AV Phonetics vs Simurgh App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AV Phonetics
Explore the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) with this interactive app. It offers clear graphic, audio, and textual descriptions of speech sounds, including animations of articulations. Practice consonants and vowels with comprehensive coverage of symbols.
- Interactive IPA chart
- Graphic, audio, and textual sound descriptions
- Consonant and vowel practice
- Tonal symbol coverage
- Articulations animations
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To be able to read and provide accurate transcriptions of speech sounds is the most fundamental and yet most demanding task facing students of language and linguistics. This App has a unique interface for exploring the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). - Practice consonants and vowels with this fun and interatcive app. - Clear graphic, audio and textual descriptions of speech sounds. - Comprehensive coverage of the consonants, vowels and tonal symbols. Press on the symbols in the charts to see and hear them. - Cross-section animations illustrate the articulations of the speech sounds.
Simurgh App
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Experience Dennis Rudolph's artwork for the Karachi Biennal 2022 with this app. The supernatural has always been a source of interest amongst artists. What if a mythical figure was to appear and guide the visitor to experience a 200 years old book? The 200 year old illustrated copy of Firdousi’s ‘Shahnama’ in the NJV School library is brought to life through Augmented Reality. Rudolph uses his ‘3D’ paintings through the Simurgh App to create a new ‘virtual’ way of connecting to one of the longest epic Persian poems, the Shahnamah (977–1010 CE). AR drawings meet the mythical history of Persia’s golden days. Kindly supported by Goethe Institute Karachi.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: AV Phonetics at 12.0 against Simurgh App's 15.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
AV Phonetics ships an update every 6 weeks, Simurgh App every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AV Phonetics | Simurgh App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (11 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 159 MB | 382 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Apps Resource Centre, Hong Kong Baptist University | Dennis Rudolph |
In-app purchases
AV Phonetics
No in-app purchases
Simurgh App
No in-app purchases
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