Easy Spelling Aid vs Learning Ally Audiobooks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Easy Spelling Aid
This app assists with spelling, translation, and reading difficulties. It offers a user-friendly interface with speech recognition and supports multiple languages and writing styles, including dyslexia-friendly options.
- Speech recognition for spelling and translation
- Multi-language support
- Dyslexia-friendly font and color overlays
- Adjustable writing styles and backgrounds
- History log of results
- Profanity filter
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• Would you like help spelling simple or complex words? • Do you need to translate words to and from English? • Do you have dyslexia or other learning difficulties? • Are you learning how to read and write? If you answer yes to any of the above, then Easy Spelling Aid is what you're looking for. Easy Spelling Aid gives children and adults alike a quick and easy way to find out the spelling of a word, translate words to and from English, or other languages, and helps dyslexic learners with specific cognitive difficulties with the aid of the 'OpenDyslexic' font and color overlays. Through this compelling educational app, young students everywhere are starting to enjoy the benefits of self-directed learning by not having to wait for help from parents or teachers. Easy Spelling Aid is suitable for students of all ages, from 5 to 55 and beyond and is recommended by teachers for use individually or in a classroom setting. Easy Spelling Aid boasts superior, accurate and incredibly fine-tuned speech recognition and translation service in multiple languages, including English, Spanish, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese and more. Easy Spelling Aid is the perfect tool for writers of all ages, as it improves literacy performance and spelling, helps with comprehension and vocabulary and develops recognition and correct spelling of words in their appropriate context (for example, they’re, their, there). Upon opening the application you are presented with a clear blue user-friendly interface. The instruction 'Touch mic & talk’ is displayed above a circular mic symbol. On touching the symbol, you are asked to 'Talk.' By pressing done the app will process what has been said and proceed to produce your input displayed in your chosen writing style. This feature can be changed in the Settings, which are also easily navigated to from the main screen. Additionally, within the Settings, you can change between multiple languages, select translation language, reverse translation, select a background, select a dyslexic option, display upper and lower case letters and turn off speech output if you wish. Easy Spelling Aid also features a History Log, which saves spelling results including translations. Key Features: • Child friendly, profanity is filtered out • NO ads or in-app purchases Supports multiple languages at the touch of a button • English (US, Canadian, UK and Australian), Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Farsi, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese • Automatic language region selection • Choose a writing style: US D’Nealian Manuscript, US D’Nealian Cursive or Noto Sans. Please note: other writing styles are available, but are language/country dependent • Choose a background: No writing lines, 3 writing lines, 4 writing lines or colored background overlays • Instructions and For Best Results guide under Settings • OpenDyslexic font with 6 color overlays • Speak text and repeat the speech to hear the word or phrase again • Ability to Copy spelling results • Ability to Define words • Ability to Share words via the Activity popup • iMessage integration: Generates a custom message bubble of the spelling with or without translation • Today Widget and 3D Touch - show recent spelling, translations and quick links for easy access • Support for split view in iPad and iPad Pro devices • View in portrait or landscape orientation Learning Outcomes: • Cognitive Development • Communication Skills • Collaboration Skills • Organisational and Productivity Skills • Life Skills • Thinking & Reasoning • Self-Direction Ages: • Preschool (3-5 Years) • Elementary School (5-11 Years) • Middle School (11-14 Years) • High School (14-18 Years) • College/University (18+ Years of Age) Requirements: • Easy Spelling Aid requires network connectivity (WiFi, 3G, 4G or GPRS)
Learning Ally Audiobooks
Access a vast library of human-read audiobooks, including bestsellers, classics, and textbooks. This app offers interactive learning tools like synced text highlighting, speed control, and note-taking to support students with reading deficits or visual impairments.
- Human-read audiobook library
- Synced text highlighting
- Adjustable playback speed
- Bookmarking
- Note-taking
- Textbook access
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This app provides access to Learning Ally’s library of human-read audiobooks, offering an extensive selection of books students want and need to read, including bestsellers, classic literature and textbooks. Now students have interactive learning tools geared to help them succeed, including: highlighted text synced with the audio narration, speed control, bookmarking, highlighting, and note-taking. Learning Ally membership is required to use this app. Learning Ally is for students with dyslexia or other reading deficits who struggle with decoding, fluency or comprehension, who are blind or visually impaired, or who have a physical disability that prohibits them from reading standard print. If you need help getting started with the Learning Ally Audiobook App, please call our Customer Care team at 800-221-4792 or visit LearningAlly.org/Contact-Us to email us.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Learning Ally Audiobooks at Free against Easy Spelling Aid's $4.99. Learning Ally Audiobooks also leads on ratings volume (758 vs 14). Easy Spelling Aid's advantage is review sentiment (78% vs 42%) and rating (3.7 vs 3.4). 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
Learning Ally Audiobooks is free to download; Easy Spelling Aid costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Easy Spelling Aid holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Learning Ally Audiobooks has 758 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Easy Spelling Aid's written reviews are positive against 42% of Learning Ally Audiobooks's.
Easy Spelling Aid ships an update monthly, Learning Ally Audiobooks every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Easy Spelling Aid | Learning Ally Audiobooks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.7 (14 ratings) — better | 3.4 (758 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.0% of reviews — better | 41.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 758 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Best chart rank | #175 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nuapp Productions Pty Ltd | Learning Ally |
Customer experience
Easy Spelling Aid
Learning Ally Audiobooks
Bugs and requests
Easy Spelling Aid
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Learning Ally Audiobooks
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to log in or access account
- Books fail to download or disappear from library
- Inconsistent performance across different devices
- Syncing issues between mobile and desktop apps
Requested features
4 requests- Add more recent and popular book titles
- Improve audio playback controls and options
- Implement a sleep timer or auto-off feature
- Better integration with other devices and platforms
In-app purchases
Easy Spelling Aid
No in-app purchases
Learning Ally Audiobooks
No in-app purchases
Questions
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