Comparison

iDictation vs CatchIt

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

Head to head
About

iDictation

Practice your French spelling with short dictation exercises. Choose from three difficulty levels and receive a personalized correction to identify and learn from your mistakes. Improve your writing skills in just 10 minutes a day.

Highlights
  • Multiple dictation difficulty levels
  • Personalized error correction
  • Progress tracking with scoring
  • Short, 10-minute exercises
  • Suitable for various writing needs
Features
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With iDictation, listen, write and understand your mistakes. The daily dictation waits for you every day. SEVEN DICTATION LANGUAGES, ONE APP The app itself is in English. The dictations are yours to choose: tap the flag at the top of the menu to practice English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Polish or Portuguese. The daily dictation, the levels, the catalog and the correction all follow the language you pick. Perfect for keeping up a language learned at school. THE DAILY DICTATION: A GOOD HABIT TO KEEP A text selected every day to make you want to come back and write. Tap "Do today's dictation", listen to the sections at your own pace and move on to the correction. A REMINDER SO YOU DON'T MISS IT Turn on the reminder from the menu: your device tells you when the daily dictation is waiting. Snooze it with a tap if it isn't the right moment, or turn it off whenever you like. The reminder lives on your device, with no sign-up. LISTEN, WRITE, PROGRESS Rediscover the pleasure of dictation. Listen to the text, type what you hear directly in the app, then read your work back. Practice spelling, grammar, agreements and conjugation through varied texts and literary extracts. TAKE YOUR TIME TO WRITE Missed a passage? Replay it as often as you need, or go back to the previous one. The slow sections give you time to write. You decide when to move on. No one needs to dictate the text for you. SPOT YOUR MISTAKES, UNDERSTAND THE RULES The correction compares your work with the expected text. Tap a mistake: you get an explanation and a tip to remember the rule. Every dictation includes one free explanation. REVIEW YOUR MISTAKES, ONE BY ONE Your mistakes land in your notebook, on your device, with their explanation, turned into exercises. In a session, listen to the original sentence and retype the right word. The fixed word leaves the notebook. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS "My progress" brings together your real figures: day streak, corrected dictations, average score and the state of your notebook. Your league, from Beginner to Expert, moves up with every corrected dictation. And you can share a report, ideal for following a child's progress. A CATALOG TO VARY YOUR PRACTICE Choose from 3 difficulty levels: the first three dictations of each level open up with your successes, and you can redo a dictation to improve your score. Training for your studies, a refresher, or the pleasure of writing it right. WHO IS IT FOR? For students, from 8 to 14 years old, and for adults who want to brush up on their spelling. GETTING STARTED • Seven dictation languages, one tap away: the flag at the top of the menu. • The daily dictation waits for you every day. • Your first three dictations of each level: the first one waits for you, the next open up with your successes. • Understand your mistakes: an explanation and a tip with every dictation. • Your mistakes gathered in your notebook, to retype until the right word sticks. • Your progress in figures: streak, scores, league. And a report to share. • The reminder that tells you when the daily dictation is waiting. FOR PARENTS • A progress report you can share: day streak, scores, mistakes still to review. • No sign-up: no account to create, nothing to manage. • The daily reminder — switch it on or off with one tap. • Levels for every school year, from age 8 to 14 — and for adults. Your next appointment with words starts here. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms and Conditions: https://www.appseven.fr/cgu-iDictation/ · Privacy: https://www.appseven.fr/privacyPolicy-iDictation/

About

CatchIt

Features
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L'économie n'est pas une matière abstraite. C'est une suite de mécanismes qui ont des noms, des dates et des conséquences. CatchIt les instruit comme des dossiers d'enquête. LE PRINCIPE Vous ouvrez un dossier. Vous lisez les pièces — des textes courts et denses, un mécanisme à la fois. À la fin du niveau, un quiz vérifie que ça a tenu, avec une correction immédiate et l'explication qui va avec. Pas de cours magistral. Pas de jargon gratuit. Pas de vidéo à regarder passivement. On lit, on comprend, on vérifie. CE QUE VOUS ALLEZ COMPRENDRE FONDATIONS — le socle en 15 niveaux : le prix, la monnaie, l'inflation, le PIB, les taux d'intérêt, le rendement et le risque, la diversification. Le vocabulaire à poser avant d'attaquer un cas réel. CRISES FINANCIÈRES — les subprimes de 2008, le krach de 1929, quatre siècles de bulles, la Grèce et l'euro, mars 2023. Cinq façons dont un système financier casse, et ce qui revient à chaque fois. PÉTROLE & ÉNERGIE — comment une matière première dicte la géopolitique mondiale : le choc de 1973, le peak oil, le baril à −37 dollars, la prime géopolitique que personne ne sait mesurer. LUXE — comment une industrie fixe son prix sans jamais partir de son coût, et pourquoi le client accepte. SANTÉ & MÉDICAMENT — ce que coûte vraiment une molécule, qui paie, et pourquoi l'argument du financement de la recherche est solide sans être vérifiable. Au total : 15 dossiers, 88 niveaux, 169 concepts. Une quarantaine d'heures de lecture. L'APP SE SOUVIENT DE CE QUI EST FRAGILE Chaque quiz met à jour votre maîtrise, concept par concept. Ce qui est acquis monte. Ce qui reste fragile revient de lui-même dans les quiz suivants, tant que ça ne tient pas — et sur tout le catalogue, pas seulement sur le dossier en cours. La Salle des Archives affiche cet état à tout moment : ce qui est solide, ce qui demande une relecture, et où relire exactement. DES REPÈRES DATÉS Un onglet rassemble les chiffres qui servent de socle à tout le reste : taux directeurs, inflation, croissance, chômage, dette publique, notations souveraines. Chaque repère porte sa source et sa date de référence — vous savez toujours de quand date ce que vous lisez, et les données qui commencent à remonter sont signalées comme telles. CE QUE CATCHIT N'EST PAS Ni une app de trading, ni un conseil en investissement, ni une promesse de rendement. Aucun signal, aucun portefeuille, aucune recommandation d'achat. Uniquement la compréhension des mécanismes — ce qui, en pratique, protège mieux qu'un conseil. ÉGALEMENT • Série de jours : un niveau validé par jour et la série s'allonge, avec une image à partager • Tampons d'accomplissement à collectionner au fil des dossiers • Aucun compte à créer, aucune identité demandée • Contenu original, entièrement en français, sources citées • Sons et retours tactiles réglables Ouvrez le premier dossier.

Screenshots

iDictation4 screens
CatchIt4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CatchIt at none against iDictation's 1. iDictation's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence and ads 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. iDictation sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CatchIt asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iDictation ships an update every 2 days, CatchIt daily. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
iDictation versus CatchIt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriDictationCatchIt
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEric MILLETLilit Aslanian

In-app purchases

1 purchases

iDictation

One-time1
  • Accès à toutes les dictées$3.99
None

CatchIt

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iDictation free?
iDictation is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CatchIt free?
CatchIt is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do iDictation or CatchIt have ads?
Neither iDictation nor CatchIt shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iDictation or CatchIt?
iDictation ships an update every 2 days, and CatchIt daily. Most recently, iDictation was updated on October 23, 2026 and CatchIt on October 8, 2026.

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