TEDICT vs TEDICT LITE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TEDICT
Master English dictation by typing along to TED talks. This app checks your typed words letter by letter, helping you distinguish similar-sounding words and improve listening comprehension. Access a vast and constantly updated library of TED lectures for unlimited learning.
- Dictation practice with letter-by-letter checking
- Listen and type along to TED lectures
- Video playback with activated subtitles
- Downloadable TED lectures for offline learning
- Sync learning progress via iCloud (paid version)
- Unlimited dictation and shadowing (paid version)
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* This App is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by TED in any way * LITE (FREE) version -> Search "TEDICT" To become good at English, you need to listen to it often, but simply listening to English is not enough. Just like other languages in the world, English has many similar words that are difficult to distinguish by listening. That’s why you need to be able to confirm whether you heard them right. The key to gaining expertise is in mastering dictation! When you listen to the speaker and type in the words, the program will check them, letter by letter. Because it only takes a short period of time, you can use it on the bus or subway. You can also use it as a TED viewer through the video function with the subtitles activated. The notable feature is that a huge number of TED lectures are constantly added, which means an unlimited amount of available learning materials for you. TEDICT allows you to download as many TED lectures as you want, so you’ll always get new learning materials. The World’s Best Intellectual Archive, TED High-level TED speeches This program even features various kinds of English pronunciations from all over the world. Use TEDICT to listen to cool ideas from TED and improve your English skills! * TEDICT differs from TEDICT LITE in the following ways: - No ads - iCloud Support – Save your study history by date, bookmarks, and learning progress to the cloud and sync your learning seamlessly between iPhone and iPad. - Unlimited dictation - Unlimited shadowing - RewindSub - Feature to assess your listening skills in the ‘Video Player’ * More Information -> https://cocoswing.com/tedict/ * All TED Talks subject to the creative commons license found at ted.com
TEDICT LITE
Improve your English listening and typing skills by transcribing TED talks. This app checks your dictation letter by letter, offering a vast library of constantly updated lectures with subtitles. It's an effective way to master English pronunciation and vocabulary.
- Dictation practice with letter-by-letter checking
- Access to a large and growing library of TED lectures
- Video playback with activated subtitles
- Downloadable learning materials
- Exposure to diverse English pronunciations
Read full descriptionHide full description
* This App is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by TED in any way To become good at English, you need to listen to it often, but simply listening to English is not enough. Just like other languages in the world, English has many similar words that are difficult to distinguish by listening. That’s why you need to be able to confirm whether you heard them right. The key to gaining expertise is in mastering dictation! When you listen to the speaker and type in the words, the program will check them, letter by letter. Because it only takes a short period of time, you can use it on the bus or subway. You can also use it as a TED viewer through the video function with the subtitles activated. The notable feature is that a huge number of TED lectures are constantly added, which means an unlimited amount of available learning materials for you. TEDICT allows you to download as many TED lectures as you want, so you’ll always get new learning materials. The World’s Best Intellectual Archive, TED High-level TED speeches This program even features various kinds of English pronunciations from all over the world. Use TEDICT to listen to cool ideas from TED and improve your English skills! * More Information -> https://cocoswing.com/tedict/ * All TED Talks subject to the creative commons license found at ted.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: TEDICT LITE at Free against TEDICT's $4.99. On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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
TEDICT LITE is free to download; TEDICT costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for TEDICT against 4.8 for TEDICT LITE. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 519 and 620 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 87% and 87% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TEDICT | TEDICT LITE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (519 ratings) — better | 4.8 (620 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.2% of reviews — better | 86.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 519 | 620 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CoCO SWING | CoCO SWING |
Customer experience
TEDICT
TEDICT LITE
Bugs and requests
TEDICT
Reported bugs
8 issues- App crashes on startup after updates
- Video loading failures
- Video playback stuttering
- iOS app encountering errors
- Bluetooth keyboard not registering input properly
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- Video and audio synchronization mismatch
- Missing audio segments from speakers
- Poor video quality despite good network connection
Requested features
11 requests- Adjustable video resolution settings
- Pause/stop functionality in learning sections
- Built-in dictionary or word lookup feature
- Vocabulary/word list management
- Sentence-level playback controls
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- Playback speed adjustment
- Bilingual subtitle support
- Voice recording and scoring feature
- Skip easy sentences option
- Backup/restore functionality
- Better sentence segmentation accuracy
TEDICT LITE
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TEDICT
No in-app purchases
TEDICT LITE
No in-app purchases









