Comparison

Drops vs Learn Languages with Dr. Moku

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

Learn Languages with Dr. Moku

Master new languages with animated mnemonic lessons. Learn to read, write, and speak Japanese, Korean, Arabic, and Chinese Mandarin quickly and effectively. Features include stroke order animations, audio pronunciation, and various practice modes.

Highlights
  • Animated mnemonic lessons
  • Learn to read, write, and speak
  • Stroke order animations
  • Audio pronunciation samples
  • Reading, Listening, and Combo quizzes
  • Offline mode
Features
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Learn to read, write and speak Japanese Hiragana & Katakana, Korean Hangul, Arabic and Chinese Mandarin in record time with Dr. Moku's bite-sized animated lessons. Everybody learns differently and visual learners often struggle with new languages. Mnemonics are memory tricks that help you remember and retrieve abstract concepts. Dr. Moku's visual and verbal mnemonics help you to learn auto-magically. You will forever remember the sound and meaning of each character without the pain of rote memorization. How will Dr. Moku work for you? • Mnemonics are a proven language-learning technique. • Learn how to write each character with animated stroke orders. • Sample words with audio to aid pronunciation. • Practice Modes: Reading, Listening, and Combo quiz modes. • Audio Charts: each alphabet has a handy reference chart. • Save favorite characters and phrases to a list and revise them easily with Autoplay. • Phrasebooks • Offline mode • No annoying third-party ads. Nice! Dr. Moku's teaching method is perfect for complete beginners. Learn the Japanese alphabets (Hiragana and Katakana) on your own and in record time. Master the Korean alphabet (Hangul) quickly and slickly with minimal effort. And we’ve just added Mandarin Chinese! --------------------------------- Don’t you hate when companies claim to make learning fun? There really is nothing "fun" about learning languages. There’s definitely satisfaction in impressing friends, passing exams, and using your language skills in the real world but the fun comes in the time you save by finding the right learning method. Dr. Moku strives to make learning languages painless and effective so you have more time to create your own fun. Studying sucks. Memorization stinks. Mnemonics work. The first Dr. Moku app was published way back in 2010, it was primitive and clunky but it helped tens of thousands of people to learn Hiragana and Katakana without the pain of rote memorization. This new app is the start of a whole new chapter. The vision is to gradually add new languages and subjects using the same mnemonic techniques. Download it now and start learning in seconds.

Screenshots

Drops4 screens
Learn Languages with Dr. Moku4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Learn Languages with Dr. Moku at none against Drops's shown. Learn Languages with Dr. Moku also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). Drops's advantage is ratings volume (72K vs 297) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases 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 Learn Languages with Dr. Moku sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Drops against 4.7 for Learn Languages with Dr. Moku. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drops has 72K ratings behind it against 297, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 75% and 75% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drops ships an update every 8 days, Learn Languages with Dr. Moku every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Drops versus Learn Languages with Dr. Moku: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDropsLearn Languages with Dr. Moku
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (72K ratings) — better4.7 (297 ratings)
Positive reviews74.8% of reviews75.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings72K — better297
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size198 MB79 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperPLANB LABS OUByrne Bob

Customer experience

Drops

All ratings71,671 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral2.9%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews2,244 reviews
Positive74.8%
Neutral9.5%
Negative15.7%

Learn Languages with Dr. Moku

All ratings285 ratings
Positive91.2%
Neutral4.2%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews110 reviews
Positive75.5%
Neutral9.1%
Negative15.5%

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

Learn Languages with Dr. Moku

From 297 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast learning
  • 👍 Helpful mnemonics
  • 💡 Innovative learning approach
  • 👍 User-friendly interface
  • 🚀 Effective for visual learners

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches
  • 🔒 Login/account issues
  • 💰 Paywall for full access
  • 🔊 Poor audio quality
  • 📱 Lack of offline mode

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

Learn Languages with Dr. Moku

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login errors
  • Incompatibility with older devices
  • Unreliable sync across devices
  • Incorrect character quizzes

Requested features

5 requests
  • Offline mode
  • More languages
  • Improved audio quality
  • Customizable font size
  • Ability to practice writing

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
11 purchases

Learn Languages with Dr. Moku

One-time11
  • Arabic$4.99
  • Korean Phrasebook$4.99
  • Japanese Phrasebook$4.99
Show 8 more
  • Hangul Content Pack$4.99
  • Hiragana Content Pack$4.99
  • Katakana Content Pack$4.99
  • Chinese$4.99
  • All Korean Content$8.99
  • Kanji$8.99
  • All Japanese Content$12.99
  • The Complete Bundle$24.99

Questions

Is Drops free?
Drops is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Learn Languages with Dr. Moku free?
Learn Languages with Dr. Moku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Drops or Learn Languages with Dr. Moku?
Drops is rated higher. Drops averages 4.7 out of 5 from 72K ratings, while Learn Languages with Dr. Moku averages 4.7 from 297 ratings.
Do Drops or Learn Languages with Dr. Moku have ads?
Drops shows ads; Learn Languages with Dr. Moku does not.
Which is updated more often, Drops or Learn Languages with Dr. Moku?
Drops ships an update every 8 days, and Learn Languages with Dr. Moku every 3 weeks. Most recently, Drops was updated on October 28, 2026 and Learn Languages with Dr. Moku on October 27, 2026.

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