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TryShadowing and Sada, compared honestly

TryShadowing is free for 20 practice lines and 3 new lessons a day, or $25 a year for unlimited use, and scores your pronunciation word by word on its own lessons. Sada is free with no paid plan and no account, works with any captioned YouTube video, and shows recognised words and timing; it does not grade individual sounds.

Try one line nowListen to one short line, record your take, then play it beside the original. Free, with no account.

Last checked: 30 September 2026. Prices and limits change; confirm them on the tool’s own site or in your country’s store.

What is TryShadowing?

A website of everyday conversations sorted by level, A1 to C2. You listen to a conversation, repeat each line, and get your pronunciation scored word by word. Around that it has dictation, vocabulary review with spaced repetition, and IELTS, TOEIC and business tracks. Its home page states more than 2,000 lessons.

Is TryShadowing free?

Partly. Its free plan gives 20 practice lines and 3 new lessons a day, with word-by-word scoring, saved words and flashcards, and no card needed. Premium costs $25 a year as one payment for one year, removes the daily caps and ads, and needs you to sign in; payments go through Polar. Its pages do not say whether an account is needed for the free practice. It also offers per-seat Premium pricing for classes.

TryShadowing vs Sada

Compared on	TryShadowing	Sada
Price	Free: 20 lines and 3 new lessons a day; Premium $25 a year	Free, no paid plan
Account	Not stated for free practice; sign-in is offered and needed to upgrade	Not needed
What you practise	Its own 2,000+ lessons, A1–C2: conversations, monologues, interviews, news	Any YouTube video with usable captions, or a library of famous talks by level
Feedback	Pronunciation scored word by word	Words recognised or missed, and your timing against the speaker; not each sound
Speaking along	Repeat each line right after you hear it	Repeat mode, and Shadow mode to speak with the speaker
Extras	Dictation, “Say It”, grammar, vocabulary with spaced repetition, IELTS and TOEIC tracks	Speed down to 0.75×, loop a line, your take beside the original
Your voice	Recordings stay on your device; the browser’s speech recognition may send audio to Google or Apple	Recognised on your device; recordings are not uploaded
Where	Website; Safari recommended on iPhone and iPad. Its privacy policy mentions a mobile app, but we saw no store link on its home page	Any modern browser, phone or computer
Arabic interface	No	Yes

Which one for which goal

A ready-made course with dictation and vocabulary: TryShadowing.
The speakers and videos you choose, no account, an Arabic interface: Sada.
A class of learners: TryShadowing lists per-seat pricing for classes; Sada has no class features.

When TryShadowing is the better choice

If you want a ready-made path: short everyday conversations sorted by level and topic, a score for every word, and dictation and vocabulary review in the same place, TryShadowing gives you that, and $25 a year is a low price for unlimited use. Sada has no lessons, dictation or vocabulary review.

When Sada is the better choice

If you want to shadow the speakers you choose, from talks and interviews to any captioned YouTube video, without a daily limit or an account, on your phone as well as your computer, with an Arabic interface and speech recognition that runs on your device, that is what Sada is for. How to shadow a YouTube video.

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Sources

Checked 30 September 2026: tryshadowing.com (lessons, feedback, mobile), TryShadowing pricing (free limits, Premium, payment, class pricing), TryShadowing privacy policy (recordings, speech recognition, mobile app). Prices change; check the site.

Practise one line, step by step

Open an exercise from this guide. Choose a captioned video for this guide’s topic and a line whose meaning you understand.
Listen and read the caption, then say the line after the speaker in Repeat mode.
Try saying the line with the speaker in Shadow mode, following the rhythm and pauses.
Record a take, then open Compare and play your recording and the original. Review words and timing; Sada does not grade individual sounds.
Repeat the line while focusing on one difference you heard, then move to another line.

Questions people ask

Is TryShadowing free?

It has a free plan with 20 practice lines and 3 new lessons a day, and no card is needed. Premium, at $25 a year, removes the limits and ads.

Can I use my own YouTube videos on TryShadowing?

Its pages describe only its own lessons, with no way to add a YouTube video. Sada works with any YouTube video that has usable captions.

Does TryShadowing have an app?

Its privacy policy refers to a mobile app bought through Google Play or the App Store, but we saw no store link on its home page on 30 September 2026. It works in a phone’s browser, and it recommends Safari on iPhone. Sada also works in a phone’s browser.

Does TryShadowing have an Arabic interface?

No Arabic interface is listed on its pages. Sada has one.

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