LinguaMate vs DuotingZ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LinguaMate
Enhance language listening and speaking skills with this audio player. It offers features like variable playback speed, chapter markers, and interval insertion for focused practice.
- Variable playback speed
- Virtual chapter points
- Repeat functionality
- Background playback
- Configurable seek time
- Interval insertion
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LinguaMate is an audio player app designed for building your listening skill in language learning. LinguaMate provides an easy access to rewind and forward with virtual chapter marks, and it will also be useful for shadowing and repeating to practice speaking, or transcribing speeches and interviews as it can insert intervals between chapters. Features: - File selection from the music library. (DRM-free tracks only) - Easy rewind and fast forward with configurable seek time. - Variable playback speed (x0.5 - x2.5) - Multiple Playlists. - Virtual chapter points. - Automatic chapter split. - Repeat (file/chapter/A-B) - Inserting an interval between chapters. - Background playback.
DuotingZ
This app allows users to repeatedly play audio files from their iPod library, including albums, audiobooks, and podcasts. It features adjustable playback speeds, sound wave visualization, and speech recognition in 58 languages. The app also supports background playback and remote control functionality.
- iPod library integration
- Adjustable playback speed
- Repeat playback options
- Speech recognition (58 languages)
- Sound wave visualization
- Background playback
- Remote control
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***Functions*** iPod library -album -audiobook -podcast Play repeatedly -the any ranges of a file -the whole file -1, 2, 4, 8, 16 times or unlimited Sound wave -within 30 minutes Speech recognizer -58 languages -within 30 seconds Remote Control -play -forward -back Play speed -x 0.5 -x 0.67 -x 0.8 -x 1.0 -x 1.25 -x 1.5 -x 2.0 Play in background
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: DuotingZ at Free against LinguaMate's $1.99. DuotingZ also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 56%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). LinguaMate's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). On 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
DuotingZ is free to download; LinguaMate costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
LinguaMate holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LinguaMate has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 56% of LinguaMate's written reviews are positive against 100% of DuotingZ's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
LinguaMate ships an update every 3 months, DuotingZ weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LinguaMate | DuotingZ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (7 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 56.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tatsuya Nakao | OMTea App |
Customer experience
LinguaMate
DuotingZ
In-app purchases
LinguaMate
No in-app purchases
DuotingZ
No in-app purchases
