Comparison

Listening Tutor 3 vs Speak850

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

Head to head
About

Listening Tutor 3

Practice everyday English listening skills through short audio lessons focused on family, daily routines, and neighborhood scenarios. It offers focused questions and replay options to help learners understand spoken English.

Highlights
  • Daily life English listening practice
  • Family and routine scenarios
  • Short audio lessons
  • Focused comprehension questions
  • Normal and slow playback speed
  • Review and mistake replay
  • Offline use
Features
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Build everyday English listening around family, people, and daily life scenes. English listening practice 3 trains family members, pronouns, home spaces, routines, likes, and neighborhood situations. Each lesson repeats short audio with focused follow-up questions so you can steadily understand who is doing what and where. Inside this episode: - 50 short lessons - 5 learning units - 200 listening questions - normal and slow playback - review lessons and mistake replay - offline use with no login required It is a practical listening step for learners who want stronger reactions to simple daily English.

About

Speak850

Features
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Speak English with just 850 words. Speak850 teaches you Basic English — the famous method created by linguist C. K. Ogden in 1930: a small, carefully chosen core of 850 words that can express almost any everyday idea. Master this core and you can communicate right away — then grow naturally toward full English. Learn in your own language. Pick from 22 native languages and every word and example sentence is shown with a translation you understand, plus clear on-device audio. WHAT YOU GET • A complete 14-week course — all 850 Basic English words, grouped into clear topics (People, Actions, House & Home, The Body, and more). • Smart flashcards with spaced repetition (SRS) that bring words back exactly when you're about to forget them. • A daily review queue, study streak, daily goal, and an optional reminder to keep the habit. • Listen and learn — natural pronunciation for every word and sentence. PRO unlocks the full experience • The complete course — every topic and all 850 words. • Unlimited mixed practice: choose the meaning, pick the word, listen, and spell. • Example Sentences — see every word in real context, with audio and a translation in your language. • Word Combinations & Grammar guides — the heart of the method: how a few verbs plus direction words (get up, put on, take off, give up…) and a handful of simple rules let you say almost anything. One-time purchase. No subscription. Free updates. The first topics and a daily review are free, so you can feel the method before you decide. Your progress is private — stored on your device and synced through your own iCloud. No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Note: This app is an independent work that teaches the public-domain Basic English method. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by C. K. Ogden's estate or the Orthological Institute. All example sentences and translations are original.

Screenshots

Listening Tutor 34 screens
Speak8504 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Listening Tutor 3 at none against Speak850's 1. Speak850's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Speak850 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Listening Tutor 3 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Listening Tutor 3 ships an update every 10 days, Speak850 every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Listening Tutor 3 versus Speak850: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterListening Tutor 3Speak850
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size133 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerwinlink co. ltd.YI LIU

In-app purchases

None

Listening Tutor 3

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Speak850

One-time1
  • Speak850 Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Listening Tutor 3 free?
Listening Tutor 3 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Speak850 free?
Speak850 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Listening Tutor 3 or Speak850 have ads?
Neither Listening Tutor 3 nor Speak850 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Listening Tutor 3 or Speak850?
Listening Tutor 3 ships an update every 10 days, and Speak850 every 9 days. Most recently, Listening Tutor 3 was updated on October 16, 2026 and Speak850 on October 25, 2026.

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