Comparison

SmallTalk Dysphagia vs Number Therapy Lite

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

Head to head
About

SmallTalk Dysphagia

This app provides a visual communication tool for individuals with swallowing difficulties. It features a vocabulary of pictures and icons that speak phrases related to eating, diet, and treatment techniques, with customizable options and demonstration videos.

Highlights
  • Picture and icon vocabulary
  • Spoken phrases (male/female voice)
  • 50 communication phrases
  • Demonstration videos
  • Customizable icon order
  • Reset to original settings
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SmallTalk Dysphagia lets you take along the words and phrases you need to communicate your swallowing needs. It provides a vocabulary of pictures and icons that talk in a male or female voice. The app contains 50 phrases that cover eating, meal assistance, diet, liquids, medications, and compensatory treatment techniques. It also contains four demonstration videos of treatment techniques commonly used for swallowing. You can easily rearrange the order of the icons or remove others to make it simpler to focus on your most important messages. Then, reset the app to return to original settings. WHO IS THIS APP FOR? + Stroke Survivors + People with Dysphagia + Speech-Language Pathologists + Speech-Language Pathology Students Learn more about Lingraphica at www.aphasia.com

About

Number Therapy Lite

Practice understanding, saying, and typing numbers to improve essential communication skills. This app helps stroke survivors and others gain independence by strengthening their ability to communicate numbers in various contexts.

Highlights
  • Number comprehension practice
  • Speech and pronunciation exercises
  • Typing numbers
  • Customizable interface
  • Progress tracking
  • Evidence-based approach
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Numbers communicate so much, yet they are often left out of communication therapy. Now stroke survivors can practice understanding, saying, and typing numbers at home to improve these essential life skills. Age, dates, phone numbers, addresses, money, time, measurements, fractions, weight, years – numbers are everywhere and so important. Be more independent with communication with stronger number communication skills. Would you be able to understand, write down, and tell someone this phone message? “Your appointment is at 3:15 p.m. on August 3rd, 2015 at 1650 18th Avenue. Bring $5. Please call back to confirm at 785-5662.” Work on all these number skills and more with the evidence-based Number Therapy app! Number Therapy Lite gives you a free way to test-drive the full functionality of the app with a sample from the 30 categories of numbers including: *Single Digits *Double Digits *Triple Digits *Four Digits *Time *Money *Phone Numbers (add your own in the full version) *Ordinals *Fractions Number Therapy offers thousands of unique exercises you can use anywhere. Number Therapy Lite gives you a taste so you'll know the app is worth using. Work at your own pace to practice the skills that matter to you. This app has the same highly customizable, clean, intuitive interface you’ve come to love in Tactus Therapy apps. Developed in conjunction with people with aphasia, this app is designed to help you get the intensity of practice you need in a way that is easy to use. Number Therapy also gives you recommendations for which level and settings you should use based on your score. See how easy it is to make progress when you're working at the right level for you! Speech-Language Pathologists: use Number Therapy to make the communication of numbers a part of your therapy plan for people with aphasia or other disorders. Three unique activities address auditory and reading comprehension, verbal expression, and written expression. Your clients can use the built-in hints, cues, and audio recording to be successful, then e-mail you their results in a professional report so you can track their progress over time. Ideal for use in the clinic and at home, add Number Therapy to your therapy app collection! Number Therapy Lite is a FREE trial version of Number Therapy. What's the difference? Lite = 4 categories with 7 items in each; Full = 30 categories with thousands of items Lite = categories contain a mix of items from subcategories; Full = focus on just one subcategory at a time or mix & match Lite = no custom phone numbers; Full = unlimited custom phone numbers Lite = 7 exercises at a time; Full = 10, 25, 50, or 100 in a session Once you've given it a try, you'll want to get the full version so you can truly master the communication of numbers and be more independent. *Please note: this app does NOT address math skills or equations. It focuses on the communication of numbers, not calculations.

Screenshots

SmallTalk Dysphagia4 screens
Number Therapy Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Number Therapy Lite at none against SmallTalk Dysphagia's shown. Number Therapy Lite also leads on ratings volume (135 vs 1) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). SmallTalk Dysphagia's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SmallTalk Dysphagia holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Number Therapy Lite has 135 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SmallTalk Dysphagia ships an update every 7 months, Number Therapy Lite every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SmallTalk Dysphagia versus Number Therapy Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmallTalk DysphagiaNumber Therapy Lite
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.8 (135 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1135 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.09.0
Further details — not scored
Size263 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLingraphicare, Inc.Tactus Therapy Solutions Ltd.

Customer experience

SmallTalk Dysphagia

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Number Therapy Lite

All ratings129 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral3.9%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SmallTalk Dysphagia

No in-app purchases

None

Number Therapy Lite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SmallTalk Dysphagia free?
SmallTalk Dysphagia is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Number Therapy Lite free?
Number Therapy Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SmallTalk Dysphagia or Number Therapy Lite?
SmallTalk Dysphagia is rated higher. SmallTalk Dysphagia averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Number Therapy Lite averages 4.8 from 135 ratings.
Do SmallTalk Dysphagia or Number Therapy Lite have ads?
SmallTalk Dysphagia shows ads; Number Therapy Lite does not.
Which is updated more often, SmallTalk Dysphagia or Number Therapy Lite?
SmallTalk Dysphagia ships an update every 7 months, and Number Therapy Lite every 5 months. Most recently, SmallTalk Dysphagia was updated on October 29, 2026 and Number Therapy Lite on October 24, 2026.

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