The longer answer
uTalk is one of the few established apps that genuinely offers Somali. It teaches Standard Somali through sets of words and phrases, each recorded by native speakers, and practises them with recall and listening games. Every one of its 150-plus languages uses the same topic list, from "first words" and "food" to "at the hotel" and "business", so the Somali course has the same shape as the Icelandic one.
For an adult who wants to build a travel vocabulary quickly, that works well, and uTalk deserves credit for including Somali when far bigger companies do not. The trade-offs are the ones you would expect from a 150-language catalogue: generic topics, no illustrations of Somali life, no sentences or grammar, and a design aimed at adults.
Luuqad covers less ground on purpose. Its 18 topics are the ones Somali children meet at home, its pictures are drawn for Somali culture, and its games and leaderboard are designed to keep a child coming back rather than to prepare a traveller for a hotel check-in.
What to use instead (or alongside)
For children and families, Luuqad is built only for Somali: 18 real-life topics, 250 words and phrases with native-speaker audio, a quiz for every topic, 12 games and a Grown-ups area. It is free to download on iPhone and iPad. Browse every word it teaches before you install anything.
For adults who want a large travel vocabulary fast, Ling, LinGo Play also offer Somali content. Our alternatives page compares all of them honestly.