Comparison

WH Questions Skills vs Keywords Understanding Lite

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

Head to head
About

WH Questions Skills

This app helps children understand, ask, and answer questions using WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY, and HOW. It offers graduated practice, audio support, and detailed reporting for up to 10 players, making learning engaging and frustration-free.

Highlights
  • Understand, ask, and answer WH questions
  • Graduated practice levels
  • Audio support for readers
  • Progress reporting for up to 10 players
  • Reward center for motivation
  • Frustration-free guided learning
Features
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** Happy Frog Apps is a Mom’s Choice Award Winner! Also featured on FunEducationalApps.com, TeachersWithApps.com, and more! ** WH Questions teaches children how to UNDERSTAND, ASK and ANSWER questions using WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY and HOW, in a fun game-like environment. What parents say about our awesome reading comprehension apps: *** 5 stars! Brilliant! An app that understands how kids actually learn. Thank you!
 *** 5 stars! My kids love this app because of the fun, silly sentences. I love it because it works!  
 WH Questions provides: - Graduated practice at understanding, then answering, then asking WH questions. - Fun sentences to keep students motivated. - Audio support for weak readers. - 'At a glance' reporting shows you instantly how your child is doing with each skill and question type. Being able to ask and answer WH questions is a key requirement for reading success. This app provides a motivating environment for your child to develop these important skills. Other benefits: - FRUSTRATION FREE: Your child will always be guided to the correct answer.
 - REWARD CENTER: Fun and engaging Reward Center increases motivation. - EASY TO USE. Can be used independently (just hand it over: your child will know what to do!) or with a therapist/parent for intervention. - EXTENSIVE REPORTING: for up to 10 players to suit the needs of parents, teachers and therapists.
 Our apps are designed for and tested by typical and special needs children. Testers include children with Autism and other special needs. Our apps work for them! This app is part of a grade-by-grade series of Reading Comprehension apps. For any struggling learner, find the app that allows your child to work at 70-80% accuracy. Children need success to keep their brain in 'learning mode'. Ignore the grade-level and find the one that best suits your child.

 (Look on the app store for a reduced-price bundle of the whole series.) 
To evaluate the app, download the free version, which has one free book. Additional levels and additional players can be accessed with in-app purchases. (All levels can be purchased for $2.99 -- price may change.) 

If you prefer no in-app purchases, download the School Edition of this app, which includes all levels and up to 10 players. We take customer service very seriously! If you ever have a problem or find that we've missed something, contact us at our website and we will do our best to fix the problem.  We collect NO private information in our app. None! Our apps do not allow unrestricted web or social media access. We conform to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.

About

Keywords Understanding Lite

This app offers a sample of speech and language therapy exercises focused on sentence comprehension. It helps users practice following directions, understanding basic concepts, and improving auditory and reading comprehension skills through interactive activities.

Highlights
  • Listening comprehension exercises
  • Reading comprehension exercises
  • Following directions (one/two-step, temporal, sequential)
  • Basic concepts (size, color)
  • Vocabulary understanding
  • Sample of full app features
Features
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Keywords Understanding LITE is a free version of Keyword Understanding. It gives you a sample of the content you would get in the full version. It allows you to see how the full version works and try it out for free. Keyword Understanding (the full app version) is a professional speech and language therapy app that works on sentence-level reading and listening comprehension. It also targets the understanding of vocabulary, basic concepts and the ability to follow directions of increasing keyword length. WHO IS KEYWORD UNDERSTANDING FOR? - Children with reduced attention and auditory processing difficulties - Children with language delay or disorder - Children with autism and language comprehension difficulties - Adults with aphasia and reading or spoken language comprehension difficulties after a stroke or traumatic brain injury - Adults with cognitive-communication difficulties due to stroke or brain injury WHAT LANGUAGE AREAS DOES KEYWORD UNDERSTANDING TARGET? FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS: Following directions is important in our everyday lives. In order to understand and follow directions, one needs a strong knowledge of basic concepts, vocabulary and the ability to process and retain spoken or written information in memory. BASIC CONCEPTS, ONE AND TWO STEP DIRECTIONS: Keyword Understanding works on the basic concepts of size and color as well as one and two-step directions of increasing length and difficulty e.g  - “Touch the red balloon” - “Touch the small green umbrella” - “Touch the yellow chair and the blue candle” - “Touch the big pink cupcake and the small green glasses”. TEMPORAL DIRECTIONS (BEFORE/AFTER): Keyword Understanding includes Temporal Directions tasks that target the child or adult’s ability to follow directions that include the concepts 'Before/After' in a variety of positions in the sentence. e.g  - “Before you touch the t-shirt, touch the phone” - “After you touch the lamp, touch the vase” - “Touch the flower before you touch the box” - “Touch the sock after you touch the bucket” SEQUENTIAL DIRECTIONS (FIRST…THEN): The app also includes Sequential Directions that target the child or adult’s ability to follow directions that include the concepts 'First ... Then' in the sentence. e.g  - “First touch the ladder, then touch the bike”. FEATURES OF KEYWORDS UNDERSTANDING LITE This FREE version, Keywords Understanding LITE allows you to sample each activity in the full version but it only includes 6 objects. The FULL version includes many more allowing for much more variety in each activity and many more trials. The full version also allows you to select and deselect vocabulary items in the Word List. 3 modes: - Listening Comprehension (Audio Only): Match the spoken direction to the pictures - Reading Comprehension (Text Only): Match the written direction to the pictures - Listening and Reading Comprehension (Audio and Text): Match the spoken and written directions to the pictures - Bright, colorful, real-life photos of common objects - 6 objects in five different colors and sizes. The full version has a large variety allowing for thousands of possible following directions tasks - 3 trials in each activity. The full version allows for up to 50 trials per session. - A comprehension check activity to find out where comprehension breakdown occurs - Audio feedback for correct answers only, incorrect answers only or both - Graded tasks of increasing difficulty - User profiles and result history - Automatic tracking of scores - Optional results summary via email - iOS voices (automatically selected based on your region). Download an enhanced iOS voice for best quality. All Aptus Speech Therapy apps participate in the 50% off Volume Purchase Program, so you can buy in bulk at a discounted price. Are you looking for a different kind of speech therapy app? Check out our full range of speech and language therapy apps for adults and children on the AppStore or on our website.

Screenshots

WH Questions Skills4 screens
Keywords Understanding Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Keywords Understanding Lite at 5.0 against WH Questions Skills's 4.3. Keywords Understanding Lite also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3). WH Questions Skills's advantage is update cadence (every 10 months vs every 68 months) and iOS requirement (12.2 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. WH Questions Skills sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Keywords Understanding Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Keywords Understanding Lite holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WH Questions Skills ships an update every 10 months, Keywords Understanding Lite every 68 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
WH Questions Skills versus Keywords Understanding Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWH Questions SkillsKeywords Understanding Lite
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (4 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 10 months — betterEvery 68 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.2 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJanine TooleAptus Speech and Language Therapy Limited

Customer experience

WH Questions Skills

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.2%

Keywords Understanding Lite

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

WH Questions Skills

One-time3
  • 2 Players$1.99
  • Buy All Levels$2.99
  • 10 Players$3.99
None

Keywords Understanding Lite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WH Questions Skills free?
WH Questions Skills is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Keywords Understanding Lite free?
Keywords Understanding Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WH Questions Skills or Keywords Understanding Lite?
Keywords Understanding Lite is rated higher. WH Questions Skills averages 4.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Keywords Understanding Lite averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do WH Questions Skills or Keywords Understanding Lite have ads?
Neither WH Questions Skills nor Keywords Understanding Lite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WH Questions Skills or Keywords Understanding Lite?
WH Questions Skills ships an update every 10 months, and Keywords Understanding Lite every 68 months. Most recently, WH Questions Skills was updated on November 6, 2026 and Keywords Understanding Lite on November 3, 2026.

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