Basic for Listening vs English Listening Step by Step
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Basic for Listening
This app offers an activity-rich listening course designed to build skills in listening and conversation. It includes practice for testing and exam techniques, aiming to develop confident listeners and improve exam success.
- Activity-rich listening course
- Builds listening and conversation skills
- Practice for testing and exam techniques
- Engaging and motivating activities
- Short, practical content chunks
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Tactics for Listening Third Edition is an activity-rich listening course with proven success in building skills in listening and conversation. Now with Tactics for Testing, it provides plenty of practice in testing and exam techniques. The result is confident listeners - and exam success. This three-level American English listening course uses short chunks and practical, relevant activities to engage and motivate students.
English Listening Step by Step
Enhance your English listening skills with structured lessons tailored to your level, from beginner to advanced. Practice with various accents and explore diverse topics to improve comprehension and fluency.
- Graded listening lessons (Beginner to Advanced)
- Multiple voice options (American, British, International)
- Topic-based learning modules
- Progressive skill development
- Daily practice exercises
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The listening lessons divide into many grades from beginner English Listening, Intermediate Listening to Advance English listening. + Listening English Level A + Listening English Level B1 + Listening English Level C1 + Listening English Level C2 You can hear English American Voice, English British Voice or International Voice. We also divide the lessons in many topics: + Family + Self Information + Food + Life Style + Education + Science + Business + Story liestening Please feel free to tell us if you have any suggestion or the app have any problem need to be improved.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Basic for Listening at 100% against English Listening Step by Step's 75%. Basic for Listening also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). English Listening Step by Step's advantage is ratings volume (103 vs 5) and update cadence (every 6 months vs every 13 months). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Basic for Listening holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: English Listening Step by Step has 103 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Basic for Listening's written reviews are positive against 75% of English Listening Step by Step's.
Basic for Listening ships an update every 13 months, English Listening Step by Step every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Basic for Listening | English Listening Step by Step |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 4.8 (103 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 103 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Le Bin | Xuan Trung Truong |
Customer experience
Basic for Listening
English Listening Step by Step
In-app purchases
Basic for Listening
No in-app purchases
English Listening Step by Step
No in-app purchases
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