iPractice Verbs vs Keyword Understanding
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iPractice Verbs
This app helps children master English verbs through interactive games and practice. It covers over 150 verbs across three tenses and three learning levels, with features for pronunciation, progress tracking, and rewards.
- 158+ regular and irregular verbs
- Past, Present, and Present Progressive tenses
- Word, Phrase, and Sentence levels
- Voice Recording for pronunciation
- Engaging 'Find It' game
- Data tracking and reporting
- Printable homework and certificates
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Master English verbs with iPractice Verbs, the fun and engaging app designed by a certified Speech-Language Pathologist. Perfect for children with language delays, students learning English (ESL), or any child building foundational grammar, our app turns practice into play. Unlock your child's potential with a complete, structured system that’s both fun for them and powerful for you. A COMPLETE LEARNING SYSTEM iPractice Verbs targets 158+ essential regular and irregular verbs. Our unique 3x3 system allows you to create a perfectly tailored lesson every time. Master 3 Tenses: Present Tense Present Progressive (e.g., "is running") Past Tense Practice 3 Levels: Word Level (e.g., "Run") Phrase Level (e.g., "running fast") Sentence Level (e.g., "She ran fast yesterday.") TWO FUN & ENGAGING ACTIVITIES FLASHCARDS Introduce and practice verbs with high-quality images and audio. Use the Voice Recording feature to let students hear, repeat, and record their own voice to perfect pronunciation! FIND IT! GAME A fun, multiple-choice game to test understanding. Our "Smart Assist" feature guides students to the correct answer when they make a mistake, building confidence and ensuring learning. POWERFUL TOOLS FOR PARENTS & THERAPISTS iPractice Verbs is more than just a game—it's a professional tool built for results. DETAILED DATA TRACKING: Automatically track every session. Monitor accuracy, duration, and verbs practiced for one or multiple students. MULTI-PLAYER SUPPORT: Easily manage and switch between multiple student profiles. MOTIVATIONAL REWARDS: Keep kids engaged with a fun, built-in reward system where they can earn and collect cards. PRINTABLE CERTIFICATES: Reward success and celebrate mastery with shareable Certificates of Mastery. HOMEWORK READY: Generate and print homework sheets directly from the app. KEY FEATURES AT A GLANCE: 158+ regular and irregular verbs Practice Past, Present, and Present Progressive tenses Learn at Word, Phrase, and Sentence levels Voice Recording feature for pronunciation practice Engaging "Find It" game with Smart Assist Fun reward system with collectible cards Detailed, professional data tracking and reporting Multi-player profiles for therapists and families Printable homework and certificates High-quality images and audio Aligned with state educational standards A TRUSTED TOOL FROM SMARTY EARS Designed by a licensed and certified Speech-Language Pathologist, iPractice Verbs is a trusted tool for helping children achieve their language goals. Download iPractice Verbs today and watch language skills grow!
Keyword Understanding
This app helps users of all ages improve their ability to understand spoken and written directions. It features various activities targeting vocabulary, basic concepts, and sequential instructions, making it beneficial for individuals with listening comprehension or processing difficulties.
- Follow spoken and written directions
- Improve vocabulary and basic concepts
- Target auditory attention and working memory
- Activities for one and two-step directions
- Temporal and sequential direction practice
- Comprehension check for vocabulary and concepts
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“This app is great for children with processing difficulties which need to improve their ability to follow directions with a variety of embedded concepts.” ~ Smart Speech Therapy blog “Every child I have used it with has been very engaged by the lovely, brightly-colored pictures, and has quite happily kept on listening and following the instructions.” ~ Speech Blog UK “It can be used for informal assessments, language therapy and home practice. It can also be used to target auditory attention and working memory for cognitive-communication goals.” ~ Speaking of Apps blog Keyword Understanding is a professional speech and language therapy app that targets the ability to understand sentences and follow spoken and written directions of increasing difficulty. Children and adults are asked to follow directions in their everyday lives. In order to follow directions, the child or adult requires a strong knowledge of vocabulary, basic concepts and the ability to process and retain the information they have listened to or read. WHO IS KEYWORD UNDERSTANDING FOR? - Parents - Teachers - Speech language pathologists / Speech and language therapists - Children with reduced attention and listening comprehension or auditory processing difficulties - Children with receptive language delay, developmental language delay or autism - Adults with mild to moderate aphasia due to stroke or traumatic brain injury - Adults with cognitive-communication difficulties due to stroke or traumatic brain injury WHAT COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES ARE INCLUDED IN KEYWORD UNDERSTANDING? Comprehension Check: This activity helps you identify where comprehension breaks down. It checks the understanding of individual vocabulary items, and the basic concepts of size and color. Object, Size & Color: This activity works on the understanding of the basic concepts of size and color as well as the ability to follow one and two-step directions of increasing difficulty. 2 keyword level: Touch the green car 3 keyword level: Touch the big red mug 4 keyword level: Touch the green vase and the yellow cushion 6 keyword level: Touch the small pink gloves and the big blue comb Before & After: This activity works on the ability to understand and follow temporal directions (directions which include the concepts before/after in a variety of positions in the sentence). “Before you touch the t-shirt, touch the phone” “After you touch the lamp, touch the vase”, “Touch the flower before you touch the box”, “Touch the sock after you touch the bucket”. First & Then: This activity works on the ability to understand and follow sequential directions (directions which include the concepts first/then in the sentence). “First touch the ladder, then touch the bike”. WHAT LANGUAGE & COGNITIVE SKILLS DOES KEYWORD UNDERSTANDING TARGET? - Vocabulary - Listening / Auditory Comprehension - Reading Comprehension - Working Memory - Attention to Detail - Language Processing - Basic Concepts / Adjectives (size, color) - Temporal Directions (Before/After) - Sequential Directions (First… Then) FEATURES 3 modes: - Listening/ Auditory Only: Match the spoken direction to the picture(s) - Reading Only: Match the written direction to the picture(s) - Listening and Reading: Match the spoken and written directions to the picture(s) Keyword Understanding lets you: - Choose from a variety of vocabulary items in different sizes and five different colors allowing for thousands of following directions tasks - Follow directions of increasing difficulty and length - Add individual user profiles - Automatically track correct and incorrect responses of each user - Email a detailed result summary after a session or at a later date - Receive audio feedback for correct answers only, incorrect answers only or both All Aptus Speech Therapy apps participate in the 50% off Volume Purchase Program. Visit our website for more details about our other speech and language therapy apps.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Keyword Understanding at 5.0 against iPractice Verbs's 3.4. iPractice Verbs's advantage is review sentiment (57% vs 25%) and price ($10.99 vs $17.99). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads 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
iPractice Verbs costs $10.99 and Keyword Understanding $17.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Keyword Understanding holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of iPractice Verbs's written reviews are positive against 25% of Keyword Understanding's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
iPractice Verbs ships an update every 6 months, Keyword Understanding every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iPractice Verbs | Keyword Understanding |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $10.99 — better | $17.99 |
| Rating | 3.4 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.7% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Smarty Ears | Aptus Speech and Language Therapy Limited |
Customer experience
iPractice Verbs
Keyword Understanding
In-app purchases
iPractice Verbs
No in-app purchases
Keyword Understanding
No in-app purchases
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