Empathy Pics Lite vs AAT Plus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Empathy Pics Lite
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This FREE trial version of Empathy Pics gives you a small sample of the content you’ll get in the FULL version so you can see how it works and try it out. Empathy Pics is a professional speech therapy app that targets the follows areas: 1) making social inferences 2) understanding the feelings and perspectives of others 3) verbal expression including talking about personal emotions 3) problem-solving e.g. deciding what to do in different situations 4) learning appropriate responses in social situations e.g. how to respond to good or bad news Empathy Pics is ideal for older children and teenagers with autism and cognitive-communication difficulties as well as adults with autism and brain injury. The Emotions & Situations activity contains over 60 scenarios that each contain five questions. 1) What do you see in the picture? 2) How do you think the person feels? 3) How would you feel if you were in this situation? 4) What would you do in this person's situation? 5) Have you ever been in a similar situation? Tell me about it Each question acts as a thinking prompt and encourages interaction between the user and the therapist, teacher or family member. Learners are encouraged to think deeply about the people in the photos, the situations they are in and how they might feel. The Showing Concern activity presents high-quality color photos and scenarios. The user is asked to think about what they might say to the other person to show interest or concern. Multiple choice answers are available. The app is a highly versatile resource that can be used in speech therapy sessions and in the classroom. It also serves as a handy homework resource. Empathy Pics will help learners to improve their ability to make social inferences, interpret other people’s feelings, express their own emotions and show concern or interest. If you are looking for an easy-to-use app to spark interest in empathizing with others, look no further! Features: • 6 photo scenarios in lite version, over 100 in full version • Questions that prompt deep thinking and encourage social interaction • Results summary that can be emailed • Results tracking and in-built storage (activity 2) • No subscriptions, no monthly bills, no Wi-Fi needed Are you looking for a different type of speech therapy app? Visit our website to view our full range for adults and children: http://www.aptus-slt.com/
AAT Plus
This tool offers a comprehensive suite of screeners and assessments for articulation, including quick screeners, full assessments, sentence-level tests, and stimulability tests. It is designed to aid in evaluating speech sound production.
- Quick screener
- Full assessment
- Sentence level assessment
- R Screener
- Stimulability tests
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Elevate your speech therapy practice with the Articulation Assessment Toolkit Plus (AAT Plus)—the most comprehensive, dynamic, and intuitive criterion-referenced articulation assessment designed specifically for Speech-Language Pathologists. Whether you are determining baselines, monitoring progress, or writing highly targeted IEP goals, the AAT Plus transforms complex speech sound data into clear, actionable clinical insights. Moving far beyond simple raw scores, this tool provides a multi-dimensional analysis of your student's speech sound production, right from your iPad. KEY CLINICAL FEATURES Comprehensive Assessment Modules Quick Consonant Screener: Rapidly assess all English consonants in initial, medial, and final positions. Full Assessment: Evaluate all consonants plus a comprehensive Vowels Analysis (Singletons, Diphthongs, Tongue Advancement/Height, and Lip Rounding). Specialized R-Screener: Tackle the complex /r/ phoneme with a dedicated module targeting prevocalic /r/, vocalic /r/ (ar, er, ear, etc.), and R-blends. Features specialized visual badging for distortions ("dis") and gliding ("gl"). Sentence Screener: Evaluate connected speech to identify coarticulation errors and patterns that only appear in continuous dialogue. Advanced Analytics Dashboard Instantly view detailed color-coded breakdowns of your student's speech sound breakdown across six critical categories: Position in Word: Initial, Medial, and Final. Manner of Articulation: Fricatives, Plosives, Nasals, Glides, etc. Place of Articulation: Bilabial, Alveolar, Velar, Palatal, etc. Voicing Features: Differentiates voiced vs. voiceless consonant accuracy. Word-Level Breakdown: A complete phonetic transcript of target words, highlighted errors, and clinical notes. Error Types & Phonological Processes: Automatically identifies active error patterns (e.g., Final Consonant Deletion, Cluster Reduction) and provides built-in developmental suppression ages. Dynamic Stimulability Testing Automatically imports all missed targets from your assessment into an interactive stimulability dashboard. Test isolated sounds and specific word positions with built-in auditory/visual modeling prompts. Watch target statuses update in real-time (Untested, Stimulable, Not Stimulable) to effortlessly select your next therapy targets. Developmental Sound Profile Instantly overlay your student's assessment data onto standard developmental acquisition norms (adapted from Sander, 1972). Perfect for parent consultations to visually demonstrate whether an error is developmentally appropriate or requires intervention. Professional Reporting & Exporting Generate beautiful, multi-page PDF clinical reports with a single tap. Capture subjective Intelligibility Ratings (Single Word & Conversational) via intuitive sliders. Add custom clinical recommendations directly to the final report. Seamlessly share via Apple AirPrint, Email, or export directly to the Smarty Ears Therapy Report Center (TRC). Why SLPs Love AAT Plus: While standardized tests are required for initial eligibility, the AAT Plus is your essential companion for functional treatment planning. Because it is a criterion-referenced tool, you can use it continuously for progress monitoring, dynamic assessment, and baselining without the validity restrictions of standardized tests. Empower your clinical decision-making and streamline your report writing with the AAT Plus!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Empathy Pics Lite at none against AAT Plus's 3. Empathy Pics Lite also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price and ads 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. AAT Plus sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Empathy Pics Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Empathy Pics Lite | AAT Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 235 MB | 112 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aptus Speech and Language Therapy Limited | Smarty Ears |
In-app purchases
Empathy Pics Lite
No in-app purchases
AAT Plus
- Monthly Unlimited Testing$5.991 Month
- Yearly Unlimited Tests$37.991 Year
- Purchase 5 tests$5.99
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