# English Reading and Listening — Improve Fast, Easy Practice

> Learn English reading and listening with simultaneous audio and text practice. (iPhone/iPad app by Natalja Morozova.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/english-reading-and-listening/id1553637394 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Natalja Morozova](https://appshunter.io/developer/1852342078)
- Category: Education, Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.60/5 from 385 App Store ratings · 22 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 14.0 · 67 MB
- Languages: American English, Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French (France), German (Germany), Greek, Hebrew, Hindi and 15 more
- Released: 2021-02-16
- Data updated: 2026-08-26
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/english-reading-and-listening/id1553637394/reviews.md

## What is English Reading and Listening?

English Simultane Books app brings you ability to read and listen simple English language books to improve your listening and reading skills. 

It will also help you to improve your skills for speaking and writing as you need to listen before you speak and read before you write in a new language. This app contains 4 simple books selected carefully to help you practice English language. Audio comes with the books are all real human voices. There is no human voice for real time listening. 

Reading while listening to the audio at the same time helps you to concentrate. This is perfect for people who are easily distracted. Another advantage is that you don’t spend time trying to understand every single word. You just continue at the speed of the narrator. Remember that you can always pause or rewind the audio, although it doesn’t take long to become accustomed to continuous speech. This method is a great opportunity to focus on fluency, as well as listening to stress and intonation in sentences.

Listening to the audio first helps you to gain understanding without seeing the written word. As listening is often more difficult than reading, this method is good to help you train your ear and test your understanding. Reading after you’ve listened to the audio allows you to see how much you understood from the listening, and to practice mimicking what you’ve heard. Remember that you should read aloud to improve your pronunciation.

We believe this app will help you improve your English language skills.

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## Key features

- Read and listen to simple English books
- Improve listening and reading skills
- Practice speaking and writing
- Human-voiced audio
- Focus on fluency, stress, and intonation
- Concentrate with simultaneous reading and listening

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Monthly premium subscription | $9.99 | per month |
| Weekly Premium Subscription | $4.99 | per 7 days |
| Annual Premium Subscription | $24.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Peter Pan Audio Book | $1.99 | one-time |
| The Famous Five Audio Book | $1.99 | one-time |
| Wizard of Oz Audio Book | $1.99 | one-time |
| Through the looking glass book | $1.99 | one-time |
| Ads free usage | $39.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of English Reading and Listening?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 👍 Very useful for reading and learning
- 👍 Good for learning normal English
- 👍 Helps improve reading skills
- 👍 Great app
- 👍 Excellent app, 100% recommended
- 👍 Very good app
- 👍 Beautiful application
- 👍 Very useful
- 👍 Provides children's stories
- 👍 Classifies stories by difficulty
- 👍 Adjustable reading speed
- 👍 Has reading, audio, and dictionary features

**Cons**

- 👎 Limited number of books
- 👎 Only 4 books available
- 👎 Very disappointing, does not work
- 👎 Low variety of reading material
- 👎 Should be free due to poor quality
- 👎 Terrible service with trash books
- 👎 Feels like a scam
- 👎 Poor interface
- 👎 Cannot exit a book without closing the app
- 👎 Reading and audio are out of sync
- 👎 Cannot read properly

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Does not work
- Touch is not working
- Reading and audio are out of sync

**Most requested features**

- More books needed
- More content should be added
- Should allow adding other books
- Needs improvement

## Recent user reviews (10 of 22)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/english-reading-and-listening/id1553637394/reviews.md

### 1/5 — 글이 나와야 읽죠!

*2026-06-13*

아니 늦게 문장이 올라와서 읽을수가 없어요 안그래도 4 권밖에 안되어 결제 66000 원이나 해놓은상태라 어쩔수 없지 뭐 이랬는데 읽는속도를 늦쳤는데도 문장이 안올라오면 제가 어찌 따라 읽나요.  환불요청합니다

### 5/5 — .

*2025-07-17, version 1.5.5*

مفيد جدا للقراءة و يسهل التعلم جدا

### 3/5 — Kitap sayısı az

*2025-05-04, version 1.5.4*

Daha ,ok kitap gelirse benden 5 yıldızı alır. Kitap sayısı dışında da uygulama çok iyi

### 1/5 — 5분 내외 분량 책 4권이 다인가요?

*2025-03-20*

요즘 챗지티로 만들어도 되는 세상에 … 딸랑 4권으로 19,000원이라 ㅠ 좀 더 보안을 해야하지 않을까요? 터치도 안되고 너무 실망했습니다

### 5/5 — No lo recomiendo

*2025-03-07*

Poca variedad de lectura, debería ser gratis de lo mala que es la aplicación

### 1/5 — Nada

*2025-01-24*

Un servicio pésimo con libros basura, necesito que me devuelvan mi dinero, ha sido una estafa.

### 5/5 — ً

*2024-09-09, version 1.4.5*

جمييييل

### 5/5 — Me encanta, es muy útil

*2024-04-10, version 1.4.2*

Esta app ayuda a aquellos que quieren empezar a leer, proporciona cuentos infantiles, los clasifica dependiendo de su dificúltale y se puede cambiar la velocidad en la que se lee. Me encanta, muchas gracias

### 5/5 — Read English

*2024-01-15*

Excellent

### 3/5 — Pontos positivos e negativos

*2024-01-07*

Pontos positivos: App tem os recursos de leitura, áudio e dicionário.
Pontos negativos: interface muito ruim. Depois que abre um livro para leitura, a única opção de sair é fechando o aplicativo. Vem com 4 livros e não permite incluir outros.
Com alguns ajustes com certeza poderia ser um app de destaque.

## Frequently asked questions about English Reading and Listening

### What does the English Reading and Listening app do?

This app helps you improve your English reading and listening skills by providing simple English books with human-voiced audio. You can read along with the audio to enhance concentration and focus on fluency, stress, and intonation.

### How does reading and listening simultaneously help learning?

Reading while listening to the audio helps you concentrate, especially if you get easily distracted. It allows you to follow the narrator's speed, focus on fluency, and understand stress and intonation in sentences without getting stuck on individual words.

### Is this app free to use?

The app is free to download and use, but it offers in-app purchases. You can manage your subscription through your device's app store settings if you choose to subscribe to premium features.

### What are the benefits of listening to audio first?

Listening to the audio before reading helps train your ear and test your understanding without visual cues. This method is particularly useful for improving comprehension of spoken English, which is often more challenging than reading.

### How can this app help with speaking and writing?

By improving your listening and reading skills, the app indirectly aids speaking and writing. You learn to listen before you speak and read before you write, which are fundamental steps in language acquisition. Reading aloud after listening also helps practice mimicking pronunciation.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.5.5 — 2025-05-20

We’ve improved the English Reading and Listening experience!
Now you can enjoy simultaneous reading and listening with our enhanced book library. 
Plus, explore English grammar rules and test your skills with quick grammar quizzes.

### 1.5.4 — 2025-04-24

Bug fixes and performance enhancements for a smoother experience.

### 1.5.3 — 2025-01-16

Audio files performance improvements.

### 1.5.2 — 2024-12-21

User interface improvements 
Translation Improvements

### 1.5.1 — 2024-10-29

A new version is here! We are working hard to help you improve your English language skills.

On this version we made;
- Favorite texts to help you improve your vocabulary
- Reading speed options
- Performance improvements

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