Comparison

Splingo vs SALTI Speech Games

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

Head to head
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**

About

SALTI Speech Games

Features
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Make speech sound practice fun, engaging, and motivating. Designed by a qualified Speech and Language Therapist, this app helps children practise their speech sounds through a collection of interactive games that make repetition enjoyable. Whether you're a Speech and Language Therapist, a parent, or a teacher, the app makes it easy to provide consistent, targeted speech practice wherever a child is learning. **Designed for IPAD use** (Although the app will work on iphones, we do not recommend it for iphone use as picture display is too small for many of the games) Designed for Speech and Language Therapists, Parents and School Staff For Speech Therapists: Create up to 12 individual child profiles. Select the exact speech sound each child is working on. Choose to practice that sound at the beginning or end of words. Target sounds as single sounds, in simple words, or in more complex words. Send personalised homework to parents with just one tap. Share each child's profile so families can continue practising at home using the same targets as your therapy sessions. Works well for traditional articulation therapy, Cycles approach, and the Complexity approach to Speech Therapy For Home and School Parents and teachers can support speech practice between therapy sessions using the child's personalised programme. By practising the same targets consistently across different environments, children can build confidence while keeping learning fun. 10+ Fun Speech Games Children stay motivated with a collection of interactive games designed to encourage repeated practice. Each game helps make speech work feel like play, increasing engagement while supporting regular practice. Features 10+ engaging speech therapy games Personalised speech sound practice Up to 12 child profiles Target specific speech sounds Practise sounds at the beginning or end of words Single sound, simple word, and complex word practice Share profiles with parents and carers One-tap homework sharing Suitable for use in clinics, schools, and at home Designed by a Speech and Language Therapist Play off line - no need for internet connect once downloaded onto your Ipad For children aged 3-12 years old Whether you're delivering therapy sessions, supporting learning in school, or helping your child practise at home, this app provides an enjoyable way to keep speech sound practice consistent, motivating, and personalised. Please Note: This app is designed to support the speech therapy you already do with your child, not to replace it. Children need adults to model sounds to them and give them feedback about their speech sound errors whilst playing the games. Please talk to a qualified Speech Therapist about how best to do this with your child.

Screenshots

Splingo3 screens
SALTI Speech Games4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: SALTI Speech Games at none against Splingo's shown. Splingo's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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 and SALTI Speech Games sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Splingo ships an update every 2 months, SALTI Speech Games monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Splingo versus SALTI Speech Games: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSplingoSALTI Speech Games
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews34.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size791 MB85 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSplingo LtdAlison Batten

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Splingo

One-time8
  • Splingos Language UniverseFree
  • Actions With Splingo$0.99
  • Categories With Splingo$0.99
Show 5 more
  • 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
2 purchases

SALTI Speech Games

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$3.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription1 Month trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Splingo free?
Splingo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SALTI Speech Games free?
SALTI Speech Games is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Splingo or SALTI Speech Games have ads?
Splingo shows ads; SALTI Speech Games does not.
Which is updated more often, Splingo or SALTI Speech Games?
Splingo ships an update every 2 months, and SALTI Speech Games monthly. Most recently, Splingo was updated on October 24, 2026 and SALTI Speech Games on October 25, 2026.

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