Comparison

Drops vs Mondly

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

Mondly

Master new languages through engaging lessons, interactive exercises, and advanced features like a chatbot and voice recognition. Practice speaking, reading, listening, and grammar to achieve fluency. Offers a wide range of languages and learning materials.

Highlights
  • Learn 41 languages
  • Chatbot for practice
  • Hands-free learning
  • Voice recognition
  • Daily lessons and quizzes
  • Grammar features and conjugation tables
  • Business content lessons
Features
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Learn languages in a fun and effective way with high-quality content and modern features such as Chatbot, Hands Free Learning & Voice Recognition. Practice speaking, reading, listening, grammar, and test your skills with fluent speakers. With Mondly by Pearson you can learn 41 languages: Spanish, American English, British English, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Swedish, Arabic, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Greek, Romanian, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Hindi, Hebrew, Polish, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Czech, Croatian, Finnish, Persian (Farsi), Thai, Afrikaans, Turkish, Bengali, Catalan, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Slovak, Tagalog and Urdu for FREE. Apps we love & App of the day – Apple “Mondly is like having a private tutor” – CNN “The new way to learn languages” – Inc. “A Practical approach to language learning likely to be widely adopted” - Forbes • Keep your mind sharp with quick Daily Lessons, Weekly Quizzes & Monthly Challenges • Full access to 41 different language courses – a total of 1320 language combinations • Master the basics with 200+ lessons organized into practical topics – from family, weather, travel, to sports, food, and many more • 38 vocabulary builders to learn new words fast and cement your knowledge • Learn pronunciation with 50+ conversations between fluent speakers • Grammar features & conjugation tables to deepen your understanding of the language • Access to the entire collection of over 3500 Daily Lessons, Weekly Quizzes & Monthly Challenges we have been creating since 2015 • 30+ different English language progress tests with content from Pearson • 50+ Intermediate and Advanced categories for British English learning • 260+ video lessons for British English learning • Hands-free learning to learn languages on the go • Over 300 specialized lessons with business content for personal improvement & workforce training PLEASE NOTE You will need a subscription in order to get access to all of this app’s courses and features. Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current payment period. Your iTunes account will be automatically charged at the same price for renewal within the 24-hour period prior to the end of the current payment period unless you change your subscription preferences in your Account Settings. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. You can manage your subscriptions through your Account Settings after purchase. When a subscription is canceled, access to the app’s courses and features will expire at the end of the current payment period. Privacy Policy: www.mondly.com/privacy Terms: www.mondly.com/terms We welcome your feedback and suggestions at: ios[at]mondly[dot]com

Screenshots

Drops4 screens
Mondly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Mondly at none against Drops's shown. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 Mondly sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Drops against 4.7 for Mondly. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 72K and 33K respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 75% and 74% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drops ships an update every 8 days, Mondly fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 10 level
Drops versus Mondly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDropsMondly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (72K ratings)4.7 (33K ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.7% of reviews — better74.2% of reviews
Number of ratings72K — better33K
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#148 — better#178
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size198 MB266 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPLANB LABS OUATi Studios

Customer experience

Drops

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

Mondly

All ratings33,308 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral2.7%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews2,592 reviews
Positive74.2%
Neutral7.2%
Negative18.6%

User reviews

Drops

From 72K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Vocabulary learning
  • 👍 Unique and engaging learning activities
  • 👍 Wide range of languages
  • 👍 Customizable learning experience
  • 👍 Effective for building vocabulary

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inaccurate translations or pronunciations
  • 🔒 Subscription model issues
  • 👎 Limited to vocabulary, lacks grammar/sentence structure
  • 👎 Repetitive and not enough variety in exercises

Mondly

From 33K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Engaging and interactive learning experience
  • 🚀 Effective for learning new vocabulary and phrases
  • 🔍 Accurate translations and pronunciations
  • 💡 Useful for both beginners and intermediate learners
  • 🤖 Helpful speech recognition and conversation practice

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches in the app
  • 💰 Premium features can be expensive for some users
  • 🔍 Lack of in-depth grammar explanations
  • 🤖 Speech recognition not always accurate
  • 📚 Limited content for less popular languages

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

Mondly

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Lessons disappearing from user progress
  • Incorrect translations or word usage in some lessons
  • Compatibility issues with older devices or operating systems

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add writing practice for languages with different scripts
  • Improve review and repetition system for better retention
  • Provide more customization options for learning paths
  • Introduce a way to cancel subscriptions easily

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
8 purchases

Mondly

Subscriptions6
  • Monthly - 50% Off - Unlimited$7.991 Month
  • Monthly - 1 Week Free Trial7 Days trial$14.901 Month
  • Monthly - 1 Week Free Trial7 Days trial4 variants$15.901 Month
Show 3 more
  • Unlimited Access - Monthly$15.901 Month
  • Unlimited Access - 12 Months2 variants$74.901 Year
  • Yearly - 1 Week Free Trial7 Days trial$74.901 Year
One-time2
  • Premium$14.99
  • Premium all Languages Promo$19.99

Questions

Is Drops free?
Drops is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mondly free?
Mondly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Drops or Mondly?
Mondly is rated higher. Drops averages 4.7 out of 5 from 72K ratings, while Mondly averages 4.7 from 33K ratings.
Do Drops or Mondly have ads?
Drops shows ads; Mondly does not.
Which is updated more often, Drops or Mondly?
Drops ships an update every 8 days, and Mondly fortnightly. Most recently, Drops was updated on October 21, 2026 and Mondly on October 21, 2026.
Which is more popular, Drops or Mondly?
Drops currently peaks at #148 in the App Store charts, and Mondly at #178. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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