Comparison

Category Therapy vs Verb Toolbox

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

Head to head
About

Category Therapy

This app helps individuals improve their mental organization and word-sorting skills through evidence-based exercises. It's designed for speech therapists and home users to aid in cognitive and language rehabilitation after stroke, brain injury, or for conditions like autism. Features include interactive activities, clear photos, and progress reporting.

Highlights
  • Evidence-based exercises
  • Word-finding and sorting practice
  • 4 engaging activities
  • Clear photos and simple interface
  • Customizable settings
  • Progress reports
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Improve mental organization skills. Practice categories in a versatile speech therapy app. When you struggle with categories due to stroke, brain injury, or autism, simple tasks can be impossible. But there’s a way to heal the broken networks of meaning. GET CATEGORY THERAPY, an app designed for both speech therapists and home users to help restructure the brain and let the ideas flow. - Take control with evidence-based exercises designed by experts - Improve word-finding and sorting skills with 4 engaging activities and unlimited practice - Get an app that works in both home and clinical settings - Interact with clear photos and a simple interface that's easy for everyone to use - Adjust settings to target your goals and suit your needs - Use reports and customization to seamlessly fit the app into your therapy program ** Download Category Therapy Lite for FREE to see how it can help! ** When you lose the ability to group items and identify what they have in common, it gets in the way of your ability to understand, learn, and communicate. But with the right kind of practice, it’s possible to strengthen the connections between words and concepts and navigate your world more easily. “It will be a LONG time before you run out of content to use with one patient, and the app’s fantastic settings options will allow you to use it with a variety of individuals, regardless of cognitive abilities.” - Aubrey Klingensmith, MS, CCC-SLP, Speechie Apps GET THE RIGHT ACTIVITY - FOR EVERY BRAIN. No two people are the same. With 4 activities ranging from simple to complex, there's something in Category Therapy to match your needs. Work through them gradually or focus on the activity that best suits your needs. 1) FIND: Start with the basics. You'll hear and see a photo of a category (let's say "Fruit"). Tap the item that matches (for example, a banana). 2) CLASSIFY: Switch it up. Now you start with an item and choose the category that matches. This tests your ability to apply categories to what you see. 3) ADD ONE: Train yourself to recognize common features of items – to categorize them – and then choose one item that fits the category you’ve identified. 4) EXCLUDE: Challenge yourself. By choosing an item that doesn't belong, you learn how to independently identify categories. As things get harder, you can always tap Hint for some help. ALL DONE? Share your progress. The app makes it easy to quickly view, share, or e-mail detailed reports to a therapist or loved one. GET EVERY FEATURE YOU NEED IN ONE EASY APP. • 70 categories and nearly 700 words in one package • 3 difficulty levels ranging from simple objects to more abstract concepts • Great for aphasia, brain injury, autism, and other cognitive & language impairments • Switch to Pictures Only to practice naming or Words Only to practice reading • Customize the number of trials, choices, and more – it’s yours to control • Designed with adults in mind but easy enough for children to use • No subscriptions, no monthly bills, no Wi-Fi needed THERE’S HOPE. With Category Therapy in your corner, you can build stronger connections between words – and learn to speak and think more easily. ** DOWNLOAD NOW to get started – or try it for FREE with Category Therapy Lite! ** Looking for something different in a speech therapy app? We offer a wide range to choose from. Find the right one for you at https://tactustherapy.com/find

About

Verb Toolbox

This app provides targeted exercises for individuals with comprehension and word-finding challenges. It offers activities focused on understanding verbs, retrieving and naming them, and producing them in sentences, with progress tracking features.

Highlights
  • Verb comprehension exercises
  • Verb retrieval and naming activities
  • Sentence production practice
  • Errorless learning approach
  • Semantic feature analysis
  • Response elaboration therapy
  • Customizable verb testing
  • Progress tracking and reporting
Features
Currently charting
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Verb Toolbox is a professional speech therapy app designed for older children and adults with comprehension and/or word-finding difficulties.  It targets listening and reading comprehension of verbs, verb retrieval and naming as well as verb production in sentences.  Verb Toolbox has 6 activities: Comprehension Listen: In the activity, the person is required to understand the spoken verb and match it to the corresponding picture. There is a choice of 2, 3, 4 or 6 pictures. Read: In this activity, the person is required to read and understand the written verb and match it to the corresponding picture. There is a choice of 2, 3, 4 or 6 pictures. Naming & Sentence Production Repeat: This activity uses an evidence-based treatment approach called Errorless Learning. The app repeats the name of the verb 3 times and asks the user to repeat it 3 times. Describe: This activity uses an evidence-based treatment approach called Semantic Feature Analysis. There are 6 questions designed to prompt the user to describe each feature of the action/verb and ultimately improve their naming/verb retrieval. Elaborate: This activity is based on a treatment approach called Response Elaboration Therapy. It uses 'Wh' questions (Who, What, Where, Why) to help the user to expand their answers when describing the picture. Assessment Verb Test: A fully customisable test which allows you to choose the verbs you wish to include. Keep track of client progress over time by emailing result summaries or by checking the in-built record of scores. The app includes: - Over 100 clear, large, high-quality colour pictures of people doing a range of activities such as eating a hamburger, driving a car, bowling, sight-seeing etc. - Adjustable difficulty levels in comprehension tasks - The option to add multiple users - Results summary that can be emailed - Results tracking and in-built storage - No subscriptions, no monthly bills, no Wi-fi needed All Aptus Speech & Language Therapy apps participate in the 50% off Volume Purchase Program, so talk to your school about buying in bulk!

Screenshots

Category Therapy4 screens
Verb Toolbox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Verb Toolbox at $11.99 against Category Therapy's $29.99. Verb Toolbox also leads on chart position (#181 vs unranked). On review sentiment, 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

Category Therapy costs $29.99 and Verb Toolbox $11.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Category Therapy ships an update every 8 months, Verb Toolbox every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and August 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Category Therapy versus Verb Toolbox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCategory TherapyVerb Toolbox
Price$29.99$11.99 — better
Rating4.8 (500 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings500 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#181 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.09.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB108 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTactus Therapy Solutions Ltd.Aptus Speech and Language Therapy Limited

Customer experience

Category Therapy

All ratings500 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral1.6%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Verb Toolbox

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Category Therapy

Requested features

3 requests
  • More category options
  • A 'harder than hard' level
  • More categories

Verb Toolbox

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Category Therapy

No in-app purchases

None

Verb Toolbox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Category Therapy free?
Category Therapy costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Verb Toolbox free?
Verb Toolbox costs $11.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Category Therapy or Verb Toolbox have ads?
Neither Category Therapy nor Verb Toolbox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Category Therapy or Verb Toolbox?
Category Therapy ships an update every 8 months, and Verb Toolbox every 5 months. Most recently, Category Therapy was updated on September 26, 2026 and Verb Toolbox on August 21, 2026.

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