Comparison

SpeakColors vs Inference Pics Lite

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

Inference Pics Lite

This app helps children and young adults develop social inferencing skills. It uses real-life photos and interactive questions to teach users how to understand situations, emotions, and thoughts based on contextual clues. Designed for use with a parent or speech therapist.

Highlights
  • Social inferencing skill development
  • Over 300 real-life photos
  • Interactive questions
  • Choice to show/hide answers
  • Results tracking and email
  • No Wi-Fi needed
Features
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Turn everyday scenes into meaningful social inferencing practice with Inference Pics Lite. Choose a photo and guide clients to notice important details, connect the clues and explain the thinking behind their inferences. Created by a speech-language pathologist (SLP), Inference Pics Lite includes 14 high-quality photos, with 2 from each activity, plus built-in questions and hints to support learning. The full version of Inference Pics expands the experience with 350+ photos and the ability to add your own photos, questions and hints. SOCIAL INFERENCING MADE SIMPLE We make social inferences every day. We use facial expressions, body language, surroundings, and context to work out how someone might be feeling, what they could be thinking, or what may have happened. For some children, teenagers, and adults, noticing these clues and putting them together can be challenging. Inference Pics Lite provides a simple, structured way for speech-language pathologists, teachers, parents, and caregivers to work on social understanding, expressive language, and reasoning skills in speech therapy, education, or at home. SEE WHAT INFERENCE PICS LITE CAN DO • Get learners explaining their thinking, not just giving an answer. • Save prep time with ready-made inference questions, answers, and hints. • Draw directly on photos to circle or highlight important clues. • Show or hide possible answers to adjust the level of support. • Target emotions, perspective-taking, expressive language, and social reasoning. • Practice interpreting facial expressions, body language, and context. • Work with photos of real-life situations, not cartoons. • Create user profiles and track results. • No subscription and no Wi-Fi needed. LOOK. THINK. EXPLAIN. Each inference picture in Inference Pics has two inference prompts/questions. The first question varies depending on the chosen inference activity. For example, in the Conversations activity the user is asked "What are they saying? while in the Seasons activity the inference prompt is "What time of year is it? The second question in each inference activity is always “How can you tell?”. This allows the user to practice verbal expression and giving explanations. It also prompts the child or adult to explain what clues they found to enable them to make an inference. TRY ALL 7 SOCIAL INFERENCING ACTIVITIES FEELINGS - Understand emotions from facial expressions, body language, and context. JOBS - Work out someone’s job from visual clues. PLACES - Infer where someone might be. SEASONS - Identify the season or occasion from contextual clues. WHAT HAS HAPPENED? - Piece together the evidence to work out what happened. CONVERSATIONS - Infer what people might be saying. THOUGHTS - Explore perspective-taking and what another person might be thinking. WHO IS INFERENCE PICS LITE FOR? Inference Pics Lite can support: • Children and teenagers developing language and inference skills. • Autistic children, teenagers, and adults. • People with social communication difficulties. • Learners working on emotions and perspective-taking. • Adults with communication difficulties after a stroke or traumatic brain injury. It can be used by speech-language pathologists (SLPs), teachers, parents, and caregivers in therapy, the classroom, or at home. TRY INFERENCE PICS FOR FREE Inference Pics Lite gives you a free way to try Inference Pics, with 14 photos covering all 7 social inferencing activities. Choose a photo. Find the clues. Make an inference. Explain how you know. Download Inference Pics Lite for free and start building social inferencing, social communication, and expressive language skills—one clue at a time. Ready for more? Upgrade to the full version of Inference Pics for 350+ photos across all 7 activities, plus the option to add your own photos.

Screenshots

Inference Pics Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Inference Pics Lite at 3.3 against SpeakColors's 2.5. Inference Pics Lite also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Inference Pics Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Inference Pics Lite holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SpeakColors ships an update every 16 months, Inference Pics Lite every 29 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SpeakColors versus Inference Pics Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeakColorsInference Pics Lite
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (4 ratings)3.3 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 16 months — betterEvery 29 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB99 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRWH Technology, LLCAptus Speech and Language Therapy Limited

Customer experience

SpeakColors

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

Inference Pics Lite

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SpeakColors

One-time1
  • Full Version$3.99
None

Inference Pics Lite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SpeakColors free?
SpeakColors is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Inference Pics Lite free?
Inference Pics Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SpeakColors or Inference Pics Lite?
Inference Pics Lite is rated higher. SpeakColors averages 2.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Inference Pics Lite averages 3.3 from 3 ratings.
Do SpeakColors or Inference Pics Lite have ads?
Neither SpeakColors nor Inference Pics Lite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SpeakColors or Inference Pics Lite?
SpeakColors ships an update every 16 months, and Inference Pics Lite every 29 months. Most recently, SpeakColors was updated on October 23, 2026 and Inference Pics Lite on October 24, 2026.

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