Comparison

Naming Therapy vs Speech Pacesetter

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

Speech Pacesetter

This app helps users improve their speech rate and clarity through adjustable visual cues. It offers a library of reading passages, custom text options, and adjustable settings for a personalized therapy experience.

Highlights
  • Adjustable visual pacing cue
  • Speed-adjustable visual cue
  • Syllable or word highlighting
  • Built-in reading passages
  • Customizable reading passages
  • Adjustable font size and pause duration
Features
Currently charting
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Make measurable progress on articulation and speech rate goals using Speech Pacesetter. - Designed specifically for people who have unclear articulation and a fast rate of speech due to stroke, brain injury, acquired stuttering, Parkinson’s Disease or other neurological condition - Suitable for older children who have unclear articulation or who stutter - Allows the user to choose a text and pace their rate of speech with the help of a speed-adjustable visual cue - Highlights each syllable or each word. The user reads each syllable or word aloud as the visual cue appears. ADDITIONAL FEATURES The simple, effective and easy-to-use interface also allows the user avail of the following features: - Built-in library of phonemically-balanced reading passages (The Rainbow Passage, The Grandfather Passage etc) - Built-in short stories, poems and tongue twisters - The option to create and save a library of custom reading passages - Adjustable font size and pause duration on punctuation - Optional metronome sound cue - A choice of different colored backgrounds TESTIMONIALS "This affordable app brings a novel way of carrying out pacing therapy for adult speech and language therapists." – Mike Richards, SLT, UK "I've had wonderful success using this app with a lady who has dysarthria due to a stroke." - Carol Winters, SLP "Speech Pacesetter is one of my most used therapy apps! I use it with clients who have a fast speaking rate or slurred speech. I've had amazing results using this app." - Anna Wilson, SLP A UNIQUE WAY TO PACE SPEECH Speech Pacesetter provides a unique way to pace speech and improve speech clarity. See for yourself how effective visual cues can be!

Screenshots

Naming Therapy4 screens
Speech Pacesetter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Speech Pacesetter at $17.99 against Naming Therapy's $29.99. Speech Pacesetter also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months) and chart position (#100 vs unranked). Naming Therapy's advantage is review sentiment (84% vs 46%) and rating (4.7 vs 4.3). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Naming Therapy costs $29.99 and Speech Pacesetter $17.99 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 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Naming Therapy has 370 ratings behind it against 31, 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 46% of Speech Pacesetter's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Naming Therapy ships an update every 7 months, Speech Pacesetter every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Naming Therapy versus Speech Pacesetter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNaming TherapySpeech Pacesetter
Price$29.99$17.99 — better
Rating4.7 (370 ratings) — better4.3 (31 ratings)
Positive reviews84.0% of reviews — better46.2% of reviews
Number of ratings370 — better31
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#100 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better10.0
Further details — not scored
Size312 MB83 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTactus Therapy Solutions Ltd.Aptus Speech and Language Therapy Limited

Customer experience

Naming Therapy

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

Speech Pacesetter

All ratings31 ratings
Positive83.9%
Neutral3.2%
Negative12.9%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive46.2%
Neutral30.8%
Negative23.1%

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 Pacesetter

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Naming Therapy

No in-app purchases

None

Speech Pacesetter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Naming Therapy free?
Naming Therapy costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Speech Pacesetter free?
Speech Pacesetter costs $17.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Naming Therapy or Speech Pacesetter?
Naming Therapy is rated higher. Naming Therapy averages 4.7 out of 5 from 370 ratings, while Speech Pacesetter averages 4.3 from 31 ratings.
Do Naming Therapy or Speech Pacesetter have ads?
Neither Naming Therapy nor Speech Pacesetter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Naming Therapy or Speech Pacesetter?
Naming Therapy ships an update every 7 months, and Speech Pacesetter every 3 weeks. Most recently, Naming Therapy was updated on September 26, 2026 and Speech Pacesetter on September 10, 2026.

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