Comparison

Latin App vs Scriba (Latin Dictionary)

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Latin App

This educational app helps middle schoolers master Latin verb, noun, and adjective forms through fun drills. It supports the Ecce Romani textbook and offers quizzes on specific word lists. New passive voice forms were added in the latest update.

Highlights
  • Verb, noun, and adjective drills
  • Ecce Romani chapter support
  • Quizzes on specific word lists
  • Passive voice forms
  • Information screen for generated forms
Features
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If you are taking Latin I, this is the study app for you. Created by a teacher at the Foote School in New Haven, CT, to help middle schoolers study verb, noun, and adjective forms, the Latin App makes drilling simple and fun. If you are using the Ecce Romani textbook, just enter the chapter you are currently on and go. Otherwise, read about what forms are generated on the information screen before you start. The Latin App can quiz you on all of the forms of the nouns puella, servus, ager, puer, vox, pater, civis, nomen, baculum, arcus, res, and dies and the adjectives magnus, omnis, ingens, hic, ille, is, and qui. It can also quiz you on all of the forms in the active voice and indicative mood of the verbs paro, habeo, mitto, iacio, audio, sum, possum, volo, nolo, eo, and fero. New in version 1.2 are passive voice forms of regular verbs. Ecce Romani is published by Pearson Education, Inc., which is not affiliated with this app.

About

Scriba (Latin Dictionary)

This app provides comprehensive Latin language learning resources, including extensive dictionaries, grammar guides, and word parsing tools. It offers flashcards for vocabulary memorization and a document reader for in-context word lookups.

Highlights
  • Lewis and Short's Latin-English dictionary
  • Cassell's Latin Dictionary
  • Declensions and conjugations
  • Latin word parser
  • Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar
  • Flashcards for vocabulary
Features
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Scriba is a great tool to learn Latin. It features : - Lewis and Short's Latin-English dictionary (50 000 entries) - Cassell's Latin Dictionary (clear and shorter explanations for about 20 000 entries) - declensions and conjugations for most of the entries - a Latin word parser - Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar - an English-Latin lexicon (free version) - Smith & Hall's English-Latin Dictionary (full version) - full text search in Lewis and Short's Latin dictionary - classical texts - a Document reader which allows you to look up words in the database - Flashcards to learn new words

Screenshots

Latin App4 screens
Scriba (Latin Dictionary)4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Latin App at none against Scriba (Latin Dictionary)'s 1. Latin App also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.5). Scriba (Latin Dictionary)'s advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Scriba (Latin Dictionary) sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Latin App asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Scriba (Latin Dictionary) holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 36 and 13 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 76% and 76% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Latin App ships an update every 5 weeks, Scriba (Latin Dictionary) every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Latin App versus Scriba (Latin Dictionary): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLatin AppScriba (Latin Dictionary)
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (36 ratings)4.4 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.2% of reviews76.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings36 — better13
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB155 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrew SweetDominique CADIET

Customer experience

Latin App

All ratings36 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral2.8%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive76.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative23.8%

Scriba (Latin Dictionary)

All ratings12 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive76.5%
Neutral11.8%
Negative11.8%

In-app purchases

None

Latin App

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Scriba (Latin Dictionary)

One-time1
  • Full version$2.99

Questions

Is Latin App free?
Latin App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scriba (Latin Dictionary) free?
Scriba (Latin Dictionary) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Latin App or Scriba (Latin Dictionary)?
Scriba (Latin Dictionary) is rated higher. Latin App averages 4.0 out of 5 from 36 ratings, while Scriba (Latin Dictionary) averages 4.4 from 13 ratings.
Do Latin App or Scriba (Latin Dictionary) have ads?
Neither Latin App nor Scriba (Latin Dictionary) shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Latin App or Scriba (Latin Dictionary)?
Latin App ships an update every 5 weeks, and Scriba (Latin Dictionary) every 5 months. Most recently, Latin App was updated on October 6, 2026 and Scriba (Latin Dictionary) on September 29, 2026.

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