Comparison

Drops vs Elite Lingo

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

Elite Lingo

Master English grammar, vocabulary, and conversational skills through engaging, game-like lessons. This app adapts to various learning styles, making language acquisition feel effortless and fun. It offers a comprehensive approach with videos, articles, and tests for efficient learning.

Highlights
  • Game-like lessons
  • Vocabulary and grammar practice
  • Conversational English
  • Adaptive learning styles
  • Progress tracking
  • Variety of learning materials
Features
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Elite Lingo is an English learning mobile application. It helps you to master new words, phrases, and grammar with game-like lessons. It is an app that enables you to learn grammar, spelling, words, phrases, and conversational English. The Elite Lingo app allows you to stay motivated with rewards for completing the lessons. Elite Lingo makes it easy to learn English “on the go” in many unique and exciting ways. Plus, when you use this English Training app, you don’t even feel like studying. Instead, Elite Lingo almost turns English practice into a game, with no more boring vocabulary and grammar exercises. Elite Lingo uses a natural approach that helps you understand the English language and culture over time. You’ll learn English as it’s spoken in real life. It has a variety of videos, games, topics, articles, tests, and everything else you need to learn English as efficiently as possible! Each of us has our Learning Style. Different students have different learning styles. You may spend a lot of time on a task to learn, but as it is not matched with your learning style, there is no desirable outcome. There are four main learning styles, Visual Learners, Auditory Learners, Reading/Writing Learners, and Kinesthetic Learners. Visual Learners like to use charts, graphs, and pictures, play games, use videos, and write down vocabulary. Auditory Learners learn through listening. An auditory learner depends on listening and speaking as the primary way of learning. Reading/Writing Learners can absorb and retain the most information through reading and writing text. Kinesthetic Learners tend to learn best when they are physically active or through learning activities that involve active participation. Elite Lingo is designed so everybody with their learning styles can use it efficiently. Just download the app from the store. Simple, efficient, and user-friendly application for English Language Learning. Enjoy this fantastic English Language Learning App on any of your devices. When the app is installed, the user is asked for a cellphone number for verification, then a verification code is sent to the given number, and then a short description of the Training System of the app is presented. Then the user can take a placement test to choose the right level or skip and start with the first term. The users can access some free activities to get familiar with the application, and then if they like, they can buy one term and do it. Each term can be completed in at least 15 days to at most one month.

Screenshots

Drops4 screens
Elite Lingo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Elite Lingo at none against Drops's shown. Elite Lingo also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Drops's advantage is ratings volume (72K vs 2) and chart position (#163 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Elite Lingo sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Elite Lingo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drops has 72K ratings behind it against 2, 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 Elite Lingo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drops ships an update every 8 days, Elite Lingo weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Drops versus Elite Lingo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDropsElite Lingo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (72K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings72K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#163 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size198 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPLANB LABS OUELITE LANGUAGE TRAINING DIL EGITIMI TURIZM SANAYI VE TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI

Customer experience

Drops

All ratings71,671 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral2.9%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews2,239 reviews
Positive74.7%
Neutral9.6%
Negative15.7%

Elite Lingo

All ratings2 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

Elite Lingo

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
5 purchases

Elite Lingo

One-time5
  • One-Term Purchase$5.99
  • Three-Term Package$14.99
  • Six-Term Package$29.99
Show 2 more
  • Nine-Term Package$39.99
  • Twelve-Term Package$44.99

Questions

Is Drops free?
Drops is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Elite Lingo free?
Elite Lingo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Drops or Elite Lingo?
Elite Lingo is rated higher. Drops averages 4.7 out of 5 from 72K ratings, while Elite Lingo averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Drops or Elite Lingo have ads?
Drops shows ads; Elite Lingo does not.
Which is updated more often, Drops or Elite Lingo?
Drops ships an update every 8 days, and Elite Lingo weekly. Most recently, Drops was updated on October 21, 2026 and Elite Lingo on September 29, 2026.

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