Comparison

Keyword Understanding vs KiddoMaps

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

Head to head
About

Keyword Understanding

This app helps users of all ages improve their ability to understand spoken and written directions. It features various activities targeting vocabulary, basic concepts, and sequential instructions, making it beneficial for individuals with listening comprehension or processing difficulties.

Highlights
  • Follow spoken and written directions
  • Improve vocabulary and basic concepts
  • Target auditory attention and working memory
  • Activities for one and two-step directions
  • Temporal and sequential direction practice
  • Comprehension check for vocabulary and concepts
Features
Read full description

“This app is great for children with processing difficulties which need to improve their ability to follow directions with a variety of embedded concepts.” ~ Smart Speech Therapy blog “Every child I have used it with has been very engaged by the lovely, brightly-colored pictures, and has quite happily kept on listening and following the instructions.” ~ Speech Blog UK “It can be used for informal assessments, language therapy and home practice. It can also be used to target auditory attention and working memory for cognitive-communication goals.” ~ Speaking of Apps blog Keyword Understanding is a professional speech and language therapy app that targets the ability to understand sentences and follow spoken and written directions of increasing difficulty. Children and adults are asked to follow directions in their everyday lives. In order to follow directions, the child or adult requires a strong knowledge of vocabulary, basic concepts and the ability to process and retain the information they have listened to or read. WHO IS KEYWORD UNDERSTANDING FOR? - Parents - Teachers - Speech language pathologists / Speech and language therapists - Children with reduced attention and listening comprehension or auditory processing difficulties  - Children with receptive language delay, developmental language delay or autism - Adults with mild to moderate aphasia due to stroke or traumatic brain injury - Adults with cognitive-communication difficulties due to stroke or traumatic brain injury  WHAT COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES ARE INCLUDED IN KEYWORD UNDERSTANDING? Comprehension Check: This activity helps you identify where comprehension breaks down. It checks the understanding of individual vocabulary items, and the basic concepts of size and color. Object, Size & Color: This activity works on the understanding of the basic concepts of size and color as well as the ability to follow one and two-step directions of increasing difficulty. 2 keyword level: Touch the green car 3 keyword level: Touch the big red mug 4 keyword level: Touch the green vase and the yellow cushion 6 keyword level: Touch the small pink gloves and the big blue comb Before & After: This activity works on the ability to understand and follow temporal directions (directions which include the concepts before/after in a variety of positions in the sentence). “Before you touch the t-shirt, touch the phone” “After you touch the lamp, touch the vase”, “Touch the flower before you touch the box”, “Touch the sock after you touch the bucket”. First & Then: This activity works on the ability to understand and follow sequential directions (directions which include the concepts first/then in the sentence). “First touch the ladder, then touch the bike”.  WHAT LANGUAGE & COGNITIVE SKILLS DOES KEYWORD UNDERSTANDING TARGET? - Vocabulary - Listening / Auditory Comprehension - Reading Comprehension - Working Memory - Attention to Detail - Language Processing - Basic Concepts / Adjectives (size, color) - Temporal Directions (Before/After) - Sequential Directions (First… Then)  FEATURES 3 modes: - Listening/ Auditory Only: Match the spoken direction to the picture(s) - Reading Only: Match the written direction to the picture(s) - Listening and Reading: Match the spoken and written directions to the picture(s) Keyword Understanding lets you: - Choose from a variety of vocabulary items in different sizes and five different colors allowing for thousands of following directions tasks - Follow directions of increasing difficulty and length - Add individual user profiles - Automatically track correct and incorrect responses of each user - Email a detailed result summary after a session or at a later date - Receive audio feedback for correct answers only, incorrect answers only or both All Aptus Speech Therapy apps participate in the 50% off Volume Purchase Program.  Visit our website for more details about our other speech and language therapy apps.

About

KiddoMaps

Features
Read full description

Welcome to KiddoMaps – the fun, safe, and interactive way for kids to explore our world! Designed for children aged 4+, KiddoMaps helps young learners discover countries, capitals, continents, oceans, flags, and wonders through colorful visuals and engaging mini-games. No internet required – the entire experience is fully offline and ad-free. Features: Explore countries, capitals, continents, oceans, flags, and wonders Learn 100+ fascinating world facts with images Play fun mini-games to test and reinforce knowledge Interactive visuals to make geography exciting and memorable Parental gate to prevent unauthorized purchases Fully offline, safe, and child-friendly Local notification reminders (optional) Whether you’re raising a curious explorer or just want your child to start learning about the world, KiddoMaps makes early geography learning joyful and simple. Free to Try The introduction section is completely free. Unlock full content with a subscription (monthly, yearly, or lifetime). No ads. No tracking. Just quality learning. Terms of Use: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTjjOeZz7GfR6u3bjq9Kfhgm8vEAZhpIGVqEBuYy28b_ecd5phczCE4pxWixNN8cqJ0LUcWVDjPdZ9O/pub Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRvwfunEObfx1Y8Os0RfLSb7_rbJmEEZzu6y4O_olgzWAf8Tq2KXg2ZIihH9R5tEzFN0hXZyGCFrkE2/pub

Screenshots

Keyword Understanding4 screens
KiddoMaps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: KiddoMaps at Free against Keyword Understanding's $17.99. KiddoMaps also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 10 months). Keyword Understanding's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

KiddoMaps is free to download; Keyword Understanding costs $17.99 up front. KiddoMaps sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Keyword Understanding asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Keyword Understanding ships an update every 10 months, KiddoMaps every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Keyword Understanding versus KiddoMaps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeyword UnderstandingKiddoMaps
Price$17.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB85 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAptus Speech and Language Therapy LimitedLusine Sargsyan

In-app purchases

None

Keyword Understanding

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

KiddoMaps

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Access With Free trial3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Monthly Access$0.991 Month
  • Yearly Access$1.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$2.99

Questions

Is Keyword Understanding free?
Keyword Understanding costs $17.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is KiddoMaps free?
KiddoMaps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Keyword Understanding or KiddoMaps have ads?
Neither Keyword Understanding nor KiddoMaps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Keyword Understanding or KiddoMaps?
Keyword Understanding ships an update every 10 months, and KiddoMaps every 6 weeks. Most recently, Keyword Understanding was updated on October 8, 2026 and KiddoMaps on October 1, 2026.

Other comparisons