Comparison

Avaz FreeSpeech vs Earwig Parent

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

Head to head
About

Avaz FreeSpeech

This app helps individuals with language impairments practice and develop English grammar skills. Users rearrange picture tiles to form grammatically correct sentences, visually exploring sentence structure and word properties. It's designed for learners of all levels, including those with special needs or learning English as a second language.

Highlights
  • Build sentences with picture tiles
  • Visual grammar exploration
  • Supports tenses and sentence forms
  • Customizable prediction levels
  • Over 2,000 Symbolstix symbols
  • Errorless modeling for grammar
Features
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FreeSpeech helps anyone with a language impairment practice and develop grammar skills! Drag and rearrange picture tiles, and FreeSpeech will convert them into a perfectly grammatical English sentence. Explore how tenses, sentence forms, parts of speech, and other grammatical properties change the structure of English -- and it's all visual! FreeSpeech is the perfect app for anyone who is learning the English language - whether you are - A person with special needs, such as autism, dyslexia and hearing impairments - An ELL student, trying to make sense of English grammar - Someone who loves languages and likes to explore them! Developed by an interdisciplinary team including SLPs, educators, and researchers with over 100 years of collective experience, FreeSpeech is the most advanced language learning technology currently on the App Store. The technology behind FreeSpeech was the subject of a TED talk by its creator Ajit Narayanan which has been viewed more than one million times. The development of FreeSpeech, combining engineering with generative linguistics, earned the team recognition as one of the world's Top 35 Innovators from MIT Technology Review. AS SEEN ON TED BY 1M+ VIEWERS: http://go.ted.com/CW6u "A powerful new app designed to help children of all learning levels and language abilities develop grammatically correct sentences... A welcome addition for anyone with young writers that struggle with arranging sentences or who have a language impairment that makes it frustrating to communicate." - SmartAppsForKids FreeSpeech is unique because it's the only app in the world that predicts grammar. You can throw a bunch of picture tiles at it, and the app will automatically figure out a grammatically correct sentence from them. - It's possible to manipulate words, tenses and structure as if you were manipulating building blocks. - The app lets teachers and learners model/recast/contrast various grammar rules pictorially, all the while speaking out correct English. - A teacher or therapist can configure how much prediction FreeSpeech does, and fade away its capabilities as a student develops confidence. FreeSpeech is based on solid research, and builds language by: - EXPANDING: Prompting users with questions to expand their sentences; - SCAFFOLDING: Intelligently predicting words that they are likely to use; - CONTRASTING: Visually modeling tense and sentence modifiers; - RECASTING: Automatically inserting prepositions and articles as needed; and - ERRORLESS MODELING: Automatically predicting grammar, to assemble a map of pictures into a grammatically correct English sentence. Scientific trials validating the efficacy of FreeSpeech have been presented at leading conferences in linguistics and special education. FreeSpeech features more than 2,000 symbols from Symbolstix, and is ideally suited to use alongside other AAC, articulation and education apps that use these lovely symbols. Additionally, you can customize the vocabulary with 20,000+ Symbolstix symbols. Download FreeSpeech & learn English language skills today! Please email us at support@freespeechapp.com with any comments, questions or suggestions about FreeSpeech. *Pricing plan - Auto Renewable Subscription* 1 month auto renewing - 9.99 USD 6 months auto renewing - 59.99 USD 1 year auto renewing - 99.99 USD Link to privacy policy - www.avazapp.com/privacy Link to Terms of use - www.avazapp.com/terms-of-use/ -Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase -Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period -Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period -You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings after purchase -Any unused portion of the free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription Symbols used in this app are © 2016 SymbolStix LLC.

About

Earwig Parent

This app offers parents a secure portal to view their child's school records and uploaded media. Schools can allow parents to contribute images and documents, enriching the child's educational timeline.

Highlights
  • Secure parent login
  • Child's school record access
  • View tagged images and media
  • Upload images, documents, videos
  • Growing educational timeline
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The Earwig Parent app provides parents with a secure login and free, ever-growing record of their child’s school life. Parents can see the Earwig records and images that have been tagged explicitly to their child in the school database. Parents are not charged for limited access to Earwig records or timelines via the Earwig website.   Any school has the option to allow parents to upload images, documents, or videos into Earwig Parent. This then becomes part of the school's records for the relevant student. By uploading images to Earwig, each parent is giving the school and EARL an ongoing license to use the image for any relevant educational purpose.

Screenshots

Avaz FreeSpeech4 screens
Earwig Parent4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Avaz FreeSpeech at 64% against Earwig Parent's 0%. Avaz FreeSpeech also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). Earwig Parent's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads and device support 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

Both are free to download. Avaz FreeSpeech sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Earwig Parent asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Avaz FreeSpeech ships an update every 2 months, Earwig Parent every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Avaz FreeSpeech versus Earwig Parent: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAvaz FreeSpeechEarwig Parent
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews64.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size452 MB40 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperPrathiba SwaminathanTechseria

Customer experience

Avaz FreeSpeech

All ratings12 ratings
Positive58.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive64.0%
Neutral16.0%
Negative20.0%

Earwig Parent

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Avaz FreeSpeech

Subscriptions3
  • Premium Access: Pics & Voices$4.991 Month
  • Premium Access: Pics & Voices$39.991 Year
  • Premium Access: Pics & Voices$59.996 Months
None

Earwig Parent

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Avaz FreeSpeech free?
Avaz FreeSpeech is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Earwig Parent free?
Earwig Parent is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Avaz FreeSpeech or Earwig Parent have ads?
Neither Avaz FreeSpeech nor Earwig Parent shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Avaz FreeSpeech or Earwig Parent?
Avaz FreeSpeech ships an update every 2 months, and Earwig Parent every 8 months. Most recently, Avaz FreeSpeech was updated on November 2, 2026 and Earwig Parent on November 3, 2026.

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