Comparison

Drops vs Welsh Vocab

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

Welsh Vocab

Master Welsh vocabulary with a personalized learning experience. Create custom lists of words to study, utilize a built-in dictionary, and practice until you're confident. Add your own words to expand your learning.

Highlights
  • Customizable word lists
  • Built-in 2000-word dictionary
  • Add custom words
  • Review and test vocabulary
  • Track learned words
Features
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Have trouble remembering Welsh words you should know? Make a list of the words YOU want to learn and keep practising until you know them. Welsh Vocab has a 2000 word dictionary of the words everyone should know - look them up and add them to your learning list. If a more specialist word you need isn't in the dictionary, just add it to the dictionary, and it will also be added to the list you want to learn. Review your learning list, and be tested on it until you are happy with a word, then cross it off your learning list and add some new ones. If you can't remember your "trefnu" from your "taflu" or your "gwahodd" from your "gwahanol", then this app is for you!

Screenshots

Drops4 screens
Welsh Vocab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Welsh Vocab at none against Drops's 13. Welsh Vocab also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Drops's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 24 months) and ratings volume (72K vs 2). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Welsh Vocab asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Welsh Vocab 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drops ships an update every 8 days, Welsh Vocab every 24 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Drops versus Welsh Vocab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDropsWelsh Vocab
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (72K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings72K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 24 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size198 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPLANB LABS OUAberProgs

Customer experience

Drops

All ratings71,671 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral2.9%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews2,244 reviews
Positive74.8%
Neutral9.5%
Negative15.7%

Welsh Vocab

All ratings2 ratings
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

Welsh Vocab

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

Welsh Vocab

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Drops free?
Drops is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Welsh Vocab free?
Welsh Vocab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Drops or Welsh Vocab?
Welsh Vocab is rated higher. Drops averages 4.7 out of 5 from 72K ratings, while Welsh Vocab averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Drops or Welsh Vocab have ads?
Drops shows ads; Welsh Vocab does not.
Which is updated more often, Drops or Welsh Vocab?
Drops ships an update every 8 days, and Welsh Vocab every 24 months. Most recently, Drops was updated on October 31, 2026 and Welsh Vocab on October 25, 2026.

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