Comparison

English Conversation Practice vs Whale Notes

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

English Conversation Practice

Practice English conversation with a wide range of categorized dialogues and useful resources for real-life situations and exams. Improve listening, speaking, vocabulary, and pronunciation with audio support for most content.

Highlights
  • 1000+ native speaker conversations
  • Sentence Builder Game
  • 800+ short stories
  • Vocabulary and idiom dictionaries
  • Pronunciation evaluation
  • IELTS and TOEIC preparation
Features
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"English Conversation Practice" is the helpful app to practice english conversation for everyone. With a lot of english conversations categorized in different levels, you can strengthen your english listening and speaking skills perfectly. This app also includes many useful resources for real-life situations and examination. You can find everything you need for learning English by downloading this app: English Conversation, Listening, Speaking, English Idioms and Phrases, Vocabulary, Single Sentences, Short Stories, Essays, English Grammar, Daily News, Games and Tests, IELTS, TOEIC, etc. Most stuff in the app has audio supported. Learning English has never been so simple. Main features: - 1000+ conversations with American native speakers. All conversations are separated into many real-life topics. - Practice conversation; - Sentence Builder Game; - 800+ English short stories; - 1200+ daily phrasal verbs; - 3000+ most commonly used sentences; - 3000+ most commonly used vocabulary; - 3000+ IELTS Academic vocabulary; - 15000+ English Idioms and Phrases; - Evaluate your pronunciation; - Effective Learning: helps you improve Vocabulary (capacity and pronunciation). - Vocabulary Listening Test; - Hangman vocabulary game; - English Grammar Test; - Completed English idioms and phrases dictionary; - Completed list of irregular verbs with audio supported; - Free lessons from BBC Leaning English (British pronunciation) and VOA Learning English (American pronunciation); - Spotlight English Talk lessons; - Evaluate your pronunciation easily with voice recognition; - Online Dictionary integrated to help users find word's meaning fast;

About

Whale Notes

Easily record new vocabulary words, their meanings, and example sentences. Sync notes across devices with cloud backup. Offers tools for word definition lookup to help you build a daily learning habit.

Highlights
  • Record new words and meanings
  • Add example sentences
  • Cloud backup and sync
  • Offline functionality
  • Word definition lookup
  • Daily learning habit tracker
Features
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- When you come across a new word while studying, just open Whale Notes and add a note with its meaning and an example sentence. - You can create an account or link a social media account to make sure all your notes are backed up to the cloud. This way, you won’t lose your notes if you delete the app or if your phone is lost or stolen. - Works smoothly both online and offline. - Available on multiple platforms, so you can sync your notes across different devices. - More tools to help you find word or phrase definitions. - Try to make this a daily habit, aiming to learn 3-5 new words each day. We hope this app helps you grow your vocabulary. Thank you for your support! Subscriptions in the app will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. The subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Once activated, the subscription cannot be canceled. You can manage your subscriptions in Account Settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

English Conversation Practice4 screens
Whale Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Whale Notes at none against English Conversation Practice's shown. Whale Notes also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). English Conversation Practice's advantage is review sentiment (84% vs 50%) and ratings volume (7.6K vs 34). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. English Conversation Practice sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Whale Notes sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 3 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for English Conversation Practice against 4.8 for Whale Notes. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: English Conversation Practice has 7.6K ratings behind it against 34, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of English Conversation Practice's written reviews are positive against 50% of Whale Notes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

English Conversation Practice ships an update every 2 months, Whale Notes every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
English Conversation Practice versus Whale Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEnglish Conversation PracticeWhale Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (7.6K ratings)4.8 (34 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.5% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7.6K — better34
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerthuan Bui VanThi Vo

Customer experience

English Conversation Practice

All ratings7,630 ratings
Positive92.4%
Neutral3.6%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews103 reviews
Positive84.5%
Neutral3.9%
Negative11.7%

Whale Notes

All ratings35 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral2.9%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

English Conversation Practice

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Microphone not working on some devices
  • App crashing when trying to record voice
  • Audio playback issues on certain versions
  • Compatibility problems with older iOS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Option to remove ads through payment
  • Ability to download lessons for offline use
  • More interactive features for speaking practice
  • Improved microphone and audio functionality

Whale Notes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

English Conversation Practice

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$5.99
5 purchases

Whale Notes

Subscriptions3
  • Premium 3 months14 Days trial$2.993 Months
  • Premium 6 months14 Days trial$4.996 Months
  • Premium 12 months14 Days trial$8.991 Year
One-time2
  • 200 notes$1.99
  • 500 Notes$2.99

Questions

Is English Conversation Practice free?
English Conversation Practice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Whale Notes free?
Whale Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, English Conversation Practice or Whale Notes?
Whale Notes is rated higher. English Conversation Practice averages 4.7 out of 5 from 7.6K ratings, while Whale Notes averages 4.8 from 34 ratings.
Do English Conversation Practice or Whale Notes have ads?
English Conversation Practice shows ads; Whale Notes does not.
Which is updated more often, English Conversation Practice or Whale Notes?
English Conversation Practice ships an update every 2 months, and Whale Notes every 5 months. Most recently, English Conversation Practice was updated on September 24, 2026 and Whale Notes on June 1, 2026.

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