Comparison

Comprehension Therapy vs Conversation Therapy Lite

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

Head to head
About

Comprehension Therapy

This app aids auditory and reading comprehension for individuals with aphasia, stroke, or cognitive deficits. It offers three modes, adjustable difficulty, and over 700 images with spoken words and text in five languages. Users can also add their own images.

Highlights
  • Auditory and reading comprehension practice
  • Three user-friendly modes (Listen, Read, Listen&Read)
  • Automatic difficulty adjustment
  • Over 700 full-color images with recorded voice and text
  • Multiple language support
  • Customizable vocabulary categories
  • Automatic scoring and progress reporting
Currently charting
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Comprehension Therapy is a professional speech therapy app that targets auditory and reading comprehension of single words in 5 languages. *****Enlightening! ***** Superb! ***** A Wonderful Tool! ***** Exceptional App! Designed to help people with aphasia and cognitive deficits from stroke and other brain injuries, it is also a valuable tool for older children with special needs including autism. 3 user-friendly modes include Listen, Read, and Listen&Read to target individualized goals. The app automatically adjusts difficulty based on performance, allowing for independent practice. Built-in scoring, hints, and a results summary that can be e-mailed to the therapist in report format make therapy easy! Over 500 nouns, 100 verbs, and 100 adjectives are paired with full-color photographs, recorded voice, and clear text for hours of therapy. You can add your own images too! **Try it for FREE as part of Language Therapy Lite or buy this app in our 4-in-1 Language Therapy*** Features 3 modes: - "Listen": match an auditory stimulus (spoken word) to a picture - "Read": match a written stimulus (printed word) to a picture - "Listen & Read": match an auditory stimulus (spoken word) to a written word Over 700 clear full-color photographs of functional vocabulary selected by a Speech-Language Pathologist 10 categories of nouns including animals, foods, objects, concepts, places, people, body parts and more; select which categories are targeted Select from 2, 3, 4, or 6 photos on the screen or use the "Auto" feature to automatically adjust the field size based on performance 3 levels of difficulty adjust the relatedness of foils (semantic and phonemic) to move from Easy to Hard Aphasia-friendly interface avoids use of professional jargon and features clear symbols for independent use by children and adults Child-friendly mode eliminates references to alcohol and violence as well as disables links to outside sites (iTunes & social media) Real recorded voice provides 5 choices of languages with neutral accent in slow, natural speech for easy comprehension in English (US/Canada), English (UK), Spanish, German, and French Smooth and automatic transitions to the next set allow for multiple repetitions in far less time than it takes to select and lay out photo flash cards, while still allowing you to move forward and back to review answers or skip ahead Automatic scoring tracks success and progress on-screen Results can be e-mailed in table and report-ready format so clients can keep their therapist informed of their progress for telepractice and therapists can send results to themselves for charting later, using the copy-and-paste ready format to decrease documentation time All Tactus Therapy Solutions Apps participate in the 50% off Volume Purchase Program, so talk to your school about buying in bulk! This app collects NO personal information, has NO in-app purchases, and primary links to outside pages can be deactivated.

About

Conversation Therapy Lite

This app facilitates speech therapy by providing conversation starters and tools to practice language and social skills. It helps individuals with speech or language impairments engage in dialogue and carry over therapy lessons at home. The app offers customizable settings and tracks progress for one-on-one or group sessions.

Highlights
  • Conversation starters for various topics
  • Tools to practice language and social skills
  • Progress tracking for sessions
  • Customizable settings for age-appropriateness
  • Audio recording and scoring
  • Emailable session summaries
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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! Download this free sample version of Conversation Therapy to try it for yourself! - 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 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. *This free Lite version of the app has 3 photos and 30 questions suitable for all ages* 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 THE FULL APP - 275+ vivid photos, with 10 questions per photo, for over 2750 possible questions in the full app; 3 photos in the Lite version - 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 in the full app - 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! Once you've had a chance to try this free Lite app, download the full version of Conversation Therapy to get so much more content. 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

Comprehension Therapy4 screens
Conversation Therapy Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Conversation Therapy Lite at Free against Comprehension Therapy's $29.99. Comprehension Therapy's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and chart position (#197 vs unranked). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

Conversation Therapy Lite is free to download; Comprehension Therapy costs $29.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Comprehension Therapy against 4.7 for Conversation Therapy Lite. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 138 and 60 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Comprehension Therapy's written reviews are positive against 75% of Conversation Therapy Lite's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Comprehension Therapy ships an update every 6 months, Conversation Therapy Lite every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and August 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Comprehension Therapy versus Conversation Therapy Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterComprehension TherapyConversation Therapy Lite
Price$29.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (138 ratings) — better4.7 (60 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings138 — better60
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#197 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.09.0
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB27 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTactus Therapy Solutions Ltd.Tactus Therapy Solutions Ltd.

Customer experience

Comprehension Therapy

All ratings138 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral3.6%
Negative0.7%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Conversation Therapy Lite

All ratings60 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral3.3%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%

In-app purchases

None

Comprehension Therapy

No in-app purchases

None

Conversation Therapy Lite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Comprehension Therapy free?
Comprehension Therapy costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Conversation Therapy Lite free?
Conversation Therapy Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Comprehension Therapy or Conversation Therapy Lite?
Comprehension Therapy is rated higher. Comprehension Therapy averages 4.8 out of 5 from 138 ratings, while Conversation Therapy Lite averages 4.7 from 60 ratings.
Do Comprehension Therapy or Conversation Therapy Lite have ads?
Neither Comprehension Therapy nor Conversation Therapy Lite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Comprehension Therapy or Conversation Therapy Lite?
Comprehension Therapy ships an update every 6 months, and Conversation Therapy Lite every 7 months. Most recently, Comprehension Therapy was updated on September 21, 2026 and Conversation Therapy Lite on August 20, 2026.

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