Comparison

TEDICT vs Shadowing App

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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)
Features
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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

About

Shadowing App

Features
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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.

Screenshots

TEDICT4 screens
Shadowing App4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
TEDICT versus Shadowing App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTEDICTShadowing App
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (519 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings519 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCoCO SWINGBerat 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

None

TEDICT

No in-app purchases

None

Shadowing App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TEDICT free?
TEDICT costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shadowing App free?
Shadowing App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TEDICT or Shadowing App have ads?
Neither TEDICT nor Shadowing App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TEDICT or Shadowing App?
TEDICT ships an update every 3 weeks, and Shadowing App every 2 weeks. Most recently, TEDICT was updated on September 21, 2026 and Shadowing App on May 17, 2026.

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