Loop Note vs Phrabbit Shadowing & Dictation

Practice listening, shadowing, and dictation with videos and audio you enjoy, one sentence at a time. Loop Note helps you repeat difficult passages, speak along, and return to them for review. Make a difficult sentence easier to hear • AB repeat: set a start and end point to replay just the passage you need. • Shadowing: adjust playback from 0.5x to 2x and speak along at your own pace. • Dictation: type what you hear, compare it with the subtitles, and find the words you missed. • Saved sentences and Grow: collect lines to revisit, then try today's review or a random listen. Set review reminders for a time that suits you. Bring your own study material Add a supported video link or import local video, audio, and SRT or VTT subtitle files. Captions for video links depend on availability. On supported devices and languages, on-device speech recognition can also help create subtitles; check the results for accuracy. Use material in English, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, or another language you are learning. Slow down a difficult conversation, then listen again at its original speed as it becomes familiar. Get started with one sentence 1. Add a supported video link or choose a file on your device. 2. Repeat a subtitle sentence or a passage you select yourself. 3. Speak along or try dictation, then save a sentence to practise again. Start without creating an account. On-device speech recognition processes study material on your device. Video links and some features need an internet connection. You can choose whether to send app usage data in Settings; diagnostic information may also be collected. Play your own content and save sentences and repeat ranges to practise again. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

The surest way to make a sentence truly your own — listen, repeat, and say it out loud. Phrabbit is an A/B loop practice app for language learners. Grab any passage from an audio file, a video, a podcast, or a YouTube stream, loop it until it clicks, then speak it and write it. ◆ Shadowing · Listen to an A/B range, then repeat it in your own voice · Play your take over the original and compare waveforms (audio files) · The passage's subtitles show on the shadowing screen, line by line as it plays (audio files) · Shadowing gap — leaves time to speak between loops, with a countdown · Adjust playback speed while shadowing · Shadowing also works with video files and YouTube streams · My Recordings — save your best takes and pick up on the same range ◆ Dictation · Listen to your A/B range one sentence at a time, write it down, and compare it with the original · With subtitles, differences are marked for you · Audio files, video files, and YouTube streams · On iPad, write by hand — your handwriting is saved to look back at ◆ A/B looping right on the waveform · Set precise ranges with your fingertip while watching the waveform · Loop as much as you want, adjust speed (0.5x–2.0x) · Save important ranges as bookmarks ◆ Practice with video · Bring in video files on your device (MP4, M4V, MOV) and loop them the same way · Attach an SRT, VTT or SMI subtitle file, read it as sentence cards, and fix the sync in 0.5 s steps · Sentence practice — tap a sentence card and it becomes the loop · Bilingual subtitles — split a two-language subtitle file into the original and its translation · No subtitles? Mark an A/B range and convert just that part with speech recognition · Full screen — sentence cards beside the video, with the range tools · Save a word from a subtitle card to your wordbook, with its context ◆ YouTube caption cards · Bring a YouTube video's captions in as sentence cards; tap one to repeat it · Translate a card, add it to your wordbook, or edit it · The captions carry into Shadowing and Dictation · No YouTube captions? Type a line per A/B range ◆ Comfortable anywhere, anytime · Background playback — loops keep running with the screen off or in other apps · Sleep timer — auto-pause after 5, 15, 30, or 60 minutes · Earphone remote — previous/next steps through sentences · Bookmark queue — Play All runs saved ranges back-to-back ◆ Speech to text (STT) · Turn speech into sentence-by-sentence text, synced to the waveform in real time · Type subtitles yourself — practice from your own script; typed lines stay put if you run recognition later · Apple Intelligence subtitle translation — translate a whole transcript on-device and read it beside the original (iOS 26.4+, Apple Intelligence device) · On-device processing — your audio is never sent to a server ◆ Many sources · Import audio files (mp3, m4a, and more) · Import video files (MP4, M4V, MOV) · Podcasts — browse shows curated for your language, or add one by name or RSS address · Download episodes, or bring in your Apple Podcasts subscriptions · Practice any YouTube link as a stream ◆ Keep your library in order · Folders — group your material, nested as deep as you like · Favorites — mark what you open most and reach it straight from Home · Sort — by name, date added and more · Search — finds items inside folders and shows where they live ◆ Tools that help you learn · Wordbook — save words you don't know and review them · AI word explanations (Beta) — tap a wordbook entry and Apple Intelligence explains it on-device, in context · Stats — practice time and streak at a glance · Works on iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo Start free. A/B looping, playback speed, the shadowing gap, the sleep timer, and one bookmark per file or video are free. STT, YouTube caption cards, shadowing recordings, dictation, unlimited bookmarks and wordbook (with AI word explanations), background playback, podcasts, and subtitle translation come with Premium — a one-time purchase, no subscription.