Comparison

English for Devs vs Sandbox Relay

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

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About

English for Devs

This app provides developers with essential English phrases for remote tech work, covering daily standups, code reviews, and technical discussions. Learn over 3,600 phrases across 12 categories to improve your communication confidence and career prospects.

Highlights
  • Developer-specific phrases
  • 12 practical categories
  • 3,600+ phrases
  • Daily learning (10 phrases)
  • Home screen widget
  • Streak tracking system
  • 10 source languages
Features
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You work remotely for a US company, but English still feels like a barrier in your daily communication. DevLingo was built specifically for developers like you. Unlike generic language apps, DevLingo teaches the exact phrases and expressions you use every day in remote tech work. No fluff, no tourist vocabulary, no restaurant dialogues. Just the English that actually matters for your career. WHY DEVLINGO? You already know how to code. You already have the technical skills. What's missing is the confidence to communicate clearly in English at work. DevLingo fills that gap with content that is 100% focused on the developer world. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN Over 3,600 phrases organized into 12 practical categories from your professional routine: - Daily Standup: Communicate your progress, blockers, and plans with clarity. - Code Review: Give and receive technical feedback professionally. - Slack & Messaging: Master async communication that is informal yet clear. - Professional Email: Write emails that are polite, clear, and to the point. - Meetings: Actively participate in calls, planning, and retrospectives. - Technical Discussions: Argue about architecture, trade-offs, and decisions. - Pull Requests: Describe, comment on, and approve PRs with the right vocabulary. - Bug Reports: Report and discuss bugs with technical precision. - Pair Programming: Collaborate in real time with fluency. - Interviews: Prepare for technical interviews in English with confidence. - Casual Chat: Join your team's water cooler conversations naturally. - Documentation: Write docs, READMEs, and specs like a native speaker. HOW IT WORKS 10 new phrases per day. Simple, consistent, and never overwhelming. Each phrase comes with real-world context, pronunciation guidance, and practical examples. In just a few minutes a day, you build a solid and functional vocabulary. HOME SCREEN WIDGET Add the DevLingo widget to your iPhone home screen and see the phrase of the day without even opening the app. A lightweight, constant way to keep learning during your workday. STREAK SYSTEM Maintain your streak of consecutive days and track your progress over time. Think of it like your GitHub contribution graph: consistency builds results. Don't break the chain. 10 SOURCE LANGUAGES DevLingo is available for speakers of Portuguese, Spanish, Mandarin, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Italian, and Polish. No matter where you are from โ€” if you work in tech, DevLingo is for you. WHO IS DEVLINGO FOR - Developers working remotely for US-based companies. - Programmers who want to improve their English communication at work. - Tech professionals preparing for international job interviews. - Devs with intermediate English who want to level up in a professional context. - Anyone in tech who wants to communicate with more confidence in global teams. Stop freezing during standups. Stop rewriting that PR comment three times. Stop staying silent in meetings because you couldn't find the right words. ================= Privacy Policy: https://drive.google.com/file/d/147xkp4cekrxhrBYZnzV-J4PzCSqkix7t/view?usp=sharing Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Sandbox Relay

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For developers who run Claude Code or Codex in Docker Sandbox, Sandbox Relay is the phone client for driving that agent. It is a companion, not a standalone app: it needs a broker you run, with an agent connected behind it. Kick off a task from the train, check on a long-running job from the couch, or steer the agent while you are away from your desk. Docker Sandbox runs each agent in its own isolated micro VM. A small broker you self-host sits in the middle: you send work from your phone, the broker passes it to the agent, and the streamed reply comes back. Your infrastructure, your agent. The app is just the remote. New to this setup? The app's support page explains how it works and what you need to run it. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Connect to your broker with a URL and a bearer token. Connections use HTTPS, with plain HTTP allowed only for local-network addresses. - See every connected agent at a glance, with live online/offline status. - Send the agent work and watch its reply stream in token by token. Stop a turn mid-stream, or start a fresh thread whenever you want. - When an agent goes offline, its thread stays readable as history. - See per-turn input and output token counts when the broker reports them. - Save reusable prompts as local notes, organised by hierarchical tags like #work/project/feature. Drill down by tag, copy a note straight into a thread, or link a note to the thread it came from. Notes live on your device only; they never touch the broker. WHAT YOU NEED - A broker you run, reachable from your phone (over your local network, or remotely through a tunnel or private network you control). - A coding agent, Claude Code or Codex, running in Docker Sandbox and connected to that broker. PRIVACY Sandbox Relay talks only to the broker you configure. Your access token is stored securely on your device and sent only to that broker, to authenticate you; it never goes to the developer or any third party. Your notes stay on your device and are never sent anywhere. No third-party analytics, no account to create. Note that the app streams whatever your agent outputs, verbatim.

Screenshots

English for Devs4 screens
Sandbox Relay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sandbox Relay at none against English for Devs's 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. English for Devs sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Sandbox Relay asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 7 level
English for Devs versus Sandbox Relay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEnglish for DevsSandbox Relay
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyMonthlyโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
MonetizationFreemiumโ€”
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size7 MB32 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJoao Victor Flores da CostaEric Boumendil

In-app purchases

2 purchases

English for Devs

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
  • Yerly Subscription$7.991 Year
None

Sandbox Relay

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is English for Devs free?
English for Devs is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sandbox Relay free?
Sandbox Relay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do English for Devs or Sandbox Relay have ads?
Neither English for Devs nor Sandbox Relay shows ads.

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