Comparison

Auditory Workout vs Describing Skills

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

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About

Auditory Workout

This app helps children aged 4-12 improve auditory comprehension, processing, and direction-following skills. It offers over 1,000 research-based exercises with customizable background noise and engaging reward games.

Highlights
  • Thousands of audio exercises
  • Customizable background noise
  • Reward games (Basketball, Catch the ball)
  • Detailed reporting and data tracking
  • Group session support
  • Adjustable difficulty levels
Features
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****I absolutely love this app. It works for so many of my auditory comprehension and auditory processing students! This app has the ability to add background noise with a sliding volume lever! My students enjoy the basketball reward offered at short intervals which is very motivating. (Jasmine S. SLP)**** Auditory Workout is a comprehensive, built- around research auditory processing /VirtualSpeechCenter/appPreviews/AuditoryWorkout.mp4program for students with language delay or Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) and is aimed to help students with their language comprehension skills, auditory processing and following directions. Auditory Workout was created by a certified speech and language pathologist for students ages 4–12 who exhibit auditory processing disorders or other related disorders (e.g., receptive language disorder or autism). Auditory Workout focuses on improving auditory attention and memory and auditory processing of increasingly longer and complex verbal directions. Auditory Workout includes over 1,000 listening exercises in the following categories: - Basic Directions: 15 levels of difficulty - Quantitative and Spatial Directions: 12 levels of difficulty - Temporal Directions: 18 levels of difficulty - Conditional Directions: 15 levels of difficulty Reward Games included: - Basketball - Catch the ball game Auditory Workout features: - Thousands of pre-recorded audio exercises - Beautiful graphics - Reward games - Detailed reporting - Scoring and data tracking - Group sessions (unlimited number of students) - Ability to include different types of background noise during session - Ability to control intensity of background noise - Ability to randomize directions - Ability to change correct and incorrect sounds - Ability to turn on auto-scoring - Ability to turn off audio directions so speech therapists can give their own instructions - Replay of directions - Email results - Change settings We hope you enjoy Auditory Workout app. Please, take a moment to rate or comment on our app. Thank you!

About

Describing Skills

This app helps learners develop expressive language skills by providing step-by-step activities to describe objects, people, and events. It offers graduated practice, audio support, and progress reporting for up to 10 players. Designed to build confidence and communication abilities.

Highlights
  • Graduated practice for describing
  • Audio support for readers
  • Instant progress reporting
  • Reward Center for motivation
  • Extensive reporting for multiple players
  • Incremental skill building
Features
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Does your learner struggle with describing objects, people and events? These expressive language skills can be challenging for children with Autism/Aspergers and for adults with aphasia or other cognitive issues. The Describing Skills app provides step-by-step activities to quickly build the ability to describe objects, people and events in detail. What parents say about our awesome apps: *** 5 stars! Brilliant! An app that understands how kids actually learn. Thank you!
 *** 5 stars! My kids love this app because of the fun, silly sentences. I love it because it works! 
 Describing Skills provides: - Graduated practice at describing objects, people and events. Skills are built one descriptor at a time and gradually combined until they can easily describe an item using 6-10 sentences. - Audio support for weak readers. - 'At a glance' reporting shows your child's progress instantly. The ability to verbalize and describe their world is vital for all learners. Whether it is describing an item they are looking for, recounting an incident that occurred to them, this app will ensure your learner has the ability to express their needs, concerns and interests. Other benefits: - FRUSTRATION FREE: Your learner builds skills incrementally and only progresses when mastery is shown. - REWARD CENTER: The fun and engaging Reward Center increases motivation. - EXTENSIVE REPORTING: for up to 10 players to suit the needs of parents, teachers and therapists.
 Please note: Except for very independent students, this app requires the support of a parent or therapist to evaluate a child's responses. Commit five minutes per day and you will see astounding progress! 
To evaluate the app, download the free version (this version), which has four free levels for a single player. Additional levels and additional players can be accessed with in-app purchases. 

If you prefer no in-app purchases, download the pay-to-download version of the app, which includes all levels and up to 10 players. We take customer service very seriously! If you ever have a problem or find that we've missed something, contact us at our website and we will do our best to fix the problem. We collect NO private information in our app. None! Our apps do not allow unrestricted web or social media access. We conform to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.

Screenshots

Describing Skills4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Describing Skills at Free against Auditory Workout's $24.99. Describing Skills also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Auditory Workout's advantage is rating (3.8 vs 2.0) and review sentiment (87% vs 50%). On ads 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

Describing Skills is free to download; Auditory Workout costs $24.99 up front. Describing Skills sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Auditory Workout asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Auditory Workout holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Auditory Workout has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Auditory Workout's written reviews are positive against 50% of Describing Skills's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Auditory Workout ships an update every 3 weeks, Describing Skills every 68 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Auditory Workout versus Describing Skills: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAuditory WorkoutDescribing Skills
Price$24.99Free — better
Rating3.8 (5 ratings) — better2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews87.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 68 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS7.0 — better12.2
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVirtual Speech Center Inc.Janine Toole

Customer experience

Auditory Workout

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive87.0%
Neutral8.7%
Negative4.3%

Describing Skills

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Auditory Workout

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Describing Skills

One-time3
  • Two Users$1.99
  • Purchase All Levels$4.99
  • 10 Users$4.99

Questions

Is Auditory Workout free?
Auditory Workout costs $24.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Describing Skills free?
Describing Skills is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Auditory Workout or Describing Skills?
Auditory Workout is rated higher. Auditory Workout averages 3.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Describing Skills averages 2.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Auditory Workout or Describing Skills have ads?
Neither Auditory Workout nor Describing Skills shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Auditory Workout or Describing Skills?
Auditory Workout ships an update every 3 weeks, and Describing Skills every 68 months. Most recently, Auditory Workout was updated on October 23, 2026 and Describing Skills on October 16, 2026.

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