# Speech Trainer 3D — user reviews > 50 indexed App Store user reviews of Speech Trainer 3D by Smarty Ears, rated 2.30/5 from 3 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/speech-trainer-3d/id418333616/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/speech-trainer-3d/id418333616.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 2 ## Newest reviews (14 of 50) ### 3/5 — School slp *2016-05-11, version 2.1* Upper elementary find this app engaging. As a SLP hoped it would be good visual support particularly for the /r/. However, it is limited & does not exaggerate enough. Mirror modeling is much better. ### 2/5 — A few serious mistakes! *2014-03-10, version 2.0* I wanted to improve my English pronunciation; therefore, despite the lack of review for me to determine if this is a good app (and if worths the price – there are similar vowels and Consonants training on a few IPA/language related websites), I went ahead and bought it. After my first session with all vowels and consonants training, my conclusion: it's a less than desired app – too little examples for each sound (just two!) and a little too pricy for what it offers. But what really annoys me is a number of mistakes I spotted, and it makes me lost confidence whether the instruction for each sound is correct. Examples, k and g's instructions - the vocal cord highlighted but the instruction is for the nasal passage; and one of the examples for the s sound is wrong; "car" doesn't belong to s sound–either the spelling is wrong or the example is wrong. The developer should goes through every sound and its instructions, then have experts do the quality check and release an update soon. ### 2/5 — Disappointed *2013-05-30, version 1.1* Thought this would be a great tool to assist my struggling articulation student who can't get that hated /r/ sound. This was absolutely no help! Definitely not for students who have cognitive limitations as the directions given (despite the visual) are very scientific and hard to understand if you aren't an SLP. /r/ phoneme is prompted as "er" and it does not offer instruction for all vocalic r's. Side view is better for alveolar/fricative/affricate sounds showing the students correct contact points if they have difficulty with an SLP model. Does offer a frontal view for each sound but unless it's a speech sound articulated with your lips, its useless. I wouldn't spend the money on this, use your iPad and create video models yourself. ### 4/5 — Pretty good app, but... *2013-05-11, version 1.1* Over all a pretty good app. I wish it had a little more content to the app and gave a variety of examples. Would recommend as a basic app to a friend! ### 4/5 — Great for consonants production *2012-11-08, version 1.1* This app is great to view clearly the production of Standard American speech sounds from the inside. You can clearly see the movement of the articulators as well as voicing at the larynx. The only caveat is that it is incomplete with some missing vowel phonemes (only 7 here). ### 2/5 — Where is it? *2012-05-03, version 1.1* There used to be a cam that would show the person's production next to the demo, buy now it doesn't have it. All you see is the demo. ### 2/5 — Not helpful for /r/ *2012-04-17, version 1.1* The tongue tip does not go up and back. ### 4/5 — Excellent therapy tool *2012-03-16, version 1.1* Over the last week I have used this app to assist in tongue placement in articulation therapy and to implement goals for developing oral resonance from the Boone voice program using the dynamic visuals as one of many therapy tools. Thank you! A fantastic app for therapists and I was a little reluctant to purchase it. ### 4/5 — Love! *2012-02-25, version 1.1* This is a great visual to use with kids! They like the lateral view that helps them produce their target sound. ### 4/5 — Kids love it! *2012-02-25, version 1.1* My kiddos love being able to compare their productions to that of the app! Has provided a few "tada" moments in my therapy room. Thanks! ### 4/5 — Expressive *2011-12-15, version 1.1* I use this a lot as a visual aid for my adult apraxics. Phenomenal views. ### 4/5 — Sleslie03 *2011-08-05, version 1.1* This app really helps my students with placement. I love it! If it's on the iPad the kids love it! ### 4/5 — Excellent therapy tool *2011-07-29, version 1.1* I have found this app to be a wonderful addition to my articulation treatment. The students are intrigued by how the sounds are made and will attend to aspects of sound production depicted in animations. We compare placement of different sounds, voiced voiceless productions and students become better able to self monitor their productions. I was happily surprised by my student's interest in this app! ### 4/5 — Much improved! *2011-06-24, version 1.1* Since the update, this is a much better program. My students just beginning to work in a sound really seem to benefit by the visuals with the sequenced directions. Also, I have recommended it to several parents who want to work with their child but don't know how to instruct them. Smarty Ears is really improving how I work with my students. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Pésimo *2019-07-01, version 5.0* Incompleto, con errores, la animación no hace notar la diferencia en la pronunciación. Decepcionante ### 1/5 — Total waste *2017-03-06, version 3.0* Horrible. Author states she is a speech pathologist-she should realize that in presenting phonemes they should be the pure sound such as /p/ or /b/ and not /puh/ or /buh/ adding the schwa sound. I cannot use this app. With my Accent Mod students as the information presented is grossly incorrect. Disappointing. ### 1/5 — Errors make this app unusable in therapy *2016-02-16, version 2.1* My clinic paid $8 for this app so we could use it in therapy with clients but we found that a number of the example words for the vowel sounds are incorrect. For example, for /e/, the example words included "bed". Clearly, it isn't pronounced with a long a sound. ### 1/5 — School SLP *2013-09-04, version 1.1* I feel that this app doesn't accurately depict the correct way to produce sounds. I also don't like that all consonants are paired with a vowel. It plays the demo so quickly it's hard for students to see what to do. Waste of $8. ### 1/5 — Don't waste your money! *2012-05-25, version 1.1* Worst app I have ever brought...is there a way to get money back? ### 1/5 — Don't waste your money *2012-01-18, version 1.1* My son requires speech therapy and I thought this would be a good tool to help him practice. Not at all! It simply explains how to move your Luis and where to place your tongue. It doesn't show the exact movements. I am very disappointed. For $8, it was a total rip off! I feel cheated. I had really hoped this could be a useful tool in his development. Would not buy! I read the other reviews, but somehow thought it might still be useful. It's not!!! ### 1/5 — Huge disappointment *2011-09-01, version 1.1* Not to include the /r/ controlled vowels in an $8 app is the biggest waste of money I've seen ### 1/5 — SPEECH APP NEEDS SPEECH THERAPY *2011-05-05, version 1.0.3* Unbelievable! How can you develop and put out a speech app that generates incorrect sounds? When I purchase a multiplication app, I do not expect the math facts to be incorrect. Develop an update or have the professional courtesy to pull this app off the market. It doesn't matter how good the graphics are if the sounds are incorrect, and in fact, would be considered negative training. ### 1/5 — Just OK *2011-04-03, version 1.0* While the animation in this app is "cool," from a functional standpoint I don't see this being very useful with my students. The side view is too abstract and quick for kids and the front view is, well...I might as well have students looking at my face. Also some of the voiceless sounds are followed by a voice! The information that can be played while looking at the side view would be OK if it was for the correct phoneme! ### 1/5 — Hit or miss *2011-04-03, version 1.0* Smarty ears tends to have some apps that are great and some that are not well thought out. This is on the not well thought out side. The pictures don,t match with the print. I can't imagine paying 40 dollars for this. The speech tutor app from pocket SLP is far superior to this one. Dotp Slp ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — The perfect addition to my therapy room! *2019-04-30, version 5.0* Love this app! When my explanation of placement isn’t working for the students, I use this app to provide a better visual, especially for sounds that are more difficult to see correct placement. I also love the video feature as the students are way more motivated by this than a mirror. ### 5/5 — Great tool!! *2013-05-11, version 1.1* I have used this app with both students and adults, during therapy sessions and at parent meetings to demonstrate and teach clients and their families correct placement. I used to use my own drawings with arrows ( pathetic, I know) but the dynamic quality of the app allows folks who are not SLPs appreciate both the complexities and subtleties of the movements of speech. Thanks for a great tool! ### 5/5 — Great app *2012-06-25, version 1.1* I found this app to be very helpful as it provides clients with visual cues of placement of tongue inside the oral cavity, great app!! ### 5/5 — *Very Supportive* *2012-06-25, version 1.1* This app has been very helpful in supporting a visual understanding that is needed for my little guy to produce sounds ask of him. Once again hats off to Smarty Ears. And I have to say for those continually leaving reviews in regards to cost of apps, please take into consideration what it takes to produce these apps. This app is at a very fair market price. ### 5/5 — Love the recording feature!! *2012-04-17, version 1.1* This app is great to show placement during speech therapy groups! My students LOVE the self-recording option and are having a lot of fun with it. Great job! ### 5/5 — Speech trainer *2012-02-25, version 1.1* I really love this app, my son and daughter both receive speech and this has been a helpful tool when the speech therapist isn't here. They both enjoy watching the side and front version and really like to see themselves in the mirror next to the speech trainer. ### 5/5 — Excellent app!!! *2012-02-25, version 1.1* Excellent App! I love to use the visuals with my clients. The camera integration on the iPad 2 is a great motivator for kids to see themselves. ### 5/5 — Great visualization! *2012-01-14, version 1.1* This app is perfect for allowing kids to visualize those "hard to see" speech sounds! ### 5/5 — Impressive use of the camera on my iPad2 *2011-08-15, version 1.1* I love the new update on Speech Trainer! With my iPad2 I am able to use my camera to teach my students how to pronounce the sounds correctly. They love seeing themselves on the iPad. As a Speech-Language-Pathologist I applaud this app as a great resource for therapists and children. ### 5/5 — An amazing app *2011-06-01, version 1.1* When an app with this amount of visual quality is sold for only $7.99 and I get all sounds in English with two views, an avatar, and the ability to see myself on the camera and compare to the avatar, I just have to say: Thank you! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*