Basic for Listening vs NichiziWa
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.
NichiziWa
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It is an application that listening and answering the date and time of various languages. When you need to hear date and time in travel or business, it takes time if you are not familiar with them. This app allows you to practice listening to common date and time in a specified language. The date and time is output by voice from the terminal, so enter it. Even if the order of month, day, and year does not match at the time of input, the answer will be correct. Can enter it correctly, proceed to the next quiz. The sooner you answer, the higher the level will be. Quiz is over, if do not answer within 5 seconds. Get stamps according to the advanced level.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Basic for Listening at Free against NichiziWa's $0.99. Basic for Listening also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.5). NichiziWa's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 13 months). On 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
Basic for Listening is free to download; NichiziWa costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Basic for Listening ships an update every 13 months, NichiziWa every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and March 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Basic for Listening | NichiziWa |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Le Bin | Norio Haga |
In-app purchases
Basic for Listening
No in-app purchases
NichiziWa
No in-app purchases
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