# Dollim: English Shadowing — Replay a line till you hear it

> Replay a line till you hear it (iPhone/iPad app by Hyunsang Joo.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dollim-english-shadowing/id6765796915 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Hyunsang Joo](https://appshunter.io/developer/1734128456)
- Category: Education, Lifestyle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 13 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, European Spanish, Thai and 1 more
- Released: 2026-05-12
- Data updated: 2026-08-22
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dollim-english-shadowing/id6765796915/reviews.md

## What is Dollim?

You've studied for years. Real speech still loses you.

You read fine and you know the grammar. But at conversation speed the words run together, and that is why textbook audio is easy while a YouTube interview is not.

Dollim trains you on real speech, not textbook audio. Loop the part you can't catch, say it back, prove your ear with dictation, and the lines you save come back for review right before you'd forget them.

— Made for you if
• Fast, colloquial native speech is what trips you up
• You're aiming for a high listening score
• Passive listening stopped moving the needle
• You want to watch with the subtitles off

— What's inside

• Say it back and compare by ear (shadowing)
Record your own take and play it against the original. No score, no correction — length and pauses sit side by side so you hear the difference yourself.

• Fill the blanks (dictation)
The sentence you thought you caught turns into blanks. What you actually missed shows up immediately, with staged hints when you're stuck.

• Saved sections review themselves
Save once and the home screen tells you what's due today and how long it takes. Listen with no subtitles and call it yourself. It's a record, not a report card.

• Videos picked for your interests
Pick your interests once and the Discover tab reorders around them, so you're not hunting for something to practice with.

• Loop just the part you can't catch
Set A and B on the carousel timeline down to a quarter second. Slow to half speed with the pitch preserved, so nothing turns to mush.

• YouTube links and your own files
Paste a YouTube link or open a video or audio file from your device.

• Captions and AI translation
YouTube tracks, embedded CC, and external SRT files render as they are. Press and hold a line for an AI translation, then ask a follow-up. Free accounts get 10 a day.

• Scrapbook
Saved phrases and sections collect with their translations, sorted in review order.

• Activity
A streak and a month calendar keep the days you practiced.

— Dollim Pro
• No ads
• Unlimited AI translation (free tier gets 10 a day)
• $1.99/month or $14.99/year (yearly includes a 7-day free trial)
• Family Sharing supported

— Principles
• No account, start straight from your phone
• No pronunciation score and no correction — the judgment stays yours

— Legal
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://hyunsanglabs.com/apps/dollim/privacy

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dollim Pro Yearly | $14.99 | per year |
| Dollim Pro Monthly | $1.99 | per month |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.8.1 — 2026-08-17

• Select just the part you need from an AI answer and copy it
• Copy buttons in the AI assistant sheet, on the phrase and on its translation
• Save before the translation arrives — it fills itself in on the saved card
• Fixed the Practice chip breaking mid-word on 6.3" screens

### 1.8.0 — 2026-08-16

• Activity tab — a streak and a month calendar. The days you practiced stay on the calendar, and progress opens straight into all sessions
• Scrapbook tab — saved phrases and saved sections now live on one screen as two segments, with sorting and export
• Clearer tab names — "Stats" is now Activity and "Notes" is now Scrapbook, matching what they actually hold
• Getting started — you now pick your first video, and there are five cards to choose from instead of three
• Review sessions open at a more natural moment

### 1.7.0 — 2026-08-11

• Listening check — a short set of questions marks where your ear is today. Take the same set again later and the two runs sit side by side
• Recommendations follow your interests — pick your topics once and the video list reorders around them
• Replayed sections — the timeline now shows faintly which parts other learners looped (anonymous counts)
• Practice screen cleanup — swiping the chip rail no longer grabs a loop, and review always shows the reveal line, even with captions off
• Control practice from your AirPods or the lock screen — play, pause, jump back, and move between sections without picking up the phone
• Room for 20 saved loops instead of 10, and a wider catalog of recommended videos
• Caption and dictation fixes — auto-generated captions no longer stall partway through a long video, and dictation stays in the language and the section you set

### 1.6.2 — 2026-07-28

• Dictation polish — the puzzle now stays inside the section you set, so lines spoken before your A point no longer slip into the answer

### 1.6.1 — 2026-07-26

• New guided routine — walks one section through six steps, from listening without captions to dictation and a last blind listen
• Hidden controls now show themselves — the skip seconds read as adjustable, and the Practice button says to set A·B first

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All apps by Hyunsang Joo: https://appshunter.io/developer/1734128456

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