Elocution Lessons vs The New Beacon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Elocution Lessons
Master English pronunciation with interactive lessons and exercises. This app helps beginners and children reduce their accent by practicing sounds, words, and sentences with native speaker models. Record and compare your voice to improve fluency and articulation.
- 48 comprehensive lessons
- Listen and repeat pronunciation
- Record and compare voice
- Articulation and intonation drills
- Received Pronunciation (RP) focus
- Beginner and child-friendly content
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Elocution Lessons App – Accent Reduction Made Easy. Perfect for children, beginners, and anyone starting their English pronunciation mastery. Content: This app contains all 48 lessons from the bestselling book "Get Rid of Your Accent for Beginners", the latest in the acclaimed "Get Rid of Your Accent" series. It provides a complete solution for accent reduction and speech study, designed especially for children and beginner-level English learners. • Practice English sounds in words, phrases, sentences, and passages • Fun verses, rhythmic drills & articulation exercises • Carefully selected vocabulary for beginners and young learners Functionality: • Listen & Repeat – Hear model pronunciation for every sound. • Record & Compare – Match your voice against native RP speakers. • CD Function What You’ll Learn: • Master all English sounds of RP (Received Pronunciation), also known as Oxford English, Queen’s English, or BBC English • Clear articulation through consonant clusters and word endings • Natural intonation and sentence stress • Fluency through linking and speaking in phrases Customers reviews: • "This is a great tool for correcting my pronunciation of common phrases. The app makes practice much easier than CDs." – Alan Perez, Amazon customer • "As a teacher, this helped me reduce my accent and deliver clearer lessons. Highly recommended." – Amazon customer Meet the Authors: • Linda James (RAM, Dip. Ed., IPD, LRAM), Speech and Drama coach, trained at the Royal Academy of Music, with 20+ years of experience teaching RP and accent reduction in London drama schools, films, and TV. • Olga Smith (BA Linguistics, MBA), Linguist, public speaker, and co-author of the best-selling *Get Rid of Your Accent book series. Having overcome her own strong Russian accent, Olga brings practical expertise to learners worldwide. Visit www.batcsglobal.com to book a professional speech analysis.
The New Beacon
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This app is The New Beacon School's own parent engagement and communication app and it is designed to enhance communication between the school and parents of our students. Benefits of this app for parents of students at the New Beacon School include: - Receive push notifications and in-app messages from the School. - Keep important School information available away from the clutter of email. - View the school calendar and noticeboard, with information relevant to you and your child. - Access important School information via The Hub. - Keep up to date with your children's activities via the Newsfeed. - Clear and visible Notice updates for important School events. - Paperless communication. Registration: To use the New Beacon School app, you will need an account which will be provided by your child's school.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: The New Beacon at Free against Elocution Lessons's $19.99. Elocution Lessons's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
The New Beacon is free to download; Elocution Lessons costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Elocution Lessons ships an update every 4 months, The New Beacon every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Elocution Lessons | The New Beacon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 138 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Olga Smith BATCS Limited | Weduc UK Ltd |
In-app purchases
Elocution Lessons
No in-app purchases
The New Beacon
No in-app purchases
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