Comparison

Number Therapy vs Recognise

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

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About

Number Therapy

Practice understanding, saying, and typing numbers to improve essential communication skills. This app helps stroke survivors and individuals with cognitive disorders build independence with number-related tasks like dates, money, and phone numbers.

Highlights
  • Practice understanding, saying, and typing numbers
  • Covers dates, money, phone numbers, and more
  • Thousands of unique exercises
  • Customizable interface
  • Progress tracking and recommendations
  • Email progress reports for therapists
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Numbers communicate so much, yet they are often left out of communication therapy. Now stroke survivors can practice understanding, saying, and typing numbers at home to improve these essential life skills. ***Try for FREE with Number Therapy Lite*** “I really like it! The money and phone numbers – that’s what I need to practice.” – Sarah, stroke survivor with aphasia Age, dates, phone numbers, addresses, money, time, measurements, fractions, weight, years – numbers are everywhere and so important. Be more independent with communication with stronger number communication skills. Would you be able to understand, write down, and tell someone this phone message? “Your appointment is at 3:15 p.m. on August 3rd, 2015 at 1650 18th Avenue. Bring $5. Please call back to confirm at 785-5662.” Work on all these number skills and more with the evidence-based Number Therapy app! 30 categories of numbers including: *Single Digits *Double Digits *Triple Digits *Four Digits *Time *Money *Phone Numbers (add your own!) *Ordinals *Fractions Thousands of unique exercises you can use anywhere. Work at your own pace to practice the skills that matter to you. Great for cognitive disorders such as impaired working memory or auditory memory, too! Listen to long numbers and type them in - it's harder than it sounds. Train the ear to listen with this app. This app has the same highly customizable, clean, intuitive interface you’ve come to love in Tactus Therapy apps. Developed in conjunction with people with aphasia, this app is designed to help you get the intensity of practice you need in a way that is easy to use. Number Therapy also has a feature to give you recommendations for which level and settings you should use based on your score. See how easy it is to make progress when you're working at the right level for you! "Number Therapy is a game changer for me. I love it." - Trish, stroke survivor with aphasia Speech-Language Pathologists: use this app to make the communication of numbers a part of your therapy plan for people with aphasia or other disorders. Three unique activities address auditory and reading comprehension, verbal expression, and written expression. Your clients can use the built-in hints, cues, and audio recording to be successful, then e-mail you their results in a professional report so you can track their progress over time. Ideal for use in the clinic and at home, add Number Therapy to your therapy app collection! *Please note: this app does NOT address math skills or equations. It focuses on the communication of numbers, not calculations.

About

Recognise

This app helps reduce pain and improve performance by training your brain's ability to distinguish left from right body parts. It offers various tools and challenges to track progress and can integrate with clinicians.

Highlights
  • Left/Right Discrimination testing
  • Neuroplasticity training tools
  • Memory and Speed Match games
  • Graded difficulty levels
  • Progress tracking with graphs
  • Clinical result export
  • Custom image training
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Using Recognise™ has been shown to reduce pain, improve performance and assist with rehabilitation in a range of complex pain, and injury states, when used as part of a Graded Motor Imagery programme. TEST AND TRAIN - TEST your ability to quickly and accurately recognise an image of a body area as either left or right (‘Left/Right Discrimination’) - TRAIN your brain and harness its neuroplasticity using a range of tools FEATURES -‘Memory’ and ‘Speed match’ tools to take your training to the next level -Graded difficulty levels and personal best challenges -Detailed onscreen results and graphs to map your progress -Powerful clinical integration tools - export and email your results directly to your clinician or therapist -Capture your own images on your iPhone or iPad and use them in your training -Comprehensive explanation of the science behind Left/Right Discrimination and Graded Motor Imagery WHAT’S NEW IN 2016 This is not an update - Recognise™ is a brand new App, built from the ground up with powerful new features and tools. FEET, BACKS, NECKS, SHOULDERS, KNEES? This App is for hands, for Recognise™ Feet, Recognise™ Back, Recognise™ Neck, Recognise™ Shoulder and Recognise™ Knee, check the App store FIND OUT MORE Visit www.gradedmotorimagery.com for more information including videos and free downloads.

Screenshots

Number Therapy4 screens
Recognise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Number Therapy at 83% against Recognise's 17%. Number Therapy also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (266 vs 25). Recognise's advantage is price ($5.99 vs $29.99) and chart position (#18 vs #192). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

Number Therapy costs $29.99 and Recognise $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Number Therapy holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Number Therapy has 266 ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Number Therapy's written reviews are positive against 17% of Recognise's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Number Therapy ships an update every 4 months, Recognise every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Number Therapy versus Recognise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNumber TherapyRecognise
Price$29.99$5.99 — better
Rating4.7 (266 ratings) — better3.0 (25 ratings)
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews — better16.7% of reviews
Number of ratings266 — better25
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#192#18 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTactus Therapy Solutions Ltd.noigroup

Customer experience

Number Therapy

All ratings266 ratings
Positive93.6%
Neutral4.5%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%

Recognise

All ratings25 ratings
Positive48.0%
Neutral12.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral4.2%
Negative79.2%

In-app purchases

None

Number Therapy

No in-app purchases

None

Recognise

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Number Therapy free?
Number Therapy costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Recognise free?
Recognise costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Number Therapy or Recognise?
Number Therapy is rated higher. Number Therapy averages 4.7 out of 5 from 266 ratings, while Recognise averages 3.0 from 25 ratings.
Do Number Therapy or Recognise have ads?
Neither Number Therapy nor Recognise shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Number Therapy or Recognise?
Number Therapy ships an update every 4 months, and Recognise every 5 months. Most recently, Number Therapy was updated on October 12, 2026 and Recognise on October 13, 2026.
Which is more popular, Number Therapy or Recognise?
Number Therapy currently peaks at #192 in the App Store charts, and Recognise at #18. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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