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Includes SwiftData dual-store architecture (local reference + CloudKit user data), JSON-based data seeding, 20 tense guides, 20 grammar notes, SRS review system, course vocabulary, and widget support. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Spanish Conjugation Apps — Feature Comparison
Side-by-side feature analysis of ConjuGato and Conjuu ES, based on App Store screenshots and extracted app data.
ConjuGato
Platform: iOS (iPad-style app via Mac Catalyst) Monetization: One-time purchase, no subscriptions Tech stack: .NET MAUI (Xamarin), SQLite, MvvmCross
Practice Mode
- Flashcard-style quiz — shows English meaning, infinitive, tense tag (Presente/Subjuntivo), random pronoun
- Tap to reveal answer below the blank line
- Daily goal tracker — progress bar at top (e.g. 25/100)
- Self-rating — rate answers as Easy/Hard after reveal (no typing)
- Spaced repetition — tracks conjugation ratings with star system (1–5 stars) and heart indicators
- Practice history — shows today/yesterday verb performance with star ratings
Verb Reference
- 1,750 verbs ranked by frequency/popularity
- Searchable verb list sorted by popularity
- Full conjugation tables per verb with Indicative/Subjunctive/Others tabs
- All 6 persons — yo, tú, él/ella/Ud., nosotros, vosotros, ellos/ellas/Uds.
- 27 tenses including progressive forms and compound tenses
Grammar Explanations
- Visual conjugation breakdown — shows stem + ending decomposition (e.g.
habl- → drop ending → +o) - Color-coded irregular highlighting — each span of an irregular form colored by change type (spelling, stem, unique)
- Irregularity classification — each form labeled as Regular (green), Spelling change, Stem change, or Highly irregular
- Star ratings — ★★★ regular, ★★ stem change, ★ irregular
- Similar forms listed — shows other verbs that follow the same pattern (e.g. "Similar forms: satisfago, deshago")
- Tense guides — explains what each tense is used for with:
- Usage rules in plain English
- Mnemonics (e.g. "apply the movie rule: Imperfect = setting, Preterite = plot")
- Example sentences with Spanish + English + audio
- Tips for avoiding common confusions (e.g. Preterite vs Imperfect)
Mnemonic Rhymes
- Rhyming verb groups — groups verbs that sound alike for memorization (e.g. picar, pecar, pegar, pagar, pasar, pisar, pesar, pensar)
- Dedicated Rhymes tab in bottom navigation
Audio
- Tap to pronounce any conjugation in the verb table
- Auto-pronounce answers option in settings
- Audio on tense guide examples
- Uses iOS text-to-speech (no bundled audio files)
Settings & Filters
- Tense filters — toggle individual tenses on/off: Present, Preterite, Imperfect, Conditional, Future, all Subjunctive forms
- Show progressive forms toggle
- Show tense names in Spanish toggle
- Verb ending filters — practice only -AR, -ER, or -IR verbs
- Conjugation difficulty filters:
- Fully regular
- With spelling changes
- With stem changes
- Highly irregular
- Hide "vosotros" conjugations
- Auto-pronounce answers
- Verb count display — shows how many verbs match current filters (e.g. "848")
Navigation
- 5 tabs: Practice, Rhymes, Verbs, Settings (bottom bar)
- "Get Pro" tab for upgrade
Data (extracted)
| Asset | Count |
|---|---|
| Verbs | 1,750 |
| Irregular verb forms | 14,163 |
| Irregular span annotations | 23,795 |
| Irregularity bitmasks | 627 verbs |
| Example sentences | separate SQLite DB |
| Translations | 8 languages |
Conjuu ES
Platform: macOS native + iOS Monetization: Free tier (25 Basic verbs) + paid unlock Tech stack: Native Swift/Obj-C, Core Data
Practice Mode
- Typing-based quiz — fill in all 5 person forms (yo, tú, él, nosotros, ellos) for a given verb + tense
- Full-table entry — type all forms at once, then tap "Answer" to check
- Progress counter — "1/5" in top-left shows quiz position
- Session-based practice — complete a set of verbs per session
- Keyboard input — full keyboard with Spanish character support
- Hard/Easy self-rating after each answer
Verb Reference
- 621 verbs with frequency rankings
- Searchable verb list
- Full conjugation tables — all 6 persons × 20 tenses
- 4-language translations — English, Japanese, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional
- Regularity labeling — ordinary, irregular, regular, orto (orthographic change)
Grammar Explanations
- Tense guide popups — full-screen modal with:
- Conjugation ending table showing -AR/-ER/-IR patterns side by side
- Color-coded endings (stem in white, ending in colored text)
- Numbered usage rules
- Example sentences with Spanish + English translations
- "GOT IT!" dismiss button
- 7 usage categories for Present tense alone:
- Current actions and situations
- Abilities and descriptions
- Habitual actions
- Absolute and universal truths
- Actions in the near future
- Recounting historical events
- Conditional sentences
Tense Selection
- 20 tenses organized by mood:
- Indicative: Presente, Perfecto, Imperfecto, Pluscuamperfecto, Pretérito, Pretérito Anterior, Futuro, Futuro Perfecto
- Subjunctive: Presente, Perfecto, Imperfecto I, Imperfecto II, Pluscuamperfecto I, Pluscuamperfecto II
- Conditional: Presente, Perfecto (listed under Indicative in UI)
- Imperative: Afirmativo, Negativo (listed under Subjunctive in UI)
- Checkbox toggles — enable/disable each tense for practice
- All visible at once in sidebar panel
Study Lists & Difficulty Levels
- 8 built-in levels:
- Basic (25 verbs)
- Elementary 1–3 (83 verbs)
- Intermediate 1–4 (112 verbs)
- Advanced (344 verbs)
- "All verbs" option (621 verbs)
- Custom lists — "My Lists" section with ability to create personal lists
- Pinboard — save specific verbs for focused review
- Study/Review toggle — switch between learning and review modes
Audio
- Not visible in screenshots (no speaker icons on practice screen)
- macOS app may use system TTS
Settings & Filters
- Tense selection panel — sidebar with checkboxes per tense
- Study list selection — dropdown for difficulty level
- Daily goal — choose practice intensity:
- 20 verbs / ~5 min (Casual)
- 50 verbs / ~10 min (Regular)
- 75 verbs / ~15 min (Focused)
- 100 verbs / ~20 min (Committed)
Navigation
- macOS sidebar with Study/Review tabs
- iOS bottom tabs: Practice, Rhymes, Get Pro, Verbs, Settings
- Study Lists in left sidebar with collapsible groups
Data (extracted)
| Asset | Count |
|---|---|
| Verbs | 621 |
| Conjugated rows | 12,406 (all forms pre-computed) |
| Tenses | 20 |
| Tense guides | 20 (with usage rules + examples) |
| Conjugation rule templates | 20 tenses × 3 verb types |
| Difficulty levels | 8 |
| Translations | 4 languages |
Feature Comparison
| Feature | ConjuGato | Conjuu ES |
|---|---|---|
| Verb count | 1,750 | 621 |
| Tenses | 27 | 20 |
| Practice style | Flashcard (tap to reveal) | Typing (fill in forms) |
| Input method | Self-rate (no typing) | Type conjugation |
| Daily goals | Numeric counter (25/100) | 4 presets (Casual→Committed) |
| Spaced repetition | Yes (star + heart ratings) | Session-based review |
| Rhyming mnemonics | Yes (dedicated tab) | Not visible |
| Grammar breakdown | Color-coded span highlighting | Ending table + usage rules |
| Irregularity detail | 3-level (spelling/stem/unique) with character spans | 4-label (ordinary/irregular/regular/orto) |
| Tense explanations | In-app guides with mnemonics | Modal popups with usage categories |
| Example sentences | Per-tense with audio | Per-tense in guide popups |
| Audio | Tap any conjugation + auto-pronounce | Not prominent |
| Difficulty levels | Filter by irregularity type | 8 graded word lists |
| Custom lists | No | Yes (My Lists + Pinboard) |
| Verb filters | Ending type + irregularity + tense | Tense checkboxes + level |
| Translations | 8 languages | 4 languages |
| Platform | iOS (Catalyst) | macOS + iOS |
| Monetization | One-time purchase | Free tier + paid |
| vosotros toggle | Yes | Not visible |
Unique Strengths
ConjuGato excels at:
- Breadth — nearly 3× the verbs
- Irregularity teaching — character-level color-coded highlighting showing exactly why each form is irregular
- Rhyming mnemonics — unique memorization technique grouping similar-sounding verbs
- Audio integration — every conjugation is tappable for pronunciation
- Quick practice — flashcard format is faster per verb than typing
- Tense coverage — 27 tenses including progressive forms
Conjuu ES excels at:
- Active recall — typing forces recall vs passive recognition
- Complete conjugation tables — every form pre-computed and stored
- Structured difficulty — 8 graded levels from Basic to Advanced
- Tense explanations — richer usage guides with numbered categories
- Conjugation rules — extractable ending patterns for all verb types
- Custom study lists — personalized verb collections
- Multi-platform — native macOS app with full-screen practice
- Full-table practice — fill in all 5 persons at once, not just one random pronoun