DictAPP vs Spelling Expert Light
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DictAPP
This app allows parents and teachers to create and record dictations for children to transcribe. It automatically highlights spelling errors, helping to reinforce correct spelling of common or specific difficulties.
- Create custom dictations
- Record audio for dictations
- Child transcription feature
- Automatic error highlighting
- Focus on common spelling difficulties
- Supports primary school levels
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DictAPP permet de créer une dictée, de l’enregistrer et de la faire transcrire par l’enfant. Une correction automatique du texte signale les erreurs, montrant ou non les mots mal orthographiés. Cette application permet donc aux professeurs ou aux parents de proposer des textes contenant les difficultés orthographiques courantes ou bien celles que l’on sait fréquentes chez l’enfant. On peut ainsi multiplier les chances de corriger une erreur habituelle. Cette application complète nos autres applications de dictées (Dictées de mots CP, Dictées de mots CE1, etc.), adaptées à chaque niveau de l’école primaire et déjà publiées par ABC-Applications.
Spelling Expert Light
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Developed with students and teachers, this versatile app is used to improve spelling skills and to learn new words in foreign languages. The clear design and the simple structure of the program help to progress efficiently. The words you wish to exercise with are to be entered first. The app provides eight different exercises to learn the entered words. These include drag& drop exercises with letters, dictation, or recognizing the word in various forms (mirrored, with missing letter, partially obscured). These exercises vary in difficulty. Points are awarded to the words when the correct answer is entered, according to the difficulty of the exercise. Once a word has been awarded 100 points, it is accepted as „learned“, and removed from the active list of words. The light version is limited to 2 lists with a maximum of 10 words. With in App Purchase you can add the following features: Multiple lists of words can be defined to allow several students to exercise with the same device, or to make various lists of words according to subjects / languages. Unlimited number of words for each list. Password protection allows a teacher to observe the student‘s progress and requires a password to delete unlearned words.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Spelling Expert Light at Free against DictAPP's $2.99. Spelling Expert Light also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.6). DictAPP's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads 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
Spelling Expert Light is free to download; DictAPP costs $2.99 up front. Spelling Expert Light sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. DictAPP asks for nothing beyond the download.
DictAPP ships an update every 5 months, Spelling Expert Light every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DictAPP | Spelling Expert Light |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 162 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CROMBEZ Emmanuel | Pappy GmbH |
In-app purchases
DictAPP
No in-app purchases
Spelling Expert Light
- Full Version$24.99
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