Comparison

Conversation Therapy vs Articulation Arcade

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

Head to head
About

Conversation Therapy

This app provides a tool to spark conversation and help individuals with speech or language impairments practice therapy strategies. It offers thousands of customizable conversation starters, supports one-on-one or group sessions, and tracks progress.

Highlights
  • Thousands of conversation starters
  • Customizable settings
  • Supports one-on-one and group sessions
  • Audio recording and progress tracking
  • Multiple languages supported
  • Vivid photo prompts
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Work more effectively toward your speech therapy goals. Help people who have had a stroke, live with autism, or have a speech or language impairment get talking with an app that sparks conversation. The best way to improve talking is by talking! - Get a tool that helps adults, teens, and children put therapy strategies into practice - Improve language, social skills, speech, and thinking while using this powerful speech therapy app - Carryover the lessons from speech therapy at home with an app that’s easy for everyone to use - Focus on what matters – stop racking your brain for fresh topics and let the app guide you - Take things in any direction with thousands of possible conversation starters - Create the right experience for each person with customizable settings - Talk one-on-one, host groups of up to 4 at a time, and track improvement with ease ** SEE HOW IT CAN HELP – download the Lite version for FREE! ** Coming up with fresh, attention-grabbing conversation starters every day is surprisingly hard, even for speech therapy professionals. Think of this app as your talk facilitator, taking the pressure and planning out of starting and maintaining dialogue while you monitor how your clients use their speech strategies. "This is the app that is going to pave the way for converting speech therapists to the digital age." - Ryan Knoblauch, SLP, The Speech Knob GETTING STARTED IS AS EASY AS 1, 2, 3 Target higher-level expressive language, pragmatic, problem-solving, speech, and cognitive-communication goals with open-ended conversation starters. Here’s how it works. 1) CHOOSE YOUR CATEGORIES. Tailor your experience with specific topics like Food or Health, or select all topics for free-flowing discussion that could go anywhere! You can always change the settings to see only age-appropriate categories for children, teens, or adults. 2) START THE CONVERSATION. Look at the picture, then touch any of the 10 buttons to see a question. The questions on the left are simpler (like “What is…?”) while the ones on the right are more complex (“How do you know…?”). Hear the question aloud, record your own audio, and score answers as you go. 3) USE YOUR STRATEGIES. While taking turns discussing the answers to the questions, use your word-finding strategies, smooth speech techniques, or other personalized therapy approaches to communicate more clearly. ALL DONE? E-mail an automatically generated summary of your results, along with any audio, or share the results to a PDF, file storage, printer, or copy/paste. GET EVERY FEATURE YOU NEED IN ONE EASY APP - 275+ vivid photos, with 10 questions per photo, for over 2,750 possible questions - 10 languages: English, Dutch, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Zulu - 11 categories full of real-world topics including daily life, hobbies, current events, social issues, health concerns, and much more - Record audio at any time with just a tap - Perfect for treating language, cognitive-communication, pragmatic, and speech disorders - Great as stimulus material to work on fluency, articulation, eye contact, and word-finding strategies in spontaneous speech - No subscriptions, no monthly bills, no Wi-Fi needed BETTER DISCUSSIONS MEAN BETTER PRACTICE. Inspire curiosity and creativity while motivating people to keep improving – DOWNLOAD IT NOW! Looking for something different in a speech therapy app? We offer a wide range to choose from. Find the right one for you at tactustherapy.com/find

About

Articulation Arcade

This app provides interactive games and activities designed to help children improve their speech clarity and pronounce sounds correctly. It offers customizable practice levels from words to sentences, with over 1400 high-quality images to support learning.

Highlights
  • Interactive articulation games
  • Word, phrase, and sentence level practice
  • Over 1400 high-quality photos
  • Customizable sound practice
  • User profiles for children
  • Record spoken productions
Features
Currently charting
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Articulation Arcade brings speech sound practice, a wide variety of games, progress tracking, and rewards together in one easy-to-use app. Choose a target speech sound, pick a game, and start practicing — whether that means kicking goals in Kick & Say, climbing ladders in Snakes & Ladders, or launching the slingshot in Knockdown. The app handles the flashcards, scoring, and data, so you can focus on supporting each child’s speech. Created by a certified speech-language pathologist (SLP), Articulation Arcade is designed specifically for children with speech sound delay or speech sound disorder. Built with SLPs in mind, it’s also simple enough for parents and teachers to use at home or in the classroom with guidance from a speech professional. Fun, interactive games and a star reward system keep kids motivated and celebrate every step of their speech progress. **PERFECT FOR** * Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and SLP assistants in schools, clinics, and private practice * Teletherapy and in-person sessions alike * Early intervention and preschool speech therapy * Special education teachers and support staff * Parents supporting speech practice at home * Kids working on articulation and phonology goals **HOW IT WORKS** Pick an articulation game or the Flashcards activity, choose your target sound and word position (initial, medial, or final), and start. On each turn, a flashcard pops up and the child says their target word, phrase, or sentence as many times as needed. Score each production as correct, approximately correct, or incorrect — no separate data sheet required. **9 ARTICULATION GAMES** * Kick & Say — kick the ball to collect pictures and score a goal. * Snakes & Ladders — take turns climbing ladders and dodging snakes. * Knockdown — pull the slingshot and launch the ball at the stack. * Four in a Row — line up four counters to win. * Tic Tac Toe — get three in a row to win the game. * Matching — find the matching picture pairs. * Bingo — hear the word, find the picture, and stamp it. * Spin the Wheel — spin and land on a picture. * Scratchcards — scratch to reveal the flashcard beneath. Kick & Say includes a two-player mode, and Snakes & Ladders supports up to four players — so kids can play against their SLP or parent, or take turns in group therapy sessions. **STAR REWARDS** Kids earn a star for every production marked correct, then spend their stars to unlock Kick & Say teams, Bingo stamps, and Snakes & Ladders game pieces. A Star Progress screen shows what they’ve unlocked and how many stars they need to reach the next reward — a simple motivator that encourages kids to practice even more. **WHAT’S INSIDE** * Over 1,400 real-life photos — real objects, not cartoons, to support generalization. * All 22 English consonant sound programs, plus l, r, and s blends. * Sounds targeted in initial, medial, and final positions. * Word, phrase, and sentence level practice. * Approximately 60 target words for most speech sounds. **BUILT FOR SPEECH THERAPY** * An individual profile for each child. * Record and play back productions to monitor responses. * Email a results summary — no data sheets, no printing, no prep. * Results tracking and built-in data storage. * Works fully offline — no Wi-Fi required, perfect for any therapy room or on the go. **ONE-TIME PURCHASE** — no subscriptions, no monthly fees. Buy once and keep it forever. 9 games, real photos, and automatic data recording — everything you need to make articulation practice something kids look forward to. Download Articulation Arcade and see the difference in your next speech therapy session.

Screenshots

Conversation Therapy4 screens
Articulation Arcade4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Conversation Therapy at $29.99 against Articulation Arcade's $59.99. Conversation Therapy also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). Articulation Arcade's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 7 months) and chart position (#197 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume 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

Conversation Therapy costs $29.99 and Articulation Arcade $59.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Conversation Therapy against 4.9 for Articulation Arcade. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 120 and 50 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Conversation Therapy ships an update every 7 months, Articulation Arcade weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Conversation Therapy versus Articulation Arcade: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterConversation TherapyArticulation Arcade
Price$29.99 — better$59.99
Rating4.8 (120 ratings)4.9 (50 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings120 — better50
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#197 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB350 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperTactus Therapy Solutions Ltd.Aptus Speech and Language Therapy Limited

Customer experience

Conversation Therapy

All ratings120 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral2.5%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Articulation Arcade

All ratings50 ratings
Positive98.0%
Neutral2.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Conversation Therapy

No in-app purchases

None

Articulation Arcade

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Conversation Therapy free?
Conversation Therapy costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Articulation Arcade free?
Articulation Arcade costs $59.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Conversation Therapy or Articulation Arcade?
Articulation Arcade is rated higher. Conversation Therapy averages 4.8 out of 5 from 120 ratings, while Articulation Arcade averages 4.9 from 50 ratings.
Do Conversation Therapy or Articulation Arcade have ads?
Neither Conversation Therapy nor Articulation Arcade shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Conversation Therapy or Articulation Arcade?
Conversation Therapy ships an update every 7 months, and Articulation Arcade weekly. Most recently, Conversation Therapy was updated on October 12, 2026 and Articulation Arcade on October 8, 2026.

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