Comparison

VantagePoint Events vs Speak Shakespeare

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

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About

VantagePoint Events

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Welcome to VantagePoint events - the go-to app for all of your VantagePoint event information. Download the app to see schedules, speaker details, networking and important notifications.

About

Speak Shakespeare

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Read one of Shakespeare's sonnets aloud and see which words you pronounced correctly and which ones need another try. Speak Shakespeare is an English pronunciation trainer built like a language lab around Shakespeare's 154 sonnets. First, listen to the narrator read a line. Then read it aloud yourself. The app listens to your voice and shows whether each word was pronounced correctly, almost correctly, or incorrectly. You can then play back your recording and compare it with the narrator's. HOW CAN I CHECK IF MY PRONUNCIATION IS CORRECT? Is there an AI tool that can check my pronunciation? This is one: AI speech recognition gives every word you read its own verdict, so you know exactly which word to work on. A line counts only when every word in it is pronounced correctly: almost correct is not enough. You can also listen to your recording and the narrator's to hear the difference for yourself. SHADOWING ON A REAL TEXT Shadowing means listening to a voice and repeating after it. Every sonnet has a narrator's reading, so you can start right away. AT YOUR OWN PACE Work line by line or stanza by stanza. You can retry a line with no penalty for mistakes. Your score shows how much material you have mastered, not the time you spent or the number of attempts. Comparing your results with other readers is up to you. WHO IT IS FOR English learners who want to practice pronunciation with a complete text instead of isolated drills. Readers who want to hear Shakespeare's sonnets and read them aloud themselves. People who already practice shadowing and want a steady text with a reference reading for every sonnet. THE SONNETS All 154 of Shakespeare's sonnets, each with audio of a narrator's reference reading. Some sonnets are available from the start. A one-time purchase unlocks the rest permanently, with no subscription. The app's interface is available in English, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional), French, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Turkish.

Screenshots

VantagePoint Events4 screens
Speak Shakespeare4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: VantagePoint Events at none against Speak Shakespeare's 1. VantagePoint Events also leads on iOS requirement (13.4 vs 17.6). Speak Shakespeare's advantage is device support. On price there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Speak Shakespeare sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. VantagePoint Events asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
VantagePoint Events versus Speak Shakespeare: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVantagePoint EventsSpeak Shakespeare
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Daily
Adsโ€”No
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
Devicesโ€”iPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS13.4 โ€” better17.6
Further details โ€” not scored
Size44 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTeknowledge SoftwareMaxim Oransky

In-app purchases

None

VantagePoint Events

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Speak Shakespeare

One-time1
  • Every sonnet$8.99

Questions

Is VantagePoint Events free?
VantagePoint Events is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Speak Shakespeare free?
Speak Shakespeare is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

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