Comparison

Drops vs iLanguage

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

iLanguage

Learn vocabulary in multiple languages using flashcards with images and pronunciation. Features include verb conjugation, custom word lists, and offline access. Ideal for beginners and children, it offers quizzes to track progress.

Highlights
  • 1700+ words with images and pronunciation
  • Verb conjugation
  • Custom word lists
  • Offline access
  • Translate words between languages
  • Quizzes and progress tracking
Features
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Note that for sound you may have to either turn on the phone's in non-silent mode or use headphones. Learn English (UK and US), German, French, Spanish (Spain and Mexico), Portuguese, Italian, Hebrew,, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and Russian! The iLanguage app will help you to improve your vocabulary by using the language flashcards. Its key features are: • 1700+ words with pictures and pronunciation in 11 Languages (13 flavors/accents) • Verb conjugation (click in the "i" button in the Verbs section) • Custom (selected) words section where you can add words from other sections that you would like to concentrate more on. You add a word to the custom section by clicking on a "+" button. You remove words from the custom section by clicking on a "trash" icon. • Offline, no internet access needed. Ideal for air travel • Translate words from any of the languages to another • Especially useful for kids and beginners – all the words are visualized (as splash cards) • Educational (planets, musical instruments, figures, chess figures, countries (with flags), professions, numbers, dates and times, etc.) • Learn and then take a quiz • Track your success and records Some of the iLanguage word categories are: • Animals • Food, fruits, and vegetables • Body parts • Clothing • Numbers, math, colors, and figures • Transport • Household • School and office • Sport and hobbies • Tools and appliances • Verbs, adjectives, and propositions • Professions • Musical instruments, chess figures • Family and kids • Geography, planets, countries • Basic phrases • Phrases for flirting • Phrases in a restaurant, in a hotel, when travelling • And much more! Stay tuned for the updates including new words, languages and features! ---------------------------- This app has been written in CSCS Scripting Language. A short intro to CSCS for Cross Platform Native Mobile Development at http://www.codemag.com/article/1711081

Screenshots

Drops4 screens
iLanguage4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Drops at 4.7 against iLanguage's 3.7. Drops also leads on ratings volume (72K vs 3) and chart position (#169 vs unranked). iLanguage's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). 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 iLanguage sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Drops holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. 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 complicate that: 75% of Drops's written reviews are positive against 100% of iLanguage's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drops ships an update weekly, iLanguage every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and June 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Drops versus iLanguage: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDropsiLanguage
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (72K ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews74.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings72K — better3
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#169 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size191 MB257 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPLANB LABS OUVassili Kaplan

Customer experience

Drops

All ratings71,502 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral2.9%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews2,192 reviews
Positive74.6%
Neutral9.6%
Negative15.8%

iLanguage

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
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

iLanguage

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
2 purchases

iLanguage

One-time2
  • Ad Removal$0.99
  • Speech Recognition$0.99

Questions

Is Drops free?
Drops is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is iLanguage free?
iLanguage is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Drops or iLanguage?
Drops is rated higher. Drops averages 4.7 out of 5 from 72K ratings, while iLanguage averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Drops or iLanguage have ads?
Drops shows ads; iLanguage does not.
Which is updated more often, Drops or iLanguage?
Drops ships an update weekly, and iLanguage every 4 days. Most recently, Drops was updated on September 24, 2026 and iLanguage on June 10, 2026.

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