Comparison

Category Therapy Lite vs Autism iHelp

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 Lite

This app helps individuals improve their mental organization and category-based thinking skills. It offers evidence-based exercises designed by experts to aid in word-finding and sorting, beneficial for those with stroke, brain injury, or autism.

Highlights
  • Evidence-based exercises
  • Improve word-finding
  • Improve sorting skills
  • 4 engaging activities
  • Unlimited practice
  • Clear photos and simple interface
  • Customizable settings
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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. TRY CATEGORY THERAPY, an app designed for both speech therapists and home users to help restructure the brain and let the ideas flow. This free Lite version gives you a sample of what you’ll get in the full version. - 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 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 the full version • 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 – the full version gives you total 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. What’s the difference between the Lite and full versions? - Full has nearly 700 words in 70 categories; Lite has 21 target words and 15 categories. - Full lets you control all the settings; Lite limits the number of choices and number of trials - Full has enough variety to practice and improve; Lite gives you a taste to know if this app is right for you – it’s not meant to be used for long as the sample exercises are easily mastered. 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

Autism iHelp

This educational app helps children with Autism Spectrum Disorder build fundamental vocabulary through interactive sorting and categorization activities. It uses real-life photographs and tracks progress with performance reports. Developed by parents and a speech-language pathologist, it focuses on expressive language development.

Highlights
  • Vocabulary building activities
  • Sorting and categorization tasks
  • Real-life photographs
  • Progress tracking reports
  • Expressive language development focus
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Autism iHelp is a vocabulary teaching aid developed by parents of a child with Autism and a speech-language pathologist. Autism iHelp was inspired by the need for specific language intervention tools for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder focusing on their unique strengths and difficulty with expressive vocabulary. Autism iHelp Language Concepts targets fundamental vocabulary building concepts in a variety of formats. While utilizing real-life photographs, this app requires the learner to demonstrate more than just basic understanding of targeted vocabulary during manipulation activities involving categorization, and sorting skills. Additionally, you are able to track your child's gains through progress reports that average the last 3 performances of each learning enhancement activity. “with Autism iHelp…..it gets better.”

Screenshots

Category Therapy Lite4 screens
Autism iHelp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Category Therapy Lite at 90% against Autism iHelp's 33%. Category Therapy Lite also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads 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

Both are free to download. Autism iHelp sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Category Therapy Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Category Therapy Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Category Therapy Lite has 310 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Category Therapy Lite's written reviews are positive against 33% of Autism iHelp's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Category Therapy Lite ships an update every 9 months, Autism iHelp every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Category Therapy Lite versus Autism iHelp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCategory Therapy LiteAutism iHelp
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (310 ratings) — better3.4 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings310 — better15
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.08.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB105 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTactus Therapy Solutions Ltd.John Talavera

Customer experience

Category Therapy Lite

All ratings306 ratings
Positive95.1%
Neutral2.3%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative5.0%

Autism iHelp

All ratings15 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Category Therapy Lite

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to select the number of questions
  • Boxes around objects in 'classify' mode
  • Cueing aspect found in other apps

Autism iHelp

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Category Therapy Lite

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Autism iHelp

One-time2
  • ALL Categories Sets$3.99
  • ALL Categories Sets2$3.99

Questions

Is Category Therapy Lite free?
Category Therapy Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Autism iHelp free?
Autism iHelp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Category Therapy Lite or Autism iHelp?
Category Therapy Lite is rated higher. Category Therapy Lite averages 4.8 out of 5 from 310 ratings, while Autism iHelp averages 3.4 from 15 ratings.
Do Category Therapy Lite or Autism iHelp have ads?
Neither Category Therapy Lite nor Autism iHelp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Category Therapy Lite or Autism iHelp?
Category Therapy Lite ships an update every 9 months, and Autism iHelp every 5 months. Most recently, Category Therapy Lite was updated on October 23, 2026 and Autism iHelp on October 19, 2026.

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