Articulation Test Center Hive vs First Grade Learning Adventure
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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, interactive scenes for speech sampling, and auto-generated reports to save time for speech-language pathologists.
- Flexible testing options (Screener, Full Test)
- Intelligent scoring with auto-marked phonological processes
- Interactive speech scenes for connected speech samples
- Comprehensive test results and progress graphs
- Auto-generated, editable reports
- Speech sample audio recording and playback
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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.
First Grade Learning Adventure
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Make first grade skills stick with 16 joyful mini-games designed around real learning science — spaced review, second chances, and adaptive difficulty that keeps kids challenged but never overwhelmed. LEARN & PRACTICE • Sight Words & Letter Sounds • Rhyme Time, Opposites, Syllable Claps • Finish the Sentence & Sort It Out • Counting, Skip Counting, Tens & Ones • Addition & Subtraction to 20 • Compare Numbers & Missing Numbers • Telling Time & Counting Money • Shapes, Patterns & Word Problems KIDS LOVE IT • Earn coins and XP with every correct answer • Unlock avatars, color themes & power-ups in the Reward Shop • Daily gifts, streaks, achievements & a friendly weekly leaderboard • Cheerful voice reads every question out loud PARENTS LOVE IT • 100% offline — no internet used, ever • No ads, no purchases, no accounts, no data collected • Parent dashboard shows progress by skill (behind a parent gate) • Gentle, encouraging feedback — mistakes become learning moments Designed for ages 5–8. Perfect for daily 10-minute practice sessions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Articulation Test Center Hive at Free against First Grade Learning Adventure's $0.99. First Grade Learning Adventure's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On ads, 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
Articulation Test Center Hive is free to download; First Grade Learning Adventure costs $0.99 up front. Articulation Test Center Hive sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. First Grade Learning Adventure asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Articulation Test Center Hive | First Grade Learning Adventure |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (160 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 64.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 160 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 162 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Little Bee Speech | Kevin Fitzgerald |
In-app purchases
Articulation Test Center Hive
- Hive Pro (Monthly)14 Days trial$14.991 Month
- Hive Pro (Yearly)14 Days trial$119.991 Year
First Grade Learning Adventure
No in-app purchases
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