Comparison

SpeakColors vs Conversation Starters

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

Head to head
About

SpeakColors

This iPad app helps young children with speech and language delays practice using two-word phrases with colors and objects. It features colorful photos and allows voice recording to build vocabulary and language skills.

Highlights
  • Two-word phrase practice
  • Color and object vocabulary
  • Voice recording
  • Interactive photos
  • Progressive language skills
Features
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SpeakColors is an iPad app designed to encourage young children to imitate and use two word phrases with color words and common objects. The app is geared toward toddlers with speech and language delays, autism, Down syndrome and other developmental disorders. This motivating app increases vocabulary skills, phrase length, and receptive and expressive language. This lite version of SpeakColors contains 7 common colors and 100 colorful photographs of objects. Children can record their own voice to name colors, food, animals, toys, and common objects. "SpeakColors can do an excellent job of teaching words and sentence structure as a precursor to or in conjunction with other reinforcing hands-on multi-modality activities." ~ SpeechPathologyApps.com *** Free App of the Week in SpeechPathologyApps.com Newsletter (05/31/2012) *** Instructions: - From the main menu, press "Start". - Pick a color from the top of the screen. - Pick a sentence template from the upper-left of the screen. - Swipe left or swipe right (or use arrow buttons) to change objects. - Press a color or object in the middle of the screen to hear the name of the color or object. *** Includes In App Purchase to unlock features of the Full Version. *** *** Disclosure *** At RWH Technology we are committed to the privacy and safety of our customers and their children. This app: - Does not collect/share any user's personally identifiable information. - Does not contain Social Network Integration or Links to Social Media. - Does not contain ads. - Does not contain push notifications. - Does contain In-App-Purchase on a separate, parent oriented screen.

About

Conversation Starters

This app helps children with autism practice initiating and maintaining conversations on various topics. It guides users through skill-building steps to foster genuine dialogue. Designed for children with special needs, it also benefits adults learning English or dealing with aphasia.

Highlights
  • 200+ conversation-starting questions
  • Skill development steps
  • Topic diversity
  • Suitable for special needs children
  • Beneficial for adults learning English
  • COPPA compliant
Features
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** Happy Frog Apps is a Mom’s Choice Award Winner! Also featured on FunEducationalApps.com, TeachersWithApps.com, and more! ** The “Conversation Starters” app helps children with autism initiate and maintain conversations on a variety of topics. What parents say about our awesome apps: *** 5 stars! Brilliant! An app that understands how kids actually learn. Thank you. *** 5 stars! Your social skill apps are excellent! “Conversation Starters” provides 200+ conversation-starting questions on a variety of topics. This broad diversity supports your learner in moving from their preferred topics. ** This free version contains 10 questions only ** You can use in-app purchase to upgrade. Build your learner's skills by stepping through the following skill development steps. 1. Get your learner to answer the conversation starter question. 2. Get your learner to ask the question then listen to your answer, then provide an on-topic follow-up question or comment. 3. Take turns starting a conversation and set a goal of 2, 3, or 4 turns each. Guess what... you are now having real conversations on a variety of topics! This app is perfect for learners who: - need support in initiating conversation - need support in continuing a conversation appropriately - need support in moving beyond their own special interest topics. Our apps are designed for and tested by typical and special needs children. Testers include children with Autism and other special needs. Our apps work for them! Our apps are also suitable for adults dealing with aphasia or learning English as a Second Language. To evaluate the app, download the free version, which has 10 conversation starters only. The remaining conversation starters can be accessed with an in-app purchase. If you prefer no in-app purchases, download the paid version of this app, which includes all conversation starters. We take customer service very seriously! If you ever have a problem or find that we've missed something, contact us at our website and we will do our best to fix the problem.  www.HappyFrogApps.com Our apps are safe for kids. We collect NO private information in our app. None! Our apps do not allow unrestricted web or social media access. We conform to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.

Screenshots

Conversation Starters4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SpeakColors at 2.5 against Conversation Starters's 1.0. SpeakColors also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1). Conversation Starters's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.2 vs 17.6). On price, 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

Both are free to download. SpeakColors sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Conversation Starters sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SpeakColors holds the better App Store score, 2.5 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SpeakColors ships an update every 16 months, Conversation Starters every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SpeakColors versus Conversation Starters: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeakColorsConversation Starters
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (4 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsEvery 15 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.612.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRWH Technology, LLCJanine Toole

Customer experience

SpeakColors

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%

Conversation Starters

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SpeakColors

One-time1
  • Full Version$3.99
1 purchases

Conversation Starters

One-time1
  • All Conversation Starters$4.99

Questions

Is SpeakColors free?
SpeakColors is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Conversation Starters free?
Conversation Starters is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SpeakColors or Conversation Starters?
SpeakColors is rated higher. SpeakColors averages 2.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Conversation Starters averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do SpeakColors or Conversation Starters have ads?
Neither SpeakColors nor Conversation Starters shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SpeakColors or Conversation Starters?
SpeakColors ships an update every 16 months, and Conversation Starters every 15 months. Most recently, SpeakColors was updated on October 23, 2026 and Conversation Starters on October 16, 2026.

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