Comparison

My Colourful Words vs Splingo

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

Head to head
About

My Colourful Words

This app helps users practice colourful semantics through interactive exercises. It allows for customization of symbols, scenes, and practice levels, with options to add personal content from your device.

Highlights
  • Drag and drop symbol practice
  • Scene/video selection for practice
  • Customizable practice levels
  • Add custom symbols and scenes
  • Import media from camera/photo album
Features
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Created to help all the inspirational people who use colourful semantics. An app to allow you to quickly and easily create learning opportunities and practice them. - Drag and drop the symbol to the correct location. If you get it wrong, just try again. - Choose the scene/video you want to practice next - Set the level for what is needed. You can set what you want to practice, how many options are available and so many more. - Add your own symbols and name them. You can add all 4 categories. - Add your own scene/video and assign the symbols. - You can add symbols and scenes/videos either directly from your cam or the photo album. We would love to hear from you at mywords@theqona.com

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

My Colourful Words4 screens
Splingo3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: My Colourful Words at 100% against Splingo's 35%. My Colourful Words also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 8). Splingo's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price 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. My Colourful Words asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

My Colourful Words holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Splingo has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of My Colourful Words's written reviews are positive against 35% of Splingo's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
My Colourful Words versus Splingo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy Colourful WordsSplingo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.3 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better34.8% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size138 MB791 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperQona Ltd.Splingo Ltd

Customer experience

My Colourful Words

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Splingo

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

In-app purchases

None

My Colourful Words

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 My Colourful Words free?
My Colourful Words 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, My Colourful Words or Splingo?
My Colourful Words is rated higher. My Colourful Words averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Splingo averages 3.3 from 7 ratings.
Do My Colourful Words or Splingo have ads?
Splingo shows ads; My Colourful Words does not.

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