Comparison

Word FLiPS vs Articulation Test Center Hive

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

Head to head
About

Word FLiPS

This app helps children with speech difficulties practice functional vocabulary and sound sequences. It offers customizable word choices based on articulation and syllable structure, with features for tracking progress and recording audio.

Highlights
  • Functional vocabulary practice
  • Sound sequence repetition
  • Customizable word selection
  • Audio playback of syllables
  • Progress tracking and graphing
  • Audio recording and replay
Features
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Word FLiPS App is a must for children with limited speech, unintelligible speech, and/or childhood apraxia of speech! Teach functional vocabulary words, such as greetings and requests (for example, "hi," "go," and "bye") while practicing up to three repetitions of sound sequences. Begin teaching severely unintelligible children by having them repeat identical earlier developing sounds, such as "boo-boo-boo." Older or more verbal children can practice a variety of sequences, such as "tie-tea-shoe" as a warm-up to practicing sentences. The CV words in Word FLiPS App can also be combined to form other words (for example, "tie-knee" can be combined to form the word "tiny"). Features: • Choose words according to articulatory placement: Bilabial, Alveolar, Velar, and Palatal. • Choose words according to syllable structure: CV, CVC, CVCV, or custom. • Choose all words (including nonsense words) or only the suggested "real" words. • Includes audio of all syllables. • "Free Play" mode allows you to flip through the cards or randomly generate syllable combinations. • Record a student’s productions and replay audio clips. Data tracking lets educators and parents: • Track data for each syllable in a production or for the entire production. • Keep track of data for all students. • View player results for all the sessions at any time. • Graph students’ progress. • Email, print, and share session results.

About

Articulation Test Center Hive

This app provides a comprehensive tool for assessing speech sound disorders in children and adults. It offers flexible testing options, intelligent scoring with auto-marked phonological processes, and interactive scenes for speech sampling. Generate data-driven reports to track progress and identify areas for practice.

Highlights
  • Flexible testing options (Screener, Full Test)
  • Intelligent scoring with auto-marked processes
  • Interactive speech scenes for sample collection
  • Comprehensive test results and progress graphs
  • Auto-generated, editable reports
  • Speech sample recording and playback
Features
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Articulation Test Center Hive (ATC Hive) is a criterion-referenced, articulation and phonology test, created by SLPs for SLPs to assess speech sound disorders in children and adults. It is a smart testing solution that offers flexible testing options, interactive speech scenes, comprehensive test results, and auto-generated, data-driven reports that will save you time! ARTICULATION TEST CENTER HIVE OFFERS: FLEXIBLE TESTING OPTIONS: Screener: Assesses the sounds and words that are developmentally appropriate based on age. Full Test: Assesses all the speech sounds in the English language including initial sounds, medial sounds, final sounds, blends, vowels, and R sounds or any combination of these sound sets. INTELLIGENT SCORING: - Quickly mark sounds incorrect or approximate - Easily mark substitutions and omissions - Enjoy 19 auto-marked phonological processes & distortions - Rate intelligibility INTERACTIVE SPEECH SCENES: Speech Sample: Offers two beautifully illustrated and interactive speech scenes for children to explore with question prompts to keep them talking. It is a fun and easy way to record and save a connected speech sample for assessing a student’s speech and language skills, and it provides a more accurate way to measure intelligibility. COMPREHENSIVE TEST RESULTS: Scores Overview: Displays progress graphs for Percent Phonemes Correct and Intelligibility, and a list of tests given. Words Tested: Displays all the words tested, how they were scored, and phonological processes & distortions marked. You can listen to recordings made and view notes. If edits are needed you can return to the test to make changes. Sound Errors: Displays the sound errors by sound position and age of acquisition. You can also mark sound errors for stimulability. Place/Manner: Displays sound errors based on the place of articulation and on the manner of articulation. It also displays vowel errors by position and quadrant. Substitutions: Displays all the substitutions made and omissions marked. Processes/Distortions: Displays all the phonological processes and distortions marked in the test. It does this with a visual graph as well as a list of processes marked. Speech Sample: The audio recording taken from the speech sample is saved and available for playback. The intelligibility can be updated and a transcription can be entered or viewed. Recommendation: Shows a quick summary of sounds and phonological processes recommended for practice and sounds processes that should be monitored for appropriate development. AUTO-GENERATED REPORTS: The Report tab presents a full written report summarizing the test results. The report can be edited and/or shared with parents, teachers, and others involved in the intervention process. Once you immerse yourself in ATC Hive’s many testing and reporting features you will come to know we invested an enormous amount of our resources and our best thinking in both the testing experience, and in the test administrator–YOU! We’re proud to offer ATC Hive as part of the Little Bee Hive membership which includes access to both Articulation Test Center Hive and Articulation Station Hive. If you are already subscribed to Articulation Station Hive (Pro tier) you may download and login to Articulation Test Center Hive with your same login information at no additional cost. SUBSCRIPTION, PRICING & TERMS: Articulation Test Center Hive offers a 14-day free trial which includes unlimited access to both Articulation Test Center Hive and Articulation Station Hive. The subscription automatically renews unless the auto-renew feature is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment will be charged to your Apple account at the end of your 14-day trial period. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off at any time.

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Articulation Test Center Hive at Free against Word FLiPS's $29.99. Articulation Test Center Hive also leads on ratings volume (166 vs 3). Word FLiPS's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). On update cadence, ads 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

Articulation Test Center Hive is free to download; Word FLiPS costs $29.99 up front. Articulation Test Center Hive sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Word FLiPS asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Word FLiPS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Articulation Test Center Hive has 166 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Word FLiPS's written reviews are positive against 67% of Articulation Test Center Hive's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Word FLiPS ships an update fortnightly, Articulation Test Center Hive monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Word FLiPS versus Articulation Test Center Hive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWord FLiPSArticulation Test Center Hive
Price$29.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.8 (166 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings3166 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB162 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSuper Duper PublicationsLittle Bee Speech

Customer experience

Word FLiPS

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Articulation Test Center Hive

All ratings161 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral1.2%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral13.3%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

None

Word FLiPS

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Articulation Test Center Hive

Subscriptions2
  • Hive Pro (Monthly)14 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Hive Pro (Yearly)14 Days trial$119.991 Year

Questions

Is Word FLiPS free?
Word FLiPS costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Articulation Test Center Hive free?
Articulation Test Center Hive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Word FLiPS or Articulation Test Center Hive?
Word FLiPS is rated higher. Word FLiPS averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Articulation Test Center Hive averages 4.8 from 166 ratings.
Do Word FLiPS or Articulation Test Center Hive have ads?
Neither Word FLiPS nor Articulation Test Center Hive shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Word FLiPS or Articulation Test Center Hive?
Word FLiPS ships an update fortnightly, and Articulation Test Center Hive monthly. Most recently, Word FLiPS was updated on November 2, 2026 and Articulation Test Center Hive on November 7, 2026.

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