Learn German vs DER
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Learn German
Learn German vocabulary through engaging mini-games and beautiful illustrations. This app focuses on 5-minute daily sessions, making learning fun and addictive. It emphasizes practical words and the German alphabet, with optional premium features for faster progress.
- Illustrated vocabulary learning
- 5-minute daily sessions
- Addictive mini-games
- Focus on practical words
- German alphabet learning
- Native speaker pronunciations
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Drops makes language learning an effortless fun. Practical vocabulary is bound to your memories through beautiful graphics and quick mini-games. The crazy part? You have only 5 mins per day to learn German. Might sound insane but works like a charm! :) These are the ingredients of the secret sauce: 100% illustrated: Pictures directly carry the meaning - you don’t have to use your native language at all! No intermediary. Faster, more effective and of course more fun for German learning process! :) 5 min sessions: limiting practice time sounds crazy but it it makes it incredibly addictive - which is cool thing for learning. The barrier of entry is close to zero so you can’t have any excuses: you’ll have 5 minutes even on the busiest day! Effortless play: We know why games are fun and addictive and distilled the essence into Drops. The result is a truly immersive experience but it’s not waste of your time while you play because you build a valuable knowledge. Quick: Keyboard typing is painfully slow. Welcome rapid swipes and taps! Especially for German vowels, and consonants. Trust us, you’ll need those extra seconds during the quick learning session ;) Vocabulary only: Zero grammar, just handpicked practical words. That’s our focus and we do it extremely well. The app teaches the German alphabet as well. Forge a habit: Drops wants to make you language learning addict. Effectiveness is nothing without a well established habit. We help you build one! We are extremely proud of our lovely word pronunciations by seasoned voice talents! Drops is free for casual learners: more than 2700 words in 150+ topics are all available for everyone. Hardcore language learners can subscribe for premium to progress faster with unlimited German language learning time. Our goal is to empower people of the world via language knowledge by providing a special tool that utilizes the universal language we all speak: pictures. ----------------- Keep tuned as even more languages are in the works! Payment information: 1 month - $13 1 quarter - $30 1 year - $90 - Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase - No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period Have questions? Feel free to contact us at sup@languagedrops.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/language_drops Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LearnwithDrops Blog: https://medium.com/languagedrops Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/language_drops/ Privacy Policy and Terms of Use: http://languagedrops.com/privacypolicy.html
DER
Master German noun articles with intelligent spaced repetition and visual memory techniques. This app helps you learn DER, DIE, and DAS more naturally and permanently, supporting learners from various language backgrounds.
- Spaced repetition learning
- Mnemonic-based learning
- Supports multiple languages
- Focused on German noun genders
- Long-term retention optimization
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Der, Die, Das — again? German noun genders don't follow tidy rules, and guessing wrong in front of a native speaker never gets less embarrassing. DER DIE DAS turns that struggle into a habit you actually keep, using spaced repetition and eight fast, replayable games. Translations are available in 17 languages, including Arabic, Ukrainian, Farsi, Russian, Polish, and Chinese — learn German from the language you already think in. HOW YOU LEARN Every word you study is scheduled with FSRS, the same memory algorithm used by top flashcard apps — so you review a noun right before you'd forget it, not on a fixed daily list. Choose read, listen, or speak cards, or mix all three. WHAT YOU LEARN • The original 3,000 most-frequent German nouns • Full telc exam vocabulary, A1.1 through B2 — built for Sprachkurs, Integrationskurs, and citizenship-test prep • Topic sets: work, sports, health, and more • Your own words — describe one in plain language or paste a list, and AI looks up the article, translation, and audio for you EIGHT WAYS TO PRACTICE Artikeltrennung sorts words by gender. Gegen die Uhr races the clock. Überlebenstraining takes a life for every miss. Paare finden is a matching game. Hören & Wählen trains your ear with audio only. Diktat has you write what you hear. Einer muss gehen makes you spot the odd gender out. Shadowing listens back and scores your pronunciation. DUEL A FRIEND — OR A BOT Challenge someone in real time: tap the right article before they do. Play a friend, find a random opponent, or face a CPU character with its own name, title, and rating. Every duel counts toward a leaderboard and your match history. STAY ON TRACK Daily streaks, a reminder at the time you choose, and a collection view that fills in as you learn — so progress is something you can see, not just feel. Free to start, with a Pro upgrade for learners who want more. Contains ads and optional in-app purchases. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Learn German at 835 against DER's 1. Learn German also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). DER's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Learn German sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and DER sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
DER holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Learn German has 835 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Learn German's written reviews are positive against 100% of DER's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Learn German | DER |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (835 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 835 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 9 days |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 207 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PLANB LABS OU | Fabian Grimme |
Customer experience
Learn German
DER
Bugs and requests
Learn German
Reported bugs
2 issues- Occasional crashes or freezes
- Issues with in-app purchases and subscription management
Requested features
5 requests- Expand free usage time
- Provide grammar and sentence structure lessons
- Add pronunciation feedback and audio lessons
- Implement a review/progress tracking system
- Allow users to create their own vocabulary lists
DER
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Learn German
- Unlimited time!$7.991 Month
- Premium2 variants$9.991 Month
- Premium$11.991 Month
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- Premium2 variants$12.991 Month
- Daily 10 minutes bonus$22.991 Month
- Premium$39.991 Year
- Premium7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Premium7 Days trial2 variants$69.991 Year
- Premium7 Days trial$79.991 Year
- Premium7 Days trial2 variants$89.991 Year
DER
- Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
Questions
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