Cuespeak vs Speech Therapy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Expert-developed exercises
- Personalized therapy sessions
- Engaging and interactive activities
- Weekly new content updates
- Session sharing via email
- Mobile accessibility
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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
Speech Therapy
This app supports speech recovery for individuals recovering from stroke, aphasia, or brain injuries. It offers AI-powered practice with real-time feedback across six specialized modes, helping users improve pronunciation, intonation, and rhythm. Track progress visually and create personalized affirmations to aid in reclaiming your voice.
- AI-powered real-time feedback
- Six specialized speech modes
- Personalized affirmation creation
- Visual progress tracking
- Adaptive learning for users
- Tongue twister exercises
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In 2024, my wife Dawn suffered a brain hemorrhage and subsequent strokes and surgeries. I built SpeakClearly for her during her brain injury recovery after experiencing first-hand the process of speech therapy and the limitations of our health care insurance and care. Now it's helping many others reclaim their voices, one spoken word at a time. THE 166 HOURS THAT MATTER MOST Your therapist sees you maybe for 2 hours a week. But recovery doesn't pause for the other 166 hours. That's when real progress happens—during morning coffee, bedtime stories, and quiet moments of determination. Your brain rebuilds neural pathways every single day, not just during appointments. When Dawn faced her recovery with outdated speech tools that didn't match her courage, I knew she deserved better. You deserve better too. That's why I created SpeakClearly—born from love, built with 40 years of software development expertise, designed for daily practice that transforms recovery into reality. THE STORY Early in Dawn's recovery, her practice sentences became stale. Her confidence dipped. Together, we created daily affirmations she would speak into existence: "I am improving every day" "My voice is getting stronger" "I will speak clearly" Those affirmations became the heart of this app. Now you can create your own, speaking your recovery into being just like Dawn did. AI-POWERED PRACTICE THAT UNDERSTANDS YOU Real-Time Intelligence Get instant feedback on clarity, intonation, and rhythm—like having a speech coach available 24/7. Every session adapts to your progress. Six Specialized Modes - CLARITY: Perfect pronunciation with articulation exercises - INTONATION: Master natural speech patterns - RHYTHM: Develop proper timing and flow - WORD STRESS: Learn emphasis patterns - VOICE PLAYBACK: Build self-awareness - TONGUE TWISTERS: Advanced precision training Progress You Can See Visual charts track your journey. Streak counters celebrate consistency. But the real victory? Speaking clearly to the people you love. BUILT FOR YOUR RECOVERY Perfect For: - Stroke survivors reclaiming independence - Brain injury patients in rehabilitation - Adults with aphasia or apraxia - Anyone needing practice between therapy sessions - Caregivers supporting loved ones What Makes SpeakClearly Different: - Adaptive AI that grows with you - Affirmations mode inspired by Dawn's recovery - Complete privacy—your data stays secure - Built by someone who understands the journey THE DEVELOPER'S PROMISE I've been writing code since 1984. Built apps for Fortune 500 companies. But nothing I've created matters more than SpeakClearly. This isn't just another health app. It's personal. Every feature was tested with my wife. Every update comes from user feedback. Every improvement serves one mission: helping you speak clearly again. We are not just creating the app. We are paying customers that use it every day for Dawn's recovery. YOUR JOURNEY STARTS TODAY Join thousands discovering that recovery isn't measured in giant leaps but in daily victories. Each clearer word, each understood sentence proves progress is real. Dawn is recovering and making progress every single day. Others are recovering also. You will too. Start your 7-day free trial today. From our family to yours, Clay Tinnell Founder, developer, and caregiver SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS - 7-day free trial - Cancel anytime in Settings - Family Sharing enabled - Works on iPhone, iPad, Mac - Progress syncs across devices with iCloud Note: SpeakClearly is a practice tool, not a replacement for professional therapy. We encourage working with your speech-language pathologist alongside daily app practice. Privacy: speakclearlyapp.com/privacy Terms: speakclearlyapp.com/terms Support: support@speakclearlyapp.com Remember: Clear communication isn't a privilege—it's your right. Take it back.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cuespeak at 84% against Speech Therapy's 0%. Cuespeak also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (88 vs 8). Speech Therapy's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Cuespeak sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Speech Therapy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cuespeak holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cuespeak has 88 ratings behind it against 8, 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 Speech Therapy's.
Cuespeak ships an update every 3 weeks, Speech Therapy weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cuespeak | Speech Therapy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (88 ratings) — better | 4.4 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 88 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 124 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cuespeak Limited | Howard Clayton Tinnell Jr |
Customer experience
Cuespeak
Speech Therapy
In-app purchases
Cuespeak
- 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
- 1 year license (non-renewing)$129.99
- 3 year license (non-renewing)$399.00
Speech Therapy
- Premium Weekly3 Days trial$1.997 Days
- SpeakClearly Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Month
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