Visual Attention Therapy Lite vs Speech Therapy 1
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Visual Attention Therapy Lite
This app helps individuals with brain injuries, strokes, or attention deficits improve their scanning abilities and cognitive skills. It offers timed exercises and automated scoring to track progress in areas like reading, concentration, and processing speed.
- Improve scanning abilities
- Assess for neglect
- Practice left-to-right scanning
- Timed exercises
- Automated scoring and reports
- Customizable layouts and difficulty
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Visual Attention Therapy helps brain injury and stroke survivors, as well as struggling students, to improve scanning abilities. It also helps rehab professionals to assess for neglect and provide more efficient and effective therapy for attention deficits. Visual Attention Therapy Lite gives you a free taste of the customization and utility of the full app: Visual Attention Therapy. This lite version lets you try Test and Practice modes with one level and layout, but is otherwise a fully functional app, allowing you to try 1 or 2 targets, all the signal and target colors and styles, and send e-mail reports. Practicing scanning from left to right across a page helps retrain the brain to move the eyes correctly. Strengthening this essential skill can improve reading, concentration, memory, attention to detail, and speed of processing. Using two targets at once can help users with working memory and alternating attention. 1) Use the Test mode to help determine if a scanning or attention deficit exists. 2) Use the Practice mode to train scanning to find targets in order. _______________________ CANCELLATION TASKS JUST GOT BETTER This professional cognitive training app takes traditional cancellation exercises, the evidence-based standard for testing and treating visuospatial neglect, and enhances them with benefits that are only available through technology: * Targets must be tapped from left to right, top to bottom in Practice mode, training users to slow down and scan the entire screen before they can move forward. * Sidebar signal can flash in a variety of colors to draw attention to the left or right. * Auditory and a variety of visual cues give instant feedback and keep users engaged. * Timed exercises increase motivation to work quickly and accurately. * No need to spend time counting errors. Automated scoring includes data for accuracy by quadrant, time for completion, and mistakes in professional e-mailed reports. * Adjustable layouts and 10 levels of difficulty allow you to customize the experience to meet changing needs or multiple users. * An endless variety of combinations eliminates the need to photocopy exercises and saves paper. Visual Attention Therapy was developed by a certified Speech-Language Pathologist and is used worldwide by SLPs, occupational therapists, vision specialists, and neuropsychologists to help adults and children with dyslexia, dementia, and attentional deficits. People of all ages enjoy racing against the clock to challenge themselves to improve on their scores while improving their cognitive and reading skills. Levels featuring letters can support literacy goals, while symbol-based levels challenge visual memory skills. _______________________ WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING “This app takes a simple, familiar format and turns it into a dynamic, interactive tool with the ability to be age appropriate for anyone from preschoolers to elderly adults.” —SLP “Visual Attention Therapy is guaranteed to be one of those beautiful apps that, when you see it and try it out, will make you exclaim 'Finally!' We were this close to hugging it, to be honest. Thanks for yet another amazing release, Tactus Therapy.” —SLP “I was not sure if children would be motivated to use this app, but the 'no nonsense' approach really seemed to help the children with their attention & task persistence. They especially enjoyed the immediate feedback they got regarding their speed & accuracy. I recommend this app for school-aged children having difficulty with visual scanning/tracking, reading, working memory, & copying skills.”—OT _______________________ This app contains no outside ads or in-app purchases, does not collect or transmit personal data, and links can be deactivated. Supporting evidence for the design of this app can be found at www.tactustherapy.com.
Speech Therapy 1
This app helps toddlers and preverbal children develop vocal control and speech apparatus coordination. It uses interactive characters and a calm environment to encourage vocalizations, building confidence for more complex language exercises.
- Encourages vocalizations
- Interactive characters
- Calm and predictable environment
- Builds confidence with voice
- Supports preverbal and nonverbal children
- Designed for toddlers and infants
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ImagiRation brings you a series of Speech and Language Therapy apps: Speech Therapy Step 1 – Preverbal exercises Speech Therapy Step 2 – Learn to sequence sounds Speech Therapy Step 3 – Learn to say 500+ words Speech Therapy Step 4 – Learn to say complex words Speech Therapy Step 5 – Record your own model words and exercise articulation Speech Therapy Step 6 – Learn to say complete sentences MITA Language Therapy – the only clinically-validated language therapy application that was downloaded by nearly 3 million families. ================================== Speech Therapy Step 1 is for toddlers and preverbal or nonverbal children. Children use their voice to interact with characters on the screen: animals, lights, stars, and other objects. TYPICAL TODDLERS AND INFANTS Encouraging your toddler vocalizations may help him develop better control of his speech apparatus and improve word pronunciation. SPEECH THERAPY FOR NONVERBAL CHILDREN WITH LANGUAGE DELAY AND AUTISM Why is your child not speaking? He sits alone in a dark and safe space. He doesn’t want to leave this safe shelter. He flinches when called upon. He trembles when looked at. The sounds are too harsh. The light is too bright and scary. People are too unpredictable. Because of his fear, the baby never wanted to talk to anyone and did not dare to meet anyone's eyes. Speech Therapy 1 has been developed to help your child control his voice. As he sits in his usual shelter, he will hear a calm, quiet, and affectionate voice calling on him to respond. On the screen, everything is calm, safe, and predictable. He raises his voice to affect movement: to fly the balloon, to blow off leaves, interact with animated characters and so on. Controlling objects on the screen makes him more confident using his voice. Once confidence has been built, we can move to more complex exercises like Speech 3 to learn words and Language Therapy (MITA) to train his language and cognition.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Visual Attention Therapy Lite at 4.7 against Speech Therapy 1's 4.1. Visual Attention Therapy Lite also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 50%) and ratings volume (719 vs 135). Speech Therapy 1's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Visual Attention Therapy Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Visual Attention Therapy Lite has 719 ratings behind it against 135, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Visual Attention Therapy Lite's written reviews are positive against 50% of Speech Therapy 1's.
Visual Attention Therapy Lite ships an update every 9 months, Speech Therapy 1 every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Visual Attention Therapy Lite | Speech Therapy 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (719 ratings) — better | 4.1 (135 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 719 — better | 135 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 245 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tactus Therapy Solutions Ltd. | ImagiRation LLC |
Customer experience
Visual Attention Therapy Lite
Speech Therapy 1
Bugs and requests
Visual Attention Therapy Lite
Requested features
2 requests- Allow users to go to the next test without returning home
- Larger font for geriatric patients
Speech Therapy 1
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Visual Attention Therapy Lite
No in-app purchases
Speech Therapy 1
No in-app purchases
Questions
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