AB Listening Adventures vs Speech Sounds Visualized
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AB Listening Adventures
This app offers interactive story-based games designed to help children with hearing loss improve their listening skills. It focuses on practicing words within sentences using various categories and is intended for use by an adult and child together.
- 6 story-based listening games
- Practice words in sentences
- Multiple Elements, Plurals, Pronouns, Minimal Pairs categories
- Designed for adult-child interaction
- Kid-safe, no in-app purchases or external links
- Fun sound effects and character voices
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AB Listening Adventures is an app that helps children with hearing loss practice listening for words in sentences. Play 6 different story based games that work with whatever listening targets you want from Multiple Elements, Plurals, Pronouns, or Minimal Pairs. The app is designed to be used with an adult and a child…together! The child listens to the adult name two pictures in a sentence. The child should then tap each of those pictures to progress in the game. •Just over 100 sets of words from four categories: Multiple Elements, Plurals, Pronouns, or Minimal Pairs (organized by difficulty for listening). •Stars a child with bilateral listening technology. •6 games to choose from: Two games are competitive and four more are cooperative (the players work together to win together) •Fun sound effects and character voices respond to the cards you drop in the game. •You have the option to toggle off music while explaining the beginning slides to a child. •Lots of opportunities for teaching both sentence structure and vocabulary. •We are kid safe! No in-app purchases offered or links that take you out of the app. Requires iPad 2 or higher
Speech Sounds Visualized
Visualize English speech sounds with x-ray videos and 3D animations. Learn pronunciation and articulation with detailed instructions and practice exercises. Includes recording and slow-motion features for enhanced learning.
- X-ray videos of sound formation
- 3D animations for all sounds
- Organized by sound type (consonants, vowels, R-combinations)
- Written instructions from a Speech Language Pathologist
- Recording capability (sound, word, sentence)
- Slow motion and zoom features
- No advertisements
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Want to see exactly how the English speech sounds are made? Our App allows you to see speech in action to accelerate learning! Simply select the sound you wish to visualize, then watch stunning x-ray videos accurately show how each sound is formed in the mouth. In addition to unique x-ray images, we also provide incredible 3D animations for each and every sound! Created by a Speech Language Pathologist, a subscription to our App includes numerous features designed to stimulate progress: *Toggle between 3D animations, x-ray images, or standard videos for all sounds in the English phonetic alphabet *Sounds are organized into 3 sections: consonants, vowels, and the R-sound combinations *Sounds can be viewed in the phonetic alphabet symbols if preferred *Written instructions provided by a Speech Language Pathologist *Recording capability at the sound, word, and sentence levels *Words and sentences that highlight each sound provided for extra practice *Slow motion feature *Zoom feature *Customer service available directly through the App via click-through to email *No advertisements in order to facilitate learning without distraction *Phonemes included: p,b,m,w,f,v,t,d,s,z,n,l,k,g,h,sh,zh,ng,y,j,ch,th, vowels, and all vocalic r sounds Subscription Details: *Monthly Subscription: full access to Speech Sounds Visualized for one month *Annual Subscription: full access to Speech Sounds Visualized for one year *Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase *Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period *You can cancel anytime or turn off auto-renew in your iTunes account settings. SSV is also available for bulk purchase through the Apple School Manager and Apple Business Manager programs. Please contact us at ssv@pullmanregional.org to purchase. For more information, see our Privacy Policy & Terms of Service: https://www.speechsoundsvisualized.org/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Speech Sounds Visualized at 4.3 against AB Listening Adventures's 2.5. Speech Sounds Visualized also leads on review sentiment (47% vs 20%) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 23 months). AB Listening Adventures's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 13.0). On price 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
Both are free to download. Speech Sounds Visualized sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. AB Listening Adventures asks for nothing beyond the download.
Speech Sounds Visualized holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Speech Sounds Visualized has 134 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of AB Listening Adventures's written reviews are positive against 47% of Speech Sounds Visualized's.
AB Listening Adventures ships an update every 23 months, Speech Sounds Visualized every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AB Listening Adventures | Speech Sounds Visualized |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (11 ratings) | 4.3 (134 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 46.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 134 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 23 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 448 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Advanced Bionics, LLC | Pullman Regional Hospital |
Customer experience
AB Listening Adventures
Speech Sounds Visualized
In-app purchases
AB Listening Adventures
No in-app purchases
Speech Sounds Visualized
- Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
- Annual Subscription$29.991 Year
- R-Sound Combinations$0.99
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