Comparison

Articulation IV vs Autism iHelp

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

Head to head
About

Articulation IV

Features
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Speech Therapy for school and home practice! Articulation IV has four of the most common articulation targets—R, S, L, and Th–in the Initial, Medial, Final positions and in Consonant Clusters. Buttons on the screen let you listen to the word, the sounds in the word, a short phrase containing the word, and three sentences. Sentence 1 may add another of the same target. Sentence 2 includes at least 2 of the same target sound and usually is a longer sentence. Sentence 3 likely has multiple target sounds (R, S, L, and/or Th) and will be semantically complex. 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. New vocabulary includes words not commonly found in yesterday’s word lists but necessary for today's classroom success such as: compost, awesome, LOL, USB port, browser, search engine, etc. Sort the words by target sound and position. You'll find curriculum-based words including: computer-related words, math, time & measurement, emotions, food, music, sports and games etc… This app uses the content from LocuTour’s Articulation IV CD. There are 475 words and photographs. There are: 85 words in /r/, 189 words in vowel controlled /r/, 212 words in /s/, /z/, 117 words in /l/, 49 words in voiced/voiceless /th/. Words may be in multiple phoneme groups.

About

Autism iHelp

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Autism iHelp is a vocabulary teaching aid developed by parents of a child with Autism and a speech-language pathologist. Autism iHelp was inspired by the need for specific language intervention tools for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder focusing on their unique strengths and difficulty with expressive vocabulary. Autism iHelp - Sorting is a fun and interactive app that requires the learner to drag and drop items into the appropriately labeled 'categorical' box. This activity allows the learner another opportunity to generalize previously reviewed vocabulary through real-life photo images and improve categorization skills, divided attention, and visual processing. Autism iHelp – Sorting SLP Edition includes: -Complete versions (without in-app purchasing) of all 3 Sorting sets. -Ability to track several students gains at a time, through progress reports that average the last 3 performances of each activity. -Two voice options - male and female. “with Autism iHelp…..it gets better.”

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Articulation IV at every 9 months against Autism iHelp's every 47 months. Articulation IV also leads on price ($9.99 vs $14.99) and device support (3 vs 1). Autism iHelp's advantage is iOS requirement (8.2 vs 12.0). On 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

Articulation IV costs $9.99 and Autism iHelp $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Articulation IV ships an update every 9 months, Autism iHelp every 47 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 2 level
Articulation IV versus Autism iHelp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArticulation IVAutism iHelp
Price$9.99 — better$14.99
Update frequencyEvery 9 months — betterEvery 47 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS12.08.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size275 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLearning Fundamentals, Inc.John Talavera

In-app purchases

None

Articulation IV

No in-app purchases

None

Autism iHelp

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Articulation IV free?
Articulation IV costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Autism iHelp free?
Autism iHelp costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Articulation IV or Autism iHelp have ads?
Neither Articulation IV nor Autism iHelp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Articulation IV or Autism iHelp?
Articulation IV ships an update every 9 months, and Autism iHelp every 47 months. Most recently, Articulation IV was updated on October 16, 2026 and Autism iHelp on October 12, 2026.

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