Comparison

Naming Therapy vs Dysphagia

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

Dysphagia

This app provides detailed animations of normal and impaired swallowing physiology, based on MBSImP™ research. It serves as a visual aid for professionals to educate patients and families about swallowing disorders. Features include zoom, slow motion, and frame-by-frame playback.

Highlights
  • Swallowing physiology animations
  • Normal and impaired swallow examples
  • MBSImP™ research derived
  • Zoom, slow motion, pause controls
  • Frame-by-frame playback
  • Links to educational resources
Features
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Excellent visual tool to aid professionals in educating patients and families about swallowing disorders. This app features custom-designed animations derived from MBSImP™ research on swallowing physiology and impairment. The animations accurately depict normal swallow physiology and provide clear examples of varying physiologic impairments of the swallow. Controls allow for zoom, slow motion, pause, and frame-by-frame scroll. Includes an overview of normal swallow function, and links to other educational resources. Animations are of adult physiology and include: • Normal Swallow, Lateral View • Normal Swallow, A/P View • Example of Penetration with Aspiration • Impairment of Anterior Hyoid Excursion • Impairment of Bolus Hold • Impairment of Bolus Transport • Impairment of Epiglottic Movement • Impairment of Esophageal Clearance • Impairment of Initiation of Pharyngeal Swallow • Impairment of Laryngeal Elevation • Impairment of Laryngeal Vestibular Closure • Impairment of Lip Closure • Impairment of Mastication • Impairment of PES Opening • Impairment of Pharyngeal Contraction • Impairment of Pharyngeal Stripping Wave • Impairment of Soft Palate Elevation • Impairment of Tongue Base Retraction User Notes: • Animations depict adult physiology, including normal swallow. • Animations do not include narration. Visual tool only. • The animations included in this app accurately represent the anatomy and physiology of normal and impaired swallowing function. They were developed in conjunction with the evidence-based "Modified Barium Swallow Impairment Profile," or MBSImP. • Rarely does one physiologic swallow impairment exist alone. This app highlights primary impairments, but co-existing impairments typically occur and the examples shown here are no exception. • Available for iPhone and iPad.

Screenshots

Naming Therapy4 screens
Dysphagia4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Dysphagia at $9.99 against Naming Therapy's $29.99. Naming Therapy's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 3.8) and ratings volume (382 vs 16). On review sentiment, update cadence, 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 Dysphagia $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Naming Therapy holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Naming Therapy has 382 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Naming Therapy's written reviews are positive against 80% of Dysphagia's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Naming Therapy ships an update every 7 months, Dysphagia every 11 months. Both last shipped on October 27, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Naming Therapy versus Dysphagia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNaming TherapyDysphagia
Price$29.99$9.99 — better
Rating4.7 (382 ratings) — better3.8 (16 ratings)
Positive reviews84.0% of reviews — better80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings382 — better16
Update frequencyEvery 7 months — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#143 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better14.1
Further details — not scored
Size312 MB282 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTactus Therapy Solutions Ltd.Northern Speech Services, Inc

Customer experience

Naming Therapy

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

Dysphagia

All ratings16 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative16.0%

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

Dysphagia

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Naming Therapy

No in-app purchases

None

Dysphagia

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Naming Therapy free?
Naming Therapy costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dysphagia free?
Dysphagia costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Naming Therapy or Dysphagia?
Naming Therapy is rated higher. Naming Therapy averages 4.7 out of 5 from 382 ratings, while Dysphagia averages 3.8 from 16 ratings.
Do Naming Therapy or Dysphagia have ads?
Neither Naming Therapy nor Dysphagia shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Naming Therapy or Dysphagia?
Naming Therapy ships an update every 7 months, and Dysphagia every 11 months. Most recently, Naming Therapy was updated on October 27, 2026 and Dysphagia on October 27, 2026.

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