Comparison

Conversation Therapy vs Calm Schedule

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

Calm Schedule

This app helps children follow daily routines with visual aids like photos, icons, and timers. It's designed for autistic children or those who benefit from clear visual structure, supporting various daily activities and offering printable routine options.

Highlights
  • Create visual step-by-step routines
  • Add custom photos or icons
  • Use timers for transitions
  • Add voice prompts
  • Support multiple child profiles
  • Printable routines and social stories
  • iCloud sync across devices
Features
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Make everyday routines easier to understand with calm, visual steps. Calm Schedule helps children see what is happening now, what comes next and when a routine is complete. Create personalised morning, bedtime, school, therapy or household routines using photos, icons, timers and optional voice prompts. Features: • Create visual routines with simple step-by-step cards • Add your own photos or choose familiar icons • Use timers to support transitions • Add optional voice prompts for each step • Create multiple routines for different parts of the day • Support more than one child profile • Play routines one step at a time • Print routines and social story PDFs • Sync routines across iPhone and iPad with iCloud • Simple, calm design with no adverts Calm Schedule can help with: • Morning and bedtime routines • Getting ready for school • Tooth brushing • Leaving the house • After-school routines • Therapy and support activities • Social stories • Chores and other tasks that are easier with visual steps Designed for families supporting autistic children, children with developmental delay, or any child who benefits from clear visual structure. Calm Schedule is quick to set up and simple enough to use when family life is busy. Calm Schedule is free to try. Some features require a one-time unlock.

Screenshots

Conversation Therapy4 screens
Calm Schedule4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Calm Schedule at Free against Conversation Therapy's $29.99. Calm Schedule also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 7 months). Conversation Therapy's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads, 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

Calm Schedule is free to download; Conversation Therapy costs $29.99 up front. Calm Schedule sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Conversation Therapy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Conversation Therapy holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Conversation Therapy has 120 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Conversation Therapy ships an update every 7 months, Calm Schedule every 11 days. Both last shipped on October 12, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Conversation Therapy versus Calm Schedule: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterConversation TherapyCalm Schedule
Price$29.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (120 ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings120 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB2 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperTactus Therapy Solutions Ltd.Amarjit Gill

Customer experience

Conversation Therapy

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

Calm Schedule

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Conversation Therapy

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Calm Schedule

One-time1
  • Calm Schedule Premium$2.99

Questions

Is Conversation Therapy free?
Conversation Therapy costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Calm Schedule free?
Calm Schedule is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Conversation Therapy or Calm Schedule?
Conversation Therapy is rated higher. Conversation Therapy averages 4.8 out of 5 from 120 ratings, while Calm Schedule averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Conversation Therapy or Calm Schedule have ads?
Neither Conversation Therapy nor Calm Schedule shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Conversation Therapy or Calm Schedule?
Conversation Therapy ships an update every 7 months, and Calm Schedule every 11 days. Most recently, Conversation Therapy was updated on October 12, 2026 and Calm Schedule on October 12, 2026.

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