Semivowels vs Let's Learn English
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Semivowels
This app offers dynamic animations and interactive anatomy views to illustrate the production of American English consonants. It includes detailed explanations of tongue placement and jaw movements, with synchronized audio and a drawing whiteboard for annotation. Designed for professionals and educators, it aids in understanding speech articulation.
- Dynamic consonant animations
- Interactive anatomy identification
- Tongue shape and placement views
- Synchronized audio examples
- Drawing whiteboard feature
- Screenshot functionality
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Semivowels app, authored by Fred D. Minifie, Ph.D, provides valuable instructional/clinical tools for speech-language pathologists, otolaryngologists, speech scientists, linguists, teachers of singing and other professionals. The app includes three nasal, four non-nasal (with three /r/ variants) consonant dynamic animations with sound plus a key view for each of the tongue shape and placement for the structural movements involved in the production of the consonants of American English. • Anatomy ID: as each part is touched, the part highlights and the part name and description text changes. Description text shows or hides on demand . ◊ Anatomy view - 26 parts, includes nose, mouth and throat structure ID. Zoom and pans. • Highlight View: key view of the tongue shape and placement for three nasal, four non-nasal (with three /r/ variants) consonants of American English. ◊ Nasal: /m/, /n/, /ŋ/ Non-nasal: /w/, /j/, /l/, /r/ (three variants on /r/) ◊ Includes a 3 /r/ variant overlay illustration comparing the alveolar, retroflex and velar place of articulation. ◊ Includes a word and sentence audio example to illustrate consonant articulation for /m/, /n/, /ŋ/, /w/, /j/, /l/ • Animations: each consonant shows a lateral view of dynamic movements of the jaw, lips, tongue, velum (soft palate), and larynx needed for proper articulation of that consonant. Audio for each consonant sound is synchronized with the dynamic animations. Anatomy animation included. • Two finger pan of all animations and key view pages. • Drawing Whiteboard feature: ◊ Drawing: freeform lines in red, blue, green or black hue. ◊ Draw and place text directly on active animation and video. ◊ Text: 36pt, auto wrap, non-movable in red, blue, green or black hue. ◊ Eraser: touch and rub lines and text on whiteboard to erase. ◊ Trash: one tap deletes all whiteboard lines and text. ◊ Screenshot whiteboard direct to Photos App for easy email and printing. • iOS 6.0+ required, designed for iPad and iPhone. Semivowels app makes learning consonants easy. See example screen shots below. Get the app today!
Let's Learn English
This app offers a comprehensive English learning course designed for beginners by certified American English teachers. It features 52 lessons covering speaking, vocabulary, and writing, enhanced with videos and printable materials. Practice your speaking skills with interactive lessons and engaging content.
- 52 English lessons
- Speaking practice
- Vocabulary building
- Writing exercises
- Video content
- Printable worksheets
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Let's Learn English - This is a new course for English learners. Certified American English teachers designed the course for beginners. The course contains 52 lessons. - Each lesson includes instruction in speaking, vocabulary and writing, with video showing the lives of young Americans. - There are also printable worksheets, assessments and lesson plans for individual learners and English teachers. ### Main features * English Conversations * English Vocabulary * English Grammar App easy to use and useful for English learner practice speaking skill. - Privacy policy: https://p2plearningenglish.com/p2pdictionary/privacy.php - Terms of Use: https://p2plearningenglish.com/p2pdictionary/term_of_use.php - And read more USER LICENSE AGREEMENT (about EULA) at here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Let's Learn English at 86% against Semivowels's 0%. Let's Learn English also leads on price (Free vs $4.99) and rating (4.8 vs 2.5). Semivowels's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On device support and iOS requirement 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
Let's Learn English is free to download; Semivowels costs $4.99 up front. Let's Learn English sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 6 months. Semivowels asks for nothing beyond the download.
Let's Learn English holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Let's Learn English has 168 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Semivowels's written reviews are positive against 86% of Let's Learn English's.
Semivowels ships an update every 37 months, Let's Learn English every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Semivowels | Let's Learn English |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.5 (2 ratings) | 4.8 (168 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 168 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 37 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 178 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blue Tree Publishing, Inc. | Nguyen Thi Hoai Thu |
Customer experience
Semivowels
Let's Learn English
In-app purchases
Semivowels
No in-app purchases
Let's Learn English
- 6 Month$7.996 Months
- Year$8.991 Year
- Let's Learn English - Remove Ads$9.99
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