Comparison

French Today Audiobook Player vs Immersion

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

Head to head
About

French Today Audiobook Player

Learn modern spoken French with an audiobook player designed for English speakers. Practice grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary through an engaging novel with realistic dialogues. Offers multiple audio speeds and offline access.

Highlights
  • Learn modern spoken French
  • Grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary explained
  • Engaging novel with realistic dialogues
  • Multiple audio speeds
  • Offline access to audiobooks and transcripts
  • Read along with transcripts
  • Car mode for simplified interface
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Learn French The Smart Way - A serious approach to learning both traditional and modern French. Grammar, pronunciation and vocabulary specifically explained for English speakers. Practice everything you learn with an ongoing and fun novel with realistic dialogues/situations. === French audio books rated 4.9 on 5 stars (based on over 1500+ reviews) === "Finally, a method that teaches real French!" Burt Wolf - Host/Producer of TV Shows for CNN, ABC, Discovery Channel & more Built upon 24+ years of one-on-one lessons with English-speaking adults, these level adapted French audiobooks will quickly teach you today's real spoken French... Guaranteed. THE FRENCH TODAY METHOD • Designed specifically for English speakers • Learn French efficiently not just to pass exams but to actually be able to communicate in French • The only method recorded at several speeds and levels of enunciation (not just mechanically slowed down) • Grammar and vocabulary are illustrated by the ongoing novel developed around a real storyline and lovable characters to keep you interested All our French audiobooks come with a full 100% Money Back Guaranteed for 120 days! FREE APP FEATURES • Includes two FREE French audiobooks for a total of more than 6 hours of pro recordings - no account required • Full offline access to your audiobooks & transcripts • Sign in to your French Today account and start downloading your audiobooks instantly • Quickly navigate to any point in the audiobook and transcript with a full table of content • Select from different recorded audio speeds on story chapters (these are different recordings, NOT a computerized slowdown!) • Customize skip audio forward or backward timing • Read along with the transcript. Change font size, font type + night mode • Hide/reveal chapter stories English translations • One tap jump to sync start of text section to currently playing audio • Car mode - simplified user interface for when are driving or not looking at the transcript SOME CUSTOMER REVIEWS "...so valuable in boosting my confidence in stringing French words together into sentences with the proper, up-to-date pronunciation…. With 1 1/2 years of learning French under my belt, it is only after having gone through this book... that I am finally feeling good about speaking some French on my next trip to France." - Rob Kalamunda "If I had this book when I first started studying French, my road to speaking French would be far less rocky than it was. What I love most about this book is the different speeds of the dialogues" - Cornflakes Carl "Perfect for anyone wanting to understand daily French conversations. There is nothing else like this on the market. Superb technical quality." -Jaye Morency

About

Immersion

Learn French and German through a vast library of comprehensible videos. This app utilizes a revolutionary method to make language acquisition engaging and effective.

Highlights
  • Extensive video collection
  • Comprehensible input method
  • French language learning
  • German language learning
  • Revolutionary learning approach
Features
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The largest collection of comprehensible French and German videos in the world. Come learn a new language with our revolutionary new method

Screenshots

French Today Audiobook Player4 screens
Immersion4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Immersion at 5.0 against French Today Audiobook Player's 4.6. Immersion also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 76%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). French Today Audiobook Player's advantage is ratings volume (31 vs 9) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Immersion holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of French Today Audiobook Player's written reviews are positive against 100% of Immersion's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

French Today Audiobook Player ships an update every 3 months, Immersion every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
French Today Audiobook Player versus Immersion: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFrench Today Audiobook PlayerImmersion
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (31 ratings)5.0 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings31 — better9
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCamille Chevalier-KarfisImmersion

Customer experience

French Today Audiobook Player

All ratings31 ratings
Positive90.3%
Neutral3.2%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive76.2%
Neutral2.4%
Negative21.4%

Immersion

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

French Today Audiobook Player

No in-app purchases

None

Immersion

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is French Today Audiobook Player free?
French Today Audiobook Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Immersion free?
Immersion is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, French Today Audiobook Player or Immersion?
Immersion is rated higher. French Today Audiobook Player averages 4.6 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while Immersion averages 5.0 from 9 ratings.
Do French Today Audiobook Player or Immersion have ads?
Neither French Today Audiobook Player nor Immersion shows ads.
Which is updated more often, French Today Audiobook Player or Immersion?
French Today Audiobook Player ships an update every 3 months, and Immersion every 2 weeks. Most recently, French Today Audiobook Player was updated on November 2, 2026 and Immersion on October 31, 2026.

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