TEDICT vs MindBuilding
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
MindBuilding
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Short exercises for memory, attention and reaction time. Track your scores. A subscription is required to use MindBuilding: weekly (3-day free trial) or yearly (7-day free trial), or a one-time lifetime purchase. The welcome and your first session are free. MindBuilding brings the mind workouts of the mindbuilding community into one app: RRT, N-back, CCT, Posner, UFOV, 3D MOT and more, with a plan for today and progress you can check. 40 EXERCISES AND A DAILY CHECK-IN Each one says what it trains and how strong the evidence is (badge A to D). The core of the community: • RRT: relational reasoning on premises, with community presets and a spatializing tutorial. • Dual N-back: working-memory updating, with a variable mode. • CCT: an adaptive PASAT for cognitive control, with a gentle entry. • Posner: fast same-or-different judgments on letters, names and meanings. Experimental, and labeled as such. • UFOV (useful field of view): a target in the center, another at the edge, shown for a split second. • 3D MOT: track several targets moving among identical distractors. • Stop signal: halt an action already started; your SSRT is estimated with the standard research method. • Stroop, Schulte table, a 2-minute math sprint, the chimp test, and 10 unrelated words for one facet of creativity. • A 3-minute check-in (PVT) that shows how alert you are today. Nothing to beat, nothing to train. A PLAN FOR TODAY, IN ONE TAP Tell MindBuilding your goals and your time, then press Start: a short circuit, or a 5 to 20-minute warm-up before class, work or a game. Each exercise states its progression rule in plain words, and Ranked mode keeps settings fixed so records stay comparable. PROGRESS YOU CAN CHECK Every session is saved automatically: records, lifetime totals, curves and a consistency calendar. Hit a plateau and the app says so, with a variant or a rest day to try. Taps are time-stamped at the moment of touch and stimuli dated to the frame actually shown, at 120 Hz where supported; a timing lab shows what your device can do. CHECK-UPS ON TASKS YOU NEVER TRAIN A 5-minute starting check-up, then at most one a month: matrices, complex span, reaction time, sustained attention. Alternate forms and the monthly limit reduce what habit alone adds to your scores, so you see what really changed. You are only compared with yourself, and there is no intelligence score. THE SCIENCE, IN THE OPEN Each exercise has a card: what research shows, what it doesn't, and a link to every study. Get better at what you practice: that is what the evidence supports. CONSISTENCY THAT RESPECTS REST Consistency counts against your plan, never raw volume. Weeks held stay on your record, freezes are earned by training and never sold, and pause mode holds everything when life gets busy. After about 30 minutes on one exercise, MindBuilding suggests a break. NO ACCOUNT, NO ADS Works offline. Export every session and every trial as CSV or JSON, or erase everything, whenever you want. ACCESSIBLE Dark and light themes, Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, softened flashes, and cues that never rely on color alone. On iPhone and iPad. MINDBUILDING PRO (REQUIRED) After the welcome and your first session, choose a plan: • Weekly: weekly subscription, with a 3-day free trial • Yearly: yearly subscription, with a 7-day free trial • Lifetime: one-time purchase, nothing to renew Yearly and Lifetime work with Family Sharing. Your local price is shown in the app before you confirm your purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm, or when the free trial ends. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (Apple standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://romeoapps.app/en/mindbuilding/privacy/ MindBuilding is not a medical app. It does not diagnose or treat any condition.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: MindBuilding at Free against TEDICT's $4.99. MindBuilding also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). TEDICT's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On ads 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
MindBuilding is free to download; TEDICT costs $4.99 up front. MindBuilding sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. TEDICT asks for nothing beyond the download.
TEDICT ships an update every 3 weeks, MindBuilding weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TEDICT | MindBuilding |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (520 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 88.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 520 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CoCO SWING | ROMEO ILARIO FLAVIO GAMBINO |
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
MindBuilding
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TEDICT
No in-app purchases
MindBuilding
- MindBuilding Pro — Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- MindBuilding Pro — Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- MindBuilding Pro — Lifetime$49.99









