SCIP vs ASHA Schools Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SCIP
This therapeutic tool aids speech therapy by implementing evidence-based contrastive phonology approaches. It offers a vast library of words and allows for individualized or group sessions with detailed progress tracking and reporting.
- Five contrastive therapy approaches
- 2,400+ real words and 6,000+ nonsense words
- Individual or group sessions (up to 4 students)
- Individualized treatment targets and data collection
- Printable progress graphs and session notes
- Printable illustrations for practice
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Turbocharge your speech therapy! SCIP (Sound Contrasts In Phonology) is an evidence-based, therapeutic tool developed through a one million dollar NIH grant by ASHA Fellow Dr. A. Lynn Williams. Dr. Williams partnered with EBS Learning to create this revolutionary app to maximize therapy by increasing intelligibility in less time. SCIP allows you to both create and implement treatment approaches using five different contrastive therapy approaches: Multiple Oppositions Minimal Pairs Maximal Oppositions Treatment of the Empty Set Vowel Contrasts SCIP includes more than 2,400 real words and 6,000 nonsense words to provide the widest variety of treatment stimuli and support rapid progress. The app allows individual or group sessions with up to 4 students. In group sessions, each student has individualized treatment targets and data collection. Print or email graphs of treatment progress and individual session notes! Choose the option to treat word-initial or word-final sounds using pictures or illustrations. You can also print illustrations to prepare practice sets to be used away from the iPad or sent home for reinforcement. Amazing features of this app allow you to: Easily create treatment programs with five contrastive approaches. Provide therapy sessions using illustrations or pictures. Collect data and enter therapy notes for each session. Graph treatment data and produce therapy reports. Print illustrations for use away from the iPad. Create and save groups of up to four students each with their own targets and treatment approach. Previously created for use with a computer, this improved and even easier-to-use program is now available as an app on your iPad! "SCIP" the prep time and jump right into treatment!
ASHA Schools Connect
This app provides conference attendees with access to schedules, speaker and exhibitor details, and poster abstracts. Users can take notes directly on presentation slides and engage in in-app messaging with colleagues.
- View conference schedule
- Access speaker and exhibitor details
- Browse poster abstracts
- Take notes on presentation slides
- In-app messaging with attendees
- Share information via tweet and email
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*** FOR ATTENDEES ONLY *** The ASHA Connect mobile application allows you to view the schedule, poster abstracts, exhibitors and speaker details from the conference. Users can take notes adjacent available presentation slides and draw directly on slides inside the app. Note-taking is also available in the Exhibitors module. Additionally, users can share information with attendees and colleagues with in app messaging, tweeting and emailing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ASHA Schools Connect at Free against SCIP's $59.99. ASHA Schools Connect also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and ratings volume (69 vs 4). SCIP's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 31 months). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
ASHA Schools Connect is free to download; SCIP costs $59.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SCIP holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ASHA Schools Connect has 69 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of SCIP's written reviews are positive against 100% of ASHA Schools Connect's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SCIP ships an update every 2 months, ASHA Schools Connect every 31 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SCIP | ASHA Schools Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $59.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.8 (69 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 69 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 31 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 355 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | EBS LEARNING INC | American Speech-Language-Hearing Association |
Customer experience
SCIP
ASHA Schools Connect
In-app purchases
SCIP
No in-app purchases
ASHA Schools Connect
No in-app purchases
Questions
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