Shadowing Language Practice vs EchoGap

Shadowing is a focused, no-frills audio player for language-shadowing practice — the technique of listening to native speech and repeating it out loud to build pronunciation, rhythm, and intonation. The app is built around three things: • Use your own MP3s. Drop a folder of audio into iCloud Drive on your computer; the app reads it directly on your iPhone. No uploads, no accounts, no servers. • Practice at your pace. Choose playback speeds from 0.5× to 2.0×. Loop a track or a whole playlist. Skip back 15 seconds with one tap. • Stay focused. The app does one thing — play audio for shadowing — without distractions. No ads, no analytics, no social features. WHAT'S INCLUDED • Bundled sample audio in three languages (English, Spanish, French) so you can try the app immediately without setup. All public-domain recordings from LibriVox. • Playlists you can reorder, rename, and add to with a swipe. • Resume playback exactly where you left off, on every track. • Background audio with full lock-screen and Control Center support. • Two home-screen widgets: a 4-tile recent-playlists view and a small one-tap favorite-playlist tile. PRIVACY The app does not collect, track, or transmit any user data. All playlists, preferences, and playback state are stored on your device. Audio content from your folders stays in your iCloud Drive — the app never uploads it. See the privacy policy at: https://yudataguy.github.io/shadowing-app/privacy-policy WHO IT'S FOR Language learners practicing shadowing. Anyone who wants a clean, fast way to play a focused set of MP3s — podcasts, audiobook excerpts, pronunciation drills, dialogue clips — without an algorithmic library shoving content at them.

EchoGap turns any audio recording into sentence-by-sentence speaking practice — for whatever language you're learning. Drop in an audio file — a podcast, an audiobook chapter, a lesson recording — and EchoGap automatically finds the silences between sentences and splits it into segments you can tap, replay, and practice with. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Automatic sentence segmentation — silence-based detection splits your audio into individual sentences, no manual editing required. • Repeating — listen to a segment, then repeat it back during a silent pause sized to give you time to speak. A countdown ring shows how much time is left. • Tap any segment to replay it instantly, at any speed from 0.5x to 2.0x. • Organize your audio into playlists and pick up right where you left off. • Keep practicing hands-free — control playback from the lock screen and notification shade, even with the screen off. • Track your practice — daily minutes, repeat counts, and streaks (Premium). SIX WAYS TO PRACTICE EchoGap fits six well-known speaking and listening methods: • Shadowing — speak along a beat behind the audio, without looking at a script. • Overlapping — read your own script while speaking in exact sync with the audio. • Repeating — listen, then repeat what you heard during the silent pause. • Reproduction — listen, then reproduce the sentence from your own understanding and memory. • Dictation — replay a segment as many times as you need and write down what you hear. • Read-aloud — read a script you understand aloud, using the audio to check pronunciation and pace (bring your own script — the app doesn't display text). PREMIUM The free version has no limit on Repeating, waveform display, sentence segmentation, playback speed, or track looping — only playlist count (2), tracks per playlist (5), and theme color are limited. Premium removes those limits and unlocks your practice history. PRIVACY All processing happens on your device. Your audio is never uploaded anywhere. Works on iPhone and iPad (iOS 15.0+).