Drops: Language Learning Games review: price, free version and privacy

Our verdict

Drops suits learners who want a few minutes of visual vocabulary practice, especially in a language few other apps teach. Pair it with a course if you want grammar or speaking, and check the free limits before you subscribe.

What Drops: Language Learning Games is

Drops teaches vocabulary through quick, game-like exercises with a custom illustration for each word. The description says it covers 55+ languages, with a curated list of more than 3,000 words and phrases, and also teaches scripts such as Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Hebrew, Arabic, Russian and Hindi. Professional voice artists record the pronunciations, and you set goals and track progress.

Who it suits

• Quick vocabulary practice
• Less common languages

Strengths

• 55+ languages, including Hawaiian, Maori, Yoruba, Icelandic and American Sign Language, according to the description.
• A choice of variants such as Mexican or European Spanish and Brazilian or European Portuguese.
• Illustrations and native-voice audio for every word.
• Teaches reading of several non-Latin scripts.
• Apple Editors' Choice, rated 4.7 from about 71,700 ratings, updated in October 2026.

Limits

• A vocabulary app, not a full course: the description does not describe grammar lessons or conversation practice.
• The listing does not say how much is free before you subscribe.
• The age rating notes advertising, and the privacy label declares contact info, identifiers and usage data used for tracking.
• Ten different Premium items make the real price hard to read.

What the free version does

The description offers a 7-day free trial of Drops Premium. It does not say what you can still use for free after the trial.

Price

On the US App Store in November 2026, Premium items range from $7.99 ("Genius for a month") to $99.99. Other items include $9.99, $11.99 and $14.99 Premium entries, an All Language Learning Plans item at $69.99 and "Curious for a month" at $22.99; most names do not give a billing period.

Privacy

The privacy label declares that contact info, identifiers and usage data may be used to track you across other companies' apps and websites. Contact info, identifiers, usage data, diagnostics and other data are linked to your identity.

What the screenshots show

The screenshots show a language picker (Arabic, Castilian and Mexican Spanish, Japanese, Korean, French, Norwegian, Icelandic) and a word card for "gracias" with audio buttons and an AI-written note on the word's origin.