Comparison

Proloquo Coach vs Splingo

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

Head to head
About

Proloquo Coach

This app guides parents in using Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) with their children. It offers step-by-step activities and articles to improve AAC partnership, with personalized feedback and support from an in-app team.

Highlights
  • Guided AAC learning chapters
  • Step-by-step activities
  • Personalized feedback and insights
  • In-app support team
  • Communication routine building
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AssistiveWare Proloquo Coach is Proloquo’s companion app available at no additional cost. It is designed to guide and support parents starting with Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). Your skills are central to your child’s communication. Using easy step-by-step activities and articles, Proloquo Coach will help you become a better AAC partner. Requires a Proloquo plan. A guided start into AAC Proloquo Coach’s learning and practice chapters will help you build your skills and knowledge of AAC. Be the best AAC partner for your child. Practice makes perfect Practice the right thing at the right time and set good communication routines with personalized feedback and insights. You are not alone Our in-app support team can answer your questions and share more tips and tricks if you feel stuck.

About

Splingo

Engaging educational games designed by speech and language therapists to help children develop essential communication skills. Features interactive gameplay, bright visuals, and motivating reward systems. Targets various language areas from early words to complex directions.

Highlights
  • Therapist-designed games
  • Targets receptive language
  • Early words development
  • Following directions
  • Interactive gameplay
  • Reward games
  • Language assessment tool
Features
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Speech and Language apps for children Designed by Speech and Language Therapists/Pathologists, Splingo apps are fun and engaging educational games to help your child develop their speech and language skills. Specially designed by Speech and Language Therapists/Pathologists to target different areas of language development Fun and interactive gameplay with an emphasis on learning Bright, colorful images and animations In-built reward games to engage and motivate Recommended by Speech and Language Therapists/Pathologists Splingo games target all these areas of language development – Following Directions/Receptive Language Actions/verbs Pronouns Early Words development Past Tense Categories Adjectives / Describing Words Language Assessment Splingo also includes a professional’s Language Assessment tool designed to assess children’s receptive language skills. As Speech and Language Therapists / Pathologists with over 40 years experience between us we know what it takes to support children’s speech and language development! We’ve designed these Splingo games to be fun and educational by using bright, colorful images and animations. Splingo games can be customized to target specific language skill areas so you can be certain that your child is playing the right games at the right level. We’ve added high-quality, in-built reward games to motivate your child to keep on learning. The games also have an option to select between US voice and UK voice. Children love playing Splingo and parents and professionals tell us it’s an app that children ask for over and over again – they’re having fun whilst they’re learning! Used for over a decade by Speech and Language Therapists all over the world, Splingo is a go-to app for developing children’s language skills. **Frequently listed as a Top 10 Speech and Language App (Speech Sisters; District Speech; Therapy Tree; The Sped Guru; TechBooky**

Screenshots

Proloquo Coach4 screens
Splingo3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Proloquo Coach at 83% against Splingo's 35%. Proloquo Coach also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 8). Splingo's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence 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. Splingo sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Proloquo Coach asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Proloquo Coach holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Proloquo Coach has 49 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Proloquo Coach's written reviews are positive against 35% of Splingo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Proloquo Coach ships an update every 5 weeks, Splingo every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 23, 2026 and August 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Proloquo Coach versus Splingo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProloquo CoachSplingo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (49 ratings) — better3.5 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews — better34.8% of reviews
Number of ratings49 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB791 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAssistiveWareSplingo Ltd

Customer experience

Proloquo Coach

All ratings49 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Splingo

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive34.8%
Neutral8.7%
Negative56.5%

In-app purchases

None

Proloquo Coach

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Splingo

One-time8
  • Splingos Language UniverseFree
  • Actions With Splingo$0.99
  • Categories With Splingo$0.99
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  • Describing Words With Splingo$0.99
  • Pronouns With Splingo$0.99
  • Past Tense With Splingo$0.99
  • Early Words With Splingo$0.99
  • Language Assessment$9.99

Questions

Is Proloquo Coach free?
Proloquo Coach is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Splingo free?
Splingo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Proloquo Coach or Splingo?
Proloquo Coach is rated higher. Proloquo Coach averages 4.9 out of 5 from 49 ratings, while Splingo averages 3.5 from 6 ratings.
Do Proloquo Coach or Splingo have ads?
Splingo shows ads; Proloquo Coach does not.
Which is updated more often, Proloquo Coach or Splingo?
Proloquo Coach ships an update every 5 weeks, and Splingo every 2 months. Most recently, Proloquo Coach was updated on August 23, 2026 and Splingo on August 25, 2026.

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