots$99.99
  • Learn Ilocano$99.99
  • Learn Samoan$99.99
  • Arabic (Gulf)$99.99
  • Learn Wolof$99.99
  • Learn Cebuano$99.99
  • Learn Moroccan Arabic$99.99
  • Learn Lebanese Arabic$99.99
  • Learn Canadian French$99.99
  • uTalk's 150+ Languages$199.99

Questions

Is Drops free?
Drops is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is uTalk free?
uTalk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Drops or uTalk?
Drops is rated higher. Drops averages 4.7 out of 5 from 72K ratings, while uTalk averages 4.4 from 987 ratings.
Do Drops or uTalk have ads?
Drops shows ads; uTalk does not.
Which is updated more often, Drops or uTalk?
Drops ships an update weekly, and uTalk monthly. Most recently, Drops was updated on September 24, 2026 and uTalk on September 22, 2026.

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