Comparison

Shadowing English vs Ledoly

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

Head to head
About

Shadowing English

Improve your spoken English by practicing with real YouTube videos. This app uses the shadowing technique, where you listen and repeat segments from videos, receiving instant pronunciation feedback. It's designed to help you speak fluently using content you already enjoy.

Highlights
  • Shadowing technique for pronunciation
  • Practice with real YouTube videos
  • Instant speech scoring
  • Bilingual subtitles
  • 5-minute daily practice sessions
  • 16 interface languages
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Understand English but freeze the moment you have to speak? That's the passive-vocabulary gap — and shadowing is how you close it. Shadowing · real YouTube videos · instant speech scoring — finally speak the words you already know. From Steve Jobs speeches to Friends, TED talks to JENNIE — turn the videos you already love into speaking practice. The same method used by professional interpreters, just 5 minutes a day. THE LOOP: LISTEN → REPEAT → SCORE 1. Pick a real video you love 2. Listen to a short segment 3. Repeat it out loud 4. See your pronunciation score — try again until you nail it WHY SHADOWING WORKS Shadowing trains your mouth to produce the sounds you already understand — the way interpreters at the UN build fluency. It works at every level. WHY SPEAKFOX • Real YouTube, not textbooks — real accents, real context, not scripted audio • Instant speech scoring — feedback on what you SAY, not just what you recognize • Bilingual subtitles — understand every line in English and your own language • Built for your level — beginner to advanced, videos matched to you • 5 minutes a day — daily streaks keep you coming back 16 INTERFACE LANGUAGES Use the app in your native language while learning English. FREE vs PRO Free: up to 15 segments per day Pro: unlimited practice, AI pronunciation scoring, full progress tracking, priority support Start speaking the English you already understand. Try SpeakFox free today. Terms of Use: https://speakfox.app/terms-of-use/ Privacy Policy: https://speakfox.app/privacy-policy/

About

Ledoly

Features
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HOW AMERICAN DO YOU SOUND? FIND OUT IN 60 SECONDS. Read one sentence aloud. AI scores your American accent out of 10, shows a green/amber/red heatmap of every word, and tells you exactly where to start. Free. No credit card. About a minute. Your grammar is fine. Your vocabulary is fine. But when you open your mouth, people hear your accent before your ideas. Ledoly is the American-English speaking and accent coach built for Vietnamese professionals who need to be understood clearly at work. START WITH THE 60-SECOND ACCENT AUDIT • Read one fixed sentence and get an instant Glass Ceiling Score out of 10 • A per-word heatmap: green is clear, amber needs work, red is unclear • Accuracy, fluency, completeness, and prosody bars • A CEFR-style level and a recommended starting point • Severity-ranked issues so you know what to focus on first AN AI COACH THAT HEARS WHAT NATIVES HEAR • Pronunciation graded phoneme by phoneme, not just word by word • Tuned to the sounds Vietnamese speakers find hardest — missing ending /s/, flat /th/, the American /r/, and word-stress errors • Drill practice sentences for word-by-word coaching • A pronunciation profile that tracks your strongest and weakest sounds • Honest grading: if a clip can't be scored, it says so instead of faking a number A REAL SPEAKING COURSE, NOT FLASHCARD FILLER • 77 interactive lessons across 16 modules on a 23-level Spiral Roadmap • CEFR-aligned from the very beginning through advanced • A guided lesson player: one activity at a time, check your answer, get feedback, continue • A recurring cast at The Hub — Alex, Sam, Sofia, Marco, Yuki, and Priya • Smart flashcards with spaced repetition (Again / Hard / Good / Easy), optional IPA and audio LIVE 1-ON-1 LESSONS WITH AMERICAN COACHES • Browse a directory of native American-accent coaches by rating and specialization • Review your completed live lessons with AI summaries and transcripts • Keep your streak, earn XP, and watch your level climb WHO IT'S FOR Vietnamese professionals — engineers, product managers, nurses — who already speak English but whose accent holds them back with American colleagues, clients, and patients. Also anyone preparing to live or work in the US. HOW IT WORKS 1. Take the free 60-Second Accent Audit and get your Glass Ceiling Score 2. Follow your recommended starting level through the course 3. Drill weak sounds with the AI coach and smart flashcards 4. Practice daily to build a streak — and browse American-accent coaches for live 1-on-1 practice One account works on the Ledoly website and the app. Sign in with email or with Apple. Microphone access is used only to record and score your pronunciation. You can request deletion of your voice recordings, and delete your account anytime from Settings > Account. Ready to hear how American you sound? Take the 60-Second Accent Audit — free, in about a minute. Questions? Visit https://ledoly.com/support

Screenshots

Shadowing English4 screens
Ledoly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ledoly at none against Shadowing English's 6. Ledoly also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Shadowing English sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Ledoly asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Shadowing English versus Ledoly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShadowing EnglishLedoly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (101 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings101 — better—
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRoman AbramovLEARN VIETNAMESE WITH SVFF COMPANY LIMITED

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Shadowing English

Subscriptions6
  • Plus$5.991 Month
  • SpeakFox Pro Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Plus3 Days trial$24.991 Year
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  • Plus$24.991 Year
  • SpeakFox Pro Yearly3 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • SpeakFox Pro Yearly$69.991 Year
None

Ledoly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shadowing English free?
Shadowing English is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ledoly free?
Ledoly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Shadowing English or Ledoly have ads?
Neither Shadowing English nor Ledoly shows ads.

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