QDictation vs a)plan coaching 2.0
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QDictation
This app helps language learners practice dictation by scanning text and generating word lists. It supports multiple languages and offers unlimited practice time, ideal for exam preparation or homework assistance.
- Scan text to generate word lists
- Dictation practice for language learning
- Supports multiple languages
- Unlimited practice time
- Ideal for exam preparation (IELTS, TOEFL, TEF, B2)
- Assists with homework
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QDictation 2.0 is a brand-new app for learning words and keeping your lessons. Scan a page to practice spelling, or record a class and get the text right on your iPhone, even offline. No account needed, and your notes stay on your device. RECORD LESSONS AND MEETINGS (NEW) • Tap Record and watch the transcript appear live, on your device, without internet • Lessons, meetings or conversations: recordings up to 45 minutes free, 3 hours with Supporter • Mark key moments while recording, or highlight any sentence later • Tap a paragraph to hear it again; playback follows along, and any passage can loop • Search inside a recording, correct the text, and copy everything in one tap • Export the transcript, the original with its translation, or the audio TRANSLATE (NEW) • Translate transcripts and documents into 19 languages • Apple's offline language packs translate on your device: free, private and unlimited • A small daily online allowance covers languages you have not downloaded SCAN TEXT (NEW) • Snap a book page or the board: it is cropped, straightened and recognized on your device • Read the full text page by page, with each page's translation underneath • Tap Words on a page to collect new words; repeats merge and basic words start unticked (English and French) • Save them to a word list, or list just the words you picked to hear them, look them up and start a dictation • Turn a printed word list into a dictation list in one step PRACTICE DICTATION • Every word is read aloud with adjustable speed, pauses and repeats • Type what you hear, check your answer, and review mistakes and favorites later • Collect new words from a recording straight into a dictation list ORGANIZE AND SHARE • Search the Library and Recordings; filter the Library by word lists or documents • Share a word list as text, or as a file classmates can import PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No sign-up. Lists, scans, recordings and transcripts stay on your device • Text recognition, speech recognition and offline translation run on your device • Each permission is requested only when you use the feature that needs it FREE OR SUPPORTER Free: up to 30 lists or documents, 45-minute recordings and 1,000 characters of online translation a day. Supporter (annual subscription): unlimited lists and documents, 3-hour recordings, 3,000 characters a day and no ads. It renews yearly until you cancel in your App Store settings. Made for spelling tests, French immersion dictée, ESL vocabulary, lectures, language classes and teachers. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
a)plan coaching 2.0
This app enhances one-on-one coaching with technology, offering real-time feedback and encouragement through notifications and text chat. It serves as a central hub for tracking accomplishments and progress towards personal goals.
- Real-time feedback from coaches
- Progress tracking for goals
- Capture general accomplishments
- Track areas of growth
- Gratitude journaling
- Short and long-term goal setting
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Better coaching, optimized by technology. The a)plan process was designed by the coaching industry’s best and brightest, with behavioral psychology and neuroscience at the core of our approach. Supporting this approach is the a)plan app, a unique and proprietary communication platform designed to extend the one-on-one coaching experience. Through the use of notifications and text chat, users receive real-time feedback and positive encouragement from their coaches, which deepens engagement and supports positive change. The app is also a central hub for tracking micro accomplishments and progress towards specific, predefined goals. Users of the a)plan app enjoy the ability to capture and track: General accomplishments Gratitude Progress towards goals Areas of growth Short terms goals Longer term goals for the year and beyond Significant progress starts on a)plan’s app-based coaching platform.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: a)plan coaching 2.0 at none against QDictation's 1. a)plan coaching 2.0 also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). QDictation's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). On price, review sentiment, monetization model 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. QDictation sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $6.99 per year. a)plan coaching 2.0 asks for nothing beyond the download.
QDictation ships an update weekly, a)plan coaching 2.0 every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | QDictation | a)plan coaching 2.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Xin Cao | A-Plan |
Customer experience
QDictation
a)plan coaching 2.0
In-app purchases
QDictation
- QDictation Supporter Annual$6.991 Year
a)plan coaching 2.0
No in-app purchases









