Comparison

Reading Therapy vs F

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

Head to head
About

Reading Therapy

This app provides adults and older children with neurological impairments or special needs practice in reading comprehension. It offers over 1800 exercises across four modes, with customizable options and visual aids to support learning and track progress.

Highlights
  • 1800+ phrase and sentence exercises
  • Four distinct practice modes
  • Customizable exercise creation
  • Full-color photographs
  • Automated scoring and data tracking
  • Child-friendly mode
  • Report-ready progress emails
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1800+ phrase & sentence level reading comprehension tasks with the option of creating your own exercises! **Try for FREE as part of Language Therapy Lite or purchase in our 4-in-1 bundle: Language Therapy ** This app gives adults with neurological impairment (stroke, brain injury, aphasia) and older children with special needs the practice they need in between reading words and reading stories. It's a digital workbook of semantically organized reading comprehension tasks with the added ability for you to create your own exercises in each mode! Goal Areas: Reading Comprehension, Attention, Problem Solving, Visual Processing, Reasoning Can be used with: Aphasia, Alexia, Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, Cognitive-Communication Impairment, Brain Injury, Early Language Learners, Language Learning Disability, Autism, English as a Second Language Learners Features: *4 modes with over 450 exercises each, for 1,800+ reading comprehension practice items 1)Phrase Matching 2)Sentence Matching 3)Phrase Completion 4)Sentence Completion *Hundreds of clear full-color photographs selected by a Speech-Language Pathologist used in both matching modes *Carefully-crafted foils on each exercise challenge users to read carefully *Clean interface with symbol support allows for independent use *Automated scoring allows for easy data-tracking *Wrong answers are grayed out once selected *Forward and back buttons allow users to skip items and go back to discuss completed items or retry skipped exercises *Child-friendly mode removes references to adult themes and disables links to outside sites *Users see their answers paired with the stimulus for reinforcement of the correct answer *Turn any picture/word on or off *Limit answer choices to 2, 3, or 4, or automatically adjust based on performance *Results can be e-mailed in a ​report-ready format so clients can keep their therapist informed of their progress and therapists can send results to themselves for charting later, using the copy-and-paste ready format to decrease documentation time

About

F

This tool offers a standardized cognitive screening through 14 functional tasks. It integrates real-life distractions to assess cognitive abilities and performance breakdowns in various domains. Clinicians can observe clients performing tasks from simple to complex.

Highlights
  • 14 functional tasks
  • Real-life distractions integration
  • Cognitive domain assessment
  • Functional performance reporting
  • Clinician observation tool
  • Money management tasks
  • Medication management tasks
Features
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The Functional Standardized Touchscreen Assessment of Cognition (FSTAC) is the first of it's kind in cognitive screening tools. FSTAC provides 14 functional tasks for a person to complete and then provides a report on functional & cognitive performance. One of the features that makes FSTAC so valuable is the integration of real life distractions, such as text messages, phone messages and noise. These distractions in the setting of a cognitively complex task provide the perfect setting to assess a person's cognitive abilities and breakdowns. Clinicians can now observe their clients performing functional tasks that range from simple to complex utilizing current technology. Cognitive domains include: General Knowledge Functional math Auditory & Visual attention Auditory & Visual Short term memory Working memory Language/Reading Language Auditory Comprehension Visual/Spatial Executive Function (Flexibility, Org, Prob solving) Insight/Awareness of performance Functional tasks include: Money ID/Valuation Medication management Safety Cash management: paying and making change Grocery shopping - Organization, planning Story listen and recall Bill pay over phone Appointment rescheduling Handling normal distractions Recalling tasks to do in a day Video demonstration can be found at https://youtu.be/ilVHjECm9o4

Screenshots

Reading Therapy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Reading Therapy at $29.99 against F's $149.99. Reading Therapy also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Reading Therapy costs $29.99 and F $149.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Reading Therapy holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Reading Therapy has 79 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Reading Therapy's written reviews are positive against 86% of F's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Reading Therapy versus F: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReading TherapyF
Price$29.99 — better$149.99
Rating4.8 (79 ratings) — better4.4 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better85.7% of reviews
Number of ratings79 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTactus Therapy Solutions Ltd.Cognitive Innovations LLC

Customer experience

Reading Therapy

All ratings79 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral2.5%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

F

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Reading Therapy

No in-app purchases

None

F

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Reading Therapy free?
Reading Therapy costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is F free?
F costs $149.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Reading Therapy or F?
Reading Therapy is rated higher. Reading Therapy averages 4.8 out of 5 from 79 ratings, while F averages 4.4 from 8 ratings.
Do Reading Therapy or F have ads?
Neither Reading Therapy nor F shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Reading Therapy or F?
Reading Therapy ships an update every 4 months, and F every 4 months. Most recently, Reading Therapy was updated on September 22, 2026 and F on September 10, 2026.

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