Comparison

Speech Pacesetter vs Advanced Writing Therapy

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

Head to head
About

Speech Pacesetter

This app helps users improve their speech rate and clarity through adjustable visual cues. It offers a library of reading passages, custom text options, and adjustable settings for a personalized therapy experience.

Highlights
  • Adjustable visual pacing cue
  • Speed-adjustable visual cue
  • Syllable or word highlighting
  • Built-in reading passages
  • Customizable reading passages
  • Adjustable font size and pause duration
Features
Currently charting
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Make measurable progress on articulation and speech rate goals using Speech Pacesetter. - Designed specifically for people who have unclear articulation and a fast rate of speech due to stroke, brain injury, acquired stuttering, Parkinson’s Disease or other neurological condition - Suitable for older children who have unclear articulation or who stutter - Allows the user to choose a text and pace their rate of speech with the help of a speed-adjustable visual cue - Highlights each syllable or each word. The user reads each syllable or word aloud as the visual cue appears. ADDITIONAL FEATURES The simple, effective and easy-to-use interface also allows the user avail of the following features: - Built-in library of phonemically-balanced reading passages (The Rainbow Passage, The Grandfather Passage etc) - Built-in short stories, poems and tongue twisters - The option to create and save a library of custom reading passages - Adjustable font size and pause duration on punctuation - Optional metronome sound cue - A choice of different colored backgrounds TESTIMONIALS "This affordable app brings a novel way of carrying out pacing therapy for adult speech and language therapists." – Mike Richards, SLT, UK "I've had wonderful success using this app with a lady who has dysarthria due to a stroke." - Carol Winters, SLP "Speech Pacesetter is one of my most used therapy apps! I use it with clients who have a fast speaking rate or slurred speech. I've had amazing results using this app." - Anna Wilson, SLP A UNIQUE WAY TO PACE SPEECH Speech Pacesetter provides a unique way to pace speech and improve speech clarity. See for yourself how effective visual cues can be!

About

Advanced Writing Therapy

This app strengthens writing skills by focusing on phoneme-grapheme correspondence, spelling common words, and typing sentences. It offers four activities with built-in therapeutic supports for individuals with aphasia and other writing disorders.

Highlights
  • Phoneme-grapheme correspondence practice
  • Spelling common words
  • Typing sentences from dictation
  • Generating content to prompts
  • Adjustable difficulty and cues
  • Adult-friendly interface
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The fourth and final app in the Advanced Language Therapy series! Advanced Writing Therapy is designed to pick up where Writing Therapy left off by delving deeper into phoneme-grapheme correspondence to strengthen writing skills. Next,​ you apply those skills to write common words and sentences to dictation, and then you can practice generating your own content. Take your writing skills to the next level! **Try this app for free with Advanced Language Therapy Lite! ** **Get this app as part of the Advanced Language Therapy 4-in-1 value-priced app!** Four activities with built-in therapeutic supports to encourage independent practice for people with aphasia and other writing disorders. 1) Match: Strengthen sound-letter matching by selecting the letters (graphemes) that match the sounds (phonemes) you hear. Work on letter names, consonants, vowels, or blends. **Built-in Support: Use the Keyword picture, audio, and written word cues at the top to help you learn. 2) Spell: Practice spelling common words. The 700 words in this activity come from a list of the most common words in the English language, plus words based on vowel patterns. **Built-in Support: Press the Hint button to see 4 choices. Select the correct spelling, then copy the answer. 3) Type: Practice typing common sentences from 1-8 words in length. These 400+ sentences are ones you might use in an online chat, text message, email, or social media discussion. **Built-in Support: Touch the Hint button to see the sentence to copy. See your errors highlighted. 4) Write: Generate a sentence or paragraph to a writing prompt in functional categories such as taking notes, writing personal information, and making lists. **Built-in Support: The Hint button gives you a word bank. Select words from the word bank to add to your entry. The settings allow you to adjust the difficulty, cues available, and letter case for Match. You can select word length restrictions for the Spell activity, and you can choose to show or hide the scores on-screen for users who rely on the hints. Exercises in the Type and Write activities are organized by levels of difficulty. Other Tactus Therapy Apps to Work on Writing: * Writing Therapy: part of Language Therapy 4-in-1 to spell pictured words * Advanced Comprehension Therapy: use Build to arrange words in a sentence * Advanced Naming Therapy: use Create to makes sentences around a verb * Conversation Therapy: write your answers to all 10 question prompts Looking for something else? Find the right apps for you at tactustherapy.com/find In all Tactus Therapy apps, you’ll get evidence-based activities, thousands of exercises, and an adult-friendly interface designed by a speech-language pathologist. You never have to log in, pay a subscription, or connect to Wi-Fi to use our apps. Try them for FREE by downloading the Lite versions today!

Screenshots

Speech Pacesetter4 screens
Advanced Writing Therapy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Speech Pacesetter at $17.99 against Advanced Writing Therapy's $29.99. Speech Pacesetter also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and chart position (#198 vs unranked). Advanced Writing Therapy's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.3). On review sentiment, ratings volume, 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

Speech Pacesetter costs $17.99 and Advanced Writing Therapy $29.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Advanced Writing Therapy holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 56 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of Speech Pacesetter's written reviews are positive against 50% of Advanced Writing Therapy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Speech Pacesetter ships an update every 3 weeks, Advanced Writing Therapy every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Speech Pacesetter versus Advanced Writing Therapy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeech PacesetterAdvanced Writing Therapy
Price$17.99 — better$29.99
Rating4.3 (31 ratings)4.6 (56 ratings) — better
Positive reviews46.2% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3156 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#198 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAptus Speech and Language Therapy LimitedTactus Therapy Solutions Ltd.

Customer experience

Speech Pacesetter

All ratings31 ratings
Positive83.9%
Neutral3.2%
Negative12.9%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive46.2%
Neutral30.8%
Negative23.1%

Advanced Writing Therapy

All ratings56 ratings
Positive89.3%
Neutral3.6%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Speech Pacesetter

No in-app purchases

None

Advanced Writing Therapy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Speech Pacesetter free?
Speech Pacesetter costs $17.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Advanced Writing Therapy free?
Advanced Writing Therapy costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Speech Pacesetter or Advanced Writing Therapy?
Advanced Writing Therapy is rated higher. Speech Pacesetter averages 4.3 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while Advanced Writing Therapy averages 4.6 from 56 ratings.
Do Speech Pacesetter or Advanced Writing Therapy have ads?
Neither Speech Pacesetter nor Advanced Writing Therapy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Speech Pacesetter or Advanced Writing Therapy?
Speech Pacesetter ships an update every 3 weeks, and Advanced Writing Therapy every 4 months. Most recently, Speech Pacesetter was updated on September 10, 2026 and Advanced Writing Therapy on September 26, 2026.

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