Comparison

Naming Therapy vs Advanced Language Therapy

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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!

About

Advanced Language Therapy

This app offers four advanced speech therapy tools designed to improve language and communication skills for individuals with aphasia or cognitive-communication impairments. It focuses on comprehension, word-finding, reading, and writing through various evidence-based activities.

Highlights
  • Advanced comprehension practice
  • Word-finding and verbal expression
  • Paragraph-level reading practice
  • Typing and sound-letter relationships
  • Evidence-based therapy techniques
Currently charting
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Take your aphasia therapy to the next level with four evidence-based advanced apps that build on the skills established the best-selling Language Therapy 4-in-1 app. This new value-priced advanced app gives you four popular speech therapy apps for the price of three to help you improve. YOU'LL GET THESE 4 APPS: ----- 1) ADVANCED COMPREHENSION THERAPY Practice understanding sentences with three activities to improve listening and reading skills. ------- 2) ADVANCED NAMING THERAPY Practice word-finding skills with four activities to improve verbal expression. ------- 3) ADVANCED READING THERAPY Practice reading at the paragraph-level with three levels of difficulty with comprehension questions and audio support. ------- 4) ADVANCED WRITING THERAPY Practice typing at the word, sentence, and paragraph levels along with strengthening sound-letter relationships. ----- WHO IS THIS APP FOR? *Stroke survivors with mild or moderate aphasia (impaired language) *Brain injury survivors with high-level cognitive-communication impairments *Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) who work with adult communication TRY FOR FREE! Download Advanced Language Therapy Lite to try each of the four apps for free. Then purchase all four in Advanced Language Therapy, or purchase only the ones you need separately. THE TACTUS THERAPY DIFFERENCE In all Tactus Therapy apps for speech therapy, you'll get wifi-free use, no log-ins, and no subscriptions. The activities are based on researched techniques that work. The content is designed with adults in mind, yet can easily be used with older children and teens. Support is built-in to encourage independent use for home practice while being flexible for in-clinic use with a qualified clinician. 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

Naming Therapy4 screens
Advanced Language Therapy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Naming Therapy at $29.99 against Advanced Language Therapy's $89.99. Naming Therapy also leads on review sentiment (84% vs 40%). Advanced Language Therapy's advantage is chart position (#187 vs unranked) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months). On rating, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Naming Therapy costs $29.99 and Advanced Language Therapy $89.99 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 — 4.7 for Naming Therapy against 4.7 for Advanced Language Therapy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 370 and 798 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of Naming Therapy's written reviews are positive against 40% of Advanced Language Therapy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Naming Therapy ships an update every 7 months, Advanced Language Therapy every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Naming Therapy versus Advanced Language Therapy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNaming TherapyAdvanced Language Therapy
Price$29.99 — better$89.99
Rating4.7 (370 ratings)4.7 (798 ratings)
Positive reviews84.0% of reviews — better40.0% of reviews
Number of ratings370798 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank—#187 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.09.0
Further details — not scored
Size312 MB345 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTactus Therapy Solutions Ltd.Tactus Therapy Solutions Ltd.

Customer experience

Naming Therapy

All ratings370 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral2.4%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive84.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.0%

Advanced Language Therapy

All ratings798 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral4.8%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative20.0%

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

Advanced Language Therapy

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Naming Therapy

No in-app purchases

None

Advanced Language Therapy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Naming Therapy free?
Naming Therapy costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Advanced Language Therapy free?
Advanced Language Therapy costs $89.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Naming Therapy or Advanced Language Therapy?
Naming Therapy and Advanced Language Therapy are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 370 and 798 ratings respectively.
Do Naming Therapy or Advanced Language Therapy have ads?
Neither Naming Therapy nor Advanced Language Therapy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Naming Therapy or Advanced Language Therapy?
Naming Therapy ships an update every 7 months, and Advanced Language Therapy every 3 months. Most recently, Naming Therapy was updated on September 24, 2026 and Advanced Language Therapy on September 21, 2026.

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