Comparison

iconRead vs Lingofloat

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

Head to head
About

iconRead

Features
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Help kids and foreign language learners to learn English, by playing Youtube videos with Karaoke style syncing subtitles and showing words' meanings in sliding small pictures (icons, hence the name iconRead, pronounced as "I can read!"). This app turns usual English Youtube videos and English texts into an immersive language learning experience.

About

Lingofloat

Features
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Lingofloat helps English learners improve listening, pronunciation, and vocabulary through real-world content. Instead of studying isolated words or textbook examples, Lingofloat lets you learn from podcasts, YouTube videos, recordings, and uploaded media. Import content you actually care about, follow along with interactive transcripts, save useful expressions, and review them in context. Lingofloat is designed especially for intermediate to advanced English learners who want to move beyond classroom English and understand how people really speak. Key features: • Import podcasts, videos, and audio files • Follow along with clear, interactive transcripts • Tap words and phrases for learner-friendly explanations • Save useful expressions from real conversations • Practise listening with replay, chunking, and shadowing • Record your pronunciation and compare your speech • Review saved language through spaced repetition • Build a personal English learning system from content you love Whether you are preparing for study, work, migration, interviews, daily conversations, or simply want to enjoy English content more easily, Lingofloat helps you turn real input into active practice. Learn from the shows, voices, and topics you already care about — and make new English stick.

Screenshots

iconRead4 screens
Lingofloat4 screens

Verdict

The call

iconRead and Lingofloat are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
iconRead versus Lingofloat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametericonReadLingofloat
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJun OuyangPAO-SHENG CHIAO

In-app purchases

None

iconRead

No in-app purchases

None

Lingofloat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iconRead free?
iconRead is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lingofloat free?
Lingofloat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do iconRead or Lingofloat have ads?
Neither iconRead nor Lingofloat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iconRead or Lingofloat?
iconRead ships an update every 2 months, and Lingofloat every 2 months. Most recently, iconRead was updated on October 7, 2026 and Lingofloat on October 14, 2026.

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