Comparison

Language Therapy Lite vs NuCog

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

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About

Language Therapy Lite

This app offers scientifically proven speech therapy exercises to improve reading, writing, speaking, and listening for individuals with aphasia. It provides a free sample of activities designed by experts to aid recovery from stroke or brain injury.

Highlights
  • Reading comprehension exercises
  • Word-finding practice
  • Phrase and sentence reading
  • Spelling and writing practice
  • Adjustable difficulty
  • Customizable activities
  • Score reports
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Harness the power of a scientifically proven 4-in-1 speech therapy app that boosts reading, writing, speaking, and listening in people with aphasia. Whether you’re recovering from a stroke or brain injury, Language Therapy can help. TRY THIS APP FOR FREE! Language Therapy Lite is a free sample of the activities found in the full version of Language Therapy. You’ll get 5-7 exercises in each activity to see if this is the right app for you. STUDIES SHOW… IT WORKS! Struggling with language can feel like being trapped in your own mind. But there’s an answer. Research at the University of Cambridge showed improvement in every single participant with chronic aphasia who used this app for 20 minutes a day over 4 weeks. Get real results that last.* - Overcome aphasia and boost language skills with a proven app designed by experts - Enhance speech therapy with countless activities that are perfect for clinical and home use - Learn in 5 languages: US or UK English, Spanish, German, French - Get a toolkit that’s faster and more adaptable than photo cards, letter tiles, and other therapy aids - Use score reports and adjustable options to seamlessly fit the app into your therapy program - Fully customize your activities by adding your own words, pictures, prompts, or sounds - No subscriptions, ever – our best-selling app will always be there when you need it ** THERE’S NO BETTER TIME TO START. Try it now for FREE with Language Therapy Lite! ** HERE’S WHAT YOU GET IN ONE EASY PACKAGE: COMPREHENSION THERAPY – IMPROVE YOUR UNDERSTANDING Build listening and reading comprehension skills for nouns, verbs, and adjectives. Take the first step in your aphasia recovery with an app that automatically adjusts difficulty based on performance. 3 ACTIVITIES: Listen | Read | Listen & Read NAMING THERAPY – FIND THE RIGHT WORDS Practice naming and improve word-finding skills. In 4 activities, you do everything from naming the things you see to describing their features, all with cues and hints to guide you. Build independence by learning strategies to communicate your thoughts and needs. 4 ACTIVITIES: Naming Practice | Describe | Naming Test | Flashcards READING THERAPY – TAKE YOUR READING TO THE NEXT LEVEL Strengthen literacy with phrase and sentence exercises in an app that’s perfect for independent practice. Improve attention to detail, practice oral reading, and build on the single words of Comprehension Therapy as you move toward the more advanced reading skills needed for independent living. 4 ACTIVITIES: Phrase Matching | Phrase Completion | Sentence Matching | Sentence Completion WRITING THERAPY – BOOST YOUR SPELLING SKILLS Improve spelling ability by practicing completing and building the words you hear and see. Pick letters from a limited choice or full alphabet, then place and rearrange them at will for an intuitive and challenging experience. The perfect spelling practice is waiting. 4 ACTIVITIES: Fill in the Blank | Copy | Spell What You See | Spell What You Hear IN ALL 4 OF LANGUAGE THERAPY’S APPS, YOU GET: - 700+ core nouns, verbs, and adjectives that run throughout all 4 apps - Thousands of exercises for countless hours of practice - Recommendations on what to do next based on your score - Activities for people struggling with aphasia after stroke or brain injury, autism, or just learning a new language - Simple, distraction-free interfaces that are easy to use for all ages and abilities - No subscriptions, no monthly bills, no Wi-Fi needed WHY WASTE YOUR TIME ON APPS THAT DON’T WORK? Download Language Therapy and watch the improvement begin. Looking for something different in a speech therapy app? Find the right apps for you at tactustherapy.com/find *Every person and every brain is different. Your results may vary.

About

NuCog

This tool offers a quick and comprehensive cognitive screening for medical, neurological, and psychiatric patients. It assesses key cognitive domains and provides a multidimensional profile against normative data, aiding in diagnosis and management.

Highlights
  • Brief and portable cognitive screening
  • Assesses attention, memory, language, executive, and visuospatial function
  • Multidimensional scoring up to 100
  • Plots cognitive profile against normative data
  • Available in multiple languages
  • iPad version allows direct drawing and camera use
  • Results printable or emailable as PDF
Features
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The NUCOG is a brief, portable and easy-to-administer cognitive screening instrument developed at the Neuropsychiatry Unit of the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia for use in medical, neurologic and psychiatric patient populations, with an emphasis on balancing breadth and brevity, whilst ensuring sensitivity to the subtle changes seen across a range of disorders. These features make the NUCOG ideal for use in a wide range of clinical settings, including office-based health practice, hospitals, and clinic use. The NUCOG combines a thorough coverage of major cognitive domains (attention, memory, language, executive and visuospatial function) with relative brevity and ease of use. Each cognitive domain is scored out of 20 possible points, yielding a maximum NUCOG score of 100. Validated in a variety of psychiatric, neurologic and general medical populations, the NUCOG provides a multidimensional profile of an individual's cognitive status, and takes less than 20 minutes to provide an in-depth assessment of cognitive functioning. An individual's cognitive profile is plotted against normative data means and standard deviations for each domain, allowing the ready visualisation of the pattern of cognitive weaknesses and strengths. The NUCOG is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Malay, Turkish, Uyghur and simplified Chinese versions. When integrated with a clinical assessment, this can greatly assist in the diagnosis and management of cognitive disorders and serve as a guide to more in-depth formal neuropsychological testing. The iPad version of the NUCOG allows for drawing directly on the screen, or the utilisation of the iPad's built-in camera, to record patient responses. It also uses the in-built clock of the iPad for timed tests. Results of testing can be printed or emailed in PDF file format. Why use the NUCOG? The NUCOG provides multidimensional scoring, covers areas of cognitive function that other tools neglect (such as executive functioning, spatial memory), is portable and straightforward to use with minimal training. The NUCOG is the ideal tool for use in general medical, neurological, psychiatric and geriatric settings.

Screenshots

Language Therapy Lite4 screens
NuCog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Language Therapy Lite at 90% against NuCog's 50%. Language Therapy Lite also leads on ratings volume (1.3K vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). NuCog's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NuCog holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Language Therapy Lite has 1.3K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 90% of Language Therapy Lite's written reviews are positive against 50% of NuCog's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Language Therapy Lite versus NuCog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLanguage Therapy LiteNuCog
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.3K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.5% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.3K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size114 MB9 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTactus Therapy Solutions Ltd.CereScape Pty Ltd

Customer experience

Language Therapy Lite

All ratings1,293 ratings
Positive93.1%
Neutral3.7%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews86 reviews
Positive89.5%
Neutral2.3%
Negative8.1%

NuCog

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Language Therapy Lite

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices
  • Icon is blank after last update

Requested features

2 requests
  • Add audio support for all features
  • Improve navigation and home screen functionality

NuCog

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Language Therapy Lite

No in-app purchases

None

NuCog

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Language Therapy Lite free?
Language Therapy Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NuCog free?
NuCog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Language Therapy Lite or NuCog?
NuCog is rated higher. Language Therapy Lite averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while NuCog averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Language Therapy Lite or NuCog have ads?
Neither Language Therapy Lite nor NuCog shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Language Therapy Lite or NuCog?
Language Therapy Lite ships an update every 4 months, and NuCog every 4 months. Most recently, Language Therapy Lite was updated on October 18, 2026 and NuCog on September 28, 2026.

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