Comparison

Besser Sprechen vs Earnote

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

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About

Besser Sprechen

Enhance your speaking skills with professional voice training exercises. Improve clarity, confidence, and effectiveness in work and daily life. Offers structured lessons on breathing, articulation, and presence, with bilingual content.

Highlights
  • Breathing technique and vocal strength
  • Articulation and speech tempo training
  • Body language and presence coaching
  • Rhetoric and expression improvement
  • Voice hygiene and warm-up exercises
  • Bilingual German and English content
  • Personalized feedback and progress tracking
Features
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BESSER SPRECHEN – YOUR VOICE. YOUR SUCCESS. Professional speaking training with well-known German voice actors Do you want to speak more clearly, confidently, and effectively – at work, on the microphone, or in everyday life? Then Besser Sprechen is your app. With over 500 high-quality course exercises, voiced by experienced professionals from TV, radio, and speech therapy, you will train your voice, articulation, and expression – targeted, structured, and at a high level. WHAT AWAITS YOU • Breathing technique and vocal strength • Articulation and speech tempo • Body language, posture, and presence • Rhetoric, expression, and impact • Voice hygiene, warm-up, and relief THE VOICE LAB – TRAINING THAT TAKES YOU FURTHER Brand new: the Voice Lab! Here you will find tools that allow you to train even more specifically – whether you are a professional, want to become one, or simply want to improve your German. The Voice Lab offers: • Articulation check • Breathing trainer • Syllable training • Sound training • Tempo and emphasis training • Story improvisation • Language quiz Ideal for native speakers, but also for anyone who speaks German as a second language. NOW BILINGUAL – GERMAN AND ENGLISH Stimmlabor is now available for English too. Tap the flag symbol to switch between German and English content — the pronunciation analysis adjusts automatically. English exercises include: • Articulation – Tongue Twisters, Poems, Everyday & Professional • SpeakUp – focus on classic ESL stumbling blocks (TH, R/L, V/W, vowel length) • Native-speaker audio in two voices (male / female) Your app interface language is set independently from the exercise content language. COACH+ – THE PROFESSIONAL COURSES In the Coach+ category, you will find exclusive special trainings from real media professionals – ideal for advertising, documentaries, podcasts, or station voice. With practical tips, tricks, and insider knowledge directly from the industry. FLEXIBLE USE – FAIR AND TRANSPARENT • Free bundle to try out • All content unlockable with a fair subscription • Or: Buy bundles individually – pay once, use permanently FURTHER HIGHLIGHTS • New onboarding for a clear and structured start • Personal assessments and feedback functions • Streaks, progress display, and recording function • New design and intuitive operation • New discovery area with improved exercise search, problem finder, and favorites lists WHO IS THE APP FOR? For anyone who wants to achieve more with their voice – at work, during presentations, on stage, or in everyday life. Ideal for teachers, frequent speakers, creatives, and anyone looking to improve their impact. The Max subscription adds a practice area for speech therapy, developed with Hochschule Bochum. Its five exercises are available in German only. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.bessersprechen.app/datenschutz

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Earnote

Features
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Earnote takes notes in your lectures for you. Put your iPhone on the desk, start recording and turn the screen off. When the lecture is over, your notes are ready: structured, with the key terms, open tasks and flashcards to study with. FREE AND PRIVATE • No account, no ads, no subscription • Your recording stays on your iPhone • Speech recognition runs on the device HOW YOUR NOTES ARE WRITTEN – YOU CHOOSE • On this iPhone: offline, everything stays on the device (newer iPhones) • With your Mac: your iPhone records, Earnote on your Mac writes the notes and sends them back • Free with Google or OpenRouter: with your own key, set up in three steps RECORD LIKE A VOICE RECORDER • Keeps going with the screen off, for hours • Pauses for phone calls, continues with AirPods • Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Start from Control Center, the Action button, a widget or Siri STUDY • Flashcards from every lecture, quiz yourself right in the app • PDF study sheets • Export for Anki • Areas for each subject, with your own instructions for the notes EVERYWHERE YOU WORK • Automatically to Notion, Obsidian, a folder, Todoist or Reminders • Share as text, PDF or Anki file • Import recordings from Voice Memos or WhatsApp EARNOTE PRO – ONE-TIME PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION • Recognize speakers: who said what • Ask questions about your notes • Tap “Important” – the moment lands in the exam radar • Translate notes and transcripts Try every feature three times for free. Everything else stays free. Earnote is open source (MIT) and also available for the Mac: earnote.dev Please get everyone's consent before recording – in lectures, the lecturer's permission.

Screenshots

Besser Sprechen4 screens
Earnote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Besser Sprechen at 18.0 against Earnote's 26.0. On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Besser Sprechen sells 24 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Earnote sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Besser Sprechen versus Earnote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBesser SprechenEarnote
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews95.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size288 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSpeakz Media GmbHLOUIS MANUEL KLINKE

In-app purchases

24 purchases

Besser Sprechen

Subscriptions10
  • Besser Sprechen Pro7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Stimmlabor$5.991 Month
  • Pro$8.991 Month
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  • Pro Monatsabo$8.991 Month
  • Max$12.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Besser Sprechen Pro7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Stimmlabor7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Max Yearly$69.991 Year
  • Pro Jahresabo7 Days trial$69.991 Year
One-time14
  • Paket 2$0.99
  • Paket 3$0.99
  • Paket 4$0.99
Show 11 more
  • Paket 5$0.99
  • Paket 6$0.99
  • Paket 7$0.99
  • Paket 10$0.99
  • Paket 14$0.99
  • Paket 15$0.99
  • Bundle 2$5.99
  • Bundle 1$7.99
  • Power Bundle$8.99
  • Mikrofon- und Medientraining$12.99
  • OnAir-Bootcamp$12.99
3 purchases

Earnote

One-time3
  • Kleines Trinkgeld$1.99
  • Mittleres Trinkgeld$3.99
  • Earnote PRO$8.99

Questions

Is Besser Sprechen free?
Besser Sprechen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Earnote free?
Earnote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Besser Sprechen or Earnote have ads?
Neither Besser Sprechen nor Earnote shows ads.

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