BITS Lab vs Sorting by Teach Speech Apps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BITS Lab
This app uses visual biofeedback to help users, particularly children and adolescents, correct speech errors related to the American English 'r' sound. It offers guided practice, adaptive challenges, and progress tracking for effective speech therapy.
- Visual biofeedback for speech correction
- Tutorial for biofeedback interpretation
- Free play mode for 'r' practice
- Adaptive quest mode for increasing difficulty
- Quiz mode for progress tracking
- Visual rewards for improvement
- Clinician dashboard for progress monitoring
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Many children, adolescents, and adults struggle to eliminate speech errors affecting the American English 'r' sound. Research suggests that these errors can in some cases be eliminated through biofeedback, where learners view a dynamic visual image of their speech and attempt to match a target representing correct production. staRt ("Speech Therapist's App for /r/ Treatment") aims to make biofeedback treatment for /r/ widely accessible to practicing speech-language pathologists. Features: - Tutorial explaining how to interpret and use the biofeedback display - "Free play" mode where users match their real-time visual-acoustic display to a target representing correct production of ‘r’ - "Quest" mode presenting syllables/words for 'r' practice; complexity increases or decreases in an adaptive fashion based on recent performance - "Quiz" mode for use in measuring baseline performance and tracking progress - Visual rewards reinforcing improvements in performance - Clinician dashboard tracking progress over the course of treatment
Sorting by Teach Speech Apps
This educational app helps develop sorting and classifying skills through interactive activities. It covers concepts like shapes, colors, feelings, and coins, enhancing vocabulary and hand-eye coordination. Designed for learning alongside an adult, it offers multi-sensory feedback and aligns with educational standards.
- Sorting and classifying skills
- Vocabulary enrichment
- Hand-eye coordination
- Visual perception development
- Multi-sensory learning
- Aligned with Common Core Standards
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**Shapes, colors, feelings, transportation, hot/cold, and coins** No ads No in-app purchases Sorting by Teach Speech Apps is designed to develop skills of sorting and classifying as well as benefits of hand-eye coordination, concentration, visual perception, and vocabulary by working with concepts: - shapes - colors - feelings - transportation - hot/cold - coins Teach Speech Apps encourages learning side-by-side with an engaged adult. Benefits: - Develops sorting and classifying skills - Enriches vocabulary - Professional photos for individuals of all ages and learning levels - Multi-sensory learning - combining seeing and hearing feedback - Reinforcement sounds - Aligned with the Common Core Standards - No ads - No in-app purchases
Verdict
The clearest difference is price: BITS Lab at Free against Sorting by Teach Speech Apps's $2.99. BITS Lab also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 80 months) and ratings volume (14 vs 1). Sorting by Teach Speech Apps's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). On ads, in-app purchases 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
BITS Lab is free to download; Sorting by Teach Speech Apps costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sorting by Teach Speech Apps holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BITS Lab has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of BITS Lab's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sorting by Teach Speech Apps's.
BITS Lab ships an update every 2 months, Sorting by Teach Speech Apps every 80 months. The most recent releases landed on July 7, 2026 and August 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BITS Lab | Sorting by Teach Speech Apps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 80 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tara McAllister | Red Five LLC |
Customer experience
BITS Lab
Sorting by Teach Speech Apps
In-app purchases
BITS Lab
No in-app purchases
Sorting by Teach Speech Apps
No in-app purchases
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