Developing for Listening vs EnglishPod
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Developing for Listening
This app offers an activity-rich course designed to build listening and conversation skills. It includes practice for testing and exam techniques, aiming to boost student confidence and exam success through short, practical activities.
- Listening skills development
- Conversation practice
- Exam techniques training
- Activity-rich course
- Short, practical activities
- Progress tracking
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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.
EnglishPod
This app enhances your listening comprehension with a podcast player that offers real-time transcripts and translations. You can search for podcasts, play local audio/video files, and save words for review.
- Podcast browsing and listening
- Real-time transcript generation
- Text translation
- Word search and saving
- Local audio/video file support
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EnglishPod is a sleek podcast player designed to enhance your listening experience. With EnglishPod, you can effortlessly search for and listen to a wide range of captivating podcast shows, import and play local audio and video files, and enjoy real-time display of program transcripts and translations, making it easier for you to grasp the content as you train your listening skills. Features: * Browse and listen to podcasts: Find the podcast content you are interested in through category browsing and search functions, collect and listen to it. * Real-time generation of transcripts: Generate transcripts of podcast content in real time to help understand podcast content. * Translate text: Transcripts can be translated to help understand and learn language expressions. * Search and collect words: Look up the explanations of words in the text and save them for later review and memory. * Local file support: Supports importing local audio and video files for playback, transcription, translation, etc.. Terms of use: https://englishpod.pages.dev/terms Privacy policy: https://englishpod.pages.dev/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: EnglishPod at 5.0 against Developing for Listening's 4.5. EnglishPod also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 16 months). Developing for Listening's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price 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. EnglishPod sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Developing for Listening asks for nothing beyond the download.
EnglishPod holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Developing for Listening has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Developing for Listening ships an update every 16 months, EnglishPod every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Developing for Listening | EnglishPod |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 132 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Le Bin | 倩 董 |
Customer experience
Developing for Listening
EnglishPod
In-app purchases
Developing for Listening
No in-app purchases
EnglishPod
- Monthly Pro7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Yearly Pro$12.991 Year
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