Comparison

流利说·英语 vs 扇贝听力口语

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

Head to head
About

流利说·英语

This app offers a fun and efficient way to learn English, focusing on speaking and pronunciation. It features an AI teacher, adaptive courses, and a variety of content for real-life situations. Practice with others through conversations and quizzes.

Highlights
  • AI-powered English test and adaptive learning
  • Dubbing courses with diverse video clips
  • Daily updated lessons for listening, reading, and speaking
  • Real-life conversation and business etiquette practice
  • Speech recognition for pronunciation feedback
  • Online conversation practice with language partners
  • Quiz competitions with friends
Features
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"Liulishuo", a fun and efficient English learning App, makes speaking English irresistible. 【DongNi A+ Core Course】 Adaptive English test helping you find our your level accurately. AI teacher adjusting learning progress according to your own strengths and weaknesses. Professionally designed curriculum enabling you to actually use English in real life. 【Dubbing Courses】 Dubbing Courses are back online with a wide variety of video clips covering 14 different categories. Learning English has never been so much fun! 【Systematic Content】 We provide daily updated lessons which can help you improve your listening, reading and speaking ability simultaneously! 【Abundant Learning Material】 Casual conversation? Business Etiquette? Conversations for travelling and campus? You name it, we have it! 【Practice with Real People】 Engage in English conversations with language partners of the same level with you in Online Conversation. Have quiz competitions with your friends in Online Quiz. 【AI Teacher】 Get accurate ratings of your English ability and improve your pronunciation with our cutting-edge speech recognition technology! About Course Subscription After version 4.0, Liulishuo offers a paid subscription service. Users can subscribe to three green-diamond courses (with a value lower than 100 green diamonds) for a month by paying 10 RMB. Privacy and usage agreement: http://hybrid.liulishuo.com/lingome/shared_page.html#/terms User Service agreement: https://lingome.liulishuo.com/user_service_agreement User Policy: https://lingome.liulishuo.com/user_policy

About

扇贝听力口语

This app offers immersive English listening and speaking practice with diverse resources for all levels. It breaks down content sentence by sentence and includes features like smart fill-in-the-blanks and tests to reinforce learning.

Highlights
  • Immersive listening practice with dual subtitles
  • Extensive resource library for various English exams
  • Graded difficulty levels for all learners
  • Sentence-by-sentence breakdown for comprehension
  • Smart fill-in-the-blanks for vocabulary
  • Targeted practice with past exam papers
Features
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扇贝听力,是一个有效果、学不累居然还有点好玩的训练App。 【泛听练习】 中英字幕对照,每天坚持10分钟,沉浸式泛听练习,练就听力耳朵。 【海量资源】 四六级,专四,专八,考研,托业,托福,雅思,BEC,商务英语…… 【难度分级】 无论你是初学者,还是英语大神,专业的难度分级都能让你快速找到心仪的听力资源。 【逐句训练】 每一篇文章,我们都会拆成一句句,让你听懂为止;实在听不出,我有刮刮卡。 【查缺补漏】 如果担心自己没听懂,我们还有测试环节查缺补漏,让你牢牢掌握每一个关键词。 【精听练习】 四六级、托福、雅思,我们精选了历年真题对你进行强化训练,即使只有一分钟也可以快速开始练习。 【单词拼写】 智能填空,帮你精选重难点单词,写不出来我们还有提示帮你忙。 课程/会员服务协议: https://web.shanbay.com/grammy/purchase-regulation 自动续费服务规则: https://web.shanbay.com/grammy/membership/renewal-agreement 微信公众号:shanbay17 新浪微博:@扇贝网 电子邮箱:help@shanbay.com

Screenshots

流利说·英语4 screens
扇贝听力口语4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: 扇贝听力口语 at 4.8 against 流利说·英语's 4.3. 扇贝听力口语 also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (91% vs 63%). 流利说·英语's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. 流利说·英语 sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and 扇贝听力口语 sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

扇贝听力口语 holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.6K and 628 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of 流利说·英语's written reviews are positive against 91% of 扇贝听力口语's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

流利说·英语 ships an update fortnightly, 扇贝听力口语 weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
流利说·英语 versus 扇贝听力口语: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter流利说·英语扇贝听力口语
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (1.6K ratings)4.8 (628 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.8% of reviews91.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.6K — better628
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size432 MB173 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperShanghai Liulishuo Information Technology Ltd.Nanjing Beiwan Information & Tech Ltd.

Customer experience

流利说·英语

All ratings1,627 ratings
Positive82.2%
Neutral3.6%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews328 reviews
Positive62.8%
Neutral2.7%
Negative34.5%

扇贝听力口语

All ratings628 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.4%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews279 reviews
Positive91.4%
Neutral3.6%
Negative5.0%

User reviews

流利说·英语

From 1.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Convenient and user-friendly
  • 🚀 Effective for improving speaking skills
  • 💡 Helpful for practicing English conversation
  • 🚀 Flexible learning schedule
  • 👍 Good learning materials and content

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent connection issues and app crashes
  • 💰 Expensive paid courses
  • 🤖 Overly aggressive sales tactics and pushy marketing
  • 🤔 Questionable accuracy of level testing
  • 👎 Poor customer service and support

扇贝听力口语

From 628 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great app for improving English listening skills
  • 🚀 Effective and efficient way to learn English
  • 💡 Interesting and engaging learning experience
  • 👍 Helpful for preparing for tests like IELTS and PTE

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent bugs and crashes, especially with the recording feature
  • 🐛 Unreliable performance, with issues like content not loading or getting stuck
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 👎 Poor user experience with certain features like sentence practice

Bugs and requests

流利说·英语

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App freezes and fails to load content
  • Paid courses not activating properly
  • Inconsistent performance across different devices
  • Unreliable tracking of learning progress and time spent
  • Difficulty accessing and managing user account information

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add British English accent options
  • Improve speech recognition and feedback accuracy
  • Provide more real-life conversational practice
  • Allow users to select specific vocabulary and grammar topics
  • Introduce a free tier with limited features

扇贝听力口语

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Frequent crashes and freezes, especially during the listening practice
  • Issues with the recording feature, like random skipping or lack of audio
  • Problems with the app loading or syncing content, leading to timeouts
  • Incompatibility with certain devices or iOS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more American English pronunciation options
  • Improve the recording and scoring functionality for the speaking practice
  • Provide an option to download/save the listening materials for offline use
  • Introduce a dark mode or customizable theme

In-app purchases

9 purchases

流利说·英语

One-time9
  • 「懂你英语®A⁺」标准版 限时特惠$0.99
  • 流利说·发音7天训练营$1.99
  • 懂你英语®A⁺ 30 天$6.99
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  • 「懂你英语®A⁺」标准版 30 天首购特惠$6.99
  • 地道发音课程$7.99
  • 「懂你英语®A⁺」标准版 30 天首购特惠$9.99
  • 懂你英语AI课程30天$14.99
  • 懂你英语标准版 30 天套餐2 variants$14.99
  • 懂你英语标准版 180 天套餐$69.99
10 purchases

扇贝听力口语

Subscriptions1
  • 扇贝大会员连续包月1 Month trial$4.991 Month
One-time9
  • 600贝壳$0.99
  • 120次 听力 提示$0.99
  • 240次听力提示$1.99
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  • 1800贝壳$2.99
  • 3000贝壳$3.99
  • 扇贝听力口语会员月卡$5.99
  • 5000贝壳$6.99
  • 10000贝壳$14.99
  • 扇贝大会员$34.99

Questions

Is 流利说·英语 free?
流利说·英语 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 扇贝听力口语 free?
扇贝听力口语 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 流利说·英语 or 扇贝听力口语?
扇贝听力口语 is rated higher. 流利说·英语 averages 4.3 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while 扇贝听力口语 averages 4.8 from 628 ratings.
Do 流利说·英语 or 扇贝听力口语 have ads?
流利说·英语 shows ads; 扇贝听力口语 does not.
Which is updated more often, 流利说·英语 or 扇贝听力口语?
流利说·英语 ships an update fortnightly, and 扇贝听力口语 weekly. Most recently, 流利说·英语 was updated on November 10, 2026 and 扇贝听力口语 on November 12, 2026.

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