Comparison

SCIP vs Describe It Pro

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!

About

Describe It Pro

This app helps improve describing skills through interactive games. It offers language and articulation activities designed by speech-language pathologists to build vocabulary and practice speech sounds.

Highlights
  • Language and articulation decks
  • Guess It game for describing
  • Learn It mode for practice
  • Speech sound decks
  • Interactive learning activities
Features
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This version of describe it comes with BOTH language and articulation decks. See more below: Langauge: Good describing skills is one of the most important abilities a student can have to be successful in school. Fortunately there are long-tested ways to improve describing. Describe It is created by speech-language pathologists who have long used this approach while teaching. This app uses three different activities to teach the parameters of describing while familiarizing students with their senses. Activities within Guess It - similar to the popular game Catch Phrase, students must describe the image they see to their teammates. Once their team has guessed, they pass the device to the next team until time runs out! Guess It - hear clues about the image behind the card. Enter or speak a guess to see if you're correct. See how can get the highest score! Learn It - use this mode to learn and practice! Articulation: Describe It Artic comes with three games with decks organized by speech sounds. While practicing speech sounds, this app also builds strong language skills by dividing clues into important describing parameters. Not only is this app a fun way to generalize speech sounds, it also builds language at the same time. Speech Decks Included: R, R Blends, S, S Blends, Z, L, L Blends, K, G, Th, F, V, J, Ch, Sh

Screenshots

Describe It Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Describe It Pro at $6.99 against SCIP's $59.99. Describe It Pro also leads on device support (3 vs 1). SCIP's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 2.8) and review sentiment (67% vs 33%). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

SCIP costs $59.99 and Describe It Pro $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SCIP holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of SCIP's written reviews are positive against 33% of Describe It Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SCIP versus Describe It Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSCIPDescribe It Pro
Price$59.99$6.99 — better
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better2.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings44
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size355 MB396 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEBS LEARNING INCCorey Walker

Customer experience

SCIP

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

Describe It Pro

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

SCIP

No in-app purchases

None

Describe It Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SCIP free?
SCIP costs $59.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Describe It Pro free?
Describe It Pro costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SCIP or Describe It Pro?
SCIP is rated higher. SCIP averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Describe It Pro averages 2.8 from 4 ratings.
Do SCIP or Describe It Pro have ads?
Neither SCIP nor Describe It Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SCIP or Describe It Pro?
SCIP ships an update every 2 months, and Describe It Pro every 2 months. Most recently, SCIP was updated on October 12, 2026 and Describe It Pro on October 6, 2026.

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