Comparison

Category Therapy vs Articulation Station Pro Es

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

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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

Articulation Station Pro Es

This app provides speech-language therapy for Spanish speakers, offering 6 engaging activities to practice all Spanish language sounds. It includes over 1,000 target words, phrases, and sentences with high-quality images and voice recording features.

Highlights
  • 6 articulation activities
  • Over 1,000 target words, phrases, and sentences
  • High-quality images
  • Voice recording and playback
  • In-depth scoring and data tracking
  • Student profiles
  • Multiple user support
Features
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“This is one of the best speech-language therapy apps currently available in Spanish. My clients are familiar with the English version of Articulation Station Pro and are now able to work bilingually on speech sounds in both of their languages. A valuable tool for speech-language therapy!” - Georgia, MS, CCC-SLP Learn how to pronounce and practice all the sounds in the Spanish language with 6 engaging articulation activities! Created by certified Speech-Language Pathologists, Articulation Station Pro Español is a full featured articulation application to help children as well as adults learn to speak and pronounce their sounds more clearly. High quality images represent target words to be practiced in 6 fun activities at the word, phrase, and sentence levels. Activities are to be practiced with the assistance of a Speech-Language Pathologist, teacher, or parent. The 18 sound programs included are: p, b, m, j (h), d, t, n, ñ, k, g, f, ch, ll (y), l, rr, r, s, vowels & diphthongs Articulation Station Español offers: • Quick tips for teaching each sound • Over 1,000 target words • Consistent number of target words throughout the app • Beautiful high quality images • Ability to add your own images • Custom word lists • Phonological processes • Ability to shuffle multiple sounds • Flashcard activity • Matching activity • Rotating phrases • Over 1,000 Unique phrases • 40 Rotating Sentences • Over 1,000 Unique Sentences • In-depth Scoring and data tracking • Email words, phrases, and sentences for home practice • Student profiles (photo, name, email, gender, age, notes) • Multiple users for group sessions (Up to 6 students at one time!) • Voice recording and playback feature for monitoring responses WORD LEVEL ACTIVITIES - Flashcards activity- These beautiful, real life images are attention grabbers! Children and adults will love swiping through them and therapists will love the consistent number of flashcards throughout the entire application. Voiced audio model included! - Matching game -- This super fun matching game is a great way to keep children and adults engaged in the activity as they practice sounds in words. The medium level game play makes it appropriate for kids and adults of all ages. PHRASE LEVEL ACTIVITIES - Rotating phrases -- Spin the target word or spin the modifier word to produce lots of cute and silly word combinations. For example some rotating phrases from the /p/ sound program might be, “la paloma famosa,” or “el payaso pequeño.” - Unique phrases -- Each unique phrase is 3-5 words in length making it a great next step after rotating phrases are mastered. As descriptive phrases, they provide a great opportunity for working on language goals as well. The unique phrase for the word “panda” in the in the initial position of the /p/ program is, “el panda gordo y grande” SENTENCE LEVEL ACTIVITIES - Rotating sentences -- In this activity the sentence stays the same while only the target word changes. For example the rotating sentence for the /p/ sound in the initial position is, “El perro del payaso quería más pez .” With a spin of the target word the next sentence might be, “El perro del payaso quería más pepino.” Each rotating sentence has picture prompts and multiple target words. So much fun!! - Unique sentences -- These provide a great way for a child/adult to to get multiple productions of the target sound in one sentence. Examples of unique sentences from the initial p program are, “El panadero hace pan dos veces por día.” and “Paola pone un poco de pimienta en la pasta.” Each target word in the app was chosen very carefully. Words were chosen that are common among dialects when possible but in the end articulation targets were prioritized over regional vocabulary differences. We hope you enjoy using Articulation Station Pro Español. Please take a moment to review the app in the App Store so we can continue to improve it. Enjoy!

Screenshots

Category Therapy4 screens
Articulation Station Pro Es4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Category Therapy at $29.99 against Articulation Station Pro Es's $59.99. Category Therapy also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (501 vs 6). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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 Articulation Station Pro Es $59.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Category Therapy holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Category Therapy has 501 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Category Therapy's written reviews are positive against 80% of Articulation Station Pro Es's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Category Therapy ships an update every 8 months, Articulation Station Pro Es every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Category Therapy versus Articulation Station Pro Es: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCategory TherapyArticulation Station Pro Es
Price$29.99 — better$59.99
Rating4.8 (501 ratings) — better4.0 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings501 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 8 months — betterEvery 16 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB267 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTactus Therapy Solutions Ltd.Little Bee Speech

Customer experience

Category Therapy

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

Articulation Station Pro Es

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Bugs and requests

Category Therapy

Requested features

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

Articulation Station Pro Es

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Category Therapy

No in-app purchases

None

Articulation Station Pro Es

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Category Therapy free?
Category Therapy costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Articulation Station Pro Es free?
Articulation Station Pro Es costs $59.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Category Therapy or Articulation Station Pro Es?
Category Therapy is rated higher. Category Therapy averages 4.8 out of 5 from 501 ratings, while Articulation Station Pro Es averages 4.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Category Therapy or Articulation Station Pro Es have ads?
Neither Category Therapy nor Articulation Station Pro Es shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Category Therapy or Articulation Station Pro Es?
Category Therapy ships an update every 8 months, and Articulation Station Pro Es every 16 months. Most recently, Category Therapy was updated on October 23, 2026 and Articulation Station Pro Es on October 20, 2026.

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