Comparison

SpeakColorsHD vs ConversationBuilderTeen

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

Head to head
About

SpeakColorsHD

This app helps young children with speech and language delays practice imitating and using simple sentences. It focuses on colors, objects, and vocabulary development through interactive exercises and voice recording.

Highlights
  • Imitate and use simple sentences
  • Improve vocabulary skills
  • Enhance phrase length
  • Practice speech/articulation
  • Record own voice
  • Import custom photos
Features
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SpeakColorsHD is a speech therapy app designed to encourage young children to imitate and use simple sentences using colors and photos of objects. This app is geared toward toddlers with speech and language delays, autism, Down syndrome and other developmental disorders. This app does much more than just teach colors. Use SpeakColorsHD to improve the following: - Receptive and expressive vocabulary skills - Phrase length - Spoken sentences - Speech/Articulation skills - Initiation and choice making skills for colors and objects - Fluency skills This premium version of SpeakColors includes: - 7 common colors - 200 colorful photographs of objects - 13 Types of sentences - 1469 Sentences - English female voice recordings - Import your own photos - Add/delete nouns for the sentences - Record your own voice - Microphone for your child to record their own voice for practicing the names of colors, food, animals, toys and common objects. "Increasing the number of words used in sentences and improving reading skills are two skills the affordable SpeakColors HD will help speech therapists and parents develop in their students." ~ iHeartThisApp.com "SpeakColorsHD is a simple and effective app with a solid amount of content." ~ theiPhoneMom.com "It is also great for teaching adjective+ noun phrases..." ~ Special Apps, Special Kids "I find it great for children with dyspraxia (childhood apraxia of speech) where you are working on multiple targets and trying to move them onto short sentences." ~ SpeechBlogUK "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 4/5 Overall Rating ~ Technology In (SPL) Education 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. *** 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. - Does not contain ads. - Does not contain In-App-Purchases. - Does not contain push notifications.

About

ConversationBuilderTeen

This app helps teenagers practice multi-exchange conversations in various social settings. It uses a visual format to teach conversational flow, including initiating, responding, and handling difficult topics like bullying and sarcasm. Users can record and review their conversations to improve social skills.

Highlights
  • Virtual conversation simulator
  • Multi-exchange conversations
  • Visual conversation flow
  • Handling bullying and sarcasm
  • Record and review conversations
  • 8 conversation themes
  • Group and one-on-one settings
Features
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Winner - Best Middle School App of 2012 - Best App Ever Winner - 2012 Best Teaching App by TeachHub.com Winner - 2012 4th Best Speech Therapy App by Let's Talk SLP Winner - 2012 Best Social Skills App by Tech in Special Ed Winner - 2012 Best Special Needs App by Teachers With Apps Finalist - 2012 Best Special Needs App by SmartAppsForKids ConversationBuilderTeen is a teen version of the popular and award winning ConversationBuilder virtual conversation simulator. It is designed to help teenaged children learn how to have multi-exchange conversations with their peers in a variety of social settings. The auditory pattern of conversation is presented in a visual format to help students recognize and master the flow of conversation. Students learn when it is appropriate to introduce themselves, ask questions, make observations and change the subject of the conversation. They will also learn how to recognize sarcasm and how to respond when someone is bullying them or someone around them. The student will be asked to initiate conversation, respond to conversations initiated by others or participate in group conversations. Students will be guided through conversations and allowed to record and save their conversations for later playback and study. Conversations are grouped into eight themes. The themes are school, relationship, sports, entertainment, bullying, sarcasm, clothes, and summer. Being able to converse with peers is the cornerstone of developing relationships, and ConversationBuilderTeen™ promotes development of this skill in a fun and engaging way. Features - Over 300 conversations - 8 conversation themes - School, Relationship, Sports, Entertainment, Bullying, Sarcasm, Clothes, and Summer - Visual interface to learn the pattern of conversation - Students record their half of the conversation - Group and one-on-one conversation settings - Student may import photos into the group conversations - Student can initiate or respond to conversations - Student recordings are interlaced with pre-recorded audio to create complete conversations - Real time history allows student to replay every segment of a conversation - Conversations may be archived and emailed - Parental controls to lock out some conversations LANGUAGES - English REQUIREMENTS - Compatible with iPad - Requires 5.1 software update ConversationBuilderTeen is part of "The Builder Series" of award winning education apps. Mobile Education Store has won over 40 app awards and has been named educational developer of the year in 2011 and 2012. Mobile Education Tools is a member of Moms with Apps, a collaborative group of family-friendly developers seeking to promote quality apps for kids and families. Recommended Ages: 10-17 Categories: Special Needs

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SpeakColorsHD at $3.99 against ConversationBuilderTeen's $29.99. ConversationBuilderTeen's advantage is review sentiment (93% vs 71%) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). On rating, 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

SpeakColorsHD costs $3.99 and ConversationBuilderTeen $29.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for SpeakColorsHD against 4.1 for ConversationBuilderTeen. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ConversationBuilderTeen has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of SpeakColorsHD's written reviews are positive against 93% of ConversationBuilderTeen's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SpeakColorsHD ships an update every 15 months, ConversationBuilderTeen every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SpeakColorsHD versus ConversationBuilderTeen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeakColorsHDConversationBuilderTeen
Price$3.99 — better$29.99
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)4.1 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews92.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings18 — better
Update frequencyEvery 15 monthsEvery 9 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS17.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB370 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRWH Technology, LLCMobile Education Store LLC

Customer experience

SpeakColorsHD

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%

ConversationBuilderTeen

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive92.5%
Neutral5.0%
Negative2.5%

In-app purchases

None

SpeakColorsHD

No in-app purchases

None

ConversationBuilderTeen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SpeakColorsHD free?
SpeakColorsHD costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ConversationBuilderTeen free?
ConversationBuilderTeen costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SpeakColorsHD or ConversationBuilderTeen?
ConversationBuilderTeen is rated higher. SpeakColorsHD averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while ConversationBuilderTeen averages 4.1 from 8 ratings.
Do SpeakColorsHD or ConversationBuilderTeen have ads?
Neither SpeakColorsHD nor ConversationBuilderTeen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SpeakColorsHD or ConversationBuilderTeen?
SpeakColorsHD ships an update every 15 months, and ConversationBuilderTeen every 9 months. Most recently, SpeakColorsHD was updated on June 5, 2026 and ConversationBuilderTeen on September 21, 2026.

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