Comparison

Drops vs StashTag Educators

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

StashTag Educators

Features
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Eliminate the awkward silence of "Are there any questions?" StashTag Professor is the dedicated instructor portal designed to give educators real-time visibility into student understanding during live lectures. Without distracting from your teaching flow, StashTag bridges the gap between your instruction and student comprehension. GAIN REAL-TIME CLASSROOM INSIGHTS Live Comprehension Heatmaps: Track friction points as they happen. See aggregated, anonymized student feedback ("Got it!" vs. "Confused") synced to your lecture timeline in real time. 1-Tap Audio Recording: Start your lecture with a single tap. StashTag captures your lecture audio and automatically syncs it with live student interaction timestamps in the backend. Identify Friction Instantly: Spot exact concepts or slides where students get stuck so you can adapt your pace, clarify key points, or review material on the spot. AUTOMATE COURSE WORKFLOWS WITH AI Automated Question Bank Generation: Turn live lecture content into structured, searchable practice questions and quiz items in seconds. Targeted Student Support: Enable your students to receive auto-generated, personalized study notes based on the specific moments they flagged confusion during class. Seamless Course Management: Effortlessly manage course rosters, lecture archives, and engagement analytics across all your classes in one clean dashboard. Empower your teaching, boost classroom active learning, and support every student right when confusion strikes. Download StashTag Professor today!

Screenshots

Drops4 screens
StashTag Educators4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: StashTag Educators at none against Drops's 13. StashTag Educators also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). Drops's advantage is chart position (#190 vs unranked). On price 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. StashTag Educators asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Drops versus StashTag Educators: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDropsStashTag Educators
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (72K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews74.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings72K — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#190 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size191 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPLANB LABS OUWai Yam Minnie Soo

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

StashTag Educators

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
None

StashTag Educators

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Drops free?
Drops is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StashTag Educators free?
StashTag Educators is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Drops or StashTag Educators have ads?
Drops shows ads; StashTag Educators does not.

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