Pick Rosetta Stone for immersion lessons in 25 languages on one subscription, TruAccent pronunciation feedback, 1-to-1 tutors, or Android and the web. Pick Smort to speak your conversations out loud, to review words with spaced repetition, or to bring your Anki decks.
Publisher disclosure: Smort publishes this page and is one of the two apps in it. We say where Rosetta Stone is the better pick. Smort’s status: Private beta. It requires an iPhone with iOS 26 or later.
Smort vs Rosetta Stone, side by side
How each app gets you talking, what you keep, and how you review it.
| Topic | Rosetta Stone | Smort |
|---|---|---|
| How you talk | Chat Missions: text conversations with a virtual partner in 25 scenarios, each with 3 goals. You type each reply, in a web browser. Lessons have speaking activities. 1-to-1 video tutoring is a paid add-on. | Live Voice Chat on a topic you pick or type, with captions and translations. Tap Help me or ask Smort to slow down. Up to 100 minutes a month. |
| Languages for English speakers | Rosetta Stone’s catalog has 25 languages, and one subscription covers all of them: Spanish, French, Japanese, Mandarin, Korean, Arabic, Hebrew, Irish, Latin, and more. | Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin, French, German, and more. |
| Feedback when you speak | TruAccent compares your voice with native speakers and gives instant pronunciation feedback. In Chat Missions, spelling, grammar, and vocabulary corrections show in green, with tips and translations. | Checks what you said, not your accent. Kana or kanji both count in Japanese. Simplified and traditional characters count as the same word in Mandarin. |
| What you keep after a chat | When a Chat Mission ends, you can review the conversation with all its messages and tips. | Pick up to 10 words. Smort drafts the flashcards, and you edit them before you save. |
| How you review | Flip through 500+ themed flashcard sets, with images and audio. Rosetta Stone’s help center doesn’t describe spaced repetition. | Say or type each card from memory before you see the answer. Spaced repetition brings it back when it’s due. |
| Your own material | Sapphire Studio makes a reading guide, adapted text, vocabulary list, flashcards, matching game, or email draft on what you want to learn, in a web browser. | Make cards from a topic, your notes, or a screenshot. Import Anki .apkg decks. |
| Price | $19.99 a month or $159 a year, for all 25 languages, with a 7-day free trial. Without a subscription, you get limited daily practice and 10 flashcards a day. Tutoring costs $279 for 5 sessions or $399 for 10, for US subscribers. | Subscription required: $7.99/month or $79.99/year (USD). One plan, with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers. |
| Devices | iPhone and iPad with iOS 16.4 or later, Android 10 or later (no tablets or foldables), and the web. Chat Missions, Flashcards, and Sapphire Studio open in a web browser. | iPhone with iOS 26 or later. |
When Rosetta Stone is the better pick
- You want many languages on one subscription
- One Rosetta Stone subscription covers all 25 of its languages, including Irish, Latin, and Hebrew.
- You want pronunciation feedback
- Rosetta Stone’s TruAccent compares your voice with native speakers and gives instant feedback on your pronunciation. Smort checks what you said, not your accent.
- You want a human tutor
- Rosetta Stone sells 1-to-1 video sessions with certified tutors, 5 for $279 or 10 for $399, to US subscribers.
- You use Android or a computer
- Rosetta Stone runs on Android phones, iPhone and iPad, and the web. Smort needs an iPhone with iOS 26.
When Smort is the better pick
- You want to speak your conversations out loud
- Rosetta Stone’s Chat Missions are text conversations: you type each reply, in a web browser. Smort’s Voice Chat is a spoken conversation in the app, on a topic you pick or type.
- You want flashcards with spaced repetition
- Rosetta Stone’s flashcards are themed sets you flip through, and its help center doesn’t describe spaced repetition. Smort turns up to 10 words from each Voice Chat into flashcards, and spaced repetition brings each one back when it’s due.
- You have Anki decks
- Smort imports your .apkg decks. Rosetta Stone’s flashcards come from its 500+ sets or from Sapphire Studio.
Methodology and sources
Criteria: How each app gets you talking, what you keep afterward, how you review, your own material, price, and devices. Rosetta Stone facts come from its own pages, and Smort facts from its App Store description.
What we did not do: We didn’t score either app. Rosetta Stone changes often, so check its own pages for the latest.
Primary sources: Rosetta Stone plans and pricingRosetta Stone help: Chat MissionsRosetta Stone help: FlashcardsRosetta Stone help: Sapphire StudioRosetta Stone help: Getting StartedRosetta Stone help: Learning PathRosetta Stone help: TutoringRosetta Stone Sapphire on the US App Store