Grid Player vs Language Therapy for Kids
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Grid Player
This app enables individuals with speech impairments to communicate by speaking out created sentences. It offers extensive symbol libraries and pre-made grid sets for various needs, including those with disabilities or learning difficulties.
- Over 12,000 Widgit Symbols
- Over 12,000 SymbolStix Symbols
- High-quality male and female voices
- TouchType word prediction
- Prediction suggestions with symbols
- Copy sentences for social media
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Grid Player is an Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) App that helps people who cannot speak or who have unclear speech to communicate. Sentences that you create are spoken out loud. Grid Player is suitable for a wide range of people with communication difficulties, including those who use symbols. Grid Player is designed for use with Grid 3 and The Grid 2, allowing you to play your grids on iPad. If you don't have Grid 3 or The Grid 2, you can use Grid Player with four complete grid sets: Symbol Talker A, Symbol Talker B, Talking Photographs and Text Talker Phrasebook. Please note that you need a Online Grids account to use Grid Player. You can create an account for free within the Grid Player app, or sign in to an existing account. GRID PLAYER FEATURES • Over 12,000 Widgit Symbols • Over 12,000 SymbolStix Symbols • High-quality male and female voices • “TouchType” word prediction for faster typing • Prediction suggestions with symbols to help with word recognition • Word list grids for large topics • Copy sentences to use with Twitter, Facebook, etc SYMBOL TALKER A and B • Dynamic screen AAC • Uses Widgit symbols • Over 2,000 unique words in over 50 topics • Two vocabulary sizes (levels A and B) TALKING PHOTOGRAPHS • Over 1000 vivid photographs • 42 categories • Inspirational for education and communication TEXT TALKER PHRASEBOOK • Over 100 instant phrases • 10 topics to discuss • Quick response buttons for answering questions Grid Player is suitable for people with a wide range of disabilities, including cerebral palsy, motor-neurone disease (ALS), autism, apraxia, traumatic brain injury, stroke and deafness. It can also be used in education for people with learning difficulties or special needs, and with young children. All over the world, thousands of people are communicating with Grid 3 and The Grid 2 from Smartbox. Install Grid Player and you can join the conversation today!
Language Therapy for Kids
This app provides language and cognitive exercises for children with language delay and autism. It uses adaptive activities based on clinical data and ABA techniques to improve vocabulary, syntax, and reasoning skills. The app is designed to be engaging and can be used offline.
- Clinical data-backed language therapy
- Adaptive exercises for all levels
- Focus on vocabulary, syntax, and reasoning
- Visual and verbal learning activities
- Playtime rewards for engagement
- Offline functionality
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• THE FIRST AND ONLY LANGUAGE THERAPY APPLICATION SUPPORTED BY CLINICAL DATA: In a 3-year clinical trial of 6,454 children with autism, language score in children who engaged with MITA has increased to levels, which were 120% higher than in children with similar initial evaluations. This difference was statistically significant (p=0.0001). See results at ClinicalTrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT04108290. • Received FDA breakthrough device designation (Q210093) • Based on US patent 20160210870 • Includes unlimited language and cognitive exercises designed to last for 10 years • Used by over 1.5 million children with language delay • Best Autism App on Healthline list • Available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, German, French, Italian, Arabic, Farsi, Korean, Chinese. Mental Imagery Therapy for Autism (MITA) is a unique, early-intervention application for children with language delay and autism. MITA trains mental integration and language, starting with simple vocabulary, and progressing towards higher forms of language, such as adjectives, verbs, pronouns, and syntax. MITA EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES • Based on ABA techniques of visual-visual and auditory-visual conditional discrimination. • Based on language therapy technique of following directions with increasing complexity. • Based on Pivotal Response Treatment. • Each activity is adaptive and delivers exercises that are at the exact level of difficulty appropriate for your child at any given point in time • Identify colors, patterns and sizes • Integrate objects into a unified picture • Spatial Prepositions: on/under/behind/in front • Time prepositions: Before/After • Passive verb tense • Subject / Object • Reading and Writing • Numbers and counting • Arithmetic: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division • Logic and reasoning • Mental perspective taking • Mental mathematics • Critical thinking • Self-control • Attention • Working Memory • Creativity • Playtime rewards will keep your child engaged while learning and having fun • No Wi-Fi necessary MITA develops your child’s imagination and language functions. The visual exercises follow a systematic approach for developing your child's ability to notice multiple features of an object. MITA starts with simple exercises that teach your child to attend to only one feature, such as size or color. Over time, the exercises get more difficult and require your child to attend to two features simultaneously, such as both color and size. MITA then moves on to puzzles that require attending to three features, such as color, size and shape, and then eventually to puzzles that involve attending to an ever-increasing number of characteristics. The verbal exercises use higher forms of language, such as adjectives, prepositions, and syntax. MITA is developed by Dr. A. Vyshedskiy, a neuroscientist from Boston University; R. Dunn, a Harvard-educated early-child-development specialist; MIT-educated, J. Elgart and a group of award-winning artists and developers working alongside experienced therapists. Most MITA features are completely free and the free MITA version provides access to years of language therapy. Some additional features are available as a MITA Premium subscription for $69.99/year. Your subscription pays for the development of new language exercises that are added each month. • Tuition will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. • Tuition automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. • You can turn off auto-renewal by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that plan. Terms of use: http://imagiration.com/terms-of-service/ Privacy Policy: http://imagiration.com/privacy-policy/ MITA in the news: https://youtu.be/giZymh3rMHc MITA research articles: http://imagiration.com/research/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Language Therapy for Kids at 4.3 against Grid Player's 3.7. Language Therapy for Kids also leads on ratings volume (2.1K vs 26) and review sentiment (78% vs 63%). Grid Player's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 12.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Language Therapy for Kids sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $69.99 per year. Grid Player asks for nothing beyond the download.
Language Therapy for Kids holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Language Therapy for Kids has 2.1K ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Grid Player's written reviews are positive against 78% of Language Therapy for Kids's.
Grid Player ships an update every 3 months, Language Therapy for Kids every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Grid Player | Language Therapy for Kids |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (26 ratings) | 4.3 (2.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.2% of reviews | 78.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 26 | 2.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 518 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sensory Software International | ImagiRation LLC |
Customer experience
Grid Player
Language Therapy for Kids
User reviews
Grid Player
From 26 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Free and accessible
- 💡 Life-changing for communication
- ✨ Useful for non-verbal individuals
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 🗣️ Good voice quality
Room to improve
- ❌ Language issues
- 🐛 Bugs and crashes
- 🚫 Doesn't work on newer iOS
- ⚠️ Requires Wi-Fi
- 🔇 No sound issues
Language Therapy for Kids
From 2.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Helps children with speech and language development
- 🚀 Engaging and fun for kids
- 📈 Tracks progress and improvements
- 🎨 Visually appealing with great graphics
- 🧠 Effective for children with autism and speech delays
Room to improve
- 🐛 Sound issues and crashes reported
- 🕰️ Slow loading times between levels
- 📊 Mandatory evaluation survey can be frustrating
Bugs and requests
Grid Player
Reported bugs
21 issues- Doesn't work on iOS 26
- Bug voix superposées (overlapping voices)
- Black blue screen on startup
- No grid appears
- Cannot select voices
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- App crashes
- Sound stops working after a few minutes
- No sound on phone version
- App hasn't been updated for 6 years
- Cannot access past registration page without Wi-Fi
- Audio doesn't work after update
- Missing ABC keyboard after re-installation
- UK words used in US English version
- Audio problem after latest update
- Cannot create account online
- Cannot get a password
- Missing grid error message
- No speech output for words
- App crashes on all devices
- Audio doesn't work
- Sound not working
Requested features
13 requests- Add a keyboard for typing
- Update app for newer devices/iOS
- Allow Wi-Fi override
- Add more language options for free
- Add text-to-talk functionality
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- Add a keyboard to type words not in the database
- Update voice and vocabulary to American English
- Add a keyboard to type instead of looking for words
- Add a keyboard to type
- Save own phrases into the app
- Replace unused phrases or fill gaps
- Add a way to text to talk
- Add a keyboard
Language Therapy for Kids
Reported bugs
2 issues- Sound not working on some devices
- App crashing or freezing frequently
Requested features
3 requests- Option to print progress reports
- Improvements to the coloring pages
- More customization options
In-app purchases
Grid Player
No in-app purchases
Language Therapy for Kids
- MITA Premium7 Days trial$69.991 Year
- Lifetime Subscription$199.00
- MITA for Therapists$200.00
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