Comparison

Drops vs Lingodub

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

Lingodub

Practice speaking English through immersive video dubbing and interactive learning. Access a vast library of content, from movies to speeches, to improve vocabulary, listening, and fluency. Personalized plans and AI feedback make learning engaging for all ages.

Highlights
  • Massive English video library
  • Immersive video dubbing practice
  • Video-associated vocabulary learning
  • AI intelligent evaluation system
  • Personalized learning plans
  • Curated kids' content
  • Community dubbing challenges
Features
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More than 200 million users downloaded around the world. Learning English, practicing oral English, memorizing vocabulary, listening training, English reading, lingodub is enough! 【Core features】 1.Massive English Video Library: Access a wealth of resources including audiobooks, celebrity speeches, open classes, children's English content, film and television English, classic textbooks, traditional test preparation materials, TED speeches, and more. 2. Engaging English Learning Approach: Immerse yourself in the language by dubbing original English videos, simulating character dialogues, and experiencing authentic conversations with the protagonists. Practice speaking English fluently and naturally, akin to interacting with a foreign teacher. 3. Video-based Vocabulary Learning: Say goodbye to traditional rote memorization! Memorize words through video-associated scenes, making learning more enjoyable. Add unfamiliar words to your personalized vocabulary list, and repeat them for reinforcement. Daily word plans set achievable word goals for consolidating English vocabulary. 4. Easy Word Translation: Seamlessly translate words with just one click and access example sentences from the videos. Strengthen word associations with visual cues for enhanced language retention. 5. Suitable for All Ages: Whether you're a child, student, teacher, or office worker, our software caters to various learning stages (elementary school, junior high school, high school, university). Find content that suits your individual learning needs. 6. Curated Kids' Content: Delight young learners with selected picture book stories, cartoons, school textbooks, and engaging reading materials, fostering a love for English and cultivating good learning habits from an early age. 7. Learning and Entertainment: Enjoy the process of learning English while watching engaging dramas and other entertaining content. 8. Personalized Learning Plans: Receive assistance in designing a systematic and professional learning experience tailored to your language proficiency level. Benefit from the AI intelligent evaluation system that provides clear learning reports, ensuring a visual and effective language learning journey in just 20-30 minutes a day. 9. English Dubbing Show with Friends: Collaborate with friends for fun English dubbing competitions or interact with world-class English speakers. Join a vibrant learning and exchange community to meet new friends and explore innovative learning techniques. 【Continuous monthly subscription package for SVIP members】 1) Membership rights: Provide users with some exclusive privileges, including professional scoring system, member-exclusive content, and increase personal exposure 2) Subscription period: one month 3) Subscription price: $12.99 per month 4) Payment: The subscription can be managed by the user, and the user confirms the purchase and pays for it and is credited to the iTunes account. 5) Cancel renewal: If you need to cancel the renewal, please manually turn off the automatic renewal function in the iTunes Store / Apple ID setting management 24 hours before the current subscription expires. 6) Renewal: Apple iTunes account will be deducted within 24 hours before expiration, and the subscription cycle will be extended by one subscription cycle after the deduction is successful. 7) Agreement of use: https://moive.qupeiyin.com/home/article/details/id/99 8) Privacy Policy: https://wap.qupeiyin.cn/activity/yqPrivacy 9) Membership Service Agreement: https://moive.qupeiyin.com/home/article/agreement 10) Automatic renewal membership service agreement: https://cwap.qupeiyin.cn/vipAgreement

Screenshots

Drops4 screens
Lingodub4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Lingodub at none against Drops's shown. Lingodub also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and rating (4.9 vs 4.7). Drops's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (72K vs 9). 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 Lingodub sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lingodub holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drops has 72K ratings behind it against 9, 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 100% of Lingodub's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drops ships an update weekly, Lingodub every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Drops versus Lingodub: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDropsLingodub
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (72K ratings)4.9 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings72K — better9
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#146 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size191 MB199 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperPLANB LABS OUHangzhou Feizhu Technology Co., Ltd

Customer experience

Drops

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

Lingodub

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Lingodub

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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

Lingodub

Subscriptions3
  • Fun Dubbing VIP连续包月$4.991 Month
  • Fun Dubbing SVIP连续包月$12.991 Month
  • LingoDub SVIP连续包月3 Days trial$12.991 Month
One-time8
  • Fun Dubbing 充值6趣豆$0.99
  • Fun Dubbing VIP 1个月$9.99
  • Fun Dubbing SVIP 1个月$13.99
Show 5 more
  • Fun Dubbing VIP 3个月$15.99
  • Fun Dubbing SVIP 3个月$24.99
  • Fun Dubbing VIP 1年$79.99
  • Fun Dubbing SVIP 1年$99.99
  • Fun Dubbing SVIP 3年$199.99

Questions

Is Drops free?
Drops is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lingodub free?
Lingodub is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Drops or Lingodub?
Lingodub is rated higher. Drops averages 4.7 out of 5 from 72K ratings, while Lingodub averages 4.9 from 9 ratings.
Do Drops or Lingodub have ads?
Drops shows ads; Lingodub does not.
Which is updated more often, Drops or Lingodub?
Drops ships an update weekly, and Lingodub every 2 months. Most recently, Drops was updated on September 24, 2026 and Lingodub on August 25, 2026.

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