Smarty Ears Online vs Speech Tutor

Smarty Ears Online provides adaptive learning activities and therapeutic tools for children with speech impairment and learning disabilities. Activities cover language, literacy, phonological awareness, speech and articulation, social communication, and reading comprehension. Educators can define goals aligned with individual IEPs, track student activity automatically, and review real-time progress data and detailed reports. Student progress can be shared with educational teams, caregivers, and other educators. Caregivers can receive secure access through a district or therapist for home practice at no additional cost. The service runs on web, Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android, and requires internet access with a current browser version. There is no free plan, but 30 days of free access is offered. Professional costs $21.99 a month or $240 a year. Enterprise and Collaborative Plus each cost $340 a year; district and organization pricing is by quote.

Speech Tutor offers speech and language therapy apps and content, with an emphasis on articulation. Its videos illustrate tongue placement for English sounds, and the Speech Tutor app includes articulation placement videos and free articulation screeners. Speech Tutor Pro adds thousands of flashcards, games, interactive books, screeners, progress tracking, and video and audio recording. The maker describes its screeners as available in SLP-friendly and parent-friendly versions. Speech Tutor Deluxe combines Pro mobile-app access with web access and cloud storage for access from different devices or computers. The free PC web app is intended mainly for desktop and laptop use and works best in Chrome; mobile users are directed to the free Speech Tutor Lite iOS app to sign in and unlock a purchased app. Listed one-time prices are $24.99, paid once for Speech Tutor, $69.99, paid once for Speech Tutor Pro, and a sale listing of $39.99, paid once for Speech Tutor Pro. Speech Tutor Pro stores names and data locally. Speech World can store data locally or in the cloud when an account is created; the maker says it cannot access client names, progress, or videos stored there, though account creation gives it access to the user's email.