SmallTalk Intensive Care vs Cuespeak
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SmallTalk Intensive Care
This app offers a picture-based vocabulary for patients with communication difficulties to express their needs and feelings to medical staff. It's designed for individuals recovering from strokes, those with aphasia, or anyone facing speech impairments.
- Picture-based vocabulary
- Customizable phrase icons
- Phrase rearrangement
- Reset to original settings
- Supports stroke survivors
- Aids aphasia patients
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SmallTalk Intensive Care provides a picture-based vocabulary of phrases that patients can use to communicate their needs and feelings to medical-care providers in the ICU. It includes phrases such as “I have chest pain” and “I want a doctor.” The app can be used by anyone who has difficulty speaking from having suffered a stroke. It can also be used for individual with other language impairments, non-native speakers, or those being intubated or on a tracheotomy tube. 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 Aphasia + Caregivers of People with Aphasia + Speech-Language Pathologists + Speech-Language Pathology Students + Emergency Healthcare Workers Learn more about Lingraphica at www.aphasia.com
Cuespeak
This app provides speech and language rehabilitation exercises for individuals with difficulties following stroke or brain injury. It offers a wide range of customizable activities for speaking, understanding, reading, and writing, designed for home or clinic use.
- Expert-developed exercises
- Personalized therapy sessions
- Engaging and interactive activities
- Weekly new content updates
- Session sharing via email
- Mobile accessibility
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Supercharge your speech therapy with Cuespeak, the NHS-recommended rehabilitation tool for people with speech, language, and cognitive difficulties after stroke or brain injury. Designed for use in both home and clinic, Cuespeak offers a huge range of exercises to work on aphasia and apraxia of speech, addressing speaking, understanding, reading and writing. Key Features: - Expert-Developed Content: Access hundreds of exercises developed by specialist speech and language therapists - Personalise it: Customise your therapy sessions and add personalised content such as names of family and friends - Engaging and Fun: Cuespeak’s interactive exercises are relevant to real life to keep you motivated - Up to date: New content added every week, including the latest items from the news - Share sessions via email: Allows you to get help from someone in another location - Accessible on the move: Use Cuespeak on your iPhone or iPad, so you can practise anytime, anywhere, making therapy convenient and flexible Who is it for? - People with speech and language difficulties seeking a home therapy tool - Caregivers and family members supporting a loved one’s recovery following stroke or brain injury What users have said: - “I just wanted to thank you for your marvellous programme. My husband has severe aphasia but has not lost his intelligence. Your programme stimulates his interest – there is no dumbing down. Keep up the good work. We love the humour in Cuespeak” Home user - “This is the best therapy tool I have ever used” Elizabeth McBarnet, Speech & Language Therapist, N. Ireland - "I can’t stress enough how much I love this app. I have been using it today with a lady with apraxia and aphasia and she was just so excited by how relevant it was to her life!” Bev Snowden, Senior Specialist SLT, North Devon Healthcare Trust
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SmallTalk Intensive Care at none against Cuespeak's 7. SmallTalk Intensive Care also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 84%). Cuespeak's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 8 months). On price 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
Both are free to download. Cuespeak sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. SmallTalk Intensive Care asks for nothing beyond the download.
SmallTalk Intensive Care holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cuespeak has 87 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of SmallTalk Intensive Care's written reviews are positive against 84% of Cuespeak's.
SmallTalk Intensive Care ships an update every 8 months, Cuespeak every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SmallTalk Intensive Care | Cuespeak |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.7 (87 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 84.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 87 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 266 MB | 124 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Lingraphicare, Inc. | Cuespeak Limited |
Customer experience
SmallTalk Intensive Care
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In-app purchases
SmallTalk Intensive Care
No in-app purchases
Cuespeak
- Legacy 1$3.991 Month
- Legacy 2$3.991 Month
- Legacy 3$3.991 Month
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- Monthly auto-renewing1 Month trial$7.491 Month
- Monthly auto-renewing$12.991 Month
- 1 year license (non-renewing)$129.99
- 3 year license (non-renewing)$399.00
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