Tryshadowing vs VoyaLang: which is better? (2026)

Tryshadowing

Free English Shadowing with YouTube Videos — TryShadowing

Why shadowing works Shadowing means listening to a native speaker and repeating right away, copying their pronunciation, rhythm, stress and intonation. Because you imitate real speech instead of reading word lists, your mouth learns the natural flow of English — and your listening gets sharper at the same time. It works best with content you actually enjoy. TryShadowing turns any YouTube video — talks, vlogs, lessons, interviews — into a speaking exercise, so daily practice feels less like studying and more like watching. Free English speaking practice with any YouTube video Paste a link or pick a ready lesson, and we split the captions into short, speakable sentences. Play each line, shadow it out loud, record your voice, and get an instant pronunciation score so you know exactly what to improve. Practice American, British, Australian or any English accent — you learn from real videos, at your level (A1–C2) and on topics you care about, from everyday conversation to business, science and interviews. It's completely free and no account is required to start. Also train your ear with dictation Beyond speaking, TryShadowing includes a built-in dictation mode: listen to a sentence, type what you hear, and get scored word by word — with instant feedback on the exact words you missed. It's one of the most effective ways to improve listening comprehension and spelling. Dictation lessons are organised by topic and CEFR level (A1–C2), from greetings and small talk to numbers, travel and business. Practise a few sentences a day, review the words you mishear with spaced repetition, and watch your listening get sharper — a natural companion to shadowing.

VoyaLang

AI IELTS writing checker: Academic and General Training, Task 1 and Task 2, four band scores, line-by-line corrections, and a Band 8+ rewrite in seconds.

VoyaLang is an AI IELTS writing checker that scores your essay, corrects it, and rewrites it at the band you are aiming for. Writing is the section most IELTS candidates lose marks on, and it is the only one you cannot practice with an answer key. Reading and listening can be self-marked. Speaking can be rehearsed with a friend. An essay needs a trained examiner, and examiner feedback costs money and takes days to come back, so most people write essay after essay without ever learning what was wrong with them. VoyaLang gives you that feedback in under a minute. Every submission returns three things: 1. IELTS band scores on all four official criteria: Task Response, Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resource, and Grammatical Range and Accuracy, each with the reasoning behind it. 2. Line-by-line corrections, with every grammar, vocabulary, and punctuation error labeled by type so you can see which mistakes you repeat. 3. A rewrite of your own essay at your target band, so you can compare what you wrote against what a higher band looks like on the same question. What it covers: IELTS Task 1 and Task 2, Academic and General Training. Task 1 is handled per visual type, so line graphs, bar charts, pie charts, tables, process diagrams, maps, and mixed visuals each get their own criteria rather than one generic chart rubric. Task 2 covers opinion, discussion, problem and solution, two-part, and advantage and disadvantage questions. British and American English are detected and preserved, so your rewrite comes back in the variety you wrote in. Practice tools: A library of 1,400+ exam-style IELTS writing topics, filterable by exam type, task, topic, and chart type. Vocabulary sets by proficiency level. Per-criterion progress charts that show which criterion is holding your overall band down across submissions. Full writing history with PDF export, and a practice timer for exam-condition attempts. The band is a calibrated estimate, not an official result. It is designed so it cannot be talked upward: raising your target band changes the rewrite you receive, never the grade you are given. What it does well is explain why the score sits where it does and what to change to move it. Free to try, built for daily practice.