# English Phonetic Symbols IPA — user reviews > 384 indexed App Store user reviews of English Phonetic Symbols IPA by 世木 林, rated 4.50/5 from 334 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/english-phonetic-symbols-ipa/id552866502/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/english-phonetic-symbols-ipa/id552866502.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 238 · 4★ 59 · 3★ 20 · 2★ 8 · 1★ 9 ## What do users think of English Phonetic Symbols IPA? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Easy to use - 🚀 Helpful for learning pronunciation - 💡 Detailed explanations and examples - 🙌 Good for beginners - 👌 Useful app for English learners **Cons** - 🐛 Some pronunciation examples are inaccurate - 🌐 Mostly in Chinese, lacking English descriptions - 💸 Ads can be intrusive - 🤔 Certain sounds not properly represented **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes occasionally - Inconsistent audio quality for some sounds **Most requested features** - Add more English instructions and explanations - Improve accuracy of pronunciation examples - Provide both American and British English options - Include more practice exercises and quizzes ## Newest reviews (18 of 384) ### 4/5 — 还不错 *2025-12-16, version 3.9* 还不错 ### 4/5 — Great! *2024-10-03, version 3.7* Send to work well. I like the record capability and the price is right (free) ### 5/5 — good *2023-08-14, version 3.7* it is a good app for beginners ### 5/5 — Good *2023-07-15, version 3.7* Easy to use ### 5/5 — 非常感谢 *2023-07-13, version 3.7* 有你真好 ### 5/5 — Einfach klasse *2023-01-04, version 3.7* 5 Sterne voll verdient ### 5/5 — Well done *2022-11-27, version 3.7* Big help with pronunciation to study English ### 5/5 — good *2022-10-03, version 3.5* 免费的 很适合初学者从基础开始 ### 5/5 — 還不錯 *2022-09-30, version 3.5* 讚 ### 5/5 — Free *2022-08-08, version 3.5* Free ### 5/5 — okay *2022-08-08, version 3.5* beautiful ### 4/5 — 很好 *2022-05-18, version 3.5* 很好 ### 4/5 — Almost perfect *2022-05-14, version 3.5* It really good project. It will be perfect when available in Brazilian portuguese. ### 5/5 — 非常好用 *2022-05-12, version 3.5* 绝绝子！好用，适合！ ### 5/5 — great app *2022-05-10, version 3.5* I have made an incredible progress to improve my pronunciation by this App with a monthly practicing! ### 5/5 — 你们的朋友然而我恶 *2022-04-30* 这么好用了一下我自己就可以去看看是不是太给力啦我们都已经看到了哟！你的人会越来越爱自己就要去面对生活和自己喜欢😘！你是什么时候才发现这几件东西可以用起来的呢……一点小事而烦恼都没人愿意相信别人不如靠他了、不错嘛！不会吧了的一次又好气一大杯咖啡开始就这样结束啦、一个人一天都可惜你在哪里上班呀……在一起了很久以前一直都觉得是因为他很有魅力一人为自己喜欢一个月了！你说了一下。 ### 5/5 — 很棒 *2022-03-12, version 3.5* 非常詳細 ### 5/5 — 非常不错 *2022-02-19, version 3.5* 很不错不错不错不错 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — 广告实在是太多了啊 *2024-07-20, version 3.7* 真的烦的一批，广告太多，根本没办法正常用，刚开始还好，后面广告越来越多，打开就跳转看视频 ### 1/5 — 爛 *2020-03-25, version 3.3* 幹 ### 1/5 — 英語と米語の発音が同じ *2018-04-19, version 3.2* usaとukのボタンはあるけど、発音は同じになってる。。このボタンのある意味がない気がする。 ### 1/5 — payment useless *2018-02-14, version 3.0* When I paid the fee, the ad is still on. Recording couldn’t use ### 1/5 — Not good English *2018-01-16, version 3.0* Sadly I have say that, as a native English speaker, I found much of the language and pronunciation was not correct. It was certainly not translated by and English speaker. Even the strapline ‘Enjoy learn English’!!! The sounds were not clear or accurate to the IPA ### 1/5 — Ver 2.8 advertisement *2017-12-03, version 2.8* Very badly done. To push ads right into my face for long duration. Press many times still can't get away. Get it? Omg Checked twice. Same. ### 1/5 — Hil *2017-10-14, version 2.5* Geih ### 1/5 — No muy aconsejable *2013-01-06, version 1.3* La pronunciación no es realmente buena, faltan fonemas y algunos están confundidos, por ejemplo la u larga tiene un acento parecido al que tendría un chino diciendo la u en el primer tono, nada que ver con el fonema original. ### 1/5 — 中華アプリ *2012-12-25, version 1.3* 本当にネイティブ発音？ ### 2/5 — Bad bad *2026-02-11, version 3.9* App chinoise pas satisfaite qu’ils continuent de faire mes des vainement sur shine 🫄🫄🫄🫄🫄🫄 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — 良心软件软件 *2025-09-21, version 3.9* 免费的放心，冲长按可以解答音标，非常不错，只有下面有个小小广告一点都不影响 ### 5/5 — This app helping me a lot *2025-08-22, version 3.7* Good app to train the speak ### 5/5 — I love *2025-08-07, version 3.7* This game learns me IPA and I chat with ChatGPT split screen ### 5/5 — hhbh *2025-07-17, version 3.7* vjufhji ### 5/5 — 内容很全面 *2025-07-12, version 3.7* 讲解详细，很好用 ### 5/5 — 好 *2025-04-01, version 3.7* 蛮好用的，对初学者很有帮助！ ### 5/5 — 音标基础学习必备app *2025-02-23, version 3.7* 英音和美音可以同时在线学习，每个音标都有口型图和口型文字说明，音标也会标出相对应的字母，还附上有大量的练习。非常值得推荐学习的一个音标app。 ### 5/5 — 好用的学英语的软件 *2024-12-18, version 3.7* 非常好用的一款英语学习软件。 ### 5/5 — Very nice app *2024-05-03, version 3.7* I can learn sound from this app and I can record my voice compare with Orange voice ### 5/5 — 下了十几款软件 *2024-04-10, version 3.7* 学音标就下这个，真的是最好用的，没有之一 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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