Comparison

R intensive Pro vs Conversation Therapy

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

Head to head
About

R intensive Pro

This app provides interactive games and targeted practice for children working on the English /r/ sound. It offers multiple activities, phonetic grouping, and progress tracking to aid in speech therapy.

Highlights
  • Interactive flashcards, matching, and guessing games
  • Targeted practice for pre-vocalic /r/ and clusters
  • Over 415 target words with images and audio
  • Voice recording and playback for feedback
  • Progress tracking and report generation
  • Multiplayer support for up to 4 players
Features
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R Intensive was developed as a result of "intensive" requests made by speech-language pathologists. Smarty Ears is aware of the high incidence of students seen for difficulties with the /r/ phoneme, and we have created the ultimate tool to address it. Fully redesigned with a breathtaking new user interface, R Intensive is the most engaging, comprehensive, and user-friendly go-to application for children practicing the production of the English /r/ at the word, phrase, and sentence levels. R Intensive contains 3 exciting, highly interactive activities: Flashcards: Allows focused practice of the /r/ sound at the word, phrase, and sentence levels. Multiplayer mode seamlessly supports 1 to 4 players, tracking individual targets and rewards for each student as you swipe. Matching Game: Beautifully designed 4x5 grids of premium game cards make working on your target /r/ a skill of memory and articulation. Supports 1 to 4 players per game. Guess What Game: Students will have fun guessing which /r/ word is being described while practicing their articulation. If the description clue is ever too difficult, simply tap the card to reveal the hidden answer. Supports 1 to 4 players. R Intensive uses a phonetic approach to teaching the "r" sound by creating targeted subgroups that will make your students more successful in therapy. We have divided the /r/ phoneme at the word level as follows: Pre-Vocalic /r/ Clusters ar air ear er ire or rl R Intensive is the most comprehensive tool on the market that allows you to not only practice the production of the /r/ phoneme but also accurately tally the percentage of accuracy directly on your iPad or iPhone. Features that make this app an essential therapy tool: Over 415 target words featuring stellar, high-quality images and crisp audio. Built-in voice recording and playback to provide instant auditory feedback to students. An animated star-based reward system to keep students highly motivated. Store, review, and email detailed "report cards" from individual sessions. Print reports directly from the app. Student report cards feature easy-to-read graphs for the Flashcards activity, making analyzing results and progress simple and clear. Import a student photo, or choose from one of 50 high-quality avatars to represent the player. Quick Play feature allows those unconcerned with data tracking to jump straight into a session. Multiplayer capability across all three activities supports up to four players simultaneously. Intuitive, distraction-free user interface designed specifically for clinical and educational settings. Whether you are working in a school, clinic, or at home, R Intensive is the ultimate resource for mastering this complex phoneme.

About

Conversation Therapy

This app provides a tool to spark conversation and help individuals with speech or language impairments practice therapy strategies. It offers thousands of customizable conversation starters, supports one-on-one or group sessions, and tracks progress.

Highlights
  • Thousands of conversation starters
  • Customizable settings
  • Supports one-on-one and group sessions
  • Audio recording and progress tracking
  • Multiple languages supported
  • Vivid photo prompts
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Work more effectively toward your speech therapy goals. Help people who have had a stroke, live with autism, or have a speech or language impairment get talking with an app that sparks conversation. The best way to improve talking is by talking! - Get a tool that helps adults, teens, and children put therapy strategies into practice - Improve language, social skills, speech, and thinking while using this powerful speech therapy app - Carryover the lessons from speech therapy at home with an app that’s easy for everyone to use - Focus on what matters – stop racking your brain for fresh topics and let the app guide you - Take things in any direction with thousands of possible conversation starters - Create the right experience for each person with customizable settings - Talk one-on-one, host groups of up to 4 at a time, and track improvement with ease ** SEE HOW IT CAN HELP – download the Lite version for FREE! ** Coming up with fresh, attention-grabbing conversation starters every day is surprisingly hard, even for speech therapy professionals. Think of this app as your talk facilitator, taking the pressure and planning out of starting and maintaining dialogue while you monitor how your clients use their speech strategies. "This is the app that is going to pave the way for converting speech therapists to the digital age." - Ryan Knoblauch, SLP, The Speech Knob GETTING STARTED IS AS EASY AS 1, 2, 3 Target higher-level expressive language, pragmatic, problem-solving, speech, and cognitive-communication goals with open-ended conversation starters. Here’s how it works. 1) CHOOSE YOUR CATEGORIES. Tailor your experience with specific topics like Food or Health, or select all topics for free-flowing discussion that could go anywhere! You can always change the settings to see only age-appropriate categories for children, teens, or adults. 2) START THE CONVERSATION. Look at the picture, then touch any of the 10 buttons to see a question. The questions on the left are simpler (like “What is…?”) while the ones on the right are more complex (“How do you know…?”). Hear the question aloud, record your own audio, and score answers as you go. 3) USE YOUR STRATEGIES. While taking turns discussing the answers to the questions, use your word-finding strategies, smooth speech techniques, or other personalized therapy approaches to communicate more clearly. ALL DONE? E-mail an automatically generated summary of your results, along with any audio, or share the results to a PDF, file storage, printer, or copy/paste. GET EVERY FEATURE YOU NEED IN ONE EASY APP - 275+ vivid photos, with 10 questions per photo, for over 2,750 possible questions - 10 languages: English, Dutch, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Zulu - 11 categories full of real-world topics including daily life, hobbies, current events, social issues, health concerns, and much more - Record audio at any time with just a tap - Perfect for treating language, cognitive-communication, pragmatic, and speech disorders - Great as stimulus material to work on fluency, articulation, eye contact, and word-finding strategies in spontaneous speech - No subscriptions, no monthly bills, no Wi-Fi needed BETTER DISCUSSIONS MEAN BETTER PRACTICE. Inspire curiosity and creativity while motivating people to keep improving – DOWNLOAD IT NOW! Looking for something different in a speech therapy app? We offer a wide range to choose from. Find the right one for you at tactustherapy.com/find

Screenshots

R intensive Pro4 screens
Conversation Therapy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Conversation Therapy at 4.8 against R intensive Pro's 3.8. Conversation Therapy also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 76%) and ratings volume (120 vs 13). R intensive Pro's advantage is price ($21.99 vs $29.99). On update cadence, ads, 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

R intensive Pro costs $21.99 and Conversation Therapy $29.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Conversation Therapy holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Conversation Therapy has 120 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of R intensive Pro's written reviews are positive against 100% of Conversation Therapy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

R intensive Pro ships an update every 6 months, Conversation Therapy every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on August 26, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
R intensive Pro versus Conversation Therapy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterR intensive ProConversation Therapy
Price$21.99 — better$29.99
Rating3.8 (13 ratings)4.8 (120 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13120 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size181 MB89 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSmarty EarsTactus Therapy Solutions Ltd.

Customer experience

R intensive Pro

All ratings13 ratings
Positive61.5%
Neutral15.4%
Negative23.1%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive75.7%
Neutral5.4%
Negative18.9%

Conversation Therapy

All ratings120 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral2.5%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

R intensive Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Conversation Therapy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is R intensive Pro free?
R intensive Pro costs $21.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Conversation Therapy free?
Conversation Therapy costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, R intensive Pro or Conversation Therapy?
Conversation Therapy is rated higher. R intensive Pro averages 3.8 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Conversation Therapy averages 4.8 from 120 ratings.
Do R intensive Pro or Conversation Therapy have ads?
Neither R intensive Pro nor Conversation Therapy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, R intensive Pro or Conversation Therapy?
R intensive Pro ships an update every 6 months, and Conversation Therapy every 7 months. Most recently, R intensive Pro was updated on August 26, 2026 and Conversation Therapy on September 14, 2026.

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