Comparison

Speech Assistant AAC vs Advanced Comprehension Therapy

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

Head to head
About

Speech Assistant AAC

This text-to-speech app assists individuals with speech impairments by allowing them to create custom buttons with saved phrases and symbols. It offers a fully customizable interface, various voice options including AI clones, and can be used during phone calls. The app supports multiple user profiles and iCloud backups for easy data transfer.

Highlights
  • Customizable buttons with phrases and symbols
  • Multiple voice options including AI clones
  • Full-screen mode for large font display
  • Category and subcategory organization
  • User profiles for multiple individuals
  • iCloud backup and transfer
Features
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Speech Assistant AAC is a text-to-speech app designed for people who are speech impaired, for example due to Aphasia, MND/ALS, Autism, Stroke, Cerebral Palsy or other speech problems. With the app you can create categories and save phrases on buttons for quick access and easy communication. You can also type messages using the iOS keyboard. The app is affordable with a one-time payment and no subscription. Key features • Easy to use and fully customizable to your needs and preferences. • Categories and subcategories to organize your phrases. • History feature to quickly access previously entered phrases. • Option to add symbols, emoji or photos to the buttons. • Full screen mode to display your messages in large font. • Autocomplete feature to display phrase suggestions in a drop-down list. • Tabs for multiple conversations. • Designed for iPhone and iPad, supports both portrait and landscape orientation. • Supports Apple Watch. • Backup to iCloud, Mail or AirDrop. Voices • You can choose a voice from any of the iOS system voices. • Supports ElevenLabs voices, giving you the option to use highly realistic AI professional voice clones. • Supports Apple's Personal Voice. • Option to create voice recordings for the buttons and to import voice recordings. Phone calls • The app can also be used while making Phone and FaceTime calls. • This works with iOS system voices and with iOS 18 also with ElevenLabs voices and regular recordings (app setting). Categories and phrases • Add, change or delete your own (sub)categories and phrases. • You can create an unlimited number of categories to organize your phrases for quick access. • Create user profiles with their own categories, phrases and settings for multi-language support or different individuals. • Easily edit category and phrase buttons with a long press. • With Backup to iCloud or AirDrop you can transfer your categories and phrases to another iPhone/iPad. Fully Customizable • The size of the buttons, the textbox and the text can be adjusted. • The app has various color schemes and you can also create a personal color scheme. • You can change the order of the buttons with drag and drop. Full screen • Show your message full screen with a very large font. • Useful for communicating in a noisy environment. • You can rotate the text to show your message to the person opposite of you. Speech • The rate and pitch of the speech can be adjusted. • Option to speak each Word or Character directly while typing. • Optional highlighting of the spoken words. • Pause and resume speaking by tapping the speak button (optional setting). Apple Watch • The Watch app can especially be useful for communicating short messages. • On the go, you don't have to pick up your phone and can quicky communicate with the app on your wrist. Other features • Button to share your message to mail, text and social media. • Connect a bluetooth keyboard and create shortcuts for actions. • A custom keyboard can be enabled in the settings with customizable size, color and layout. • Abbreviations expansion to reduce keystrokes. • Attention sound button on Main and Full screen. • Option to select symbols from the set of 3400 Mulberry Symbols (mulberrysymbols.org). About the app • This app is developed by ASoft. • The app does not collect any data, so all your conversations stay private. • One-time payment, there is no subscription fee. • The app has won an innovation award: The Vodafone Mobiles For Good Challenge. • The app does not require an internet connection. • For feedback or questions, please contact: speechassistant@asoft.nl. • On www.asoft.nl you can find more information such as a user manual.

About

Advanced Comprehension Therapy

This app offers professional speech therapy to improve sentence-level understanding, following directions, and language processing. It features three engaging activities designed for adults and older children with communication impairments, helping to build comprehension skills beyond single words.

Highlights
  • Sentence identification with increasing complexity
  • Sentence building from word order
  • Following multi-step directions
  • Auditory, reading, and combined comprehension modes
  • Progress tracking and email reports
  • Hints and audio repeat options
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Train your brain to listen carefully with this professional speech therapy app. Three activities help you to understand sentences, follow directions, and improve language processing. If you’re looking for a speech therapy app for adults and older children with communication and cognitive impairments that takes understanding beyond single words, this app is for you. ** Try for FREE by downloading Advanced Language Therapy Lite ** Advanced Comprehension Therapy will help you find where comprehension breaks down, then help you build it back up with 3 classic speech therapy activities targeting sentence-level listening and reading comprehension. 1) IDENTIFY the picture that matches the sentence, increasing in syntactic complexity. Start by finding the picture that matches a sentence like “The baby sleeps.” Work up to finding “The grandparent is told a secret by the child” from closely related pictures. * 11 levels of difficulty for understanding sentences with nearly 700 unique trials * Listen, Read, & Both modes to focus on auditory, reading, or total comprehension * Includes up to 3 nouns, indirect objects, reversible sentences, & passives 2) BUILD a sentence by focusing on each word & how they all fit together. Arrange the words one-by-one to match the pictured sentence you hear. Start with 3 words and work up to 9. * 20 sentence types in nearly 1200 unique trials * Add up to 3 extra words for an added challenge * Tricky "little words" like articles, pronouns, and prepositions * Hear each word as you touch it 3) FOLLOW directions of increasing difficulty in 1-, 2-, & 3-step commands. Start with exercises like “Touch the pencil.” Work up to brain-bending challenges like “Before you touch the large yellow striped circle, touch the small blue solid star.” * 16 levels of difficulty for following directions * Listen, Read, & Both modes to focus on auditory, reading, or total comprehension * Includes basic, temporal, & conditional commands in a hierarchy of 1-, 2-, & 3-step directions In All Activities: * Enjoy 1000’s of unique stimuli with hundreds of photos * Use hints when you get stuck so you always finish successfully * Track progress with detailed e-mail reports * Record yourself on-screen and send it when you’re finished * Repeat audio at any time, or repeat slowly for easier understanding * Designed with adults in mind but easy enough for children to use * No subscriptions, no monthly bills, no Wi-Fi needed ------------------------------------------------- Who is Advanced Comprehension Therapy For? * Speech-Language Pathologists * Adults with Aphasia (mild-moderate) * Stroke & TBI Survivors * Children with Autism or Language Learning Difficulties * Anyone who has mastered the single words in Comprehension Therapy or Language 4-in-1 & wants to take their therapy to the next level! ------------------------------------------------- Which Skills Does This App Target? * Auditory Comprehension (listening) * Reading Comprehension * Attention to Detail * Working Memory (holding information) * Nouns & Pronouns (he/she/it/they) * Adjectives (colors, size, shading) * Syntactic Processing (understanding grammar) * Temporal Concepts (before/after) * Conditional Directions (if/then) * Problem Solving (using hint/repeat or fixing errors) ------------------------------------------------- Download now to get started – or try it for FREE with Advanced Language Therapy Lite! Looking for something different in a speech therapy app? We offer a wide range to choose from. Find the right one for you at tactustherapy.com/find

Screenshots

Speech Assistant AAC4 screens
Advanced Comprehension Therapy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Speech Assistant AAC at 81% against Advanced Comprehension Therapy's 50%. Speech Assistant AAC also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and price ($24.99 vs $29.99). Advanced Comprehension Therapy's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.5). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Speech Assistant AAC costs $24.99 and Advanced Comprehension Therapy $29.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Advanced Comprehension Therapy holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 104 and 282 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 81% of Speech Assistant AAC's written reviews are positive against 50% of Advanced Comprehension Therapy's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Speech Assistant AAC ships an update every 3 weeks, Advanced Comprehension Therapy every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Speech Assistant AAC versus Advanced Comprehension Therapy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeech Assistant AACAdvanced Comprehension Therapy
Price$24.99 — better$29.99
Rating4.5 (104 ratings)4.7 (282 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.3% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings104282 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#13 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.59.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size131 MB149 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTon SchalkeTactus Therapy Solutions Ltd.

Customer experience

Speech Assistant AAC

All ratings104 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral6.7%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews91 reviews
Positive81.3%
Neutral9.9%
Negative8.8%

Advanced Comprehension Therapy

All ratings276 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral2.5%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Speech Assistant AAC

Reported bugs

17 issues
  • Default category button cannot be deleted
  • Images with transparent backgrounds turn white
  • Color picker does not work
  • Blank word slot in new subcategories cannot be deleted
  • Recorded or imported audio on buttons doesn't play on phone calls
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  • Cannot send voice message to WhatsApp
  • App crashes on iOS 17.5.1 on iPhone XS
  • Hex codes keep changing after input
  • Return key to send/speak disabled in latest update
  • Syncing from iPad to iPhone not happening
  • Categories don't stay on conversation when switching tabs
  • App keeps crashing/freezing
  • Option to not read directly seems to no longer work
  • Speech button not working
  • Syncing between iPhone and iPad not working
  • App crashes when another app uses speaker
  • Voice output not heard during phone calls

Requested features

42 requests
  • Ability to move sub-categories
  • Toggle for reading category names
  • Sub-sub-categories
  • Option to choose image files
  • Color picker for customization
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  • Delete blank word slot in subcategories
  • Send text to speech to WhatsApp
  • Shortcut to Control Panel
  • Ability to reset element sizes
  • Ability to clone own voice
  • Drag option for moving positions
  • Syncing between devices
  • More symbols for basic words
  • Control AI devices (Echo, Google)
  • Child voices for TTS
  • Option to use only iPhone/iPad speaker easily
  • Better autocorrect
  • Fix mispronunciation of words
  • Ability to print phrases from app
  • Change font size of settings/documentation
  • More than 5 choices in 'Clear/Restore'
  • Ability to create sub-categories
  • Record/import audio on phone calls
  • Full screen mode
  • Option for UK female voice
  • Draw within the app and convert to text
  • Customize buttons with color
  • Add own voice to phrases
  • Eye control app
  • Make pictures on text buttons appear in read-out windows
  • Use own pre-recorded voice
  • Text can be shown in large print
  • Add a lock on app configuration
  • Use own voice for TTS
  • More advanced audio options
  • Better integration with other apps
  • Option to not read directly when disabled
  • Full functionality access for recording sessions
  • Return key to send/speak functionality
  • Sync categories with conversation tabs
  • Ability to delete default category button
  • Support for other languages

Advanced Comprehension Therapy

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Speech Assistant AAC

No in-app purchases

None

Advanced Comprehension Therapy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Speech Assistant AAC free?
Speech Assistant AAC costs $24.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Advanced Comprehension Therapy free?
Advanced Comprehension Therapy costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Speech Assistant AAC or Advanced Comprehension Therapy?
Advanced Comprehension Therapy is rated higher. Speech Assistant AAC averages 4.5 out of 5 from 104 ratings, while Advanced Comprehension Therapy averages 4.7 from 282 ratings.
Do Speech Assistant AAC or Advanced Comprehension Therapy have ads?
Neither Speech Assistant AAC nor Advanced Comprehension Therapy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Speech Assistant AAC or Advanced Comprehension Therapy?
Speech Assistant AAC ships an update every 3 weeks, and Advanced Comprehension Therapy every 4 months. Most recently, Speech Assistant AAC was updated on October 24, 2026 and Advanced Comprehension Therapy on October 25, 2026.

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