Comparison

AAT Plus vs Kids Dictionary School Edition

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

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About

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.

Highlights
  • Quick screener
  • Full assessment
  • Sentence level assessment
  • R Screener
  • Stimulability tests
Features
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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!

About

Kids Dictionary School Edition

This app is an early literacy vocabulary tool for young learners, offering clear images and audio pronunciation for words. It's designed for educational settings to support vocabulary, phonics, and early reading skills for grades Pre-K through 3.

Highlights
  • High-quality images for vocabulary acquisition
  • Audio playback for pronunciation
  • Vocabulary aligned to K-3 learning
  • No ads or in-app purchases
  • Offline functionality
  • Supports shared devices and MDM deployment
Features
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Kids Dictionary – School Edition is an early literacy vocabulary tool designed for classrooms, shared iPads, and learning environments. Students tap a word to see a high-quality image and hear the word spoken aloud — supporting vocabulary, phonics, and early reading skills for grades Pre-K through 3. This School Edition includes full access with no in-app purchases, ads, or external links. Perfect for teachers, literacy centers, reading groups, intervention, and ESL/ELL learners. Designed for Classrooms • Easy for emerging readers to use independently • Clear visuals to support vocabulary acquisition • Audio playback for pronunciation modeling • Ideal for literacy stations and small groups • Supports shared devices and cart deployments Built for Early Literacy • Vocabulary aligned to K–3 learning • High-quality, hand-selected images • No distracting animation or gamification • Great for reading, spelling, and writing activities • Useful for ELL/ESL and speech support School Edition Benefits • No ads • No in-app purchases • No sign-in or accounts • Works offline • Eligible for Apple School Manager and MDM deployment • Volume pricing available for schools Perfect for: - Pre-K–3 classrooms - Reading intervention - ESL/ELL - Homeschool - Special education - Speech & language support Device Compatibility - Shared iPads - 1:1 deployments - Cart-based classrooms - MDM / ASM configuration

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: AAT Plus at Free against Kids Dictionary School Edition's $2.99. Kids Dictionary School Edition's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

AAT Plus is free to download; Kids Dictionary School Edition costs $2.99 up front. AAT Plus sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Kids Dictionary School Edition asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for AAT Plus against 5.0 for Kids Dictionary School Edition. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AAT Plus ships an update monthly, Kids Dictionary School Edition every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
AAT Plus versus Kids Dictionary School Edition: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAAT PlusKids Dictionary School Edition
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSmarty EarsSTEPHANIE IRENE HENRY

In-app purchases

3 purchases

AAT Plus

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Unlimited Testing$5.991 Month
  • Yearly Unlimited Tests$37.991 Year
One-time1
  • Purchase 5 tests$5.99
None

Kids Dictionary School Edition

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AAT Plus free?
AAT Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kids Dictionary School Edition free?
Kids Dictionary School Edition costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AAT Plus or Kids Dictionary School Edition?
AAT Plus and Kids Dictionary School Edition are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do AAT Plus or Kids Dictionary School Edition have ads?
Neither AAT Plus nor Kids Dictionary School Edition shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AAT Plus or Kids Dictionary School Edition?
AAT Plus ships an update monthly, and Kids Dictionary School Edition every 3 weeks. Most recently, AAT Plus was updated on October 24, 2026 and Kids Dictionary School Edition on October 25, 2026.

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