# English Dictation and Speaking

> English dictation app to improve your skills with listening and speaking.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.englishbuddy](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.englishbuddy)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.englishbuddy`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Kensuke Niitsuma
- **Category:** EDUCATION
- **Downloads:** 23,272
- **Rating:** 4.32 / 5 (883 ratings)
- **Version:** 6.1.1
- **Last updated:** 2023-10-27
- **First published:** 2020-03-16
- **Publisher country:** JP
- **Size:** 10 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-21
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.englishbuddy)
- **Website:** [https://www.english-buddy.com/](https://www.english-buddy.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://english-buddy.flycricket.io/privacy.html](https://english-buddy.flycricket.io/privacy.html)

## Description

English Buddy is a comprehensive English dictation and speaking Chrome extension designed to improve your listening and speaking skills effectively. With over 220 dictation questions for free users and 352 for subscribers, this app offers interactive practice including speaking and writing dictation, vocabulary exercises, and selectable American or British pronunciations.

Key features include using VOA articles for dictation, listening, shadowing, and reading practice, customizable speaking speed, a personal word list to add and review vocabulary, verb lists with meanings, and progress tracking through study history. Whether you want to practice speaking aloud or silently write answers in quiet settings, English Buddy offers flexible modes to suit your learning environment. Regular updates add new content and word exercises, making it an essential tool for daily English practice.

## Rankings

- #410,040 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`

## Review summary

Users appreciate that the app is easy to use and offers various topics to learn English, helping improve multiple language skills including listening, writing, and speaking. The ability to add personalized vocabulary and flexible dictation methods is praised. However, multiple users noted that the TTS voices lack clarity, and the presence of ads without removal options is inconvenient. Additional features like a search in verbs list and more voice options for pronunciation would improve the app further. Overall, it's seen as a helpful and convenient English learning tool.

### Pros

- Easy to use with various topics to study English.
- Helps improve listening, writing, and speaking skills.
- Allows users to add and save their own words for dictation practice.
- Useful for self-study and learning English, including for children.
- Convenient features such as writing answers when speaking aloud is not possible.

### Cons

- Text-to-speech (TTS) voices are not very clear.
- Ads present without an easy way to remove them.
- Lack of a search function in the verbs list section.
- Limited variety of voices for pronunciation, especially for sentences rather than single words.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.englishbuddy)