Comparison

Scheme Songs vs LanguageScreen

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Scheme Songs

Access musical performance backing tracks from a musical school program. Download tracks for offline playback or stream them online. Ideal for rehearsals and performances where internet access may be unreliable.

Highlights
  • Access all performance backing tracks
  • Download tracks for offline playback
  • Stream tracks online
  • Organized by year and term
  • Searchable A-Z list of tracks
  • Familiar timeline player
Features
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Scheme Songs is a free app that lets you use your Charanga Musical School login to access all the performance backing tracks from Scheme, wherever you are. Use it to help your class put on a performance or sing a song, in places where you would find it difficult to use the website. All the Scheme backing tracks are available to download and play offline on your iPhone or iPod touch or online over wifi/mobile internet. Scheme Songs is perfect if you can't be sure that there's a reliable internet connection in your performance area, because you can save an entire term's performances in advance. β€’ Includes all the seasonal productions in performance order, including Little Angel Gets Her Wings and Five Gold Rings. β€’ Familiar timeline player from Charanga Musical School Scheme lessons. β€’ Just plug your iPhone or iPod touch into the PA system and you're all set. β€’ Organised by year and term so you can find the performance you're looking for with ease. β€’ If you can't connect to the internet, but you've already got songs saved, you can play them offline. β€’ All seven years of Charanga Musical School Scheme songs, from Reception through to Year 6. β€’ Includes an searchable A-Z list of all our Freestyle performance tracks

About

LanguageScreen

This app helps education professionals quickly and accurately assess young children's oral language skills. It guides examiners through activities using pictures and sounds, recording responses or scores. Assessment data is uploaded for detailed individual and class reports.

Highlights
  • Oral language skills assessment
  • Picture and sound-based activities
  • Response recording
  • Examiner scoring
  • Individual and class reports
  • Free school trial registration
Features
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LanguageScreen enables education professionals to assess young children’s oral language skills accurately and quickly. LanguageScreen is the product of extensive research by a team at the University of Oxford. LanguageScreen assesses four components of oral language skills by guiding the examiner through a series of activities. In these activities the child is presented with pictures and sound clips and is asked to perform simple tasks. Depending on the activity, the app either directly records the child’s responses, or the examiner’s scoring of their responses. Assessment data is uploaded to oxedandassessment.com which generates individual and class assessment reports. In order to use LanguageScreen a school must register for a free trial on oxedandassessment.com.

Screenshots

Scheme Songs3 screens
LanguageScreen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: LanguageScreen at 100% against Scheme Songs's 40%. LanguageScreen also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months). Scheme Songs's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scheme Songs ships an update every 7 months, LanguageScreen monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 5 level
Scheme Songs versus LanguageScreen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScheme SongsLanguageScreen
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews β€” better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsMonthly β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” better
Requires iOS9.0 β€” better15.1
Further details β€” not scored
Size14 MB103 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCharanga LtdOxEd and Assessment Ltd

Customer experience

Scheme Songs

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

LanguageScreen

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Scheme Songs

No in-app purchases

None

LanguageScreen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scheme Songs free?
Scheme Songs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LanguageScreen free?
LanguageScreen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Scheme Songs or LanguageScreen have ads?
Neither Scheme Songs nor LanguageScreen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scheme Songs or LanguageScreen?
Scheme Songs ships an update every 7 months, and LanguageScreen monthly. Most recently, Scheme Songs was updated on November 1, 2026 and LanguageScreen on November 3, 2026.

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