Articulation Arcade Lite vs Splingo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Articulation Arcade Lite
This app provides interactive games and activities to help children improve their speech clarity and pronunciation. It targets specific speech sounds and allows for practice at word, phrase, or sentence levels, with progress tracking for effective therapy.
- Interactive articulation games
- Flashcards for word, phrase, sentence practice
- Target specific speech sounds
- Progress tracking and results summary
- User profiles for each child
- Record and playback spoken productions
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Articulation Arcade Lite is the free sample version of Articulation Arcade — a no-prep speech therapy app with 9 engaging games plus a Flashcards activity, built-in scoring, and data collection done for you. Created by a certified speech-language pathologist, and grounded in evidence-based practice. "Articulation Arcade has been a fun and engaging asset in my speech and language therapy sessions. I can highly recommend it to other therapists working with children with speech sound disorders." — Marijke Morris, Former Chair, Irish Association of Speech and Language Therapists Designed for children with speech sound delay and speech sound disorder, Articulation Arcade helps children learn to pronounce sounds correctly and speak more clearly — while they think they're just playing. TRY FREE WITH THE B SOUND CATEGORY A real sample of the full app, not a locked demo — everything below works free: - 9 articulation games — Kick & Say, Snakes & Ladders, Knockdown, Tic Tac Toe, Four in a Row, Matching, Bingo, Spin the Wheel and Scratchcards — plus the Flashcards activity - Beautiful, high-quality real-life photos — real objects, not clipart - Word, phrase, and sentence level practice - Score every spoken production as correct, approximately correct, or incorrect - Record and play back your clients' productions - Individual profiles for each child - Results summaries you can share — no data sheets, no printing, no prep Kick & Say (2 players) and Snakes & Ladders (up to 4) let children play against their SLP or parent, or take turns in a group session — so practice stays social and motivating. WHAT THERAPISTS AND PARENTS SAY "An essential part of my therapy tool kit. Children love the fun games, and it gives me quick, no-prep activities to support therapy on speech sounds." — NicSpeechie, speech-language pathologist "Lots of variety keeps speech practice interesting rather than hard work — easy to use, especially for busy parents." — parent of a child with a speech disorder UPGRADE TO THE FULL VERSION — a one-time purchase, no subscriptions, no monthly fees: - All 9 speech therapy games plus Flashcards - All 22 English consonant sounds, plus R, L & S consonant blends - Over 1,400 high-quality real-life photos - Approximately 60 target words for the majority of speech sounds - Star rewards system for extra motivation Whether you're a speech-language pathologist running back-to-back sessions or a parent supporting practice at home, Articulation Arcade keeps children motivated and gives you the data automatically. Download Articulation Arcade Lite for free and see how fun speech therapy can be.
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.
- Therapist-designed games
- Targets receptive language
- Early words development
- Following directions
- Interactive gameplay
- Reward games
- Language assessment tool
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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**
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Articulation Arcade Lite at 4.8 against Splingo's 3.5. Articulation Arcade Lite also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 35%) and in-app purchases (none vs 8). Splingo's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 33 months). On price, ratings volume, device support and iOS requirement 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. Splingo sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Articulation Arcade Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
Articulation Arcade Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Articulation Arcade Lite's written reviews are positive against 35% of Splingo's.
Articulation Arcade Lite ships an update every 33 months, Splingo every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Articulation Arcade Lite | Splingo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (11 ratings) — better | 3.5 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 34.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 33 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 235 MB | 791 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aptus Speech and Language Therapy Limited | Splingo Ltd |
Customer experience
Articulation Arcade Lite
Splingo
In-app purchases
Articulation Arcade Lite
No in-app purchases
Splingo
- 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
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