Vowel Practice vs Pass the Phrase
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.
Pass the Phrase
Generate unique and memorable phrases for passwords, project names, or business ideas. This app offers millions of multi-syllable or multi-word combinations, with features like saving, sharing, daily inspiration, and text-to-speech.
- Phrase generation
- Save and share favorites
- Daily phrase notifications
- Text-to-speech functionality
- Global phrase synchronization
- Offline phrase generation
- Shake to generate new phrase
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Instant Inspiration for your password or business name "Pass the Phrase" is an intriguing phrase generator for your iPhone/iPad. It creates millions of sweetly memorable random multi-syllable or multi-word phrases, useful as pass-phrases or passwords, secret-names for your next project, or possibly great new business names. You can: * Save and share your favorite phrases with your friends * Automatically send yourself a new phrase every day * Have the phrase read aloud * Globally synchronize your app so you all get the same phrase at the same time (like a secret virtual handshake!) Here are several fun phrase examples that "Pass the Phrase" has come up with: Anti-giraffe Questionably-fractal-quirky-sink Randomly-flying-opinion Simultaneously-beautiful-risks Verbose-snarkinator Romantic-turbo-syndrome Jubilant-glyph Brazenly-sultry-handshake Duo-bendigram Truculent-cats Ride-bot Billowing-consequence Blessed-runes Here are the features that make "Pass the Phrase" a great phrase generator: * Easily share your favorite phrases with your friends via e-mail, social media, etc. * Bookmark up to 10 of your favorite phrases, and then "Rewind" any time to bring any of them back and to show again. * Tap the phrase text to easily copy it to other applications. * Tap the speaker icon to read the phrase aloud. * Choose a color for the text displayed. * Creates almost limitless real and computer-generated phrases using a huge internal vocabulary and my proprietary "MakeSents© Engine". * Turn on "Global-Sync", and you will be globally synchronized with everyone else's "Pass the Phrase" app... everyone gets the same phrase at the same time anywhere in the world. * Turn on "Daily Phrases" to automatically receive a new phrase notification every day. * Phrases are completely yours to use however you wish. * Work without a net... You can run Pass the Phrase anywhere... you never need an internet connection to create and export phrases. * Shake your iPhone or iPad to get a new phrase (feature not available on the Macintosh, it is not meant to be shaken!) * Ask for new phrases any time, "Pass the Phrase" is designed to delight!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Pass the Phrase at Free against Vowel Practice's $7.99. Pass the Phrase also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). Vowel Practice's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 41 months). On ratings volume, 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
Pass the Phrase is free to download; Vowel Practice costs $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pass the Phrase holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Vowel Practice ships an update every 4 months, Pass the Phrase every 41 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Vowel Practice | Pass the Phrase |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 41 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | William Entriken | Eduard Schwan |
Customer experience
Vowel Practice
Pass the Phrase
In-app purchases
Vowel Practice
No in-app purchases
Pass the Phrase
No in-app purchases
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