Comparison

Lingofloat vs Riffluent

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

Head to head
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: โ€ข Import podcasts, videos, and audio files โ€ข Follow along with clear, interactive transcripts โ€ข Tap words and phrases for learner-friendly explanations โ€ข Save useful expressions from real conversations โ€ข Practise listening with replay, chunking, and shadowing โ€ข Record your pronunciation and compare your speech โ€ข Review saved language through spaced repetition โ€ข 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 โ€” and make new English stick.

About

Riffluent

Features
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Riffluent trains your English listening with real YouTube videos. Instead of slow, scripted textbook audio, you practice with real people speaking at real speed. Videos play via the official YouTube embedded player. How you train - Daily session: hand-picked sentences worth learning, refreshed every day - Listen to one sentence at natural speed, then fill in the words you hear - Stuck? Get a first-letter hint โ€” or let the answer reveal itself - Every completed sentence becomes a review card with a translation - In Loop, repeat a clip until it truly sticks See your consistency - Set a daily goal, track completed sentences and streaks - Look back on a calendar of your learning and watch your level grow No sign-up required โ€” start right away. Video playback uses the YouTube embedded player and is subject to the YouTube Terms of Service. YouTube is a trademark of Google LLC.

Screenshots

Lingofloat4 screens
Riffluent4 screens

Verdict

The call

Lingofloat and Riffluent are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Lingofloat versus Riffluent: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLingofloatRiffluent
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size9 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPAO-SHENG CHIAOByeonghan Baek

In-app purchases

None

Lingofloat

No in-app purchases

None

Riffluent

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lingofloat free?
Lingofloat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Riffluent free?
Riffluent is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lingofloat or Riffluent have ads?
Neither Lingofloat nor Riffluent shows ads.

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