Lark vs Lingoreel

Lark is a shadowing app for learning a language by ear. Bring a podcast or a video you enjoy and practice it one sentence at a time: listen, say it back, hear yourself, and go again. No subscription, no account, no ads. LANGUAGES Transcripts and practice are available in: • English • Spanish • French • German • Italian • Portuguese • Japanese • Korean • Chinese (Mandarin) • Cantonese ONE SENTENCE AT A TIME Lark plays a sentence, then waits while you say it. It records your attempt, plays it back to you, and plays the sentence again, so you can compare and try once more. Move on when you're ready, go back, or tap any line in the transcript to practice that one instead. Set the speed from 0.5× to 2×, how long you get to speak, whether you hear each sentence once or twice, and whether the text stays on screen during your turn. On iPhone, a light tap lets you know when it's your turn. BRING YOUR OWN MATERIAL Search for podcasts and add episodes, paste a video link, import a video from Photos, or a video or audio file from Files. Anything you like listening to can become a lesson. TRANSCRIPTS Lark can use a video's own captions, bring in subtitles you already have (SRT or WebVTT) from Files, or transcribe an episode or video with AI on your device. The transcript follows along as it plays, and tapping a line jumps to it. Three AI transcripts a week are free; captions and subtitles are never counted. UNDERSTAND EACH SENTENCE On devices with Apple Intelligence, tap the bubble beside a sentence to see what it means in your own language, with a short note on anything a word-for-word reading would get wrong. It is worked out on your iPhone or iPad, not sent to a server. KEEP A STREAK Practicing one sentence marks the day. A calendar shows the days you've practiced, your current streak, and your longest. Material you mark as done moves to a list of its own, with the time you spent on it. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Transcripts, recordings of your voice, and explanations are made on your device. There is no Lark account and no Lark server. With iCloud, your library and practice record follow you to your other devices; media and transcripts stay on the device that has them. IPHONE AND IPAD Lark works upright or on its side, and puts the transcript beside the player whenever there's room. ONE PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION Lark is free to download, with no ads and no account. Practice, explanations, captions, subtitles, and your streak are free for everyone. Lark Pro is a single purchase that removes the weekly limit on AI transcripts and unlocks all 15 accent colors. With Family Sharing, up to five family members get it too.

Learn a language from the podcasts you actually want to listen to. Lingoreel turns any podcast into a language lesson: sentence-by-sentence subtitles with a translation in your own language, and an AI tutor you can ask the moment you miss something. ANY PODCAST • Curated shows for learners of English, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, German and Mandarin — or search any podcast • Import shows from Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Pocket Casts and other apps with a share link • Most Recent: the newest episode of every show you follow, with new-episode alerts SUBTITLES AND TRANSLATIONS • Transcripts that follow the audio, sentence by sentence • Translations into your language: English, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Simplified or Traditional Chinese • Bilingual, original-only or blind listening ASK WHILE LISTENING • Didn't catch it? Squeeze your AirPods (or tap) and ask • Explanations of any sentence, in your language WORDS THAT STICK • Tap a word to look it up; it goes into your wordbook • Spaced-repetition review with the original sentence and audio • Shadowing: repeat after the speaker and get a score A PLAN FOR EVERY DAY • About 20 minutes of clips at your level • Streaks and weekly reports on listening, vocabulary and pronunciation APPLE WATCH • The current sentence and its translation on your wrist • Episodes sync to your watch for phone-free listening (Pro) Use Lingoreel free as a podcast player, no account needed. Lingoreel Pro unlocks unlimited questions, offline downloads, watch sync and your full report history. Lingoreel Pro is an auto-renewing monthly or yearly subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Service: https://www.lingoreel.com/en/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.lingoreel.com/en/privacy