Comparison

SpeaKing vs Language Book Reader

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

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About

SpeaKing

Practice TOEFL iBT speaking with AI-generated questions and a simulated test environment. Get instant feedback as your speech is converted to text, and retry exercises until you're satisfied. An internet connection is required.

Highlights
  • AI-generated TOEFL speaking questions
  • Simulated test environment with timers
  • Speech-to-text conversion of answers
  • Unlimited retries for exercises
  • Stored question and answer history
  • Daily free coins and purchasable coins
Features
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SpeaKing, powered by ChatAI, will help you preparing for TOEFL iBT speaking section! SpeaKing is the App that gives you the practical exercises of TOEFL iBT speaking section. Each time you tap the button, ChatAI will generate the original question for you. It means that you can challenge the exercises as many as you want! We also provide you with the same environment as real speaking test: - The generated questions are converted into speech and you will listen to them. - After reading/preparation time you will make your speech within given answering time. - Time are managed by timer. Also, your answer will be converted into text. The generated questions and your answers to them are stored inside App. You can retry the exercises as many as you want until you are satisfied with your answer. Do you wish there were more exercises for TOEFL iBT test? Is number of exercises served in textbook not enough for you? Then you can try our SpeaKing! [Notice] *Internet connection is needed. *Ad included. *We cannot ensure the quality of exercise generated by ChatAI. Generated text may be unnatural due to the malfunction of ChatAI. [About “Coin”] *To generate exercise, you have to pay “Coin”. *You can get 1 coin by free every 24 hours. Also they can be purchased or got by watching advertisements. *Max number of advertisements you can watch per day is 5. *Coins are stored locally in your phone. If you delete or uninstall the App you may lose all coins. *Coins are not consumed when you retry the exercise which you’ve generated before.

About

Language Book Reader

Learn languages with AI-powered courses and guided imitation. This system breaks down content into repeatable chunks for fluent pronunciation and understanding. Access government-developed courses and turn any book into an interactive audio lesson.

Highlights
  • Guided imitation learning method
  • Repeat and Learn system for pronunciation
  • AI-powered audio narration
  • Convert books into audio lessons
  • Progress tracking for each course
  • Offline course access
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The courses were developed by the government and used by government officials before being deployed to other countries. They are arguably some of the best language courses ever developed. People often ask. How do government officials learn a language so fast? The answer is that they study these courses. The courses use what is known as guided imitation. It's goal is to teach one to speak easily, fluently, with very little accent, and to do this without conscious effort, just as one speaks his own language without conscious effort. Language Book Reader makes these courses even better. It automatically traverses a course in the proper order without any effort on the student. It also implements what is known as a Repeat and Learn system. What this does is break up paragraphs and sentences into smaller chucks to allow a student to methodically repeat exactly what is heard from the audio. The course gives the student more control over how the course is played. The system also allows the student, once learned, to skip any study pages and concentrate solely on the pronunciation. A unit can be skipped or repeated based on the students preference. This enables a student to be able to more quickly speak the language fluently. It has been proven that once a word or phrase can be spoken fluently, it most certainly will be understood when someone hears it. Repeat and Learn. Hear it, say it, Done. The courses add AI intelligence to read aloud the study material. It would not be practical to try to study material on a mobile device. Language Book Reader will read to you the study pages and even describes charts and diagrams just as if an instructor was teaching you. This makes this very practical to learn a language on a mobile device. Language Book Reader goes one step further. It adds books that are not from the list of government courses and turns them into a Repeat and Learn audio book. For instance, the gospel of John is done in Spanish with English translations. Each chapter is done twice. Once as an audio book and also as Repeat and Learn book where each phrase is broken into smaller chucks to be repeated by the student. You can configure the book as an audio book, a repeat and learn book, or both. The fact that the courses were developed by the government, the cost for any course is cheaper than any other full teaching system. All courses are under $3.99. This includes cloud storage and unlimited band width for the courses for an entire year. Going to tour Europe? Download 5 language books for under $20. The app will keep track of the progress for each book starting you where you left off for each course. You take the courses with you. It is like having a language teacher in your pocket. Best of all, all courses are maintained on the web. Very little resources are used on your device regardless of how many books you have. Visit our website for more information and to download the full course PDF files at https://spacecoastwebhost.com/LanguageBookReader click on downloads to view all course contents

Screenshots

SpeaKing4 screens
Language Book Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Language Book Reader at 5.0 against SpeaKing's 4.0. Language Book Reader also leads on ads (none vs shown). SpeaKing's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. SpeaKing sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Language Book Reader sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Language Book Reader holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
SpeaKing versus Language Book Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeaKingLanguage Book Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings11
Update frequency—Every 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTetsuyuki MasukoRandy Raustad

Customer experience

SpeaKing

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Language Book Reader

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

SpeaKing

One-time6
  • Get 5 coins$0.99
  • Get 10 coins$1.99
  • Get 20 coins$2.99
Show 3 more
  • Get 30 coins$3.99
  • Get 50 coins$5.99
  • Get 100 coins$9.99
14 purchases

Language Book Reader

One-time14
  • IntroductionFree
  • Tagalog$3.99
  • Spanish III$3.99
Show 11 more
  • Spanish II$3.99
  • Spanish IV$3.99
  • Gospel of Matthew$3.99
  • Gospel of MarK$3.99
  • Italian$3.99
  • Japanese Headstart$3.99
  • Gospel of John$3.99
  • Gospel of Juan$3.99
  • Gospel of Luke$5.99
  • French Basic Course$8.99
  • Spanish I$8.99

Questions

Is SpeaKing free?
SpeaKing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Language Book Reader free?
Language Book Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SpeaKing or Language Book Reader?
Language Book Reader is rated higher. SpeaKing averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Language Book Reader averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do SpeaKing or Language Book Reader have ads?
SpeaKing shows ads; Language Book Reader does not.

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