Dictee vs CineLingo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Dictee
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Blazingly fast digital pocket dictionary
CineLingo
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CineLingo teaches you to understand a spoken language by watching a story. Each day you watch a short scene from an original film. Before the scene, CineLingo teaches you the words in it, with pictures and native-speaker audio. No translation, no grammar drills. Then you watch, and you understand the line when it comes. Most apps train your reading. CineLingo trains your ear. HOW IT WORKS โข See the word, hear the word: every word comes with an image and spoken audio, so you learn the meaning directly, not through English. โข Hear it in the scene: the words you just learned come back in real dialogue at natural speed. โข Train your ear: quizzes use words that sound alike (hombre / hambre) so you learn to hear the difference. โข Keep it: spaced repetition brings each word back just before you would forget it. โข Ten minutes a day: one episode, one lesson, every day. TARGET LANGUAGES โข Latin American Spanish โข European Portuguese, as spoken in Lisbon, which few apps teach BUILT ON COMPREHENSIBLE INPUT CineLingo is built on comprehensible input: you acquire a language by understanding messages just above your level. Use it alongside the app you already have, or on its own. Start with Day 1. For Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Dictee at none against CineLingo's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Dictee ships an update every 6 months, CineLingo every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dictee | CineLingo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 4 months โ better |
| Ads | No โ better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 โ better | 18.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Miha Voline | TrackTrack.it, LLC |
In-app purchases
Dictee
No in-app purchases
CineLingo
No in-app purchases









