Magic Read vs Speaking Practice
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Magic Read
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Read, listen and speak any text in a new language. Magic Read turns any text into a lesson: paste an article, a dialogue, song lyrics or your homework, or scan a page from a book. You get pinyin over every word, natural audio and instant translations, then say each sentence out loud and see how you really sound. READ ⢠Pinyin over every word, with one tap ⢠Natural voices, sentence by sentence, with a slow mode ⢠Tap any word for its meaning and save it to a deck ⢠Stories for every level, from A1 to B2 SCAN ⢠Point your camera at a book or worksheet and the text appears, ready to practise ⢠Chinese copied from PDFs is cleaned up automatically SPEAK ⢠Say every sentence out loud and get a score for each word ⢠See accuracy, fluency and completeness ⢠Practise the same text you just read REMEMBER ⢠Review saved words at the right moment, before you forget them ⢠A gentle daily reminder tells you how many words are waiting ⢠Learn and Check modes, plus speaking practice with your cards WATCH ⢠Learn from YouTube videos with interactive subtitles FOR TEACHERS ⢠Share texts and decks with your students through a link PLANS Every new account starts with a 3-day trial of everything. ⢠Free: 1 reading text per day ⢠Pro: unlimited reading, pronunciation scoring, saved texts, decks, review and video Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms: https://magicread.app/terms Privacy: https://magicread.app/privacy
Speaking Practice
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Speak English out loud. Get scored the moment you stop. Speakeroo is a free AI speaking coach for anyone who can read and write English but freezes saying it out loud. Talk for a minute, then see your transcript, your score, every filler word, your pace, and the one thing to fix next. SIX WAYS TO PRACTISE ⢠Converse with an AI speaking partner ⢠Read a passage aloud ⢠Speak on a surprise topic with no prep ⢠Shadow a reference recording ⢠Listen to a clip, then say it back ⢠Upload a voice memo you already recorded FEEDBACK THAT NAMES THE PROBLEM After every session you get speaking metrics and plain suggestions, not a grade with no reason. See which words you swallowed, where you sped up, how many times you said um, and what to change on the next attempt. BUILD THE HABIT Your level calibrates from your first three sessions and re-scores as you go. Track the issues that keep coming back, keep a streak, and watch your scores climb. FREE AND PLUS Every practice mode and the AI analysis are free, with 10 minutes of speaking a day. Speakeroo Plus adds longer recordings, 300 minutes a month, full session history, progress tracking and favourite sessions. IELTS, TOEFL and PTE candidates use it for speaking-section practice. Presenters use it to rehearse a talk out loud before the room does. Both get the same thing: honest feedback, every time. Your microphone is only used when you choose to record. Delete any session, or your account and recordings, from your profile. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Magic Read and Speaking Practice are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters ā price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them ā neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Magic Read sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Speaking Practice sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Magic Read ships an update fortnightly, Speaking Practice every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Magic Read | Speaking Practice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 9 days ā better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 ā better | 16.4 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Georgy Kikvidze | Speakeroo |
In-app purchases
Magic Read
- Magic Read Pro (Monthly)$6.991 Month
- Magic Read Pro (Annual)$49.991 Year
Speaking Practice
- Speakeroo Plus Monthly1 Month trial$4.991 Month
- Speakeroo Plus Monthly$4.991 Month
- Speakeroo Plus Yearly1 Year trial$39.991 Year
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- Speakeroo Plus Yearly$39.991 Year
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