Comparison

Insane Earplane vs Cuespeak

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

Head to head
About

Insane Earplane

This game is designed to improve auditory processing skills crucial for language and reading development. It's recommended by audiologists and speech-language specialists for children and adults with brain injuries.

Highlights
  • Improves auditory processing
  • Enhances language understanding
  • Supports reading skill development
  • Designed for children and adults
  • Recommended by specialists
Features
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This game is designed to treat a specific auditory ability related to learning or reading problems. Your local audiologist or speech-language specialist can assess whether this game is right for your child or for an adult with a brain injury. If you think that your child has listening, language or learning problems that might be related to auditory processing, visit your local audiologist or speech-language pathologist and recommend acoustic pioneer to get your child's auditory processing abilities tested. If your specialist has already supplied you with a code, install this game and enter the code once you run the game. For the professional: This game is an auditory training exercise that is designed to incrementally improve the player's ability to hear and distinguish a range of different tonal patterns, follow changes of sounds between ears, and follow changes of pitch. These skills are indicated by several studies to be important for developing general language understanding, phonemic awareness, supra-segmental language understanding, and reading skills. These auditory skills are thought to occur in the area of the cortical hemispheres of the brain prior to the neural information reaching the language centers. It is thought that most of these skills occur in the right hemisphere on most individuals prior to being transferred through the corpus collosum to the left hemisphere where most individuals hold the language processing areas.

About

Cuespeak

This app provides speech and language rehabilitation exercises for individuals with difficulties following stroke or brain injury. It offers a wide range of customizable activities for speaking, understanding, reading, and writing, designed for home or clinic use.

Highlights
  • Expert-developed exercises
  • Personalized therapy sessions
  • Engaging and interactive activities
  • Weekly new content updates
  • Session sharing via email
  • Mobile accessibility
Features
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Supercharge your speech therapy with Cuespeak, the NHS-recommended rehabilitation tool for people with speech, language, and cognitive difficulties after stroke or brain injury. Designed for use in both home and clinic, Cuespeak offers a huge range of exercises to work on aphasia and apraxia of speech, addressing speaking, understanding, reading and writing. Key Features: - Expert-Developed Content: Access hundreds of exercises developed by specialist speech and language therapists - Personalise it: Customise your therapy sessions and add personalised content such as names of family and friends - Engaging and Fun: Cuespeak’s interactive exercises are relevant to real life to keep you motivated - Up to date: New content added every week, including the latest items from the news - Share sessions via email: Allows you to get help from someone in another location - Accessible on the move: Use Cuespeak on your iPhone or iPad, so you can practise anytime, anywhere, making therapy convenient and flexible Who is it for? - People with speech and language difficulties seeking a home therapy tool - Caregivers and family members supporting a loved one’s recovery following stroke or brain injury What users have said: - “I just wanted to thank you for your marvellous programme. My husband has severe aphasia but has not lost his intelligence. Your programme stimulates his interest – there is no dumbing down. Keep up the good work. We love the humour in Cuespeak” Home user - “This is the best therapy tool I have ever used” Elizabeth McBarnet, Speech & Language Therapist, N. Ireland - "I can’t stress enough how much I love this app. I have been using it today with a lady with apraxia and aphasia and she was just so excited by how relevant it was to her life!” Bev Snowden, Senior Specialist SLT, North Devon Healthcare Trust

Screenshots

Cuespeak4 screens

Verdict

The call

Insane Earplane and Cuespeak both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 84% of Cuespeak's written reviews are positive against 25% of Insane Earplane's. Cuespeak also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (87 vs 3). Insane Earplane's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating and ads 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. Cuespeak sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Insane Earplane asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Insane Earplane against 4.7 for Cuespeak. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cuespeak has 87 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 25% of Insane Earplane's written reviews are positive against 84% of Cuespeak's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Insane Earplane ships an update every 4 months, Cuespeak every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Insane Earplane versus Cuespeak: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInsane EarplaneCuespeak
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings)4.7 (87 ratings)
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews84.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings387 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB124 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAcoustic PioneerCuespeak Limited

Customer experience

Insane Earplane

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

Cuespeak

All ratings87 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral3.4%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive84.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative8.0%

In-app purchases

None

Insane Earplane

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Cuespeak

Subscriptions5
  • Legacy 1$3.991 Month
  • Legacy 2$3.991 Month
  • Legacy 3$3.991 Month
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  • Monthly auto-renewing1 Month trial$7.491 Month
  • Monthly auto-renewing$12.991 Month
One-time2
  • 1 year license (non-renewing)$129.99
  • 3 year license (non-renewing)$399.00

Questions

Is Insane Earplane free?
Insane Earplane is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cuespeak free?
Cuespeak is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Insane Earplane or Cuespeak?
Insane Earplane and Cuespeak are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 87 ratings respectively.
Do Insane Earplane or Cuespeak have ads?
Neither Insane Earplane nor Cuespeak shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Insane Earplane or Cuespeak?
Insane Earplane ships an update every 4 months, and Cuespeak every 3 weeks. Most recently, Insane Earplane was updated on October 10, 2026 and Cuespeak on October 18, 2026.

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