Speech Therapy Step 5 vs Visual Speech
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Speech Therapy Step 5
This voice-controlled app helps children practice speaking through engaging video modeling exercises. Parents and therapists record model words, and AI analyzes pronunciation similarity, rewarding improvements for effective speech development.
- Voice-controlled exercises
- Customizable video modeling
- AI-powered pronunciation analysis
- Reward-based improvement system
- Supports multiple languages
- Offline practice capability
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ImagiRation brings you a series of Speech and Language Therapy apps: Speech Therapy Step 1 – Preverbal exercises Speech Therapy Step 2 – Learn to sequence sounds Speech Therapy Step 3 – Learn to say 500+ words Speech Therapy Step 4 – Learn articulation of complex sounds Speech Therapy Step 5 – Record your own model words and exercise articulation MITA Language Therapy – the only clinically-validated language therapy application that was downloaded by nearly 3 million families. ================================ Speech Therapy Step 5 is the voice-controlled speech therapy app designed to help your child practice speaking in an engaging educational environment. HOW IT WORKS? Parents and therapists record videos of model words and sentences. These videos are incorporated into exercises encouraging children to mirror words’ pronunciation. A proprietary AI algorithm measures similarity between model words and children’s vocalizations. Improvements are rewarded with reinforcers and PlayTime. This technique was demonstrated to improve speech production in toddlers, late talkers (speech delay), children with Apraxia of Speech, Stuttering, Autism, ADHD, Down Syndrome, Sensory Processing Disorder, Dysarthria. LEARN WITH SPEECH 5 - The only speech therapy app that rewards your child proportionally to the improvement of their pronunciation. - Uses scientifically proven video modeling for effective speech development. - You and your child’s therapist generate modeling vocabulary of your choice and in your dialect! - Record model words in any language. -Your speech language pathologist can record words and sentences for your child to continue practicing at home. - Voice-activated functionality provides a fun, interactive learning experience. - Speech 5 basic version is completely FREE! -No ads. SCIENTIFICALLY-PROVEN LEARNING TECHNIQUES Speech 5 uses video modeling to create an immersive learning environment, allowing children to observe their parents on video as children attempt to speak. When children watch model videos in real time, their MIRROR NEURONS are engaged. This is scientifically proven to be highly effective in speech development. FROM THE DEVELOPERS OF THE MOST TRUSTED LANGUAGE THERAPY APPLICATION MITA Speech 5 is developed by Dr. A. Vyshedskiy, a neuroscientist from Boston University; R. Dunn, a Harvard-educated early-child-development specialist; MIT-educated, J. Elgart and a group of award-winning artists and developers working alongside experienced therapists.
Visual Speech
This app helps children learn to talk by adding animated lips to images of objects. It addresses challenges children face when they look away from faces, making it difficult to mimic speech movements. The visual aid supports early speech development.
- Animated lips on object images
- Supports speech mimicry
- Aids jaw and lip motion learning
- Visual learning tool for children
- Designed for early speech development
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Does your child look away from your face? This makes it hard for them to mimic the jaw and lip motions needed for speech. This app adds moving lips to pictures of favorite objects to help your child learn to talk.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Speech Therapy Step 5 at none against Visual Speech's 10. Speech Therapy Step 5 also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Visual Speech's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Visual Speech sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Speech Therapy Step 5 asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Speech Therapy Step 5 against 5.0 for Visual Speech. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Speech Therapy Step 5 ships an update every 3 months, Visual Speech weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Speech Therapy Step 5 | Visual Speech |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ImagiRation LLC | Su-Kam Intelligent Education Systems Inc |
Customer experience
Speech Therapy Step 5
Visual Speech
In-app purchases
Speech Therapy Step 5
No in-app purchases
Visual Speech
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- Vehicles Bundle$5.99
Questions
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