Comparison

Plural eReader vs Articulation Test Center Hive

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

Head to head
About

Plural eReader

Access and read your purchased digital books and content offline. This app provides interactive tools like note-taking, highlighting, and search, along with support for embedded audio and video. Enjoy a flexible reading experience with adjustable text flow.

Highlights
  • Offline reading
  • Embedded audio and video
  • Note taking
  • Highlighting
  • Search within book
  • Adjustable text flow
Features
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With Plural Publishing's eReader app, you can read your purchased Plural ebooks and digital content on the go. The app offers offline reading, embedded audio and video files, and quick access to ancillary materials. Easily switch between the original book page view and flowing text for improved navigation. Enhance your reading experience with interactive tools such as note taking, highlighting, and search inside the book capabilities.

About

Articulation Test Center Hive

This app provides a comprehensive tool for assessing speech sound disorders in children and adults. It offers flexible testing options, intelligent scoring with auto-marked phonological processes, and interactive scenes for speech sampling. Generate data-driven reports to track progress and identify areas for practice.

Highlights
  • Flexible testing options (Screener, Full Test)
  • Intelligent scoring with auto-marked processes
  • Interactive speech scenes for sample collection
  • Comprehensive test results and progress graphs
  • Auto-generated, editable reports
  • Speech sample recording and playback
Features
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Articulation Test Center Hive (ATC Hive) is a criterion-referenced, articulation and phonology test, created by SLPs for SLPs to assess speech sound disorders in children and adults. It is a smart testing solution that offers flexible testing options, interactive speech scenes, comprehensive test results, and auto-generated, data-driven reports that will save you time! ARTICULATION TEST CENTER HIVE OFFERS: FLEXIBLE TESTING OPTIONS: Screener: Assesses the sounds and words that are developmentally appropriate based on age. Full Test: Assesses all the speech sounds in the English language including initial sounds, medial sounds, final sounds, blends, vowels, and R sounds or any combination of these sound sets. INTELLIGENT SCORING: - Quickly mark sounds incorrect or approximate - Easily mark substitutions and omissions - Enjoy 19 auto-marked phonological processes & distortions - Rate intelligibility INTERACTIVE SPEECH SCENES: Speech Sample: Offers two beautifully illustrated and interactive speech scenes for children to explore with question prompts to keep them talking. It is a fun and easy way to record and save a connected speech sample for assessing a student’s speech and language skills, and it provides a more accurate way to measure intelligibility. COMPREHENSIVE TEST RESULTS: Scores Overview: Displays progress graphs for Percent Phonemes Correct and Intelligibility, and a list of tests given. Words Tested: Displays all the words tested, how they were scored, and phonological processes & distortions marked. You can listen to recordings made and view notes. If edits are needed you can return to the test to make changes. Sound Errors: Displays the sound errors by sound position and age of acquisition. You can also mark sound errors for stimulability. Place/Manner: Displays sound errors based on the place of articulation and on the manner of articulation. It also displays vowel errors by position and quadrant. Substitutions: Displays all the substitutions made and omissions marked. Processes/Distortions: Displays all the phonological processes and distortions marked in the test. It does this with a visual graph as well as a list of processes marked. Speech Sample: The audio recording taken from the speech sample is saved and available for playback. The intelligibility can be updated and a transcription can be entered or viewed. Recommendation: Shows a quick summary of sounds and phonological processes recommended for practice and sounds processes that should be monitored for appropriate development. AUTO-GENERATED REPORTS: The Report tab presents a full written report summarizing the test results. The report can be edited and/or shared with parents, teachers, and others involved in the intervention process. Once you immerse yourself in ATC Hive’s many testing and reporting features you will come to know we invested an enormous amount of our resources and our best thinking in both the testing experience, and in the test administrator–YOU! We’re proud to offer ATC Hive as part of the Little Bee Hive membership which includes access to both Articulation Test Center Hive and Articulation Station Hive. If you are already subscribed to Articulation Station Hive (Pro tier) you may download and login to Articulation Test Center Hive with your same login information at no additional cost. SUBSCRIPTION, PRICING & TERMS: Articulation Test Center Hive offers a 14-day free trial which includes unlimited access to both Articulation Test Center Hive and Articulation Station Hive. The subscription automatically renews unless the auto-renew feature is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment will be charged to your Apple account at the end of your 14-day trial period. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off at any time.

Screenshots

Plural eReader4 screens
Articulation Test Center Hive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Articulation Test Center Hive at 67% against Plural eReader's 0%. Articulation Test Center Hive also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.0) and update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months). Plural eReader's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads 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. Articulation Test Center Hive sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Plural eReader asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Articulation Test Center Hive holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Articulation Test Center Hive has 166 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Plural eReader's written reviews are positive against 67% of Articulation Test Center Hive's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plural eReader ships an update every 6 months, Articulation Test Center Hive monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Plural eReader versus Articulation Test Center Hive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlural eReaderArticulation Test Center Hive
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (14 ratings)4.8 (166 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14166 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size131 MB162 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPlural PublishingLittle Bee Speech

Customer experience

Plural eReader

All ratings12 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Articulation Test Center Hive

All ratings161 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral1.2%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral13.3%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

None

Plural eReader

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Articulation Test Center Hive

Subscriptions2
  • Hive Pro (Monthly)14 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Hive Pro (Yearly)14 Days trial$119.991 Year

Questions

Is Plural eReader free?
Plural eReader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Articulation Test Center Hive free?
Articulation Test Center Hive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Plural eReader or Articulation Test Center Hive?
Articulation Test Center Hive is rated higher. Plural eReader averages 1.0 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Articulation Test Center Hive averages 4.8 from 166 ratings.
Do Plural eReader or Articulation Test Center Hive have ads?
Neither Plural eReader nor Articulation Test Center Hive shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Plural eReader or Articulation Test Center Hive?
Plural eReader ships an update every 6 months, and Articulation Test Center Hive monthly. Most recently, Plural eReader was updated on November 3, 2026 and Articulation Test Center Hive on November 7, 2026.

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