Drops vs Flashcards
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drops
Learn new languages through engaging games and visually appealing vocabulary exercises. Offers over 55 languages with custom illustrations and professional voiceovers. Track progress, unlock achievements, and become fluent with fun, game-like lessons.
- Gamified vocabulary learning
- Visual learning with custom illustrations
- 55+ languages available
- Professional voice artist pronunciations
- Progress tracking and achievements
- Game-like lessons for effectiveness
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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
Flashcards
Master French vocabulary, pronunciation, and writing with interactive flashcards, listening exercises, and a virtual coach. Learn at your own pace with engaging activities designed for students, travelers, and professionals.
- Interactive flashcards
- Listening comprehension exercises
- Pronunciation practice
- Handwriting exercises
- Matching games
- Virtual coach chat
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Flashcards helps you learn French a few minutes a day, with a daily lesson built around the words you actually need. Every day you get a short guided session: review your words, practise them in quizzes, matching and listening exercises, learn a grammar point, then read a short story written at your level. WHAT'S INSIDE • 2,700+ everyday French words with audio pronunciation • Example sentences for every word, with translations • Smart flashcards with spaced repetition: each word comes back right before you would forget it • 59 grammar lessons with clear examples • Graded short stories: tap any word to see its translation LEARN FROM REAL LIFE • Snap to learn: point your camera at a sign or a menu to translate it and save new words • Add your own words: snap your notes or type a word and it becomes a flashcard • Watch videos and tap any word in the subtitles to translate it • Chat with an AI tutor to practise real conversations STAY ON TRACK • Home and Lock Screen widgets with a word of the day • Daily reminders, streaks and a weekly leaderboard with friends PREMIUM Some content is free; Premium unlocks everything. • Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. • Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; renewal is charged within 24 hours before the period ends. • Manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your App Store account settings. • Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://weblogit.co.uk/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Flashcards at none against Drops's shown. Flashcards also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Drops's advantage is ratings volume (72K vs 17). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Drops sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Flashcards sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Drops against 4.8 for Flashcards. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drops has 72K ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Drops's written reviews are positive against 100% of Flashcards's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drops | Flashcards |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (72K ratings) | 4.8 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 72K — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 10 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 198 MB | 127 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PLANB LABS OU | henri gil |
Customer experience
Drops
Flashcards
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
Flashcards
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Drops
- Genius for a month$7.991 Month
- Premium$9.991 Month
- Premium$11.991 Month
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- Premium$14.991 Month
- Curious for a month$22.991 Month
- Holiday premium!$39.991 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
Flashcards
- 1 MONTH PREMIUM$3.991 Month
- 6 MONTHS PREMIUM$7.996 Months
- 1 YEAR PREMIUM$12.991 Year
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