Comparison

Cuespeak vs IPA Chat

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

Head to head
About

Cuespeak

This app provides speech and language rehabilitation exercises for individuals with difficulties following stroke or brain injury. It offers a wide range of customizable activities for speaking, understanding, reading, and writing, designed for home or clinic use.

Highlights
  • Expert-developed exercises
  • Personalized therapy sessions
  • Engaging and interactive activities
  • Weekly new content updates
  • Session sharing via email
  • Mobile accessibility
Features
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Supercharge your speech therapy with Cuespeak, the NHS-recommended rehabilitation tool for people with speech, language, and cognitive difficulties after stroke or brain injury. Designed for use in both home and clinic, Cuespeak offers a huge range of exercises to work on aphasia and apraxia of speech, addressing speaking, understanding, reading and writing. Key Features: - Expert-Developed Content: Access hundreds of exercises developed by specialist speech and language therapists - Personalise it: Customise your therapy sessions and add personalised content such as names of family and friends - Engaging and Fun: Cuespeak’s interactive exercises are relevant to real life to keep you motivated - Up to date: New content added every week, including the latest items from the news - Share sessions via email: Allows you to get help from someone in another location - Accessible on the move: Use Cuespeak on your iPhone or iPad, so you can practise anytime, anywhere, making therapy convenient and flexible Who is it for? - People with speech and language difficulties seeking a home therapy tool - Caregivers and family members supporting a loved one’s recovery following stroke or brain injury What users have said: - “I just wanted to thank you for your marvellous programme. My husband has severe aphasia but has not lost his intelligence. Your programme stimulates his interest – there is no dumbing down. Keep up the good work. We love the humour in Cuespeak” Home user - “This is the best therapy tool I have ever used” Elizabeth McBarnet, Speech & Language Therapist, N. Ireland - "I can’t stress enough how much I love this app. I have been using it today with a lady with apraxia and aphasia and she was just so excited by how relevant it was to her life!” Bev Snowden, Senior Specialist SLT, North Devon Healthcare Trust

About

IPA Chat

This application allows users to construct words and sentences using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). It offers features to "speak" messages by tapping IPA characters or constructing phrases, and includes a lookup tool for spelling words in IPA.

Highlights
  • Construct words and sentences in IPA
  • Babble feature for real-time IPA speaking
  • IPA phrase construction for speaking
  • IPA lookup tool for word spelling
  • Supports multiple languages
Features
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This app demonstrates how you could "speak" using IPA. Choose your language, construct words and sentences, and write your message. Use the babble feature to speak as you tap on IPA characters or only when you have constructed your IPA phase. Use the lookup tool to find how to spell known words in IPA (NB: a very restricted dictionary)

Screenshots

Cuespeak4 screens
IPA Chat1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cuespeak at 84% against IPA Chat's 0%. Cuespeak also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (89 vs 1). IPA Chat's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7). 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. Cuespeak sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. IPA Chat asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cuespeak holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cuespeak has 89 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Cuespeak's written reviews are positive against 0% of IPA Chat's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Cuespeak versus IPA Chat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCuespeakIPA Chat
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (89 ratings) — better2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews84.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings89 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size124 MB13 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperCuespeak LimitedAce Centre

Customer experience

Cuespeak

All ratings87 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral3.4%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive84.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative8.0%

IPA Chat

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Cuespeak

Subscriptions5
  • Legacy 1$3.991 Month
  • Legacy 2$3.991 Month
  • Legacy 3$3.991 Month
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  • Monthly auto-renewing1 Month trial$7.491 Month
  • Monthly auto-renewing$12.991 Month
One-time2
  • 1 year license (non-renewing)$129.99
  • 3 year license (non-renewing)$399.00
None

IPA Chat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cuespeak free?
Cuespeak is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is IPA Chat free?
IPA Chat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cuespeak or IPA Chat?
Cuespeak is rated higher. Cuespeak averages 4.7 out of 5 from 89 ratings, while IPA Chat averages 2.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Cuespeak or IPA Chat have ads?
Neither Cuespeak nor IPA Chat shows ads.

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