Speech Blubs: Language Therapy Reviews

by Enyovi

These people are thieves. I repeat, these people are thieves. Do not even try to do the free subscription. I tried the free 7days subscription to see if my kid will like but he didn’t. I tried to cancel it and they blocked any chance of that happening. There was no way of canceling it. Before I knew it, they changed me 59$ for 1 year 3 months ago and I have since been trying to cancel it but there’s no option to cancel this stupid subscription anywhere not even in the apple store. I have sent them several emails but they never respond. I will sue this company if they charge me again for the stupid app that I have never used. They put in SpeechBlubs how you can request a refund. I followed that direction but their app was NOT on the list of subscriptions which means I couldn’t request for the refund. Isn’t odd that their app is the only app that can’t be canceled out of all the apps I have on my phone?

by Wjrges

I decided to download SpeechBlubs for my daughter and after the trial period I subscribed as a paying customer. It was good until one day everything went south! SpeechBlubs locked up my phone, the little boy kept repeating the word and then he stopped. My new iPhone xR was stuck on SpeechBlubs , there was no way to answer calls, no way to call out, no way to reset my phone. SpeechBlubs had taken my phone hostage and I had to wait 1 day before SpeechBlubs drained my battery to get control of my phone again. Not having access to my phone is also a safety issue especially because SpeechBlubs hijacked my phone. SpeechBlubs is a big no until they correct their programming issues! Reply to change review: NO IT FULLY HIJACKED MY PHONE, NO KEY WOULD RESPOND. I HAVE USED CHILD LOCK IN THE PAST AND ITS GREAT HOWEVER THIS WAS NOT THE CASE. NOTHING WOULD WORK WITHIN SpeechBlubs AT ALL AND I WAS LOCKED IN SpeechBlubs . IF SpeechBlubs WAS WORKING AND DIDN’T HIJACK MY PHONE THEN I COULD OF EXITED OUT. NOT THE CASE. TRY LISTENING INSTEAD OF RESPONDING. 1 STAR FOR HIJACKING MY PHONE and 0 STARS FOR CUSTOMER SUPPORT!

by SpeechBlubLies

I’ve come across 5 different advertisements pertaining to “Speech Blubs” explaining how it will be free, or no cost to you. It’s the biggest lie they’re telling. I honestly hope parents read the reviews before actually attempting to download SpeechBlubs, thinking its free, only to find out you have to pay for a membership to even use SpeechBlubs . They’re falsely advertising that it’s free to use when in reality they demand money to use SpeechBlubs . It’s such a let down and disappointment. I’ve called the false advertisements on Facebook to the point where they’ve turned off the comments so that others don’t find out until they’ve downloaded it. Why turn of the comments if your ad is indeed costing these people money, while your stating it’s free. They’re pulling people in by stating it’s free when it’s the complete opposite. I’m sure I’m not the only one they’re trying to silence on social media.

by Tarahbelle2

Maybe I am not using it right, but I don’t think this is for us at least. My son is in speech therapy with an articulation disorder. I was hoping SpeechBlubs could be used to reinforce the sounds he is working on. Like if we worked on F sounds this week, between sessions, I could use this to work on F sounds and reinforce what he was learning. But it doesn’t give me any option to work on a particular sound or anything. So I’m not sure how to use it to help us. My son is five and he’s just working on specific sounds “F, G, Sh, S, and a few more I’m probably forgetting.

SpeechBlubs also acted like he was making the correct sounds when he wasn’t. When he was repeating square, he was totally missing the S sound. Which is a sound we are working on. Yet it kept acting like he was getting it right. I also wasn’t sure if he was just supposed to sit and listen and then repeat. Or if he was supposed to speak along with the kids.

by Leesh Marie

I started the 7 day free trial for my 2 year old, in hopes of trying something else to help boost her language development. The first two days she seemed to be enjoying SpeechBlubs and found it to be engaging. I do wish when they asked them to say the words, they told them which word to say, (for example, “now say: car!”) as opposed to just saying “now you’re turn!” I need to whisper which word she needs to say, otherwise she doesn’t understand what to do. And half the time it hears me and moves her along even though she hasn’t said it yet.

But on only day three SpeechBlubs keeps crashing and closing automatically and we can’t do anything on it anymore without it closing out or freezing/locking out my whole iPad. So I had to cancel. I’m hoping I don’t still get charged the $59 like I’m seeing others mention in their reviews! Super bummed. I wanted to like SpeechBlubs!

by KristieLCG

I would like to give 1 star, but the graphics person did a very cute job. This is completely useless for my twins. My son watches it like it’s a TV show and waits patiently for any action to begin. He only taps on the kid figures and home button, neither of which helps his speech at all. But eventually he walks away bored. Their ads, website, etc are incredibly confusing…on the ad I saw a girl who was ~1y, the site says 12m+, but SpeechBlubs says 4y+. So…?? Both twins tap on the wrong answers on purpose to get SpeechBlubs to make the funny sounds it does. Why am I paying for that?! The home button is HUGE, so my kids end up tapping on it while trying to tap on other buttons, balloons, etc. And like another reviewer said, the voice should say “now you say ____” instead of saying “now your turn”. Because my kids don’t get it. After listening daily for several weeks, they have yet to repeat a single word after anyone. And in real life they are saying 5-10 words regularly. I regret not cancelling before I was billed because now I’m stuck.

by Asiankatie

If SpeechBlubs was less expensive, I’d consider keeping it, but at $10/mo and so many weird issues, I don’t think it’s worth it. I did some research and there are a lot of vague/gray area comments on SpeechBlubs being recommended by therapists but many speech pathologists have spoken out against these claims as SpeechBlubs was not created by or with one. Some of the kids pronunciation is off and the sound is quiet and uneven on several of the recordings compared to the others. Additionally, the fact that they use a computer generated voice for the the videos that give you facts is lazy. The section on feelings lazily uses emojis instead of kids faces for some and aren’t the most accurate. I think SpeechBlubs could use some more fine tuning from a technical stand point as well as implementation of having real backing from legitimate therapists. I realize most of these complaints I listed aren’t a huge deal but for an app you’re spending $10 per month for, I expected more. Apparently they had a prior app that was similar and was $6.99/flat fee. I might have done that.

by Biotaz14

The content of SpeechBlubs would get 5 stars but the glitch brings it down to two. My son, who was diagnosed with a speech delay, has been using SpeechBlubs for several months and loves it. I see him saying things that he heard on SpeechBlubs later in the day. SpeechBlubs itself is engaging for kids and has a nice variety of topics. Here’s where the problem is...if I don’t 100% monitor my son the entire time that he’s on SpeechBlubs ...he’ll exit SpeechBlubs and play with other things on my phone or call people in my address book. I found the child lock option and thought that was a wonderful idea...well not so much. The child lock is supposed to prevent the child from exiting SpeechBlubs . Multiple times my phone froze while in child lock mode. And when I say froze...I mean I could not do anything. 8 hours later it would unlock on its own. Super frustrating and not to mention unsafe! What if I needed to use my phone for an emergency? I contacted Speech Blubs on almost every occasion that this happened and there has been no resolution.

by Wally Jimmy

Yes, canceling is tricky but that happens pretty much with every app that has a subscription. So that’s not a big deal even though I’m pretty sure I canceled before the week is up but I’ll get over $10.
My son enjoyed it very much. However it kept giving us the same words over and over. You would think for the price it would have so many more words! There are so many animals out there, why would we have to keep doing the same 6 over and over (even the same one back to back zzzzzz)?
I also disliked the “informational” videos after he choose the correct words. They are more appropriate for older kids, maybe 4 or 5. I don’t want my son to see a bird wearing a conductor hat or a horse trying on high heels. He needs to learn basic stuff before he gets confused by imaginative things.
I would not recommend for children under 4.

by Jen30D

My one year old granddaughter has no known learning disabilities and I got SpeechBlubs for her to play on to help her learn to speak. She loves it. She will mimic the early sounds as the other child does it, she doesn’t know to wait her turn yet. I love the fun pictures we get!
It does have a couple of annoyances. I don’t like that I paid for a year of SpeechBlubs but it still asks me if I want to purchase a year every time I open it and I have to exit out of that screen, I feel like this may be a glitch with my account. But more importantly, we don’t like that you can’t skip the little “fact” section between the speech and the picture. Some of them are kind of long and kids have pretty short attention spans. Plus, we are repeating the sounds and words over and over, but don’t want to watch these little skits over and over. A skip option would be greatly appreciated here.
Overall, it is effective and she smiles as soon as she hears Speech Blubs.

by Lyssers123456

Overall my son really enjoys SpeechBlubs . There is enough interactive components like selfie filters and mini games to keep his attention. However there are a few improvements that could be made. There seems to be several duplicative words throughout SpeechBlubs . For example “egg” and “food” shows up multiple times in the food category. A bit more word diversity within the categories would be extremely beneficial. Also the videos that come after the words or sounds could use some improvement. I like that my sons character is in some of the videos, however some of them are just a bit awkward and silly.

by Q. Rose Review

I purchased speech Blubs for my two year old with a speech delay. During the trial I downloaded it on my personal phone and he loved it. There was dancing, sound effects and he got soo excited when he heard speech Blubs and the giggle when SpeechBlubs opened. After the free trial I downloaded it on his tablet and my second phone and each device had a completely different version of SpeechBlubs from the next. The other two devices that he plays on has no dancing, sound effects or the speech Blubs announcement that he loves. I wish there was consistency among the apps with those things. My only other complaint is that there is constant glitching and it takes a long time to load. But I will say that SpeechBlubs is helping to increase my sons vocabulary and that I am very grateful for.

by Mememememememe1313me

Took a chance on SpeechBlubs because of the good reviews . Really wish I hadn’t . I had to “subscribe for the year to get the free week trail “
Tried everyday with my son who is 2&1/2 to play these games to learn to talk. He was bored with in seconds . Was very annoyed with the kids on the screen . The only thing he liked was the popping of the balloons. Very upset I didn’t cancel in time . I cancelled the same day the trial was up. And now I’m 60 bucks down and have a useless app in my phone thanks for nothing. Maybe add different. Kids in SpeechBlubs . Not so close to their faces too. Show common foods that children eat . And not just making faces . Waste of money. Also I keep having to reload every video when I just installed SpeechBlubs .

by Perfect For Vacas

I came across SpeechBlubs on Instagram from an ad. It looks like a lot of fun and what really caught my eye was that it’s a speech therapy app! 😍 my son has been in speech therapy for a few months now and outside of that I have been looking for anything that I possibly can to help increase his vocabulary. He is really enjoying SpeechBlubs so far. We’ve been using it every day for a week. He loves that there is a variety of things to do. He doesn’t quite understand the part where you’re supposed to repeat the word back yet, but I’m sure that with time and with me modeling he will get the hang of it. In the meantime, I’m sure that he is absorbing everything. He really loves the puzzles, find it games, pop the balloons, and taking selfies. And he really enjoys some of the silly sounds that the kids make in SpeechBlubs . He actually has repeated those back! So I guess you could say that that’s already a win!!! 🥳🤩👏🏼

by Wtfxarehs

It can be very hard to encourage a kid to speak when they feel like they can’t or won’t. SpeechBlubs is great. It uses other kids and fun facts to make it interactive. It’s designed to be done with the parent. My kid has a speech delay. SpeechBlubs has helped him immensely. My kid would refuse to repeat anything. I first noticed a difference after using SpeechBlubs...after the first use he started saying tata, and doing the siren. We use it all the time and he enjoys. It’s just another tool in your toolkit in your speech journey with delayed kiddos. I can see as he gets older it can be fun for him getting the sounds right. I can’t wait until they publish the Italian version of this. Please do it soon!!!

by Kiddopookie

Big improvement for our 2 1/2 year old son- he has a difficult speech impediment, and has been in speech therapy for a year. His therapists decided to boost him to twice a week appointments, and I downloaded SpeechBlubs because I wanted to really buckle down at home and help him. I took speech therapy all through elementary school, one of my daughters took speech for a year as a toddler, and is very articulate now. I’d love for him to be caught up before he begins school. He’s such a social little guy, we know he wants to express himself to his friends and neighbors better. We sit and use speech blubs together, and I noticed it really seemed to “click” for him that he needed to match his sounds to his thoughts. He’s still got a long ways to go, but we’ll keep using SpeechBlubs until we get there! Bonus, his older sisters really like taking the funny photos with him, and my teenager thinks some of the sound effects are hilarious.

by Mama Nowka

SpeechBlubs should be intended for kids that are already diagnosed with something. Or for kids just to practice speech.
The whole diagnosing thing in the beginning -saying what your kids has to me is silly, it should just say what SpeechBlubs will help them work on from the diagnosis, not breakdown your kids disability lol All the parents freaking out in the reviews thinking SpeechBlubs said their kid is behind makes me laugh, your pediatrician should be the one letting you know if there was anything wrong.
But I do think it’s great practice. My son has a speech delay and really dislikes being told to repeat himself or practice sounds he tries to avoid it being the visual learner that he is, and SpeechBlubs helps give all the visuals while helping him practice.

by Dub

The drills are excellent and my twins love it but I can't see spending $300 for SpeechBlubs in order for all 3 of my kids to take advantage of the content.

UPDATED
After working with tech support to determine if app sharing is enabled across devices, I was advised that yes, I could purchase a lifetime subscription that would cover all of our devices. After purchasing the initial download, I attempted to restore the purchases on another device, which did not work. I thought that maybe I had to buy it again in order to get it to register that I already owned it, but it charged me instead. So, I now have two lifetime subscriptions for a terrific app that I will only need for 2-3 years. The fact that I had to email app support 10 times and be told to go to apple for my refund only to be declined by apple is frustrating and shameful. SpeechBlubs really does an amazing job at engaging kids and keeping their attention but it's not worth $100 per device. If they were to fix this situation, I'd update my review with 5 stars.

by Sydne3Hi

We’ve had our daughter evaluated by a speech therapist, and she’s currently in speech therapy once a week.

I stumbled across SpeechBlubs, and thought “there’s no way”. So I downloaded it. AND I paid for the $10/month subscription, because $10 isn’t much when you’re talking about your children’s development and speech progress, especially if they are falling behind. I decided to test SpeechBlubs , and my daughter. Because I already knew where she was struggling, and while I can’t say that my daughter learned 5 new words in 5 minutes, I can say that SpeechBlubs is VERY promising. I learned that my daughter has way more comprehensive skills than I knew within 17 minutes of using SpeechBlubs . Also, the “evaluation” questions (if answered HONESTLY) were spot on for my daughter. Other than the comprehensive part, but that was because I didn’t know. This is a great learning tool. It’s not a teacher, and doesn’t replace ACTUAL real life learning, but it does help.

Also, I NEVER write reviews for Apps. But I couldn’t wait to write this one.

by BirdieB

So far so good, today was the first day of actually using it, and we probably spent about 20 minutes, my son is for, and I found it hard to have him use it himself, it did help using “Guided Access” on on the iPhone, if you don’t know what it is you can Google it, it lets you lock out your phone so the child can’t go outside of SpeechBlubs . I could see how this will really help, I has reminders and stuff to remind you to do it each day, it recommends 20 minutes a day with my child, to me that probably is two or three sessions of 5, 7 or 10 minutes. I see it going well, the material is great, and I’m sure he will improve way faster than if I was to just find things or free apps

by Boyyakasha

Tried SpeechBlubs because my toddler isn’t fully talking yet so was curious if this may help. Well in my opinion I feel bad for the children making the mini video clips because it’s obvious they aren’t exactly happy or excited but nervous and on pressure . The video clips are literally 1-3 sec clips rewinded over and over again for a minute. Not worth the money but this is just my opinion. Did the quick analysis in the beginning and boooy are they wrong. They suggested that it may be a possible hearing problem and like any parent was overwhelmed and concerned. I called out my kid a few times and he responded instantly, so relieved that SpeechBlubs was wrong and realized how much of a joke this is. Most kids are very smart and everything comes in time, dont waste time or money on SpeechBlubs just love your kids as is and just do more activities together...literally ALL a child needs :)

by Mrnoob16

It seems like the developers worked hard on SpeechBlubs, but I am an SLP and SpeechBlubs doesn't seem to follow any therapy practices that I have seen, used, or studied. The reward system is great and SpeechBlubs would help with imitation, but I'm unsure how this would truly help with a language delay, articulation delay, phonological process errors, etc. The first words do not follow researched based core vocabulary that is functional, there are no way to choose specific sounds for error remediation, and so on. I see reviews where parents are saying that this is cheaper than therapy, but I would use SpeechBlubs on your own with caution. I would consult a licensed SLP first, which SpeechBlubs does say to do. I wouldn't say the practices are harmful, but I'm not sure how helpful they are, especially for the price.

by Joanii_08

My son is 2 and a half and LOVED (past tense) SpeechBlubs. I kid you not he was talking and mimicking sounds in MINUTES. He loved the ease of access and it’s child user friendly interface.

That all changed with this new update. Now he has to do what the update makes him do and he’s not interested. Also, wayyyy too many adult buttons on their practice page. He keeps clicking and getting frustrated when it takes him from the game. The first thing it forces him to practice are words, but he’s more successful with the sounds right now. We were working our way up to that.
Overall, I’m so disappointed with the update that I am being forced to withdraw my subscription. Glad I didn’t sign up for the year yet. Such a bummer because he WAS being so successful with it. Why did they have to mess it all up?!

by SarahGyo

I promised I would write one after a week of using it, so here we are!

My son is about 21 months old. He hasn’t spoken a word with purpose until about one week ago when we downloaded SpeechBlubs! He started speech therapy a few weeks back, but was still not attempting words. Once I downloaded this sucker, he started *trying*. He now says “mama” and “dada”, which is HUGE for him! I still can’t believe it. I call this the Lord’s work through SpeechBlubs and therapy, not kidding. He loves watching the kids and the videos with fun facts! He also thinks the filters are hilarious. I am just so ecstatic I can hear my child finally call me mama! 😭 Thank you, Speech Blubs!

by Asher's Mom Ashley

My 3 yr old who says only a few words has been enjoying using SpeechBlubs so far. It keeps his attention every time he practices on it. The first day he used it he said the word he practiced on here a few hours later. I was shocked. I like the different steps it has , and how it has the kids saying words slowly , then little games in between to keep kids interested. I think it helps. Also, I absolutely LOVE the 7-day free trial to let your child try it first. We have been using it for two days. If our 7-day free trial continues as promised, I am definitely leaning towards purchasing it to have annually :-)

by Manda55123

Really enjoy SpeechBlubs and it is getting my 5 yr old to sit down with me. We had him in speech therapy for delayed speech and at home I just can't get him to sit down with me to practice talking. But this can get him to sit with me for 30 mins at a time. The only con his that sometimes he is more interested in what is going on with the silly things on the screen. I saw someone complain about the 9.99 a month but honestly if this gives results it's way more affordable than 300 a week for 1 hr of therapy. This I can practice multiple times a day every day where therapy is 2- 30 min sessions which is simply unaffordable to the average parent.

by Ashley NB

We are already in speech therapy and try to do more practice at home, but SpeechBlubs is great that you can go down each activity and complete it. My daughter doesn't repeat yet, but she loves the filters and really pays attention to the kids making the sounds. I can't get her to pay attention to any other apps so focus on speech blurbs is great! 🙌🏻 I wish I knew about SpeechBlubs sooner so we could have been doing more speech lesson type things at home. I had a problem with my subscription and the support team was wonderful and fixed the issue. I'd definitely recommend SpeechBlubs to anyone needing speech help.

by Hunt731

My son has a little bit of apraxia and speech delay from ear problems as a baby. He was getting a little bored with some of our other daily practices so we gave SpeechBlubs a try. He loves it and asks to work on SpeechBlubs everyday. Added bonus — within the first week, he has already started to gain on one of his problem sounds he has been struggling with to get. He now comes up to us out of the blue so proud of his new sounds and excited to share what he learned. We are so thankful for SpeechBlubs ! We also were glad to try the trial run to make sure he was interested in it.