Naming Therapy vs Speech Assistant AAC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Naming Therapy
This app helps individuals with aphasia and special needs practice naming and description skills. It offers a variety of exercises with photos, real voice, and customizable options to improve language abilities.
- Naming practice with cueing hierarchy
- Description prompts for semantic analysis
- Naming test for screening
- Flashcards with verbs and adjectives
- Customizable word lists and photos
- Syllable length word filtering
- Child-friendly mode
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"Great!!! This is a fantastic and very practical application! This app is well worth it! 5 stars!" "This app has proven to be very helpful for multiple children on my caseload who have difficulty using expanded descriptive language. 5 stars!" Naming Therapy is the best-selling word-finding app to help people with aphasia and children with special needs practice important naming and description skills. Designed by a Speech-Language Pathologist for use in the home and clinic, this app features beautiful photos, real voice, and full customization with over 700 words included! ***Try it for FREE as part of Language Therapy Lite*** ***One of four full apps included in Language Therapy*** This app has 4 parts: 1) Naming Practice: 400+ pictured nouns with an evidence-based cueing hierarchy and optional self-scoring, with the option to add your own photos and cues. The app records which cue was used to get the correct answer and produces a score report for email. Use different cues within Naming Practice to target confrontation naming, responsive naming, phrase completion, repetition, and oral reading. 2) Describe: 580+ pictures with 4-6 semantic & 4 phonemic question prompts for semantic feature analysis, phonological components analysis, and expanding expression skills. You can add your own words and select from 25 prompts to go with them. Icons representing questions prompting for information about the appearance, category, function, shape, size, color, taste, location and more surround each picture. Target sound knowledge by hearing prompts for first and last sound, rhyming words, and syllables. 3) Naming Test: a set presentation of 30 pictures with scoring and a report. This is a non-standardized test intended for screening a person's ability to name common items. It contains common and less common items of the categories contained in this app. A perfect screener! 4) Flashcards: 700+ clear, full-color pictures including verbs and adjectives; touch to hear the spoken word or see the printed word with the ability to add your own pictures. Use the verb pictures to create sentences or implement response elaboration training. Features: *Limit words by syllable length to just practice the short ones or target the longer ones - perfect for apraxia *Real recorded male voice provides a neutral accent in 5 languages with slow, natural speech for easy comprehension *Child-friendly mode turns off references to alcohol and violence and deactivates links to outside sites on the home screen *Database controls let you turn each word on or off within the app, so you can customize even further *Tap is the only motion required - no dragging, swiping or pinching needed for new users and those with motor impairment NO in-app purchase and NO collection or sharing of private information. 50% discount for Education Volume Purchase Program - put this app in every classroom!
Speech Assistant AAC
This text-to-speech app assists individuals with speech impairments by allowing them to create custom buttons with saved phrases and symbols. It offers a fully customizable interface, various voice options including AI clones, and can be used during phone calls. The app supports multiple user profiles and iCloud backups for easy data transfer.
- Customizable buttons with phrases and symbols
- Multiple voice options including AI clones
- Full-screen mode for large font display
- Category and subcategory organization
- User profiles for multiple individuals
- iCloud backup and transfer
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Speech Assistant AAC is a text-to-speech app designed for people who are speech impaired, for example due to Aphasia, MND/ALS, Autism, Stroke, Cerebral Palsy or other speech problems. With the app you can create categories and save phrases on buttons for quick access and easy communication. You can also type messages using the iOS keyboard. The app is affordable with a one-time payment and no subscription. Key features • Easy to use and fully customizable to your needs and preferences. • Categories and subcategories to organize your phrases. • History feature to quickly access previously entered phrases. • Option to add symbols, emoji or photos to the buttons. • Full screen mode to display your messages in large font. • Autocomplete feature to display phrase suggestions in a drop-down list. • Tabs for multiple conversations. • Designed for iPhone and iPad, supports both portrait and landscape orientation. • Supports Apple Watch. • Backup to iCloud, Mail or AirDrop. Voices • You can choose a voice from any of the iOS system voices. • Supports ElevenLabs voices, giving you the option to use highly realistic AI professional voice clones. • Supports Apple's Personal Voice. • Option to create voice recordings for the buttons and to import voice recordings. Phone calls • The app can also be used while making Phone and FaceTime calls. • This works with iOS system voices and with iOS 18 also with ElevenLabs voices and regular recordings (app setting). Categories and phrases • Add, change or delete your own (sub)categories and phrases. • You can create an unlimited number of categories to organize your phrases for quick access. • Create user profiles with their own categories, phrases and settings for multi-language support or different individuals. • Easily edit category and phrase buttons with a long press. • With Backup to iCloud or AirDrop you can transfer your categories and phrases to another iPhone/iPad. Fully Customizable • The size of the buttons, the textbox and the text can be adjusted. • The app has various color schemes and you can also create a personal color scheme. • You can change the order of the buttons with drag and drop. Full screen • Show your message full screen with a very large font. • Useful for communicating in a noisy environment. • You can rotate the text to show your message to the person opposite of you. Speech • The rate and pitch of the speech can be adjusted. • Option to speak each Word or Character directly while typing. • Optional highlighting of the spoken words. • Pause and resume speaking by tapping the speak button (optional setting). Apple Watch • The Watch app can especially be useful for communicating short messages. • On the go, you don't have to pick up your phone and can quicky communicate with the app on your wrist. Other features • Button to share your message to mail, text and social media. • Connect a bluetooth keyboard and create shortcuts for actions. • A custom keyboard can be enabled in the settings with customizable size, color and layout. • Abbreviations expansion to reduce keystrokes. • Attention sound button on Main and Full screen. • Option to select symbols from the set of 3400 Mulberry Symbols (mulberrysymbols.org). About the app • This app is developed by ASoft. • The app does not collect any data, so all your conversations stay private. • One-time payment, there is no subscription fee. • The app has won an innovation award: The Vodafone Mobiles For Good Challenge. • The app does not require an internet connection. • For feedback or questions, please contact: speechassistant@asoft.nl. • On www.asoft.nl you can find more information such as a user manual.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Speech Assistant AAC at every 3 weeks against Naming Therapy's every 7 months. Speech Assistant AAC also leads on price ($24.99 vs $29.99) and chart position (#18 vs unranked). Naming Therapy's advantage is ratings volume (382 vs 104) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.5). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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
Naming Therapy costs $29.99 and Speech Assistant AAC $24.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Naming Therapy holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 382 and 104 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Naming Therapy's written reviews are positive against 81% of Speech Assistant AAC's.
Naming Therapy ships an update every 7 months, Speech Assistant AAC every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Naming Therapy | Speech Assistant AAC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $29.99 | $24.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (382 ratings) — better | 4.5 (104 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.0% of reviews — better | 81.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 382 — better | 104 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #18 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 312 MB | 131 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tactus Therapy Solutions Ltd. | Ton Schalke |
Customer experience
Naming Therapy
Speech Assistant AAC
User reviews
Naming Therapy
From 382 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use interface
- 👍 Great for speech therapy
- 👍 High-quality photos
- 👍 Excellent for naming practice
- 👍 Customizable options
Room to improve
- 👎 Lacks diversity in models
- 👎 Childish voice for adult cues
- 👎 Inaccurate sound phonemic cues
- 👎 Limited items in category sets
- 👎 Microphone quality issues
Speech Assistant AAC
From 104 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Life-saver for communication
- 👍 Highly customizable
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Affordable price
- 👍 Versatile across devices
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inconsistent syncing
- 🐛 Issues with transparent backgrounds
- 🐛 Unpleasant default voices
- 🐛 Costly for some
- 🐛 Family sharing problems
Bugs and requests
Naming Therapy
Reported bugs
5 issues- Microphone is bad
- Word playback too quiet
- Customizable stimulus pictures not presented as entered
- Customizable stimulus pictures presented in random order
- Sentence completion cue required for custom pictures
Requested features
2 requests- Translate more apps to French
- More diverse models in images
Speech Assistant AAC
Reported bugs
17 issues- Default category button cannot be deleted
- Images with transparent backgrounds turn white
- Color picker does not work
- Blank word slot in new subcategories cannot be deleted
- Recorded or imported audio on buttons doesn't play on phone calls
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- Cannot send voice message to WhatsApp
- App crashes on iOS 17.5.1 on iPhone XS
- Hex codes keep changing after input
- Return key to send/speak disabled in latest update
- Syncing from iPad to iPhone not happening
- Categories don't stay on conversation when switching tabs
- App keeps crashing/freezing
- Option to not read directly seems to no longer work
- Speech button not working
- Syncing between iPhone and iPad not working
- App crashes when another app uses speaker
- Voice output not heard during phone calls
Requested features
42 requests- Ability to move sub-categories
- Toggle for reading category names
- Sub-sub-categories
- Option to choose image files
- Color picker for customization
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- Delete blank word slot in subcategories
- Send text to speech to WhatsApp
- Shortcut to Control Panel
- Ability to reset element sizes
- Ability to clone own voice
- Drag option for moving positions
- Syncing between devices
- More symbols for basic words
- Control AI devices (Echo, Google)
- Child voices for TTS
- Option to use only iPhone/iPad speaker easily
- Better autocorrect
- Fix mispronunciation of words
- Ability to print phrases from app
- Change font size of settings/documentation
- More than 5 choices in 'Clear/Restore'
- Ability to create sub-categories
- Record/import audio on phone calls
- Full screen mode
- Option for UK female voice
- Draw within the app and convert to text
- Customize buttons with color
- Add own voice to phrases
- Eye control app
- Make pictures on text buttons appear in read-out windows
- Use own pre-recorded voice
- Text can be shown in large print
- Add a lock on app configuration
- Use own voice for TTS
- More advanced audio options
- Better integration with other apps
- Option to not read directly when disabled
- Full functionality access for recording sessions
- Return key to send/speak functionality
- Sync categories with conversation tabs
- Ability to delete default category button
- Support for other languages
In-app purchases
Naming Therapy
No in-app purchases
Speech Assistant AAC
No in-app purchases
Questions
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