Comparison

SmallTalk Phonemes vs Visual Attention 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

Visual Attention Therapy Lite

This app helps individuals with brain injuries, strokes, or attention deficits improve their scanning abilities and cognitive skills. It offers timed exercises and automated scoring to track progress in areas like reading, concentration, and processing speed.

Highlights
  • Improve scanning abilities
  • Assess for neglect
  • Practice left-to-right scanning
  • Timed exercises
  • Automated scoring and reports
  • Customizable layouts and difficulty
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Visual Attention Therapy helps brain injury and stroke survivors, as well as struggling students, to improve scanning abilities. It also helps rehab professionals to assess for neglect and provide more efficient and effective therapy for attention deficits. Visual Attention Therapy Lite gives you a free taste of the customization and utility of the full app: Visual Attention Therapy. This lite version lets you try Test and Practice modes with one level and layout, but is otherwise a fully functional app, allowing you to try 1 or 2 targets, all the signal and target colors and styles, and send e-mail reports. Practicing scanning from left to right across a page helps retrain the brain to move the eyes correctly. Strengthening this essential skill can improve reading, concentration, memory, attention to detail, and speed of processing. Using two targets at once can help users with working memory and alternating attention. 1) Use the Test mode to help determine if a scanning or attention deficit exists. 2) Use the Practice mode to train scanning to find targets in order. _______________________ CANCELLATION TASKS JUST GOT BETTER This professional cognitive training app takes traditional cancellation exercises, the evidence-based standard for testing and treating visuospatial neglect, and enhances them with benefits that are only available through technology: * Targets must be tapped from left to right, top to bottom in Practice mode, training users to slow down and scan the entire screen before they can move forward. * Sidebar signal can flash in a variety of colors to draw attention to the left or right. * Auditory and a variety of visual cues give instant feedback and keep users engaged. * Timed exercises increase motivation to work quickly and accurately. * No need to spend time counting errors. Automated scoring includes data for accuracy by quadrant, time for completion, and mistakes in professional e-mailed reports. * Adjustable layouts and 10 levels of difficulty allow you to customize the experience to meet changing needs or multiple users. * An endless variety of combinations eliminates the need to photocopy exercises and saves paper. Visual Attention Therapy was developed by a certified Speech-Language Pathologist and is used worldwide by SLPs, occupational therapists, vision specialists, and neuropsychologists to help adults and children with dyslexia, dementia, and attentional deficits. People of all ages enjoy racing against the clock to challenge themselves to improve on their scores while improving their cognitive and reading skills. Levels featuring letters can support literacy goals, while symbol-based levels challenge visual memory skills. _______________________ WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING “This app takes a simple, familiar format and turns it into a dynamic, interactive tool with the ability to be age appropriate for anyone from preschoolers to elderly adults.” —SLP “Visual Attention Therapy is guaranteed to be one of those beautiful apps that, when you see it and try it out, will make you exclaim 'Finally!' We were this close to hugging it, to be honest. Thanks for yet another amazing release, Tactus Therapy.” —SLP “I was not sure if children would be motivated to use this app, but the 'no nonsense' approach really seemed to help the children with their attention & task persistence. They especially enjoyed the immediate feedback they got regarding their speed & accuracy. I recommend this app for school-aged children having difficulty with visual scanning/tracking, reading, working memory, & copying skills.”—OT _______________________ This app contains no outside ads or in-app purchases, does not collect or transmit personal data, and links can be deactivated. Supporting evidence for the design of this app can be found at www.tactustherapy.com.

Screenshots

SmallTalk Phonemes4 screens
Visual Attention Therapy Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Visual Attention Therapy Lite at 4.7 against SmallTalk Phonemes's 3.6. Visual Attention Therapy Lite also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 37%) and ads (none vs shown). 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

Visual Attention Therapy Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Visual Attention Therapy Lite has 705 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 75% of Visual Attention Therapy Lite's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SmallTalk Phonemes ships an update every 7 months, Visual Attention Therapy Lite every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SmallTalk Phonemes versus Visual Attention Therapy Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmallTalk PhonemesVisual Attention Therapy Lite
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (13 ratings)4.7 (705 ratings) — better
Positive reviews36.8% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13705 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 months — betterEvery 9 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.09.0
Further details — not scored
Size263 MB12 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%

Visual Attention Therapy Lite

All ratings705 ratings
Positive94.8%
Neutral3.5%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

SmallTalk Phonemes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Visual Attention Therapy Lite

Requested features

2 requests
  • Allow users to go to the next test without returning home
  • Larger font for geriatric patients

In-app purchases

None

SmallTalk Phonemes

No in-app purchases

None

Visual Attention Therapy Lite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SmallTalk Phonemes free?
SmallTalk Phonemes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Visual Attention Therapy Lite free?
Visual Attention Therapy Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SmallTalk Phonemes or Visual Attention Therapy Lite?
Visual Attention Therapy Lite is rated higher. SmallTalk Phonemes averages 3.6 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Visual Attention Therapy Lite averages 4.7 from 705 ratings.
Do SmallTalk Phonemes or Visual Attention Therapy Lite have ads?
SmallTalk Phonemes shows ads; Visual Attention Therapy Lite does not.
Which is updated more often, SmallTalk Phonemes or Visual Attention Therapy Lite?
SmallTalk Phonemes ships an update every 7 months, and Visual Attention Therapy Lite every 9 months. Most recently, SmallTalk Phonemes was updated on October 16, 2026 and Visual Attention Therapy Lite on October 19, 2026.

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