Comparison

Shadowing vs PTE WFD

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

Head to head
About

Shadowing

Features
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ShadowTeep helps you turn your own notes and phrases into repeatable listening and speaking practice. Write the sentence you want to own, hear it with on-device text-to-speech, and shadow it until it feels natural. Drill one line at a time, use Play All for a full note, favorite the phrases you need most, and keep practice material synced across iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Found a line worth practising in a textbook, on a menu, or on a sign? Point the camera at it, swipe the lines you want, and they land in your note — list numbers and speaker labels removed for you. On iPad, draw a box around the text with Apple Pencil. Text is recognized on your device. English and Chinese voice paths run on device after setup, so practice can continue offline once the required voice assets are ready. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

PTE WFD

Practice writing from dictation for standardized English tests. This app offers offline listening exercises with word-by-word scoring to identify errors. It includes spaced review, an offline dictionary, and focused listening modes.

Highlights
  • 283 deduplicated WFD sentences
  • Word-by-word scoring
  • Spaced review system
  • Offline dictionary with phonetics
  • Focused listening mode
  • No account or ads required
Features
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Every PTE Academic and PTE Core test has 3-4 Write From Dictation items, and each one scores toward your Listening AND your Writing band. It is scored word by word. This app drills 384 deduplicated WFD sentences one at a time and marks you word by word, in order, so you can see exactly which words you dropped. Learning content works fully offline — questions and audio ship inside the app. No account or ads. Optional anonymous product-interaction analytics use Apple CloudKit only after your consent. First 30 sentences free. SENTENCE-BY-SENTENCE DICTATION • 384 deduplicated WFD sentences built in • English and Chinese audio ship with the app — nothing to download • Scored word by word, in order, with every dropped word marked in place • Progress saves automatically; star the sentences you keep missing • Hide the English and the translation together for true blind dictation SPACED REVIEW • Learned sentences return after 1, 2, 4, 7, 15, 30 and 60 days • A badge on the Review tab shows today's remaining count, with days changing at 4:00 am Beijing time • Missing words, low scores and revealed prompts stay in today's queue until written correctly OFFLINE DICTIONARY AND WORD LIST • Tap any English word in a sentence for phonetics, meanings, phrases, derivatives, word roots, synonyms and antonyms • Unlimited lookups; free users can save up to 30 words • Review saved words one by one and retire them once learned — your history is always kept WFD FM • A focused listening mode built around the English sentence and its translation • Play across all sentences, only the ones you have studied, or only your starred ones • Sequential, shuffle and single-sentence repeat • Turn on Chinese playback to hear each sentence in English then Chinese • Speed control, background playback and lock-screen controls QUIET, FOCUSED, OFFLINE LEARNING • No account required • No personally identifiable data collected, no third-party analytics SDK, and no cross-app tracking • Optional anonymous product analytics can be declined or turned off at any time without affecting learning • No ads • Unlock the full question bank, WFD FM and unlimited saved words with a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time purchase • All questions and audio stay on your device This is an independent study tool. It is not affiliated with, authorised by, or endorsed by Pearson or PTE. Terms of Use (standard Apple EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Shadowing4 screens
PTE WFD4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shadowing at none against PTE WFD's 3. Shadowing also leads on device support (3 vs 1). PTE WFD's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 27.0). On price and update cadence there is nothing between them.

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. PTE WFD sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Shadowing asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shadowing ships an update every 5 days, PTE WFD every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 17, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Shadowing versus PTE WFD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShadowingPTE WFD
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS27.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSungwook Baek久旸 李

In-app purchases

None

Shadowing

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

PTE WFD

Subscriptions2
  • WFD FM 月度会员$0.991 Month
  • WFD FM 年度会员$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • WFD FM 永久会员$14.99

Questions

Is Shadowing free?
Shadowing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PTE WFD free?
PTE WFD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Shadowing or PTE WFD have ads?
Shadowing shows ads; PTE WFD does not.
Which is updated more often, Shadowing or PTE WFD?
Shadowing ships an update every 5 days, and PTE WFD every 3 days. Most recently, Shadowing was updated on October 17, 2026 and PTE WFD on October 17, 2026.

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