Comparison

Drops vs SpeakFlash

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

SpeakFlash

Master a new language with a comprehensive flashcard system featuring AI-generated content and custom audio. Utilize a scientifically proven learning method to ensure long-term retention and fluency. Practice speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills effectively.

Highlights
  • AI-generated flashcards with custom images and audio
  • Create your own flashcards with text, images, and voice
  • Ebbinghaus forgetting curve learning method
  • Develop speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills
  • Offline functionality
  • Supports multiple languages
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SpeakFlash is the app you need to learn a language once and for all, practice, and achieve fluency. We have a complete database to help you achieve fluency, regardless of your current level, from beginner to advanced. We offer more than 1400 cards, all with custom images and the highest quality audio from the market, all generated by AI. Create your own cards too! In the app, you can add your own questions and answers, images, and audio recordings with your own voice! If you need to learn VOCABULARY and not forget what you learned, this app is the ideal tool! Our learning method is high-performance because it is based on the forgetting and retention curve of Hermann Ebbinghaus (German psychologist), and in this way, SpeakFlash uses this method practically because it aims to teach in a way that learning is not forgotten over time! Information is stored in long-term memory, even long after learning and needing to speak, listen, read, or write, you will remember what you learned in the App! Learn English, Spanish, French, German, and Chinese (Simplified). If you are looking to develop your speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills, SpeakFlash can be your best friend, as it has a learning and review method that can be done quickly and can also be used together with other language learning methods. Our app is translated for speakers of the following languages: English, Spanish, French, German, and Chinese (Simplified), Portuguese, Arabic, Italian, Russian, and Japanese. In other words, you need to know one of these languages to learn the languages: English, Spanish, French, German, and Chinese (Simplified). Our app works even without the internet normally! SpeakFlash is with you anywhere! Our App is for all levels: -Beginner -Intermediate -Advanced Don't miss this opportunity, download our App and start learning right now! Privacy Policy and Terms of Service: https://termify.io/privacy-policy/9qwOUTQ0f8

Screenshots

Drops4 screens
SpeakFlash4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: SpeakFlash at 100% against Drops's 75%. SpeakFlash also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). Drops's advantage is ratings volume (72K vs 3) and chart position (#185 vs unranked). On price, ads, 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 SpeakFlash sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SpeakFlash 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 3, 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 SpeakFlash's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drops ships an update weekly, SpeakFlash every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Drops versus SpeakFlash: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDropsSpeakFlash
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (72K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings72K — better3
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#185 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size191 MB399 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPLANB LABS OUJoao Barros

Customer experience

Drops

All ratings71,502 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral2.9%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews2,197 reviews
Positive74.6%
Neutral9.6%
Negative15.8%

SpeakFlash

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 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

SpeakFlash

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
3 purchases

SpeakFlash

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly plan$1.991 Month
  • Annual Plan$14.991 Year
  • Annual Plan7 Days trial$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Drops free?
Drops is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SpeakFlash free?
SpeakFlash is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Drops or SpeakFlash?
SpeakFlash is rated higher. Drops averages 4.7 out of 5 from 72K ratings, while SpeakFlash averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Drops or SpeakFlash have ads?
Both Drops and SpeakFlash show ads.
Which is updated more often, Drops or SpeakFlash?
Drops ships an update weekly, and SpeakFlash every 3 days. Most recently, Drops was updated on September 28, 2026 and SpeakFlash on June 1, 2026.

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