Glisten · The Language Player 4+

Learn by listening to podcasts

Drew McCormack

    • 5.0 • 1 Rating
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

Description

Now with inline translations and guided listening!

Now you can learn by listening to podcasts in English, French, Spanish, Chinese, and many other languages.

Glisten stands for “Good Listen”, and it's an app which helps you immerse in a language, on the path to becoming fluent.

Those who have achieved fluency in a foreign language all have a secret — they listen a lot!

The key to taking a step beyond the introductory apps is to start listening to real native speakers.

Glisten can help immerse you in a foreign language, which is what you need to reach the next level, and have fun doing it!

So how does it work? Glisten brings difficult conversations into focus. Instead of just pushing ahead, causing you to lose the thread, Glisten repeats each sentence. You get more time to digest what you hear, which helps you understand, and keeps you interested.

Glisten is full of great foreign content from Apple Podcasts. Browse or search for a podcast, download an episode, and start a playback routine. It is like going to a gym for your ears!

As your podcast episode plays, Glisten helps you understand the language. It might repeat a sentence a few times, then slow it down for you, and finally play it back at full speed, before moving on. You choose the level of support you need.

You can also read along in the text, because Glisten automatically generates a transcript. There is no need to go searching on the internet for a PDF, Glisten produces the transcript for any piece of spoken audio.

FREE FEATURES
- Use Glisten on your Mac, iPhone, iPad, and even Apple Vision Pro
- Study a language hands-free when on the bus, driving, or walking the dog
- Sync podcasts and progress between all your devices using iCloud
- Search for foreign podcasts on Apple Podcasts
- Follow podcasts to get the latest episodes
- Automatically transcribe text for any episode
- Follow a playback routine, with sentence repeats, pauses, and slow downs
- Read along with the extracted text as you listen
- Translate text into your own language
- Challenge yourself by having the text gradually appear as you listen
- Check you daily listening time, current streak, and other statistics
- Learn a language using a state-of-the-art approach (comprehensible input)

PRO FEATURES (SUBSCRIPTION)
- Choose advanced listening workouts
- Get an inline translation in your own language
- Practice speaking with specialized listening workouts
- Use guided listening, with each sentence read aloud in your own language
- Import and transcribe any audio file
- Follow any podcast using a feed link
- Follow along with text in the Apple Watch app
- Transcribe a whole podcast in one hit

GLISTEN PRO
Glisten can be downloaded for free and used for listening to podcasts. The free version includes unlimited downloads, and basic listening workouts to get you started.

To unlock all listening workouts and other PRO features, you can purchase a subscription inside the app. There are free trials available, so you can try out the PRO Features before you are charged.

GLISTEN TERMS OF USE (EULA)
Please visit: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

What’s New

Version 2.0.2

Fix for DeepL translations.

Ratings and Reviews

5.0 out of 5
1 Rating

1 Rating

lovin the phone ,

Best Language App! Great Features!

I’ve spent years studying a few languages in endless ways. This app provides the best features to develop actual comfort and confidence in a language you are studying. It allows a variety of ways to listen and read at the same time. It has a bunch of different ‘workout’ methods. It’s super convenient, using easily available podcasts right from within the app. You can also set it to Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced, and switch whenever you want.

I love this app! It’s what I’ve been searching for—a way to use “comprehensible input” (the most highly regarded method in language learning today), without any struggle, and for it to be fun—being able to change workout styles whenever you feel like it—keeps the whole process fresh.

I hope more and more people get excited about this app, so that the developer will keep working on it. I’m using it on both iPhone and iPad, so that’s excellent too. Absolutely recommend this if you really want to develop you language ability!

Developer Response ,

Thank you! Glad you are enjoying Glisten. We’ll do our best to keep improving it.

Doc Molly ,

¡Excelente!

I teach/learn Spanish through hosting the Medical Spanish Podcast, and I just tried this application out, and I love it. The transcription is auto generated, so there will be a few errors, but they’re rare. It’s an awesome way to immerse yourself in Spanish, and be able to repeat things and see the transcript when needed. If you hear a phrase or word you want to add to your vocabulary, you can easily go back and find it, listen to it again and you can even copy it and paste it into a note for later reference. Love it! Bravo!

Developer Response ,

Thanks! Glad you like the concept.

Events

App Privacy

The developer, Drew McCormack, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

  • Usage Data
  • Diagnostics

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.

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