EchoNative vs Sound Native Accent Reduction

EchoNative — Turn the podcasts you already listen to into a deep-listening practice room. For upper-intermediate and advanced English learners who want to truly understand the podcasts they listen to — not just follow along. Import a podcast RSS feed, Apple Podcasts link, or local audio file you have the right to listen to. EchoNative auto-generates word-perfect subtitles powered by OpenAI Whisper, so you stop guessing and start studying. WHAT'S INSIDE • AI Subtitles — Whisper-grade transcripts with word-level timestamps. Tap a word to hear it again. • Sentence Breakdown — Tap any sentence for an instant GPT-4o analysis: literal translation, idiomatic translation, syntax structure, and the rhetorical device behind it. • Instant Word Lookup — Tap any word for a clean dictionary card. No browser jumping, no copy-paste. • Shadowing & Scoring — Record yourself shadowing a sentence. Get an instant pronunciation + fluency score from on-device + AI evaluation. • Smart Vocabulary — Save words and phrases you actually encounter. SM-2 spaced repetition surfaces them again at the perfect moment. • Phrase Discovery — Run a one-tap scan on any episode to surface the idioms and collocations hiding in the transcript. Add them to your vocabulary with one more tap. • Anki Export — Take your vocab anywhere. One tap exports a clean .csv ready for Anki. WHO IT'S FOR You can already follow most native English content, but you want to: - Notice what slips past you in real-time listening - Build a vocabulary of words and phrases that actually matter to you (not someone else's textbook) - Practice shadowing without external apps or paper If you're at CEFR B2/C1 trying to push to C2, this is built for you. PRIVACY-FIRST ARCHITECTURE • Your shadowing recordings stay on your device. Always. • Only the audio you ask us to transcribe is sent to OpenAI. • No analytics, ads, or behavioral tracking inside the app. • Read our full privacy policy: https://echonative.com/privacy SUBSCRIPTION TERMS EchoNative Pro unlocks all AI features (subtitles, sentence analysis, word lookup, shadowing scoring, unlimited vocabulary). • Monthly: $9.99 USD / month • Yearly: $59.99 USD / year (save ~50%) • Both plans include a 7-day free trial for new subscribers • Subscriptions auto-renew. Cancel anytime in iOS Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions, at least 24 hours before the trial or current period ends. Local pricing in other regions follows Apple's standard pricing matrix. Privacy Policy: https://echonative.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://echonative.com/terms Support: hello@echonative.com

⏺ Stop guessing how your accent sounds. Sound Native shows you. Most pronunciation apps tell you to "listen and repeat." Sound Native goes further — it shows your vowel sounds as live data, gives you anatomically-grounded muscle exercises, and builds a personalized training plan based on what you actually get wrong. THE VOWEL ANALYZER The core of the app is a real-time formant analyzer. Speak or hold a vowel — the app plots where your sound lands in the English vowel space (F1 × F2 coordinates) and shows how close you are to the target. You see exactly whether your /æ/ is too far back or your /ɪ/ is too tense. No other accent app shows you this 15+ PRONUNCIATION DRILL • TH Drill — record /θ/ and /ð/ for each word, replay your voice, and decide yourself if it sounded right — builds your own ear rather than relying on imperfect automated detection • Stress Trainer — compare your pitch curve to a native speaker syllable-by-syllable • Connected Speech — hear the natural keyword in isolation first (gonna, wanna, T-flap), then in a full sentence, then record yourself • Schwa & Weak Forms — train the unstressed syllable reductions that make speech sound natural • Word Stress — noun/verb pairs like PREsent vs. preSENT with automatic peak detection • Intonation Trainer — overlay your pitch on a native speaker's curve • Shadowing — hear a phrase, record yourself, compare side by side • Reading Aloud — read Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced passages; records up to 60 seconds so you can capture a full passage in one take • Listening Test — sharpen minimal-pair discrimination (ship vs. sheep, right vs. light) • Challenge Mode — hit 10 vowels before the timer runs out • Vowel Pairs & Consonant Pairs — focused minimal-pair drilling with live voice analysis PHYSICAL MOUTH TRAINING 19 muscle exercises for Lips, Jaw, and Tongue — each showing exactly which muscles it targets (orbicularis oris, masseter, genioglossus, styloglossus, and more). Animated mouth diagrams guide each movement. Run a 10-minute Quick session, a Full session, or pick a Custom set. This is the part most learners skip — and it's why their accent doesn't change ACCENT DIAGNOSTIC Not sure where to start? The Accent Diagnostic plays 10 words and asks you to identify each one — testing your ability to hear vowels, consonants, TH sounds, and connected speech reductions. It takes 2 minutes and tells you exactly where your ear (and mouth) needs the most work. SMART QUEUE Sound Native tracks your accuracy across every drill and builds a ranked training queue: sounds below 70% go to Priority, improving sounds go to Keep Practicing, and untried drills appear under Explore. Your practice list updates every session automatically RECORDINGS LIBRARY Save your best takes from any drill. Play them back anytime to hear your own progress. Comparing yourself from week 1 to week 4 is one of the most motivating things in accent work. PROGRESS & STREAKS Track your daily streak, per-vowel accuracy trends, consonant category scores, challenge scores, and 28-day activity calendar — all in the Progress tab. Everything is logged automatically. BUILT FOR YOUR LANGUAGE Set your native language (Russian, Spanish, Mandarin, or Other) and the app shows targeted tips next to each vowel — based on known interference patterns between your L1 and English. Russian speakers get different guidance than Spanish speakers. FREE VS. PRO Free: Vowel Analyzer, Challenge, Listening Test, Accent Diagnostic, Smart Queue, Phoneme Chart, physical exercises, Progress tracking. Sound Native Pro: all 15 pronunciation drills, Reading Aloud, Shadowing, Intonation Trainer, Sound Guide, Difficult Sounds tab, Connected Speech, TH Drill, Stress Trainer, Schwa, Word Stress. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/