“I was offered a free trial, and was charged $14.99. Since I already paid for this month, there's been multiple times when trying to log on, there's a problem and it won't load. Or if it does finally load, it takes a very, very long time…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 966 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
4.6 ★85,871 ratings
5M+Downloads
4+Age rating
320 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
WHAT DOES SPEECH BLUBS OFFER?
Speech Blubs is a voice-controlled speech therapy app designed to help your child learn new sounds and words, and to practice speaking in a stimulating, educational environment.
**FEATURED IN** Autism Parenting Magazine, Brisbane Kids, Speech Chick Therapy, Beautiful Speech Life, and The Speech Teacher. Awarded the Social Impact Award and supported by the Facebook Start Program, and winner of the “Safe for Children” certificate, the Mom’s Choice Award, the Parent’s Picks 2020 Award Winner, and techozens.com’s “Best and Trusted Speech Therapy App for Kids.
WHY LEARN WITH SPEECH BLUBS? Our app was created with speech therapists, teachers, & parents, and uses video modeling for effective speech development. Our apps have zero ads and no flashy features, thus providing a safe and non-intrusive learning experience.…
Preview
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Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
App Store
This analysis describes version 18.4.1 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 18.4.1, updated 2026-09-25.
Google Play
This analysis describes version 14.3.1 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 18.4.1, updated 2026-09-30.
The app has been updated since this analysis. The findings on this page describe version 14.3.1, not the version now listed on the store.
Release notes for the newer versions, in the developer’s own words:
Version 18.4.1 · 2026-09-30
No release notes were provided for this version.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to at least 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Says how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
3 or more themes reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
80–89% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
One source only — shown, not confirmed 4
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Trial converts to a charge
The free trial demands a payment method up front and/or rolls into a paid subscription with no usable warning.
What we saw: Trial converts to a charge: raised by 8 distinct reviewers (1.9% of 414 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Hard to cancel
Cancelling the subscription is blocked, hidden, multi-step, or simply does not take effect.
What we saw: Hard to cancel: raised by 13 distinct reviewers (3.1% of 414 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Reports that the ads misrepresent the app
Reviewers repeatedly report that the app is not what its advertising showed. We never see the ad creative itself, so nothing we collect can corroborate or refute this — it is published as an attributed user report: what reviewers say, and how many of them said it.
What we saw: Misleading advertising: raised by 6 distinct reviewers (1.4% of 414 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Reports of unexpected charges
A large number of reviewers report being charged when they did not expect it — including being charged after cancelling during a free trial, or when a trial turned into a paid plan without warning. We cannot see anyone's billing, so this is published as an attributed user report: what reviewers say, and how many of them said it.
What we saw: Surprise charges: raised by 21 distinct reviewers (5.1% of 414 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Requires $15 a month subscription. Even the 7 day free trial is asking for credit card information before it lets you try anything at all.”
“The app looks cheerful and colorful, with an attractive interface for kids, maybe even too colorful, as it can overstimulate them. However, I do not recommend it because of the trial issue. Be very careful, after the trial period ended, I…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 18.4.1.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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