Comparison

Dictee vs CineLingo

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

Head to head
About

Dictee

Features
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Blazingly fast digital pocket dictionary

About

CineLingo

Features
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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 โ€ข See the word, hear the word: every word comes with an image and spoken audio, so you learn the meaning directly, not through English. โ€ข Hear it in the scene: the words you just learned come back in real dialogue at natural speed. โ€ข Train your ear: quizzes use words that sound alike (hombre / hambre) so you learn to hear the difference. โ€ข Keep it: spaced repetition brings each word back just before you would forget it. โ€ข Ten minutes a day: one episode, one lesson, every day. TARGET LANGUAGES โ€ข Latin American Spanish โ€ข 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/

Screenshots

Dictee1 screens
CineLingo4 screens

Verdict

The call

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.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Dictee versus CineLingo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDicteeCineLingo
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 4 months โ€” better
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size5 MB73 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMiha VolineTrackTrack.it, LLC

In-app purchases

None

Dictee

No in-app purchases

None

CineLingo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dictee free?
Dictee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CineLingo free?
CineLingo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dictee or CineLingo have ads?
CineLingo shows ads; Dictee does not.
Which is updated more often, Dictee or CineLingo?
Dictee ships an update every 6 months, and CineLingo every 4 months. Most recently, Dictee was updated on October 7, 2026 and CineLingo on October 24, 2026.

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