ear2brain vs WordNex
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ear2brain
Learn vocabulary passively by listening to words in the background. The app allows for customizable playback and quizzing, with an AI feature to create lists from photos.
- Passive audio learning
- Customizable playback
- AI vocabulary list creation
- On-the-go learning
- Progressive quizzing
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Learn vocabulary efficiently and without even thinking! With ear2brain you listen to vocabulary in the background and learn them on the go! Change the pause between the vocabulary and let yourself be quizzed. On a continuous loop or in random order, on headphones or loudly. Remove vocabulary as soon as you know them. Don't feel like copying the vocabulary? Now you can simply take a photo and ear2brain will use AI to create a vocabulary list for you!
WordNex
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Scan an English word with your camera, understand its meaning, and follow its connections to discover more. SCAN AND LOOK UP Point the camera at printed English text for a quick definition. Freeze the view, read text from a photo, or type a word to search. Correct recognized text when needed. EXPLORE THE WORD MAP Start from a specific meaning and navigate connected words. Explore synonyms, opposites, broader and more specific meanings, word families, parts, members, materials, causes, and implications where available. Follow your navigation path, go back and forward, and switch between Map and List. READ AND LISTEN Explore definitions, examples, and parts of speech in readable entries. Listen to words and definitions, adjust reading size, and use light or dark appearance. Multilingual equivalents from Open Multilingual Wordnet help you explore English vocabulary; coverage varies by language and meaning. KEEP YOUR DISCOVERIES Save individual meanings and named exploration trails. Reopen a trail to continue exploring, or share a trail as a PDF. A wider iPad layout keeps the map and reading pane together. WORKS ON YOUR DEVICE Dictionary lookup and image text recognition work offline. No account is required. Optional voice input needs an available on-device English speech-recognition model. ABOUT THE DICTIONARY English content is based on Princeton WordNet 3.0, with multilingual resources from Open Multilingual WordNet. WordNet focuses on nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. It is not a complete dictionary of every English word, and translated definitions are not available for every meaning. Camera recognition depends on focus, lighting, and text clarity. WordNet attribution and dictionary licenses are available in the app's acknowledgements. Questions or suggestions: zhaoxiaojian@hotmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: WordNex at weekly against ear2brain's every 6 weeks. WordNex also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ear2brain ships an update every 6 weeks, WordNex weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ear2brain | WordNex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 127 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | MELANIE RITA DR., NAGEL | 小健 赵 |
In-app purchases
ear2brain
No in-app purchases
WordNex
No in-app purchases








