Comparison

SuperMemo vs Wokabulary

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

Head to head
About

SuperMemo

Master new languages and subjects with AI-powered spaced repetition. Practice conversations, get instant translations, and access a vast library of courses. Learn effectively, even offline, with intelligent review schedules.

Highlights
  • Spaced repetition algorithm
  • AI-powered conversation practice
  • AI voice translation
  • Extensive course catalog
  • Offline learning option
  • Customizable flashcards
Features
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SuperMemo – Language Learning with AI Learn English and 27 other languages with SuperMemo! Explore language courses, pick up new vocabulary, reinforce what you learn with spaced repetition and practice conversations with AI. Learn effectively at your own pace – from the basics all the way to advanced fluency. 300+ COURSES IN 28 LANGUAGES Choose from hundreds of courses tailored to your level, needs and interests. Learn English, German, Spanish, French, Italian and many other languages. You'll find courses for beginners, intermediate and advanced learners, as well as materials for learning vocabulary, grammar and practical communication. Learn English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Chinese and many other languages. Choose from 28 foreign languages, including Arabic, Czech, Greek, Ukrainian, Turkish and Romanian. ENGLISH AT EVERY LEVEL Improve your English at levels A1–C2. Choose the right course for you and practice what you need most – from basic phrases to more advanced vocabulary and communication. Discover SuperMemo course series: • No Problem! – practical language learning • Extreme – intensive vocabulary learning • PowerWords! – build your vocabulary • Olive Green – learn the language in an engaging context • Hello! – language courses for different levels • Quick Start – the basics to get you started • Business English – English for work You can also use grammar courses, exam preparation materials and courses for children and teens. PRACTICE WITH AI Take your learning to the next level with the AI features in SuperMemo. • Live Mode – your AI tutor. Practice conversations with a virtual tutor in your course. Develop your communication skills and put your knowledge to the test. • MemoChat AI – talk in the language you're learning. Practice dialogues at different levels and save new words and phrases for further study. • MemoTranslator AI – translate by voice. Use voice translation when you need to quickly understand or say something in another language. • AI Assistant – get help with your learning. Ask about word meanings, grammar and any language topics you want to understand better. LEARN EFFECTIVELY WITH SPACED REPETITION SuperMemo uses a repetition method based on a scientific approach to memory. The app helps you return to the material at the right time, so you consolidate your knowledge and remember new information more effectively. Learn words, discover useful phrases and check your progress regularly. CREATE YOUR OWN COURSE Want to learn vocabulary for work, travel, studies or your own interests? Create your own courses and flashcards on any topic. Tailor learning to your goals and grow your knowledge the way you like. LEARN WHENEVER AND WHEREVER YOU WANT Use courses on your devices and come back to learning whenever you have time. Set your own goal, learn regularly and make progress step by step. CHOOSE YOUR WAY TO LEARN Start from the basics, improve your language skills or focus on specific abilities. Choose courses that fit your needs and enjoy the extra features of a SuperMemo Premium subscription. SuperMemo has been developing its language learning method since 1991. Combine a proven repetition system with modern AI tools and learn languages on your own terms. Download SuperMemo and start learning today!

About

Wokabulary

This app helps you learn foreign languages by creating and practicing your own vocabulary flashcards. It uses spaced repetition to optimize learning and offers various quiz modes. Syncs across devices and supports over 35 languages.

Highlights
  • Create custom vocabulary flashcards
  • Spaced repetition learning system
  • Multiple quiz modes (flashcard, typing, spelling)
  • Organize words with tags and search
  • Cross-device syncing with iCloud
  • Integrated dictionary and translation
  • Learning statistics and achievements
Features
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Are you learning a language in school, evening class, or in self-study? Collect, practice and organize your individual foreign language words with Wokabulary! Wokabulary is not a language course app. Wokabulary is a versatile flash card learning tool that lets you manage and practice your own vocabulary. ADD AND LEARN YOUR PERSONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE WORDS • Collect the words you pick up in class, while reading, or on the street. • Wokabulary can handle any foreign language and any script. • Easily manage multiple languages. SMART VOCABULARY/WORD LEARNING The heart of Wokabulary is its built-in spaced-repetition system: • Words get automatically sorted in learning levels. • New and difficult words are asked more often — old and easy words less often. • Always learn what you need to practice! PRACTICE ANYWHERE Add words and learn on all your devices: • iPhone • iPad • Mac • Watch • Seamlessly synced with iCloud VERSATILE QUIZ MODES Practice your words in three quiz modes: • Flash card quiz: Learn and repeat your words. • Typing quiz: Practice your writing skills. • Spelling quiz: Test your listening comprehension. EASILY ORGANIZE YOUR WORDS Efficiently manage and look up words: • Powerful search and filters. • Categorize your words with tags. • Directly find hard words and synonyms. DETAILED STATISTICS Keep up a steady learning pace and stay motivated: • Track your progress. • Unlock achievements. • Compare with your friends. DICTIONARY & TRANSLATION Lookup and translate words with just one tap: • Machine-translate words with DeepL. • Look up words in the macOS and iOS dictionaries. • Available for over 35 languages. SHARE WORDS WITH FRIENDS Easily exchange words with others: • Share words with your classmates. • Export and import CSV files. ======== Wokabulary is free to use with up to 60 words. To add more words, a subscription is needed. The subscription is a Universal Purchase and applies to Wokabulary on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Watch. A Family Sharing plan is available, which lets you share your subscription with your family. For questions and support, please contact us on: support.wokabulary.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

SuperMemo4 screens
Wokabulary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Wokabulary at 72% against SuperMemo's 31%. Wokabulary also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.2). SuperMemo's advantage is ratings volume (132 vs 27) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. SuperMemo sells 29 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Wokabulary sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wokabulary holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 132 and 27 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of SuperMemo's written reviews are positive against 72% of Wokabulary's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SuperMemo ships an update every 4 weeks, Wokabulary every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SuperMemo versus Wokabulary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSuperMemoWokabulary
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (132 ratings)4.6 (27 ratings) — better
Positive reviews31.0% of reviews72.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings132 — better27
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSuperMemo WorldCoding Friends GmbH

Customer experience

SuperMemo

All ratings132 ratings
Positive81.1%
Neutral3.0%
Negative15.9%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive31.0%
Neutral4.8%
Negative64.3%

Wokabulary

All ratings27 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral3.7%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews69 reviews
Positive72.5%
Neutral10.1%
Negative17.4%

User reviews

SuperMemo

From 132 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Excellent for long-term retention
  • 👍 Highly recommended for language learning
  • 👍 Offline mode appreciated (when available)
  • 👍 Mature learning database/tool
  • 👍 Content is top-notch

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App frequently crashes or doesn't start
  • 🐛 No way to test without trial/signup
  • 🐛 Cannot connect to App Store
  • 🐛 Purchased courses disappeared after update
  • 🐛 Website not working correctly

Wokabulary

From 27 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly interface
  • 🚀 Smooth Google Sheets import
  • ✨ Excellent for multi-language vocabulary management
  • 💬 Responsive and helpful support
  • ✅ Reliable synchronization across devices

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive subscription model
  • 제한 Limited free version (60 words)
  • 🐌 Slow performance with large databases
  • 🔄 Lack of synchronization between Mac and iPhone (older reviews)
  • 📉 Price increase for subscription

Bugs and requests

SuperMemo

Reported bugs

49 issues
  • App doesn't start on iPhone 13 Pro
  • Purchased courses disappeared after update
  • Website not working correctly
  • No longer works offline
  • Slower online performance
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  • Ignores user's time zone
  • No option to reset to old version
  • No way to export flashcards
  • Significantly slower for reviewing cards
  • New font is hard on the eyes
  • TTS ignores punctuation and spacing
  • New course editor is difficult
  • Single deck for all user cards
  • Text is extremely small (6-8 font size)
  • Subscription cancellation is intentionally confusing
  • Money is debited, cannot unsubscribe
  • Sentences in Chinese course make no sense
  • Poor mobile UI/UX
  • Interface is confusing
  • Terrible customer support
  • No formatting for cards (color, highlighting)
  • Premium service not as advertised
  • Imitation app, less good than original
  • Very expensive subscription
  • Developer neglecting software
  • Online browser version is a joke
  • Dumbed-down version of original
  • Register is picky (case sensitive)
  • Purchased courses do not sync
  • Impossible to log off/log back in
  • App is unusable
  • UI is ugly and unintuitive
  • Transition from previous version painful
  • Internet requirement makes things worse
  • Buttons not optimized for one-hand usage
  • Missing vocabulary courses for several languages
  • Default settings are ridiculous (30 new items/day)
  • Cannot import own cards from previous versions
  • No import for text format cards
  • Subscription service is expensive
  • Courses lack descriptions/authors
  • Login problems, app is slow and old
  • iPad version is a disaster
  • Settings page cropped, changing settings does nothing
  • Stupid card layout
  • Clunky UX
  • Obscenely overpriced
  • Atrocious content download speeds
  • Cannot connect to App Store

Requested features

29 requests
  • Option to switch back to old font
  • Fix search to allow searching for accented characters
  • Improve TTS to respect punctuation and spacing
  • Improve course editor to display cards with lots of text
  • Add Apple Sign In
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  • Improve mobile UI/UX
  • Add dark mode
  • Support for one-hand usage
  • Add vocabulary courses for Russian, Chinese, Arabic, Hebrew
  • Bring back old American English course
  • Allow import of cards in text format
  • Allow import of cards from previous versions
  • Improve import features for cards
  • Enable creation of memo
  • Add descriptions and authors for courses
  • Improve login process
  • Add features to catch up with Windows version
  • Fix cropped settings page on iPhone 5s
  • Improve card layout
  • Allow export of flashcards
  • Allow testing without signup/trial
  • Enable offline mode
  • Fix case sensitivity issues
  • Allow logging off and back in
  • Improve customer support responsiveness
  • Allow formatting of cards (color, highlighting)
  • Make subscription cancellation straightforward
  • Allow manual control over daily new vocabulary items per course
  • Improve download speed for content

Wokabulary

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Apple Watch performance issues with large databases (resolved in later updates)
  • Mac input not syncing to phone (older reviews)
  • Language selection window closes immediately (iOS 18.1)
  • Import/export function disappeared after CSV import
  • Synchronization issues (slow or not happening)
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  • App runs very slowly
  • Labels not syncing between Mac and phone
  • Computer and mobile versions slow to open

Requested features

18 requests
  • Add duplicate word search or detection
  • Directional arrow on quiz to switch stimulus and response
  • Improve translation tool integration (multiple suggestions, AI examples)
  • Add CSV import shortcut in Shortcuts app
  • Adjustable font size in flashcards
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  • More vocabulary lists in different languages
  • Option to customize SRS levels
  • Display tags during quizzes
  • Add keyboard control for vocabulary entry
  • Auto-select last used tag
  • Automatic scaling of font size for long words/sentences
  • Search function for languages
  • Add a spell checker and definition suggestions
  • Ability to program multiple revision reminders per day
  • Slicing review mode on all words
  • Syncing of vocabulary across different languages
  • Predictive text display
  • Function to input pronunciation of entered words

In-app purchases

29 purchases

SuperMemo

Subscriptions2
  • SuperMemo.com Premium14 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Premium Subscription 12 months14 Days trial$99.991 Year
One-time27
  • SAT Words$19.90
  • Angielski C1. No problem!$24.90
  • Français Extrême A1-A2$24.90
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  • Español Extremo A1-A2$24.90
  • Idiomy i czasowniki. Francuski$29.00
  • German Grammar Repertory$29.90
  • Español Extremo C1$29.90
  • Polski ze Smokiem Memo$39.00
  • English with Memo the Dragon$39.00
  • Portuguese: Fast Track$39.90
  • Польська 2. Без проблем!$39.90
  • Польська 1. Без проблем!$39.90
  • Biznesowy niemiecki.Słownictwo$39.90
  • Spanish 1. ¡No hay problema!$39.90
  • メモドラゴンと学ぶ日本語$39.90
  • Русский с Драконом Мемо$39.90
  • Português-br com Memo o Dragão$39.90
  • Romanian: Fast Track$39.99
  • Englisch. No problem! 1-3$49.00
  • Немецкий 1-3. Без проблем!$49.00
  • PowerWords! Arabic$49.90
  • SuperMemo Premium 365$80.00
  • Olive Green$99.00
  • Italian Megaset 10-in-1$149.99
  • Spanish Megaset 15-in-1$219.99
  • French Megaset 17-in-1$229.99
  • German Megaset 18-in-1$249.99
4 purchases

Wokabulary

Subscriptions3
  • Unlimited Flex$3.491 Month
  • Unlimited Pro$29.991 Year
  • Unlimited Family$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Family$129.99

Questions

Is SuperMemo free?
SuperMemo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wokabulary free?
Wokabulary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SuperMemo or Wokabulary?
Wokabulary is rated higher. SuperMemo averages 4.2 out of 5 from 132 ratings, while Wokabulary averages 4.6 from 27 ratings.
Do SuperMemo or Wokabulary have ads?
Neither SuperMemo nor Wokabulary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SuperMemo or Wokabulary?
SuperMemo ships an update every 4 weeks, and Wokabulary every 3 weeks. Most recently, SuperMemo was updated on November 1, 2026 and Wokabulary on October 27, 2026.

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