Comparison

Skarnik vs uTalk

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

Head to head
About

Skarnik

This app provides comprehensive Belarusian language dictionaries, including Russian-Belarusian, Belarusian-Russian, and explanatory dictionaries. It is based on academic sources and continuously updated with new words and corrections.

Highlights
  • Russian-Belarusian dictionary
  • Belarusian-Russian dictionary
  • Explanatory Belarusian dictionary
  • Over 100,000 words per dictionary
  • Based on academic sources
  • Continuously updated
Features
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Гэтая праграма — афіцыйны кліент сайта Skarnik.by. 1. Руска-беларускі слоўнік змяшчае больш за 100 тысяч слоў. За аснову ўзяты акадэмічны слоўнік пад рэдакцыяй Я. Коласа, К. Крапівы і П. Глебкі. 2. Беларуска-рускі слоўнік таксама змяшчае больш за 100 тысяч слоў. Гэта «адваротны» слоўнік ад руска-беларускага. 3. Тлумачальны слоўнік беларускай мовы змяшчае больш за 95 тысяч слоў. Створаны на аснове акадэмічнага выдання пад рэдакцыяй К. Крапівы — пяцітомніка 1977-1984 гг. Асноўныя магчымасці: • Хуткі пошук слоў — працуе нават без інтэрнэту дзякуючы поўнаму афлайн доступу да слоўнікаў • Пастаноўка націску для беларускіх слоў • Захаванне слоў у абраныя і гісторыя пошуку • Абмен словамі праз спасылкі Скарнік дапрацаваны з улікам сучаснай практыкі і ўвесь час абнаўляецца (дадаюцца новыя словы, выпраўляюцца памылкі, недакладнасці і г. д.). Дзякуем усім за водгукі і прапановы.

About

uTalk

Learn over 150 languages with native speaker audio and interactive games. Build vocabulary and pronunciation skills through useful everyday phrases and 60+ topics. Progress through difficulty levels and track your learning journey.

Highlights
  • Learn from native speakers
  • Interactive games
  • 60+ learning topics
  • Offline content download
  • Progress tracking
  • Pronunciation practice
Features
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LEARN LANGUAGES FAST: uTalk gets results because every word you hear is in your new language and you speak, listen and understand from the start. With free starter words in 150+ languages, you can try it risk-free. Score 100% in the games and you can unlock an extra topic for free. WHY UTALK WORKS: 1. LEARN FROM THE LOCALS: We record native speakers so you hear every word pronounced clearly. Mimic their pronunciation and compare your intonation with theirs. Practise until you get it right – you can even slow the audio down if it’s too fast. 2. USEFUL EVERYDAY WORDS AND PHRASES. Topics take around two to three hours to complete. But you can dip in for just five minutes at a time or longer. With 60+ topics, that’s a total of 180 hours of learning. 3. KEEPS YOU MOTIVATED: Check your scores on progress bars as you move through five progressively difficult games. To get full marks, you’ll have to know the words as well as your own language. WHO’S IT FOR? uTalk’s tried and trusted way to learn a new language has been developed over 30 years and is perfect for beginners. But its wide-ranging language is also invaluable for intermediates looking to improve their vocabulary and pronunciation. HOW IT WORKS: Subscribe to everything on uTalk or buy individual languages or topics. The app automatically syncs between your devices. Work offline by downloading content. FIND YOUR LANGUAGE: A: Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Ancient Greek, Arabic (Egypt, Gulf, Lebanon, Modern Standard, Morocco), Armenian, Assamese, Azerbaijani B: Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Breton, Bulgarian, Burmese C: Cantonese, Catalan, Cebuano, Chibemba, Chichewa, Chinese Mandarin, Cockney, Croatian, Czech D: Danish, Dari, Dutch, Dzongkha E: English (Australia, Canada, India, Scotland, UK, US), Esperanto, Estonian F: Fijian, Filipino, Finnish, Flemish, French (France & Canada) G: Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Greenlandic, Gujarati H: Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian I: Icelandic, Igbo, Ilocano, Indonesian, Irish, Italian J: Japanese, Javanese K: Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Kurdish (Kurmanji & Sorani), Kutchi, Kyrgyz L: Ladino, Lao, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Lingala, Luganda, Luxembourgish M: Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Manx, Maori, Marathi, Mongolian N: Neapolitan, Nepali, Norwegian O: Odia, Oromo P: Papiamentu, Pashto, Persian, Pidgin (Nigerian), Polish, Portuguese (Portugal & Brazil), Punjabi (India & Pakistan) R: Romanian, Russian S: Sami (Southern), Samoan, Sardinian, Scots, Scottish Gaelic, Serbian, Shona, Sicilian, Sindhi, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish (Spain, Argentina & Latin America), Swahili, Swedish, Swiss German T: Tajiki, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tigrinya, Tok Pisin, Tswana, Tumbuka, Turkish, Turkmen U: Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek V: Vietnamese W: Welsh, Wolof, Wu Chinese (Shanghainese) X: Xhosa Y: Yoruba Z: Zulu 60+ TOPICS: Accommodation, Adjectives, Alphabet, Animals, Bathroom, Body, Business, Calendar, Camping, Clothes, Colours, Cooking, Countries, Directions, Doctor, Driving, Emergencies, Family, Farming, Food, Fruit, Golf, Football, Holiday, Illness, Ingredients, Kitchen, Hobbies, Numbers, Occupations, Olympics, Prepositions, Restaurant, Sailing, School, Shopping, Skiing, Social Phrases, Sports, Technology, Transport Any questions? support@utalk.com. Visit us now at utalk.com Information about uTalk subscriptions A subscription to uTalk is £7.99 a month, or the equivalent in local currency. Subscriptions give you access to all of uTalk’s content, in every language Subscriptions last one month, and auto-renew every month unless cancelled Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period Subscriptions can be managed by you and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after purchase Terms and Conditions - https://utalk.com/termsandconditions.html

Screenshots

Skarnik4 screens
uTalk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Skarnik at 4.9 against uTalk's 4.4. Skarnik also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and review sentiment (97% vs 62%). uTalk's advantage is ratings volume (1K vs 49). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. uTalk sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Skarnik asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Skarnik holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: uTalk has 1K ratings behind it against 49, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 97% of Skarnik's written reviews are positive against 62% of uTalk's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Skarnik ships an update fortnightly, uTalk monthly. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Skarnik versus uTalk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSkarnikuTalk
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (49 ratings) — better4.4 (1K ratings)
Positive reviews96.8% of reviews — better62.2% of reviews
Number of ratings491K — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size177 MB288 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAleh MazokEuroTalk

Customer experience

Skarnik

All ratings49 ratings
Positive98.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive96.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.2%

uTalk

All ratings1,008 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral4.3%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews481 reviews
Positive62.2%
Neutral6.0%
Negative31.8%

Bugs and requests

Skarnik

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

uTalk

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes on launch or during use
  • Syncing and login issues
  • Incorrect translations or pronunciations
  • Compatibility problems on newer devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more grammar and sentence structure lessons
  • Improve user interface for larger screens
  • Allow users to record and compare their own pronunciation
  • Provide more localized content for each language
  • Improve subscription management and cancellation process

In-app purchases

None

Skarnik

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

uTalk

Subscriptions4
  • Learn Papiamentu$7.991 Month
  • Learn Luganda$7.991 Month
  • uTalk Monthly Subscription$10.991 Month
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  • uTalk's 150+ Languages$11.991 Month
One-time6
  • Single Topic Purchase$0.99
  • Taster uCoin Pack$1.99
  • 200 uCoins$8.99
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  • 800 uCoins$32.99
  • Pack of 2600 uCoins$64.99
  • Learn Cebuano$99.99

Questions

Is Skarnik free?
Skarnik is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is uTalk free?
uTalk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Skarnik or uTalk?
Skarnik is rated higher. Skarnik averages 4.9 out of 5 from 49 ratings, while uTalk averages 4.4 from 1K ratings.
Do Skarnik or uTalk have ads?
Neither Skarnik nor uTalk shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Skarnik or uTalk?
Skarnik ships an update fortnightly, and uTalk monthly. Most recently, Skarnik was updated on November 13, 2026 and uTalk on November 13, 2026.

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