TEDICT vs Shadowing App
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
Shadowing App
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Shadowing App, which provides ease of use with its simple, simple and stylish screens, helps you speak a foreign language by giving you pronunciation practice.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Shadowing App at Free against TEDICT's $4.99. On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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
Shadowing App is free to download; TEDICT costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TEDICT ships an update every 3 weeks, Shadowing App every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and May 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TEDICT | Shadowing App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (519 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 87.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 519 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CoCO SWING | Berat Ridvan Asilturk |
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
Shadowing App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TEDICT
No in-app purchases
Shadowing App
No in-app purchases






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