iPA Phonetics vs AV Phonetics
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iPA Phonetics
Explore the International Phonetic Alphabet and voice production with an intuitive touch interface. Hear and see accurate examples of symbols and articulations, enhanced by real-life laryngoscopic and ultrasound videos. Adjust playback speed for detailed study.
- Interactive IPA chart
- Voice quality exploration
- Articulations demonstration
- Laryngoscopic videos
- Ultrasound videos
- Adjustable playback speed
- Full-screen video viewing
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This App provides a unique and intuitive touch interface for exploring the International Phonetic Alphabet as well as numerous voice qualities and articulations. Simply press any symbol or label in the illustrations to see and hear an accurate example. Amazing real-life laryngoscopic and ultrasound videos never before documented accompany sounds articulated in the mouth and throat! You can speed up and slow down all the video examples, view full-screen, and more!
AV Phonetics
Explore the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) with this interactive app. It offers clear graphic, audio, and textual descriptions of speech sounds, including animations of articulations. Practice consonants and vowels with comprehensive coverage of symbols.
- Interactive IPA chart
- Graphic, audio, and textual sound descriptions
- Consonant and vowel practice
- Tonal symbol coverage
- Articulations animations
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To be able to read and provide accurate transcriptions of speech sounds is the most fundamental and yet most demanding task facing students of language and linguistics. This App has a unique interface for exploring the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). - Practice consonants and vowels with this fun and interatcive app. - Clear graphic, audio and textual descriptions of speech sounds. - Comprehensive coverage of the consonants, vowels and tonal symbols. Press on the symbols in the charts to see and hear them. - Cross-section animations illustrate the articulations of the speech sounds.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: AV Phonetics at Free against iPA Phonetics's $4.99. AV Phonetics also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 9 months) and rating (4.5 vs 4.2). iPA Phonetics's advantage is ratings volume (65 vs 11). On review sentiment, 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
AV Phonetics is free to download; iPA Phonetics costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
AV Phonetics holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iPA Phonetics has 65 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 82% of iPA Phonetics's written reviews are positive against 80% of AV Phonetics's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
iPA Phonetics ships an update every 9 months, AV Phonetics every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iPA Phonetics | AV Phonetics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (65 ratings) | 4.5 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.1% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 65 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 912 MB | 159 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Esling | Apps Resource Centre, Hong Kong Baptist University |
Customer experience
iPA Phonetics
AV Phonetics
In-app purchases
iPA Phonetics
No in-app purchases
AV Phonetics
No in-app purchases
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