Comparison

SmallTalk Phonemes vs Advanced Language 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 Phonemes

This app provides speech exercise videos to aid individuals with aphasia, apraxia, or dysarthria, often resulting from stroke or brain injury. It visually demonstrates tongue and lip movements for English phonemes and allows users to customize exercise sequences.

Highlights
  • Speech exercise videos
  • Demonstrates tongue and lip movements
  • Focus on English phonemes
  • Customizable video order
  • Repeat exercises as needed
  • Reset to original settings
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SmallTalk Phonemes is a speech exercise video app. It is designed to help anyone who has suffered a stroke or a traumatic brain injury and presents with aphasia, apraxia, and/or dysarthria. It can also be used by individuals who present similar language impairments. The series of individual speech-exercise videos shows the tongue and lip movements necessary to produce phonemes in the English language like “g” or “f”. You can easily rearrange the order of the videos or remove others to make it simpler to focus on key phonemes. Repeat each exercise as often as you would like. Then, reset the app to return to original settings. WHO IS THIS APP FOR? + Stroke Survivors + People with Aphasia + Caregivers of People with Aphasia + Speech-Language Pathologists + Speech-Language Pathology Students Learn more about Lingraphica at www.aphasia.com

About

Advanced Language Therapy Lite

This app offers a free sample of four advanced speech therapy applications designed to improve language skills for individuals with aphasia or cognitive-communication impairments. It provides practice in comprehension, naming, reading, and writing through various evidence-based activities.

Highlights
  • Advanced comprehension practice
  • Word-finding skill improvement
  • Paragraph-level reading practice
  • Typing and writing exercises
  • Evidence-based therapy techniques
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Take your aphasia therapy to the next level with four evidence-based advanced apps that build on the skills established the best-selling Language Therapy 4-in-1 app. This free sample of the new value-priced advanced app lets you try four popular speech therapy apps to help you improve. YOU'LL GET TO TRY THESE 4 APPS: ----- 1) ADVANCED COMPREHENSION THERAPY Practice understanding sentences with three activities to improve listening and reading skills. ------- 2) ADVANCED NAMING THERAPY Practice word-finding skills with four activities to improve verbal expression. ------- 3) ADVANCED READING THERAPY Practice reading at the paragraph-level with three levels of difficulty with comprehension questions and audio support. ------- 4) ADVANCED WRITING THERAPY Practice typing at the word, sentence, and paragraph levels along with strengthening sound-letter relationships. ----- WHO IS THIS APP FOR? *Stroke survivors with mild or moderate aphasia (impaired language) *Brain injury survivors with high-level cognitive-communication impairments *Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) who work with adult communication TRY FOR FREE! Download Advanced Language Therapy Lite to try each of the four apps for free. Then purchase all four in Advanced Language Therapy, or purchase only the ones you need separately. THE TACTUS THERAPY DIFFERENCE In all Tactus Therapy apps for speech therapy, you'll get wifi-free use, no log-ins, and no subscriptions. The activities are based on researched techniques that work. The content is designed with adults in mind, yet can easily be used with older children and teens. Support is built-in to encourage independent use for home practice while being flexible for in-clinic use with a qualified clinician. 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

SmallTalk Phonemes4 screens
Advanced Language Therapy Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Advanced Language Therapy Lite at 4.7 against SmallTalk Phonemes's 3.6. Advanced Language Therapy Lite also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (589 vs 13). SmallTalk Phonemes's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Advanced Language Therapy Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Advanced Language Therapy Lite has 589 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 37% of SmallTalk Phonemes's written reviews are positive against 50% of Advanced Language Therapy Lite's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SmallTalk Phonemes ships an update every 7 months, Advanced Language Therapy Lite every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SmallTalk Phonemes versus Advanced Language Therapy Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmallTalk PhonemesAdvanced Language Therapy Lite
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (13 ratings)4.7 (589 ratings) — better
Positive reviews36.8% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13589 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.09.0
Further details — not scored
Size263 MB102 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLingraphicare, Inc.Tactus Therapy Solutions Ltd.

Customer experience

SmallTalk Phonemes

All ratings13 ratings
Positive53.8%
Neutral15.4%
Negative30.8%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive36.8%
Neutral15.8%
Negative47.4%

Advanced Language Therapy Lite

All ratings589 ratings
Positive91.5%
Neutral5.6%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

SmallTalk Phonemes

No in-app purchases

None

Advanced Language Therapy Lite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SmallTalk Phonemes free?
SmallTalk Phonemes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Advanced Language Therapy Lite free?
Advanced Language Therapy Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SmallTalk Phonemes or Advanced Language Therapy Lite?
Advanced Language Therapy Lite is rated higher. SmallTalk Phonemes averages 3.6 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Advanced Language Therapy Lite averages 4.7 from 589 ratings.
Do SmallTalk Phonemes or Advanced Language Therapy Lite have ads?
SmallTalk Phonemes shows ads; Advanced Language Therapy Lite does not.
Which is updated more often, SmallTalk Phonemes or Advanced Language Therapy Lite?
SmallTalk Phonemes ships an update every 7 months, and Advanced Language Therapy Lite every 4 months. Most recently, SmallTalk Phonemes was updated on October 16, 2026 and Advanced Language Therapy Lite on October 18, 2026.

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