Bright BSL vs SpreadTheSign

Bright BSL is an app for learning British Sign Language at your own pace. Its gamified lessons cover signs, practice, grammar and continuing review, with quizzes and dialogues for practice. The app lists 20 modules, 120 lessons and more than 500 signs and sentences. A visual dictionary, called the Sign Bank, lets learners look up signs from the lessons, while regular quizzes award points. Some modules and lessons are free; premium plans provide access to all learning materials. Prices listed are $14.49 a month, plus annual options of 19.99 USD, 29.99 USD, 39.99 USD, 49.99 USD and $102.99 a year. One 19.99 USD option is labelled quarterly despite annual billing. Karen and Andrew guide learners and have more than 35 years of combined BSL teaching experience. Bright BSL is available on web, iOS and Android.

SpreadTheSign is a multilingual sign language dictionary that lets users look up signs through video. Its collection contains more than 600,000 videos across 23 sign languages, including ASL and BSL. Users can search for words and sentence examples, compare how the same word is signed in different languages, and slow videos to follow movements. The app also includes hand alphabets, fingerspelling and baby signs, and users can save signs to favorites. It is available on the web, Android and iOS, with video as its lesson format. The maker presents it as a reference for sign language learners, families, educators, interpreters and people who need to check a sign. The free plan is listed at free; the iOS app is free with in-app purchases, including a Pro Version for €599, paid once. New words, videos and language coverage are added regularly, though content availability can differ by language. The developer is Europeiskt Teckenspråkcenter, with an address in Örebro, Sweden.