EchoSpeak vs Shadowing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EchoSpeak
Master English using videos and subtitles. This app offers interactive flashcards, vocabulary building, and playback controls to enhance listening and speaking skills. Import your own materials for a personalized learning experience.
- Short video flashcards
- Automatic vocabulary filtering
- Subtitle language switching
- Subtitle word display with pronunciation
- Offline subtitle generation
- Adjustable playback speed
- Bookmarkable video segments
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"Echo Speak" is an innovative language learning app that harnesses the power of videos and subtitles to help users master English. With support for importing videos and subtitle files, the app offers a range of interactive features to enhance your language learning experience. Key Features: - Short Video Flashcard: Introducing the powerful short video flashcards feature! You can quickly add words, subtitles, or clips as short video flashcards. Learn English by swiping through flashcards just like short videos. Through repeated active recall and self-testing, flashcards help you strengthen memory and improve learning efficiency. - Vocabulary Filtering: Seamlessly integrated with an English word database, the app automatically filters out unfamiliar words from subtitles and provides instant explanations. You can also add your own unfamiliar words from the subtitles to expand your vocabulary. - Subtitle Language Switching: Enjoy the flexibility of switching between different language subtitles, such as English and Chinese, while watching videos. This feature allows you to practice your listening skills in different language contexts. - Subtitle Word Display: With just a tap, you can instantly view all the words, their definitions, and phonetic transcriptions within a subtitle. You can even listen to the standard American or British pronunciation by tapping the pronunciation button. - Generate Subs Locally: No need to hunt for matching subs – our app can whip up subtitles offline, hassle-free! - Subtitle Hide/Show: Customize your viewing experience by hiding or showing all or specific subtitles during video playback. If you encounter a challenging sentence, you can display the corresponding subtitle to aid comprehension. - Subtitle Playback Control: Easily navigate to specific moments in the video by selecting a subtitle from the list. This feature enables you to focus on specific dialogue lines and practice your listening skills through repetition. - Sentence Repeat Playback: Enhance your listening and speaking abilities by utilizing the subtitle repeat feature to practice individual dialogue lines. Perfect your pronunciation and mimic native speakers. - Slow and Fast Playback: Adjust the video playback speed from 0.5x to 2.0x to suit your learning needs. Slow down fast-paced conversations for better comprehension, or increase the speed to improve your ability to understand naturally spoken English. - Bookmark Segments: Create personalized segments within videos based on the story plot or your preferences. Easily replay specific segments to reinforce your understanding or start learning directly from a chosen segment. - Import Study Materials: Seamlessly import study materials from various sources, including AirDrop, browser uploads, and cloud sharing. Access learning resources that align with your learning goals and study at your own pace. - Lock Screen Video Playback: Enjoy the convenience of playing videos even when your device is locked. Listen to English content during your commute or in situations where watching the screen is not practical. - Offline Video Download: Download videos from your media servers to your device, allowing you to enjoy offline playback even without an internet connection. Start your language learning journey today with "Echo Speak"! Subscribe now to enjoy a free trial period. Once confirmed through your iTunes account, your subscription will automatically begin and renew. You can manage your subscription settings, including auto-renewal, or cancel at least 24 hours before the current period ends. For more information, please refer to our terms and privacy policy. https://player.peachtree.studio/terms.html https://player.peachtree.studio/privacy.html https://orange.blender.org/ CC Privacy https://creativecommons.org
Shadowing
Enhance your English listening skills with this app designed for language learners. It automatically generates sentence breaks and subtitles from audio files, aiding in preparation for standardized tests like IELTS and TOEFL. Users can also create vocabulary lists from challenging sentences.
- Automatic sentence recognition and breaking
- Multi-language subtitle generation
- Vocabulary book for difficult sentences
- Manual subtitle file import (SRT)
- Looping single sentence playback
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Shadowing - English Player supports listening and shadowing practice in English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean and other languages. Import your own materials and practice sentence by sentence at your own pace. LISTEN AND REPEAT • Automatically split audio into phrases. • Loop the current sentence or set the playback count for each sentence. • Adjust playback speed and switch between normal speed and a second speed. • Set pauses between sentences for dictation, speaking and shadowing. LEARN WITH SUBTITLES • Transcribe speech to check words you missed. • Translate subtitles and compare the original text with its translation. • Import SRT subtitles and match files with the same name for segmentation. • Hide text to listen first, then reveal it to check your understanding. ORGANIZE AND REVIEW • Import MP3 audio, MP4 video and other materials from Files or via WiFi transfer. • Save vocabulary and difficult sentences for review. • Export learning content as PDF, Word and SRT files. Speech recognition and translation availability depends on your device, operating system and selected language. AUTO-RENEWING SUBSCRIPTION • Duration: 1 year. See the in-app purchase screen for pricing. • Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm your purchase. • Your subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Renewal is charged within 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account subscription settings. Privacy Policy: https://github.com/BestVault/Declares/blob/master/Privacy.md Terms of Service: https://github.com/BestVault/Declares/blob/master/TermService.md
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Shadowing at 4.6 against EchoSpeak's 4.1. Shadowing also leads on ratings volume (244 vs 27). EchoSpeak's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). On price, review sentiment, 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. EchoSpeak sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Shadowing sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Shadowing holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shadowing has 244 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of EchoSpeak's written reviews are positive against 84% of Shadowing's.
EchoSpeak ships an update fortnightly, Shadowing every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EchoSpeak | Shadowing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (27 ratings) | 4.6 (244 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 83.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 27 | 244 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 187 MB | 140 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 俊良 宋 | 秀平 罗 |
Customer experience
EchoSpeak
Shadowing
Bugs and requests
EchoSpeak
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Shadowing
Reported bugs
10 issues- Continuous playback interval adjustment not working
- macOS app crashes on audio import
- Crashes when selecting subtitle files
- M4a/M4b file import causes high-probability crashes
- Membership lost after app updates
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- Rating window submission fails on macOS
- Sequential playlist doesn't resume from beginning for listened items
- Landscape mode not functioning
- URL import functionality not working
- Subscription unavailable error messages
Requested features
24 requests- Fullscreen mode for video with subtitle toggle
- Keyboard shortcuts for navigation (arrow keys for previous/next sentence)
- Bluetooth headphone controls for sentence navigation
- Background playback functionality
- iCloud synchronization across devices
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- URL import directly from YouTube
- Single-sentence subtitle toggle mode
- Highlight current playing sentence with special color
- Multi-color sentence marking capability
- Manual sentence segmentation/editing tools
- Share sentence segmentation with other users
- Recording/shadowing functionality
- A-B repeat feature
- More playback speed options (beyond 1x, 1.2x)
- Auto-scroll toggle for text positioning
- Glossary search functionality for marked words
- Text-to-audio generation from imported text
- Landscape mode support
- macOS desktop version
- Skip checkbox for unfamiliar content during review
- Silence-based automatic sentence splitting
- Word-level clickable dictionary
- Customizable resource naming
- Playback control bar hide option
In-app purchases
EchoSpeak
- 专业版连续包月$1.991 Month
- 专业版连续包年$17.991 Year
- 终身专业版$29.99
Shadowing
- Premium for Annual$2.991 Year
- Premium Member$14.99









