Comparison

Category Therapy vs Splingo

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

Splingo

Engaging educational games designed by speech and language therapists to help children develop essential communication skills. Features interactive gameplay, bright visuals, and motivating reward systems. Targets various language areas from early words to complex directions.

Highlights
  • Therapist-designed games
  • Targets receptive language
  • Early words development
  • Following directions
  • Interactive gameplay
  • Reward games
  • Language assessment tool
Features
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Speech and Language apps for children Designed by Speech and Language Therapists/Pathologists, Splingo apps are fun and engaging educational games to help your child develop their speech and language skills. Specially designed by Speech and Language Therapists/Pathologists to target different areas of language development Fun and interactive gameplay with an emphasis on learning Bright, colorful images and animations In-built reward games to engage and motivate Recommended by Speech and Language Therapists/Pathologists Splingo games target all these areas of language development – Following Directions/Receptive Language Actions/verbs Pronouns Early Words development Past Tense Categories Adjectives / Describing Words Language Assessment Splingo also includes a professional’s Language Assessment tool designed to assess children’s receptive language skills. As Speech and Language Therapists / Pathologists with over 40 years experience between us we know what it takes to support children’s speech and language development! We’ve designed these Splingo games to be fun and educational by using bright, colorful images and animations. Splingo games can be customized to target specific language skill areas so you can be certain that your child is playing the right games at the right level. We’ve added high-quality, in-built reward games to motivate your child to keep on learning. The games also have an option to select between US voice and UK voice. Children love playing Splingo and parents and professionals tell us it’s an app that children ask for over and over again – they’re having fun whilst they’re learning! Used for over a decade by Speech and Language Therapists all over the world, Splingo is a go-to app for developing children’s language skills. **Frequently listed as a Top 10 Speech and Language App (Speech Sisters; District Speech; Therapy Tree; The Sped Guru; TechBooky**

Screenshots

Category Therapy4 screens
Splingo3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Category Therapy at 100% against Splingo's 35%. Category Therapy also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 8). Splingo's advantage is price (Free vs $29.99) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). On monetization model 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

Splingo is free to download; Category Therapy costs $29.99 up front. Splingo sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Category Therapy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Category Therapy holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Category Therapy has 500 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 35% of Splingo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Category Therapy ships an update every 8 months, Splingo every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and August 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Category Therapy versus Splingo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCategory TherapySplingo
Price$29.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (500 ratings) — better3.5 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better34.8% of reviews
Number of ratings500 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB791 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTactus Therapy Solutions Ltd.Splingo Ltd

Customer experience

Category Therapy

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

Splingo

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive34.8%
Neutral8.7%
Negative56.5%

Bugs and requests

Category Therapy

Requested features

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

Splingo

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Category Therapy

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Splingo

One-time8
  • Splingos Language UniverseFree
  • Actions With Splingo$0.99
  • Categories With Splingo$0.99
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  • Describing Words With Splingo$0.99
  • Pronouns With Splingo$0.99
  • Past Tense With Splingo$0.99
  • Early Words With Splingo$0.99
  • Language Assessment$9.99

Questions

Is Category Therapy free?
Category Therapy costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Splingo free?
Splingo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Category Therapy or Splingo?
Category Therapy is rated higher. Category Therapy averages 4.8 out of 5 from 500 ratings, while Splingo averages 3.5 from 6 ratings.
Do Category Therapy or Splingo have ads?
Splingo shows ads; Category Therapy does not.
Which is updated more often, Category Therapy or Splingo?
Category Therapy ships an update every 8 months, and Splingo every 2 months. Most recently, Category Therapy was updated on September 17, 2026 and Splingo on August 25, 2026.

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