Best Special English Listening Apps

4.8😊(6.6K ratings)

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Enhance your English listening and speaking skills with engaging news, stories, and reports. This app offers audio and video lessons, offline access, and personalized recommendations to make learning practical and enjoyable.

What We Love

👍 Excellent for practicing English listening
🚀 Great for learning and improving English
💡 Powerful app for learning American English
👍 Useful for improving reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills
👍 Awesome app for English learners
👍 Helpful for learning English

Room to Improve

🐛 Issues with playing audio/stories
🔍 Placement of ads is problematic
🔇 Lack of option to turn off background music
🔍 Compatibility issues with older devices

English Grammar in Use & Test by Xuan Trung Truong

English Grammar with full test

Strong Contender

4.6😐(332 ratings)

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Improve your English grammar with interactive lessons and tests. This app provides clear explanations for mistakes and helps you identify areas needing more practice. Perfect for intermediate learners to enhance their language skills.

What We Love

👍 Very helpful for learning
👍 Good for practice
👍 Explains topics clearly
👍 Easy to make notes
👍 Detailed topic breakdown
👍 Good for B1+ level
👍 Great for reviewing
👍 Explains mistakes well
👍 Superb overall
👍 Free and great
👍 Very well done
👍 Best thing ever
👍 Very nice app
👍 Humble but best
👍 Great and interesting
👍 Learned grammar faster
👍 Explains grammar rules
👍 Excellent app
👍 Super site for tests
👍 The Best
👍 Quite good
👍 Good review app
👍 Literally INSANE
👍 Great for learners

Room to Improve

🐛 Too many bugs
🐛 Too many adverts
🐛 Ads make it unusable
🐛 Errors and crashes
🐛 App crashes on check
🐛 Test verification not working
🐛 Questions jumbled
🐛 Suggests wrong punctuation
🐛 "All of the above" misplaced
🐛 Ads interrupt often
🐛 No paid version without ads
🐛 Ads cannot be closed
🐛 Frustrating ad experience
🐛 Questions not fully finishing
🐛 Gibberish in questions
🐛 Grammatical errors in questions
🐛 Landscape mode not available
🐛 Test section buggy
🐛 Only first line of sentence shown
🐛 Cannot take a test
🐛 White field instead of answers
🐛 No exercises for theory
🐛 Medium difficulty level

VOA English Learning by Andie Nguyen

Read, Listen and Learn English

Worth Considering

Learn American English Podcast

4.7😞(2.6K ratings)

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Enhance your English skills by reading and listening to a vast collection of articles and news from VOA Special English and VOA Standard English. Progress through various difficulty levels to improve comprehension and expand your global knowledge.

What We Love

👍 Helpful and useful programs
🚀 Great learning app

Room to Improve

🐛 Video playback issues
🐛 Compatibility problems
🐛 Outdated content
🐛 Ads cannot be closed

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Practice listening everyday

Daily updated contentTranscribed audio and videoAdjustable playback speed

Improve your English listening skills with daily lessons, news, and stories. This app offers transcribed audio and video content spoken at a slow pace, making it easy to understand. Expand your knowledge of American culture, history, and current events while learning vocabulary and grammar.

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LearnEnglish Podcast

Downloadable podcasts for offline listeningInteractive audio scripts and vocabulary toolsAdjustable audio pitch and speed control

Enhance your English listening and reading skills with a collection of British Council podcasts. Features include offline downloads, interactive scripts, pitch control, and progress tracking exercises. New content is added weekly to keep your learning engaging.

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Offline English lessonsListening practice with native audioVocabulary and grammar exercises

Improve your English skills with short, offline lessons. Practice listening, grammar, and vocabulary through conversations with native speakers. Save favorite lessons and take notes for a personalized learning experience.

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Learn English By Listening +

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1500+ articles and audio tracksPractice at your own paceContent from basic to advanced levels

Enhance your English listening comprehension with a vast library of articles and audio tracks. Practice at your own pace with content covering everyday topics, from basic to advanced levels. Make language learning engaging and practical, whether at home or on the go.

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English language enhancement through storytellingProgress tracking from basic to professionalVocabulary and grammar enhancement

Enhance your English skills through engaging stories and interactive exercises. This app offers a comprehensive learning experience, tracking your progress from beginner to professional levels. Acquire new vocabulary, improve grammar, and practice speaking, reading, and listening with a user-friendly interface.

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English Cast - Special America

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7500+ stories with audio and transcript14 diverse categoriesCustomizable reader settings

Enhance your English listening skills with a vast collection of stories and podcasts focused on American culture and history. Features include customizable playback, word lookup, and offline access.

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Listening by keywordMissing word practiceAutomatic data updates

Enhance your English listening comprehension through interactive exercises. Practice missing words and compete with friends via the Game Center. Data is continuously updated to provide fresh learning content.

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Speaking English Online Course

Reading and Listening Dialogue

Learn English easily and fast!

Daily 10-minute learning sessionsVocabulary expansion (500+ words/month)Learn common idioms and phrases

Improve your English speaking, listening, and writing skills in just 10 minutes a day. Expand your vocabulary with over 500 new words monthly and learn common phrases and idioms to sound more natural. The app uses scientifically proven methods like spaced repetition and word-building exercises to accelerate your learning.

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English Listening 2025

English listening daily

Professionally recorded audioSix progressive learning levelsFill-in-the-blank exercises

Enhance your English comprehension with daily listening practice. This app offers professionally recorded audio across six progressive levels, featuring diverse exercises like fill-in-the-blanks and story comprehension. Earn points and advance through levels to make learning effective and enjoyable.

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Lispora: English Listening

TOEFL & IELTS Podcast

English Listening - Daily

Improve your English everyday

Daily listening lessonsLearning by levels and topicsRecord and listen to your speaking

Enhance your English listening and speaking abilities with daily lessons, scripts, and vocabulary exercises. Practice pronunciation by recording yourself and comparing it to native speakers. Access a vast library of audio content on diverse topics updated daily.

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Advanced English Listening

English Listening Quiz

1,000+ English spoken postsThree difficulty levelsTranscripts for all audio

Practice your English listening skills with over 1,000 audio posts from various countries. Features three difficulty levels, transcripts, and topic-based conversations. Track your progress with test exams and save favorite lessons for offline listening.

Learning English - 6 minutes

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English listening practice 5

Food shopping and prices

50 short listening lessonsFocus on food and shopping scenariosPrice and quantity practice

Improve your English listening skills with practical scenarios focused on food, shopping, and prices. This app offers short, focused lessons with audio playback options and review features to help you understand everyday conversations.