English Listening Master Pro vs Nihongo Chat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
English Listening Master Pro
Improve your English listening comprehension and vocabulary through interactive dictation games. Practice with real-life conversations and various difficulty levels to enhance your speaking skills.
- Interactive dictation gameplay
- Real English conversation audio
- Multiple difficulty modes
- Four learning levels
- Single and multiplayer modes
- Vocabulary and speaking practice
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English Listening Master will help you understand English better, improve your English language skills and help you learn real English spoken in everyday situations. English Listening Master is the first application of its kind to make a game out of improving your English listening skills through dictation using real English conversations in a fun, enjoyable and educational way. Learn real English and practice your English listening skills by typing the letters of the words you hear or tapping the words of the audio to form the sentences. English Listening Master is a fun and educational game for kids, seniors and English language students of all ages who want to learn English and improve their listening skills in a more entertaining way. Perfect classroom audio listening recordings don't prepare you for listening in the real world. English Listening Master uses audio from thousands of different native speakers in real settings complete with background noise to make the task more realistic, more practical, and more effective. How do you play? It’s easy. Listen to the audio, and tap or type the words you hear to form the correct sentence. With this entertaining dictation game, you will learn English and practice listening in a fun way. With three modes of difficulty to write the sentences and four levels of sentence difficulty, Listening Master is great for everyone from the elementary level right up to the most seasoned and skilled English ears. What options are there to write what you hear? Don’t worry, you can choose between three options depending on how much help you need. In Easy mode, you have the words written for you on the screen and you just have to tap the words you hear in the correct order. In Competent mode, you will only have the letters of the words, and you have to spell out each word you hear by typing the letters in the correct order. In Expert mode, you won’t have any help, and you will have to put your listening skills to the maximum test. Which one will you choose? The Levels: English Listening Master has four levels: Beginner, Competent, Professional, and Expert Beginner: Ideal for children. This level contains the easiest sentences with the fewest words to tap or spell. Competent: This is where things start to get harder. This level is great for students who are beginning their English language learning adventure. Professional: Great for students with a solid base in English who want to keep their skills up to date. Expert: Only for those with the most proficient English skills. Are you one of them? Do you have what it takes to become the next Listening Master? With Listening Master you'll improve your real English listening and conversation skills while you play and have fun testing your English. With single player and multiplayer mode, you can practice alone, challenge your friends or classmates as well as challenge other players from around the globe. Who's got the best ear for English in the class, family or among your friends? Learn English with a smile on your face with English Listening Master
Nihongo Chat
Master Japanese vocabulary and grammar for all JLPT levels with a spaced repetition system. Build custom decks from a comprehensive dictionary and track your learning progress with daily check-ins and review calendars. Enjoy a privacy-focused, offline experience.
- Spaced Repetition System (SRS)
- JLPT Level Selection (N5-N1)
- Built-in Japanese Dictionary
- Custom Deck Building
- Daily Reminders & Streaks
- Offline Functionality
- Multiple-Choice Quiz Mode
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Study Japanese vocabulary and grammar at any JLPT level — N5 through N1 — with spaced repetition that brings each word back just before you'd forget it. FREE TO START, AND FREE WHERE IT COUNTS 61 cards are yours immediately — 10 to 15 at every level — with no account, no time limit and no ads. The full 214,000-entry Japanese dictionary is free too: look anything up, any time, without hitting a paywall. PICK YOUR LEVEL Choose N5, N4, N3, N2 or N1 and study only that level. No advanced grammar thrown at a beginner, no basics slowing down an advanced learner. Switch whenever you're ready. 11,008 CARDS ACROSS FIVE LEVELS N1 4,262 · N2 2,593 · N3 1,954 · N4 1,202 · N5 997. Of those, 1,621 are hand-written cards carrying a usage note and two example sentences each — the N1 vocabulary and every level's grammar patterns. The rest are dictionary-verified word entries, 753 of which now carry an example sentence as well. STUDY THE WAY MEMORY ACTUALLY WORKS Grade each card Again, Hard, Good or Easy and the scheduler sets your next review. Every button shows you exactly when that card comes back, before you press it. Swipe right to move on, left to go back and re-read a card you have already graded. Set your session length right on the study screen, so ten free minutes is ten minutes of work instead of a wall of four hundred reviews. KNOW WHERE YOU ACTUALLY STAND The Stats tab reads your own review history and names the one thing most worth fixing — showing up, clearing your backlog, how much is sticking, or the balance between vocabulary and grammar — with the numbers behind it, and a projected finish date for your level at your current pace. No invented percentiles. No comparison against users who don't exist. BUILD YOUR OWN DECK Look up any word in the bundled dictionary and add it as a card. Edit any card in the app, including the built-in ones, and revert to the original whenever you like without losing your review history. Adding and editing one card at a time is always free. Filter your library down to just the cards you added, or just the ones you starred, and study only those. QUIZ, FILL IN THE BLANK, AND LISTEN Multiple-choice quizzes test recall under time pressure. Fill in the blank takes one word out of a real sentence and asks you to put it back. Tap any Japanese word or sentence to hear it read aloud, or let each card read itself as it arrives. ON IPHONE AND IPAD One app, both devices. On iPad the type and the layout are built for the larger screen rather than stretched to fit, the library grows from two columns to five, and it works in landscape. BACK UP FOR FREE Export your progress and your own cards at any time, at no cost. Your work is yours. ONE OPTIONAL UNLOCK A single one-time purchase opens the whole library — every card at every level — plus bulk import of your own word lists from CSV. Not a subscription. Nothing expires and nothing recurs. PRIVACY Everything runs on your device. No account, no login, no analytics, nothing transmitted anywhere. Dictionary data derived from JMdict, a project of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used under their licence. Nihongo Chat is an independent study tool, not affiliated with or endorsed by the Japan Foundation or Japan Educational Exchanges and Services, administrators of the JLPT.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: English Listening Master Pro at none against Nihongo Chat's 1. English Listening Master Pro also leads on ratings volume (14 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Nihongo Chat's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 4 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Nihongo Chat sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. English Listening Master Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.
Nihongo Chat holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: English Listening Master Pro has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
English Listening Master Pro ships an update every 4 months, Nihongo Chat daily. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | English Listening Master Pro | Nihongo Chat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 104 MB | 112 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Imanol Fernandez Gorostizaga | Tak Yan |
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English Listening Master Pro
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In-app purchases
English Listening Master Pro
No in-app purchases
Nihongo Chat
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