Comparison

SpellerShip vs Passage

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

Head to head
About

SpellerShip

This app empowers non-speaking individuals to communicate through spelling with AI-powered lessons and customizable tools. It offers a vast library of lessons, flexible keyboard options, and progress tracking to foster independence and self-expression.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of daily lessons
  • Create custom lessons
  • Flexible keyboard layouts
  • Progress tracking
  • Customizable letter sets
  • Multiple question types
  • Downloadable lessons for offline use
Features
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Unlock the power of communication with SpellerShip, an innovative app designed to empower non-speaking individuals to express themselves through spelling. Tailored for users of all ages, SpellerShip combines cutting-edge AI technology with customizable learning tools to make communication accessible, engaging, and effective. Key Features: Lesson Library: Access hundreds of lessons on a wide variety of topics. New lessons are created daily. Custom Lessons: Easily create lessons on topics of your choice, tailored to your speller's age. Flexible Keyboard Options: Use the in-app keyboard with QWERTY or stencil layouts, external keyboard, or pair with physical letterboards for seamless integration. Progress Tracking: Monitor typing accuracy to celebrate progress and identify areas for improvement. Customizable Letter Sets: Choose 4, 8, 13, or all 26 letters to match your speller's motor profile. Variety of Question Types: Engage with six dynamic question formats—spells, knowns (including numeric), previous knowledge, semi-opens, tight opens, and broad opens—to build confidence and skills. Downloadable Lessons: Save lessons as PDFs for offline use or sharing with educators, therapists, or caregivers. Standalone Board: Use the app as a standalone letterboard for answering known questions anytime, anywhere. SpellerShip is more than an app—it’s a bridge to connection, independence, and self-expression. Whether you’re a caregiver, therapist, or parent of a non-speaker, SpellerShip is a tool to help reach those silent voices. Download now and start your spelling journey today! SpellerShip is free to use and also offers auto-renewing monthly subscriptions starting at $5/mo USD. A subscription unlocks premium features (e.g. creating lessons) and grants access to more pre-made lessons. You may use the same subscription on multiple devices. Subscriptions auto-renew monthly unless canceled by the user. Payment will be charged to the Apple ID account used to set up the subscription. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions in your Apple ID account settings at any time. This app is subject to Apple’s standard End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Passage

Features
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Your child reads the words fine. Ask what happened in the story, and it's gone. Passage is comprehension practice that never runs out. Choose a reading level and a topic your child actually cares about, and Passage writes a brand-new passage on the spot — then asks five comprehension questions about it. WHY IT DOESN'T RUN OUT Most comprehension apps ship a fixed set of passages. Children finish them, or refuse to read a stock paragraph about a subject they have no interest in. Passage writes each one fresh, so there is always another, and it is always about dinosaurs, space, volcanoes, robots, or whatever they picked this time. WRITTEN AT THE RIGHT LEVEL Six reading levels, Grade 1 through Grade 6, control sentence length, vocabulary, and passage length. Every passage is checked against an established readability measure before your child sees it — and rewritten if it lands outside the target range. FIVE QUESTIONS, EVERY TIME Each passage comes with five multiple-choice comprehension questions, in the order teachers use them: • A detail stated in the passage • What a word means in context • The main idea • An inference the passage supports • Sequence, or cause and effect Your child answers by tapping. There is no typing anywhere in the app. YOU SEE WHY, NOT JUST WHAT After each session you get the score and a full review: which questions were missed, what the correct answer was, and one clear sentence explaining why. That is the part that tells you where to actually help. THE LEVEL MOVES ON ITS OWN Two strong sessions in a row and the level goes up. Two hard ones and it eases back. You can see the trend, the accuracy, and every passage they have ever finished. BUILT FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS • A parent gate protects settings, subscriptions, and reader setup • Topics come from a curated list — your child never types anything • Add a reader for each child, each at their own level • Your child's name and scores stay on this device FREE AND PREMIUM Passage is free to use with three complete passages a week. Premium removes the limit: • Unlimited passages • Unlimited readers • Full practice history • Choose the grade level for any single passage Premium is $6.99 per month or $39.99 per year, with a 7-day free trial on the annual plan. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends, and you can manage or cancel any time in your App Store settings. Terms of Use: https://killex00.github.io/tos2 Privacy Policy: https://killex00.github.io/privacy-policy2

Screenshots

SpellerShip1 screens
Passage4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: SpellerShip at 3 against Passage's 1. SpellerShip also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. SpellerShip sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Passage sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SpellerShip versus Passage: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpellerShipPassage
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJarendill Creations LLCMarek Sokol

In-app purchases

3 purchases

SpellerShip

Subscriptions3
  • Pal Membership$4.991 Month
  • Partner Membership$14.991 Month
  • Practitioner Membership$49.991 Month
2 purchases

Passage

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is SpellerShip free?
SpellerShip is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Passage free?
Passage is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SpellerShip or Passage have ads?
Neither SpellerShip nor Passage shows ads.

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