Comparison

Go vs Phonology

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

Head to head
About

Go

Enhance language comprehension and expression for all ages with research-backed techniques. Engage with interactive picture and audio activities focusing on categorization, association, and naming. Track progress and customize learning for specific needs.

Highlights
  • Touchscreen interactions for linguistic connections
  • Research-based design for language development
  • Focus on language disorders and autism spectrum disorder
  • Customizable activities and progress tracking
  • Visual word maps and rapid retrieval activities
  • Therapy Report Center for detailed data
Features
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Go-Togethers: Building Semantic Connections for All Ages Improve Language Skills with Research-Backed Techniques: Go-Togethers is a state-of-the-art application designed to enhance language comprehension and expression across all age groups. It targets critical skills such as categorization, association, and naming through interaction with pictures and audio. Innovative Features for Engaging Learning: Touchscreen Interactions: Utilize the iPad, iPod Touch, and iPhone's touchscreen to create linguistic connections with touch “sweep” and “tap-to-tally” features. Research-Based Design: Aligns with studies that underscore the importance of semantic knowledge, naming performance, and categorization in language development (McGregor et al., 2002; Bromley, 2007; Miller & Eilam, 2008). Special Focus on Language Disorders and Autism Spectrum Disorder: Incorporates visual “word maps” and rapid retrieval activities supported by research for effective interventions (Westby, 2005; Wolf & Seagal, 1999). Customized Activities and Tracking: Versatile Targeting: Choose specific categories to focus on, such as rooms in a house, weather, and seasons. Measure and Monitor: Elicit, score, and report students' progress over time, with detailed data available through the Therapy Report Center. Expressive and Receptive Activities: Engage students with diverse and adjustable activities, including Quick Play and Receptive-Expressive combination exercises. Who Can Benefit from Go-Togethers? SLPs: Provide targeted interventions, customized to individual needs, and easily track progress. Parents: Support children's language development at home with intuitive and engaging tools. Special Education Teachers: Elevate classroom learning with interactive and visual aids tailored for students' diverse learning needs. Join the Semantic Revolution with Go-Togethers! Go-Togethers is now compatible with Smarty Ears Online, enabling seamless integration into professional practice. Whether you're an SLP, a parent, or a special education teacher, Go-Togethers offers an enriching, research-based experience to foster language mastery. Download Go-Togethers today and let the semantic connections begin!

About

Phonology

This app provides speech therapy exercises for children aged 3-5 with unintelligible speech. It uses auditory discrimination activities and colorful visuals to help children distinguish and produce sounds, based on the Hodson model of Phonological Processing.

Highlights
  • Auditory discrimination activities
  • Speech intelligibility practice
  • Colorful drawings
  • Hodson model based
  • Speech model imitation
  • Record and playback feature
  • Multiple scoring methods
Features
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Phonology lets you give more Speech Therapy for children with unintelligible speech! This app is an auditory discrimination activity that helps children hear the difference between words like “stop” and “top” and say words like “cap” and “spoon”. Colorful drawings to hold children’s interest as they practice their good speech. The app is based on the Hodson model of Phonological Processing. It is appropriate for children ages 3-5 with impaired speech intelligibility. A clear speech model is presented for the child to imitate and they can record and play back their own speech. The clinician can choose from three scoring methods. 1. Score each response as correct, distorted or incorrect. 2. Score responses as correct, distorted, substituted, or omitted. 3. Score productions based on whether they are spontaneously correct/incorrect or imitatively correct/incorrect. This app is based on the Word Practice game from LocuTour’s Phonology I CD.

Screenshots

Go4 screens
Phonology4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Go at 83% against Phonology's 0%. Phonology's advantage is price ($5.99 vs $11.99) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). 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

Go costs $11.99 and Phonology $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Go ships an update every 11 months, Phonology every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Go versus Phonology: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoPhonology
Price$11.99$5.99 — better
Rating4.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 10 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSmarty EarsLearning Fundamentals, Inc.

Customer experience

Go

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative8.3%

Phonology

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Go

No in-app purchases

None

Phonology

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Go free?
Go costs $11.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Phonology free?
Phonology costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Go or Phonology have ads?
Neither Go nor Phonology shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Go or Phonology?
Go ships an update every 11 months, and Phonology every 10 months. Most recently, Go was updated on October 11, 2026 and Phonology on October 23, 2026.

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