Vowel Practice vs Start.me
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vowel Practice
Analyze spoken vowels by calculating and plotting their formant frequencies. Speak a word with a single vowel to see its graphical representation on a standard vowel diagram, with an indicator light showing the application's status. Useful for speech therapy, language learning, and research.
- Calculates formant frequencies
- Plots vowel locations on a diagram
- Analyzes spoken vowels
- Indicator light for status
- Assists speech therapy
- Supports language learning
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This application calculates and plots the formant frequencies of spoken vowels. The user should speak a word containing a single vowel, and we will analyze and show results. First two formant frequencies are used to graphically show the location of spoken vowel on a standard vowel diagram. An indicator light changes its color to display the status of the application. This is made to assist with speech therapy and language learning as well as other research topics.
Start.me
Organize your online life by saving and accessing bookmarks, news feeds, notes, and to-do lists. Customize your homepage with widgets and share it with others. This tool helps you save time and create a personalized hub for everything you need online.
- Bookmark saving and access
- Customizable homepage widgets
- RSS news feeds
- Note-taking
- To-do lists
- Broken link checker
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With start.me you can quickly save and access bookmarks to everything you love online. And with many other widgets or features to choose from, you can make your homepage a hub you’ll want to share with your friends, colleagues, or students. start.me goes beyond bookmarking, with features like: - News (RSS) feeds - Notes - To-do lists - Google Analytics & Charts - Broken link checker - Beautiful backgrounds and colors to choose from. start.me is easily the most versatile, complete, and reliable bookmark manager on the market. Creating a free account takes less than a minute. Saving time online has never been easier.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Start.me at Free against Vowel Practice's $7.99. Start.me also leads on review sentiment (52% vs 20%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). 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
Start.me is free to download; Vowel Practice costs $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Vowel Practice ships an update every 4 months, Start.me fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vowel Practice | Start.me |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 4.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 51.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | William Entriken | start.me |
Customer experience
Vowel Practice
Start.me
In-app purchases
Vowel Practice
No in-app purchases
Start.me
No in-app purchases
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