Comparison

toPhonetics Converter vs Issue Number Notes

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

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About

toPhonetics Converter

This app provides interactive English phonetic transcriptions using the IPA. It allows users to listen to text read aloud, check word translations, and export results in various formats. Users can customize pronunciation and view transcriptions line-by-line with the original text.

Highlights
  • Interactive IPA transcriptions
  • Text-to-speech with visual cursor
  • Word and fragment translation (iOS 18+)
  • Export transcription to PDF and audio
  • British and American pronunciation options
  • Connected speech pronunciation variations
  • Customizable voice and speech rate
Features
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toPhonetics is an app that provides fully interactive transcriptions of English texts. It displays your input's phonemic transcription using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and allows you • to listen to it read aloud visually, following the narration with a cursor, • to quickly check the translation of individual words or selected fragments (requires iOS 18+), • to export and share the transcription results in various formats including PDF (via the Print option), • to export the audio of the text read using your chosen voice and speech rate. And much more: - See phonetic transcription of the whole text, not just the dictionary forms of separate words. - Choose between British and American* pronunciation. When British dialect is selected the [r] sound at the end of the word is only voiced if followed by a vowel, which follows British phonetic convention. - International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbols used. - The structure of the text and sentences in it (line breaks, punctuation marks, etc.) is preserved in phonetic transcription output making it easier to read. - You can output the text and its phonetic transcription along each other line-by-line to make back-reference to the original text easier. - An option to vary pronunciation depending on whether words are in stressed or weak position in the sentence, as in connected speech. Weak forms are italicized in the output. - Words in CAPS are interpreted as acronyms if the word is not found in the database. Acronym transcriptions will be shown with hyphens between letters. - In addition to commonly used vocabulary the database contains a very substantial amount of place names (including names of countries, their capitals, US states, UK counties), nationalities and popular names. - Where a word has a number of possible pronunciations (highlighted in blue in the output) you can select the one that agrees with the context by tapping on it. - Print out the output results, share via email or copy to pasteboard. - Let the built-in speech synthesiser read your text out loud. Control the playback and follow IPA transcription of the current word with a highlight. Speech audio can be exported as a file. - Custom URL scheme to open toPhonetics from 3rd-party apps. Gestures (IPA transcription screen): 1. Single tap - Tap a word to set the cursor to it and speak it (you can mute/un-mute it with the button at your bottom-right). - Tap in a blank space to stop speech and hide the cursor. 2. Double-tap - Double-tap a word to open it in the built-in dictionary; if the word has multiple pronunciations you'll see the list of them first. - Double-tap in a blank space to reset the font to the size set in iOS preferences. 3. Pinch in or out to make the text smaller or larger. 4. Start to slide horizontally to select a part of your text. The Speak button respects current selection. *) American transcriptions are based on the open Carnegie Mellon University Pronouncing Dictionary.

About

Issue Number Notes

Features
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This is a study application that allows you to note down items in your workbook that you made mistakes on. You can note down pages and question numbers. You can manage each workbook and classify subjects as well. You can redo a wrong question without writing a mark in the workbook.

Screenshots

toPhonetics Converter4 screens
Issue Number Notes3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Issue Number Notes at Free against toPhonetics Converter's $3.99. Issue Number Notes also leads on iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Issue Number Notes is free to download; toPhonetics Converter costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
toPhonetics Converter versus Issue Number Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametertoPhonetics ConverterIssue Number Notes
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (92 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings92 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMu-sonicRisako Asai

In-app purchases

None

toPhonetics Converter

No in-app purchases

None

Issue Number Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is toPhonetics Converter free?
toPhonetics Converter costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Issue Number Notes free?
Issue Number Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do toPhonetics Converter or Issue Number Notes have ads?
Neither toPhonetics Converter nor Issue Number Notes shows ads.

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