Comparison

German Reading and Listening vs Speaking

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

German Reading and Listening

Improve your German reading and listening skills with simple books and human-voiced audio. This app aids speaking and writing by focusing on listening and reading comprehension, perfect for those easily distracted.

Highlights
  • Read and listen to German books
  • Improve listening comprehension
  • Enhance reading skills
  • Practice speaking and writing
  • Human-voiced audio
  • Focus on fluency and intonation
Features
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German Simultane Books app brings you ability to read and listen simple German language books to improve your listening and reading skills. It will also help you to improve your skills for speaking and writing as you need to listen before you speak and read before you write in a new language. This app contains 2 simple books selected carefully to help you practice German language. Audio comes with the books are all real human voices. There is no human voice for real time listening. Reading while listening to the audio at the same time helps you to concentrate. This is perfect for people who are easily distracted. Another advantage is that you don’t spend time trying to understand every single word. You just continue at the speed of the narrator. Remember that you can always pause or rewind the audio, although it doesn’t take long to become accustomed to continuous speech. This method is a great opportunity to focus on fluency, as well as listening to stress and intonation in sentences. Listening to the audio first helps you to gain understanding without seeing the written word. As listening is often more difficult than reading, this method is good to help you train your ear and test your understanding. Reading after you’ve listened to the audio allows you to see how much you understood from the listening, and to practice mimicking what you’ve heard. Remember that you should read aloud to improve your pronunciation. We believe this app will help you improve your German language skills. Terms of Use : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy : https://www.myapp.page/language-reading-books/privacy

About

Speaking

Practice speaking and listening to learn new languages like Spanish, French, and German. This app uses speech recognition to analyze your pronunciation and provides feedback for improvement. It supports a wide range of languages and can be used alongside traditional learning materials.

Highlights
  • Speech recognition for pronunciation analysis
  • Pronunciation feedback and correction
  • Type to hear correct pronunciation
  • Supports numerous languages
  • Enhances learning efficiency with other materials
Features
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Learn Spanish, French, German and other languages with "Speaking"! The fastest way to learn a new language is to practice speaking and listening. Speaking uses speech recognition to listen and transcribe your pronunciation. Then, Speaking gives you the opportunity to check your pronunciation for correctness. If you don't know the proper pronunciation, just type it into Speaking and Speaking will tell you the proper pronunciation. There are times when Speaking does not recognize your pronunciation well. But don't worry. This is your chance to improve your speaking skills, learn proper pronunciation from Speaking, and then try speaking again, paying attention to your accent. If the app can recognize your speech, your speech will work for people! Try using the app in conjunction with your regular vocabulary book or language book to practice your speaking. Your learning efficiency will be greatly improved! Speaking supports the learning of many languages. * • English, Chinese, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, Vietnamese, Italian, Turkish, Polish, Ukrainian, Thai, Romanian, Indonesian, Malay, Dutch, Hungarian, Czech, Greek, Swedish, Croatian, Finnish, Danish, Hebrew, Catalan, Slovak, Norwegian *The above is just an example. Supported languages depend on the voice data installed on your device. You may be able to install more voice data from your device's settings app. Enjoy your speaking practice! The app uses the standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA). https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

German Reading and Listening4 screens
Speaking4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: German Reading and Listening at 4.5 against Speaking's 2.0. German Reading and Listening also leads on ratings volume (33 vs 1). Speaking's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. German Reading and Listening sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Speaking sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

German Reading and Listening holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: German Reading and Listening has 33 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

German Reading and Listening ships an update every 2 months, Speaking weekly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
German Reading and Listening versus Speaking: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGerman Reading and ListeningSpeaking
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (33 ratings) — better2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings33 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size99 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNatalja MorozovaRyo Aoyama

In-app purchases

6 purchases

German Reading and Listening

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Premium Subscription$4.997 Days
  • Monthly Premium Subscription$9.991 Month
  • Annual Premium Subscription$24.991 Year
One-time3
  • Reise um die Erde in 80 Tag. I$1.99
  • Reise um die Erde in 80 Tag. 2$1.99
  • Ads free usage$39.99
1 purchases

Speaking

Subscriptions1
  • Remove ads$1.991 Month

Questions

Is German Reading and Listening free?
German Reading and Listening is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Speaking free?
Speaking is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, German Reading and Listening or Speaking?
German Reading and Listening is rated higher. German Reading and Listening averages 4.5 out of 5 from 33 ratings, while Speaking averages 2.0 from 1 ratings.
Do German Reading and Listening or Speaking have ads?
Both German Reading and Listening and Speaking show ads.
Which is updated more often, German Reading and Listening or Speaking?
German Reading and Listening ships an update every 2 months, and Speaking weekly. Most recently, German Reading and Listening was updated on November 3, 2026 and Speaking on November 3, 2026.

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