Comparison

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.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

Screenshots

Speech Sounds Visualized4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
AB Listening Adventures versus Speech Sounds Visualized: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAB Listening AdventuresSpeech Sounds Visualized
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (11 ratings)4.3 (134 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews46.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11134 — better
Update frequencyEvery 23 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS7.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB448 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdvanced Bionics, LLCPullman Regional Hospital

Customer experience

AB Listening Adventures

All ratings11 ratings
Positive36.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative63.6%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

Speech Sounds Visualized

All ratings131 ratings
Positive82.4%
Neutral3.8%
Negative13.7%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive46.7%
Neutral13.3%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

None

AB Listening Adventures

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Speech Sounds Visualized

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • R-Sound Combinations$0.99

Questions

Is AB Listening Adventures free?
AB Listening Adventures is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Speech Sounds Visualized free?
Speech Sounds Visualized is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, AB Listening Adventures or Speech Sounds Visualized?
Speech Sounds Visualized is rated higher. AB Listening Adventures averages 2.5 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Speech Sounds Visualized averages 4.3 from 134 ratings.
Do AB Listening Adventures or Speech Sounds Visualized have ads?
Neither AB Listening Adventures nor Speech Sounds Visualized shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AB Listening Adventures or Speech Sounds Visualized?
AB Listening Adventures ships an update every 23 months, and Speech Sounds Visualized every 4 months. Most recently, AB Listening Adventures was updated on October 21, 2026 and Speech Sounds Visualized on October 26, 2026.

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