Reading Therapy vs Speech Assistant AAC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
Speech Assistant AAC
This text-to-speech app assists individuals with speech impairments by allowing them to create custom buttons with saved phrases and symbols. It offers a fully customizable interface, various voice options including AI clones, and can be used during phone calls. The app supports multiple user profiles and iCloud backups for easy data transfer.
- Customizable buttons with phrases and symbols
- Multiple voice options including AI clones
- Full-screen mode for large font display
- Category and subcategory organization
- User profiles for multiple individuals
- iCloud backup and transfer
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Speech Assistant AAC is a text-to-speech app designed for people who are speech impaired, for example due to Aphasia, MND/ALS, Autism, Stroke, Cerebral Palsy or other speech problems. With the app you can create categories and save phrases on buttons for quick access and easy communication. You can also type messages using the iOS keyboard. The app is affordable with a one-time payment and no subscription. Key features • Easy to use and fully customizable to your needs and preferences. • Categories and subcategories to organize your phrases. • History feature to quickly access previously entered phrases. • Option to add symbols, emoji or photos to the buttons. • Full screen mode to display your messages in large font. • Autocomplete feature to display phrase suggestions in a drop-down list. • Tabs for multiple conversations. • Designed for iPhone and iPad, supports both portrait and landscape orientation. • Supports Apple Watch. • Backup to iCloud, Mail or AirDrop. Voices • You can choose a voice from any of the iOS system voices. • Supports ElevenLabs voices, giving you the option to use highly realistic AI professional voice clones. • Supports Apple's Personal Voice. • Option to create voice recordings for the buttons and to import voice recordings. Phone calls • The app can also be used while making Phone and FaceTime calls. • This works with iOS system voices and with iOS 18 also with ElevenLabs voices and regular recordings (app setting). Categories and phrases • Add, change or delete your own (sub)categories and phrases. • You can create an unlimited number of categories to organize your phrases for quick access. • Create user profiles with their own categories, phrases and settings for multi-language support or different individuals. • Easily edit category and phrase buttons with a long press. • With Backup to iCloud or AirDrop you can transfer your categories and phrases to another iPhone/iPad. Fully Customizable • The size of the buttons, the textbox and the text can be adjusted. • The app has various color schemes and you can also create a personal color scheme. • You can change the order of the buttons with drag and drop. Full screen • Show your message full screen with a very large font. • Useful for communicating in a noisy environment. • You can rotate the text to show your message to the person opposite of you. Speech • The rate and pitch of the speech can be adjusted. • Option to speak each Word or Character directly while typing. • Optional highlighting of the spoken words. • Pause and resume speaking by tapping the speak button (optional setting). Apple Watch • The Watch app can especially be useful for communicating short messages. • On the go, you don't have to pick up your phone and can quicky communicate with the app on your wrist. Other features • Button to share your message to mail, text and social media. • Connect a bluetooth keyboard and create shortcuts for actions. • A custom keyboard can be enabled in the settings with customizable size, color and layout. • Abbreviations expansion to reduce keystrokes. • Attention sound button on Main and Full screen. • Option to select symbols from the set of 3400 Mulberry Symbols (mulberrysymbols.org). About the app • This app is developed by ASoft. • The app does not collect any data, so all your conversations stay private. • One-time payment, there is no subscription fee. • The app has won an innovation award: The Vodafone Mobiles For Good Challenge. • The app does not require an internet connection. • For feedback or questions, please contact: speechassistant@asoft.nl. • On www.asoft.nl you can find more information such as a user manual.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Speech Assistant AAC at every 3 weeks against Reading Therapy's every 4 months. Speech Assistant AAC also leads on price ($24.99 vs $29.99) and chart position (#62 vs unranked). Reading Therapy's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 83%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On ratings volume, 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
Reading Therapy costs $29.99 and Speech Assistant AAC $24.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Reading Therapy holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 79 and 103 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Reading Therapy's written reviews are positive against 83% of Speech Assistant AAC's.
Reading Therapy ships an update every 4 months, Speech Assistant AAC every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Reading Therapy | Speech Assistant AAC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $29.99 | $24.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (79 ratings) — better | 4.6 (103 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 83.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 79 | 103 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #62 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 131 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tactus Therapy Solutions Ltd. | Ton Schalke |
Customer experience
Reading Therapy
Speech Assistant AAC
Bugs and requests
Reading Therapy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Speech Assistant AAC
Reported bugs
17 issues- Default category button cannot be deleted
- Images with transparent backgrounds turn white
- Color picker does not work
- Blank word slot in new subcategories cannot be deleted
- Recorded or imported audio on buttons doesn't play on phone calls
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- Cannot send voice message to WhatsApp
- App crashes on iOS 17.5.1 on iPhone XS
- Hex codes keep changing after input
- Return key to send/speak disabled in latest update
- Syncing from iPad to iPhone not happening
- Categories don't stay on conversation when switching tabs
- App keeps crashing/freezing
- Option to not read directly seems to no longer work
- Speech button not working
- Syncing between iPhone and iPad not working
- App crashes when another app uses speaker
- Voice output not heard during phone calls
Requested features
42 requests- Ability to move sub-categories
- Toggle for reading category names
- Sub-sub-categories
- Option to choose image files
- Color picker for customization
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- Delete blank word slot in subcategories
- Send text to speech to WhatsApp
- Shortcut to Control Panel
- Ability to reset element sizes
- Ability to clone own voice
- Drag option for moving positions
- Syncing between devices
- More symbols for basic words
- Control AI devices (Echo, Google)
- Child voices for TTS
- Option to use only iPhone/iPad speaker easily
- Better autocorrect
- Fix mispronunciation of words
- Ability to print phrases from app
- Change font size of settings/documentation
- More than 5 choices in 'Clear/Restore'
- Ability to create sub-categories
- Record/import audio on phone calls
- Full screen mode
- Option for UK female voice
- Draw within the app and convert to text
- Customize buttons with color
- Add own voice to phrases
- Eye control app
- Make pictures on text buttons appear in read-out windows
- Use own pre-recorded voice
- Text can be shown in large print
- Add a lock on app configuration
- Use own voice for TTS
- More advanced audio options
- Better integration with other apps
- Option to not read directly when disabled
- Full functionality access for recording sessions
- Return key to send/speak functionality
- Sync categories with conversation tabs
- Ability to delete default category button
- Support for other languages
In-app purchases
Reading Therapy
No in-app purchases
Speech Assistant AAC
No in-app purchases
Questions
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