Comparison

Speech Tutor vs Name That Category Fun Deck

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

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About

Speech Tutor

This app uses advanced animation to visualize tongue and mouth movements for speech sound production. It offers detailed tutorials, sound-specific guidance, and recording features to help users improve their speech or accent.

Highlights
  • Animated transparent mouth views
  • Side and front sound production views
  • Adjustable playback speeds
  • Pause and review animations
  • Detailed sound production tutorials
  • Palate diagrams
  • Self-recording and playback
Features
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Whether you’re a speech and language pathologist (SLP), an SLP college student, a parent of children with speech delays, or someone trying to improve their American English accent, you’re going to find this an invaluable application. A first of its kind in the field, Speech Tutor brings the latest in technology and animation to the world of speech. The animations inside Speech Tutor take the areas of the face that impede the view of tongue placement and positioning and make them transparent. Now one can literally see inside the mouth as the sounds are being made! Speech Tutor offers a “Side View” and a “Front View” of each sound production, both of which can be viewed at 3 different speeds (slow, medium, fast). The movies can also be paused any given point. With 132 animations in all, Speech Tutor is sure to offer a helpful view and speed for anyone in need. Speech Tutor does not stop there though. Non SLPs can begin the application by reading an easy to understand “Basics” tutorial which provides the reader with a solid foundation of the basic knowledge needed to know before attempting to improve any/all English consonants. Also provided is detailed text specific to each sound that further describes how each sound is technically made, tips provided by licensed speech and language pathologists, and milestones for when each sound should be acquired and mastered. Along with viewing the animations, one can also view a “Palate” diagram to further demonstrate where on the palate the tongue should be placed. Last but not least, users of the application can choose to record themselves as they practice their target sounds and then choose to play it before and after a correctly modeled production. Animations for the following sounds are provided: P, B, T, D, K, G, N, M, ING, F, V, S, Z, SH, CH, J, L, R (retroflex and bunched), TH (voiced and voiceless) and 4 new vowel animations - /i/, /u/, /a/ and /æ/ SUBSCRIPTION Full access is also available as Speech Tutor Weekly Access, an auto-renewable subscription for $9.99 per week in the U.S. (prices vary by country). If you've bought Speech Tutor, you keep full access without a subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically each week unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within the 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel the subscription in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://s3.postcron.com/fileshare/speech-tutor/privacy-policy.html

About

Name That Category Fun Deck

This educational app uses illustrated flashcards to help students practice describing, categorizing, and organizing skills. Students respond verbally to prompts, and educators can track progress, view results in a graph, and share data.

Highlights
  • Illustrated picture flashcards
  • Audio pronunciation of card text
  • Fill-in-the-blank prompts
  • Track correct/incorrect responses
  • Unlimited player tracking
  • Graph results and share data
  • Portrait/landscape orientation
Features
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This colorful, educational vocabulary App for the iPhone®, iPad®, and iPod touch® has all 56 illustrated picture flash cards (plus audio of each card text) from the Name That Category! Fun Deck® by Super Duper® Publications. Select the cards you want students to see, and have them fill in the blank to practice describing, categorizing, and organizational skills. The prompts include fill-in-the-blank statements like, “A car, bike, and train are ___.” and “A sandwich, pizza, and French fries are ___.” This App is simple to use — each student looks at an illustration, and either reads the prompt or touches the screen to listen to the prompt. The student then gives a verbal response. After each answer, tap the green (correct) or red (incorrect) button to score the student’s verbal response. Move to the next card by sliding the card currently on the display screen to the side. To move to the next player, tap the bar at the top of the screen and select a name. You can also advance cards and players automatically by selecting the Auto-Advance option in the Game Options menu. You can leave a game temporarily and return to it later by selecting Pause Game from the menu. To return to the game, select Continue Game from the main menu. When you finish, view the results in a graph, and print or email your data. Name That Category! Fun Deck® App lets you: • Use the app in portrait or landscape orientation. • Select all 56 cards or just the ones you want students to see. • Track correct and incorrect responses for an unlimited number of players. • Advance players and cards manually or automatically. • Receive feedback for incorrect and/or correct responses • Discontinue game play and continue at any time. • View results in a graph and see which questions a player missed during a session. • Print, E-mail and share your results.

Screenshots

Speech Tutor4 screens
Name That Category Fun Deck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Name That Category Fun Deck at $3.99 against Speech Tutor's $24.99. Name That Category Fun Deck also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.0). Speech Tutor's advantage is rating (3.6 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (57 vs 5). On ads 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

Speech Tutor costs $24.99 and Name That Category Fun Deck $3.99 up front. Speech Tutor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Name That Category Fun Deck asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Speech Tutor holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Speech Tutor has 57 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Speech Tutor's written reviews are positive against 53% of Name That Category Fun Deck's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Speech Tutor ships an update every 3 weeks, Name That Category Fun Deck every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Speech Tutor versus Name That Category Fun Deck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeech TutorName That Category Fun Deck
Price$24.99$3.99 — better
Rating3.6 (57 ratings) — better3.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews64.6% of reviews — better53.3% of reviews
Number of ratings57 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1.4 GB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSynapse Apps, LLCSuper Duper Publications

Customer experience

Speech Tutor

All ratings57 ratings
Positive68.4%
Neutral7.0%
Negative24.6%
Written reviews65 reviews
Positive64.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative27.7%

Name That Category Fun Deck

All ratings5 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive53.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative40.0%

Bugs and requests

Speech Tutor

Reported bugs

23 issues
  • App doesn't work anymore
  • Requires internet connection when it shouldn't
  • App can't connect to the internet
  • Upgrade was more like a downgrade
  • Sagital view hidden under videos
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  • App doesn't support the latest iOS version for iPad
  • In-app upgrade does not work properly
  • Charged twice for basic instead of upgrade
  • Upgrade did not change anything
  • No site for help
  • App downgraded significantly after upgrade
  • App blinks off immediately
  • Can't play sounds that once appeared
  • Animations are glitchy
  • Animations are poorly timed
  • Animations are sometimes inaccurate
  • Requested URL is not found
  • App won't work unless I purchase the upgrade
  • App is unusable unless I pay for an upgrade
  • Downgraded version lists VL 'th' as voiced 'th'
  • Video of visual representation of sounds is black/white screen
  • App is stuck with an initializing icon
  • App is not working

Requested features

8 requests
  • More flashcard pictures, especially for /Th/
  • More specific phonetic chart sounds (vowel, diphthong, consonant)
  • Lite version for trial
  • More updates
  • Ability to switch off to different students in a group
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  • Student progress tools
  • More materials in Pro version
  • Advanced analytics dashboard

Name That Category Fun Deck

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Speech Tutor

One-time1
  • Speech Tutor Pro Upgrade$24.99
None

Name That Category Fun Deck

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Speech Tutor free?
Speech Tutor costs $24.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Name That Category Fun Deck free?
Name That Category Fun Deck costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Speech Tutor or Name That Category Fun Deck?
Speech Tutor is rated higher. Speech Tutor averages 3.6 out of 5 from 57 ratings, while Name That Category Fun Deck averages 3.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Speech Tutor or Name That Category Fun Deck have ads?
Neither Speech Tutor nor Name That Category Fun Deck shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Speech Tutor or Name That Category Fun Deck?
Speech Tutor ships an update every 3 weeks, and Name That Category Fun Deck every 2 months. Most recently, Speech Tutor was updated on October 20, 2026 and Name That Category Fun Deck on October 16, 2026.

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