轻词英语 vs Shadowing Lab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
轻词英语
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轻词英语 - 单词·听力一站式学习 轻词英语是一款专为中国学生打造的英语学习 App,覆盖小学、初中、高中、四六级、考研、雅思托福等学习阶段 ,集单词学习、听力训练、自定义词库与智能复习于一体。 【分级词汇与听力】 内置从小学到大学的分级词汇库和听力资源,难度循序渐进,不用四处找材料,打开 App 就能开始学。 【智能生疏词复习】 复习时不认识的单词会自动沉淀为生疏词,系统根据掌握情况帮你聚焦难点,减少重复背熟词的时间。 【拍照导入生词】 对着单词书、试卷、讲义拍照,AI 自动识别单词并导入你的专属词库,还可自动生成释义和例句。 【听力精听训练】 接入百度网盘进行听力资源播放,且内置大量听力资源、后台播放和逐句复读,适合通勤、走路、睡前磨耳朵,也适合针对难句反复精听。 【自定义学习内容】 你可以创建自己的单词本,导入需要学习的生词;也可以整理专属听力材料,让学习内容真正贴合自己。 适合人群: • 小学生:同步基础词汇,打好英语基础 • 中学生:中高考词汇与听力系统训练 • 大学生:四六级、考研词汇听力强化 • 英语学习者:自建词库和听力库,长期积累提升 轻词英语没有开屏广告,没有强制打卡,没有复杂干扰,只专注于更轻、更高效的英语学习体验。 下载轻词英语,让单词和听力学习更轻松。
Shadowing Lab
This app focuses on improving English listening comprehension, pronunciation, and spoken expression through intensive listening, close reading, and shadowing techniques. It offers structured, repeatable training with curated content and a clear learning path to build sustainable language ability.
- Intensive listening with segment-based audio
- Shadowing practice with native audio comparison
- Bilingual text support (English-Chinese)
- Curated content with increasing difficulty
- Progress tracking and learning milestones
- Distraction-free interface
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Shadowing is an English learning app focused on intensive listening, close reading, and shadowing practice. It is designed for learners who want to improve their listening comprehension, pronunciation, and spoken expression through structured, repeatable training. With carefully selected content and a clear learning path, Shadowing helps learners steadily build real English ability step by step. We believe that high-quality input combined with rhythmic, repeated practice is the key to sustainable language improvement. Key Features 1. Curated Content for a Sustainable Learning Rhythm - Carefully selected short English texts and audio with gradually increasing difficulty - Segment-based intensive listening, breaking audio into short sentences or phrases to lower the listening barrier - Bilingual text support (English–Chinese) to help learners understand meaning and expression patterns 2. Shadowing & Pronunciation Practice: Turning Input into Output - Sentence-by-sentence shadowing with native audio to build correct pronunciation and intonation - Pronunciation comparison and feedback to help identify and improve weak points - Unlimited repeat practice until you fully understand and can speak smoothly 3. Clear Learning Path, No Mindless Content Scrolling - Progress from Text 1 to Text 20, each representing a clear learning milestone - Learning records and progress tracking make improvement visible - Clean, distraction-free interface that keeps the focus on listening and reading Who Is This App For - Learners who want to systematically improve English listening skills - Users who want to improve pronunciation and speech rhythm through shadowing - People who need English input and output for work or study - Anyone who wants to build a long-term, sustainable English learning habit Use Cases 1. Practice intensive listening during your commute 2. Do a few minutes of shadowing before bed to reinforce pronunciation 3. Replay difficult sentences until they are fully understood 4. Use fragmented time to complete one text at a time and build a sense of progress Auto-Renewable Subscription Information Subscription Options: - Monthly subscription - Yearly subscription (Prices are shown in the app and may vary by region) Subscription Terms: - Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account upon confirmation of purchase - Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period - Renewal will be charged within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period - You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple ID settings How to Cancel: On iOS, go to: Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions → Shadowing → Cancel Subscription Legal: - Privacy Policy: https://zhangpeiwhut.github.io/shark-english-legal/privacy.html - Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 轻词英语 at none against Shadowing Lab's 8. 轻词英语 also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 5 days) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and 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
Both are free to download. Shadowing Lab sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. 轻词英语 asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for 轻词英语 against 5.0 for Shadowing Lab. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
轻词英语 ships an update daily, Shadowing Lab every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 轻词英语 | Shadowing Lab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 侨 唐 | 培 张 |
Customer experience
轻词英语
Shadowing Lab
In-app purchases
轻词英语
No in-app purchases
Shadowing Lab
- Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
- 连续包年$4.991 Year
- Points Pack (612)$0.99
- Points Top-Up ¥18$2.99
- Points Top-Up ¥38$4.99
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- Points Pack (7956)$9.99
- Points Pack (12054)$14.99
- Points Top-Up ¥198$29.99









