Vowel Practice vs Basic Logs
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.
Basic Logs
Easily track anything with customizable logs for food, habits, budgeting, and more. Visualize data with charts and statistics, and use shortcuts for automatic entry. Collaborate with others and store data locally or in iCloud.
- Customizable log types (text, numbers, currency, duration)
- Data visualization (charts, statistics, calendar)
- Entry tagging and flagging
- Quick entry duplication
- Location, NFC, and task-based shortcuts
- Log sharing and collaboration
- Local and optional iCloud data storage
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Basic Logs makes it quick and easy to track anything of interest to you. From food diaries to habit streaks to budgeting to time spent on activities. Simply create a log, add entries, and get insights with just a few taps. • Text, numbers, currencies, durations, notes, tags, flags. Use one or all of them. No setup required. • Browse entries in a list, visualize them in a calendar, or analyze them with charts and statistics. • Track hours and minutes, or whole days. • Flag entries of significance, tag entries to categorize them. • Add similar entries again with a quick swipe. • Easily search and filter entries and get all information of a particular moment. • Shortcuts! Automatically add an entry whenever you arrive at a location, tap an NFC tag, or complete a task in another app. The possibilities are endless. • Share logs and collaborate with friends and family. • No account creation. All data is stored locally on your device and, optionally, in your iCloud. And this is just the beginning. Basic Logs will only become richer in functionality while remaining simple and easy to use. I hope you’ll get as much joy and use out of this app as I do every single day. Happy logging!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Basic Logs at Free against Vowel Practice's $7.99. Basic Logs also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). Vowel Practice's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On ads and in-app purchases 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
Basic Logs is free to download; Vowel Practice costs $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Basic Logs holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
Vowel Practice ships an update every 4 months, Basic Logs every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vowel Practice | Basic Logs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | William Entriken | Allan Juenemann |
Customer experience
Vowel Practice
Basic Logs
In-app purchases
Vowel Practice
No in-app purchases
Basic Logs
No in-app purchases









