Comparison

SpeakColors vs Lexico Cognition

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

Lexico Cognition

This app uses playful games to enhance language comprehension, vocabulary, and cognitive skills. It offers 30 games with 360 questions across various themes, suitable for children without reading skills and adults with speech disorders.

Highlights
  • Language understanding development
  • Vocabulary building games
  • Cognitive and memory skill enhancement
  • 30 diverse games
  • 360 questions and answers
  • Suitable for non-readers and adults
Features
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Lexico Cognition helps to develop language understanding, vocabulary building, cognitive and memory skills in a playful way. 30 games contain 360 question and answers in a variety of themes : pairs, relations, activity, descriptions, positions and opposites. Application: - speech therapy for children without reading skills - reading exercises - language teaching (English as a second language) - Independent practice for adults with a speech disorder. Lexico apps are developed by experienced speech-language professionals. Lexico Cognition contains the level "E". All other levels can be unlocked with one in-app purchase. Lexico Cognition is also available in these languages : Spanish (Lexico Cognitión), Portuguese (Lexico Compreender), French (Lexico Comprendre), German (Lexico Verstehen), Italian (Lexico Comprensione), Dutch (Lexico Cognitie) and Arabic (Lexico الفهم اللغوي)

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Lexico Cognition at 4.3 against SpeakColors's 2.5. Lexico Cognition also leads on update cadence (every 8 months vs every 16 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). SpeakColors's advantage is review sentiment (67% vs 55%). On price, ratings volume, 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 Lexico Cognition 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

Lexico Cognition holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of SpeakColors's written reviews are positive against 55% of Lexico Cognition's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SpeakColors ships an update every 16 months, Lexico Cognition every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SpeakColors versus Lexico Cognition: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeakColorsLexico Cognition
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (4 ratings)4.3 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better55.0% of reviews
Number of ratings44
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsEvery 8 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB101 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRWH Technology, LLCPappy GmbH

Customer experience

SpeakColors

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

Lexico Cognition

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive55.0%
Neutral15.0%
Negative30.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SpeakColors

One-time1
  • Full Version$3.99
1 purchases

Lexico Cognition

One-time1
  • unlock all levels of Lexico-Cognition$24.99

Questions

Is SpeakColors free?
SpeakColors is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lexico Cognition free?
Lexico Cognition is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SpeakColors or Lexico Cognition?
Lexico Cognition is rated higher. SpeakColors averages 2.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Lexico Cognition averages 4.3 from 4 ratings.
Do SpeakColors or Lexico Cognition have ads?
Neither SpeakColors nor Lexico Cognition shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SpeakColors or Lexico Cognition?
SpeakColors ships an update every 16 months, and Lexico Cognition every 8 months. Most recently, SpeakColors was updated on November 1, 2026 and Lexico Cognition on November 6, 2026.

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