# Speak Shakespeare: Shadowing — English pronunciation, aloud > English pronunciation, aloud (iPhone/iPad app by Maxim Oransky.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/speak-shakespeare-shadowing/id6797315913 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Maxim Oransky](https://appshunter.io/developer/1639941241) - Category: Education, Books - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 17.6 · 30 MB - Languages: American English, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Mexican Spanish, Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan) - Released: 2026-09-30 - Data updated: 2026-10-03 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/speak-shakespeare-shadowing/id6797315913/reviews.md ## What is Speak Shakespeare? Work on your English pronunciation word by word with Shakespeare's Sonnets. A narrator reads a line of a Shakespeare sonnet. You read it back, and the moment you finish the app shows which words you pronounced correctly and which ones need more work. The text stays open on the screen the whole time. This is not memory work: nothing to recall, nothing hidden. You work on the sound of each word and the flow of the line. The reference reading has already passed the same check. Every recording is tested before release, so you can work toward a standard the narrator has demonstrated. HOW IT WORKS Pick a sonnet and hear it read straight through, not spliced together line by line. Read the line aloud. When you finish, you see at once which words you pronounced correctly. Take it a line at a time, or a stanza at a time. Neither is locked behind the other. Return to any passage as often as you need. There are no penalties for attempts and no deadline: it counts when every word is pronounced correctly. Play your own take back and hear yourself against the narrator. WHAT IT IS FOR English pronunciation, practiced word by word on the best-known verse in the language. Shadowing: read just after a voice to practice rhythm and intonation. Keeping every word clear through the end of a long line. Simply hearing the sonnets read, if that is what you came for. YOUR SCORE Earn points the first time you complete a new line, stanza or whole sonnet, plus a little on each day you complete something new. The score grows with newly completed material, so it records how much of the book you have truly finished. Join the Game Center leaderboard if you want to compare your progress with other readers. All 154 sonnets are recorded in Shakespeare's original order and arranged in six parts. Together they form a complete course of reading aloud, with a last page you can actually reach. Part of the book is open from the start. A single purchase unlocks the rest permanently. There is no subscription. The text is Shakespeare's, in modernized spelling from Project Gutenberg, and it is in the public domain. ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Every sonnet | $8.99 | one-time | ## Version history (last 4 releases) ### 1.4 — 2026-10-02 Fixed an issue that closed the app shortly after launch on some older devices. It now tells you when speech recognition needs more free storage. ### 1.3 — 2026-10-01 A smoother start and a clearer purchase screen. ### 1.1 — 2026-09-30 Steadier recording, and a long press now copies a line. ### 1.0 — 2026-09-30 No release notes. ## More apps by Maxim Oransky - [Apakabar.fm: Bilingual Reader](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/apakabarfm-bilingual-reader/id6745130958) - [Country Count: Travel Tracker](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/country-count-travel-tracker/id6749248063) - [QR Serve: Share Cards & Codes](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/qr-serve-share-cards-and-codes/id6749462083) - [Rachunator: Fiskalni Račun](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/rachunator-fiskalni-racun/id6749515684) - [2000 английских слов](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/2000/id6751864250) - [2000 грузинских слов](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/2000/id6751864471) All apps by Maxim Oransky: https://appshunter.io/developer/1639941241 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-10-03.*