# Speech Start: Language Therapy

> Speech & Language Development

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6740726387](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6740726387)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6740726387`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Gliden Ltd
- **Category:** Education
- **Rating:** 4.10 / 5 (315 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.3.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-09-08
- **First published:** 2025-02-16
- **Size:** 52 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-24
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/speech-start-language-therapy/id6740726387)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://speechstart.com/legal/privacy](https://speechstart.com/legal/privacy)

## Description

Speech Start: Language Therapy is a child-focused Chrome extension that supports early language development with an evidence-based, parent-friendly approach. It combines tailored assessments, a library of vocabulary, pragmatics, comprehension, and expression activities, plus engaging games to make learning enjoyable.

Premium features unlock a personalized learning path, a detailed report with SLP recommendations, and daily speech exercises—allowing you to tailor practice to your child’s strengths and areas for growth.

## Rankings

- #92,048 — Overall
- #41 — speech

## Review summary

Speech Start is praised for engaging, effective speech practice and noticeable progress in children, plus therapist endorsement. However, many reviews cite serious billing and cancellation problems, unauthorized charges, and poor support, along with perceived deceptive marketing. The app’s strengths are frequently overshadowed by financial and support concerns for a large share of users.

### Pros

- Engaging, interactive, kid-friendly design that holds toddlers' attention and feels like play, with a clean, ad-free experience.
- Reported real speech progress: children talk more, speak more clearly, and gain confidence over time.
- Easy for kids to navigate and suitable for short daily sessions (about 10 minutes), enabling independent use by toddlers.
- Therapists and parents frequently note the app as one of the better speech apps, with observed weekly progress and positive outcomes for multiple children.

### Cons

- Unauthorized or recurring charges and renewals after non-use, with attempts to charge even when not needed.
- Difficulty canceling and unreliable subscription controls; Apple subscription management often does not work, forcing reliance on email for cancellation.

## Similar extensions and apps

- [TeachSpeech](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6599858731)
- [Reach Speech: for kids](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1525697143) — 5.00 / 5
- [BabyTalk: Speech Milestones](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6751866560) — 5.00 / 5
- [Let's Talk Early Intervention](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6453160634) — 4.60 / 5
- [SpeakEasy: Home Speech Therapy](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1511838622) — 4.60 / 5
- [Speech therapy world](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6754527860)
- [Speak Out Kids: Learn to Talk](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6474211464) — 4.60 / 5
- [Speech and language tools](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6742146796)
- [Speak Buddy - Autism speech](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6748900554) — 5.00 / 5
- [TalkTots: Language Therapy](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6736467288) — 5.00 / 5
- [My Words: Kids Speech Therapy](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6479958473) — 4.70 / 5
- [Splingo](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1564235790) — 3.50 / 5

---

Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6740726387)