Speech Therapy - Word Tube
For Nonverbal & Late Talkers
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
New: personalized learning path, smart daily exercise plan, and Parent Mode with progress tracking. Calm speech practice for kids with speech delay or autism.
Created by a parent who couldn't find a simple enough app for their young, nonverbal child.
Word Tube: Speech Therapy for Toddlers and Young Children
When a child doesn't communicate, every small step matters. Word Tube is a calm, supportive speech and language app designed to help toddlers and young children with speech delay, autism, and preverbal communication learn first words, express needs, and begin meaningful communication.
Word Tube helps families continue speech therapy at home, gently and consistently. Even on busy, overwhelming days.
Created by a parent of a child on the autism spectrum, Word Tube comes from a real place: long therapy waiting lists, limited access to support, and the constant question: "Am I doing enough for my child?"
This app exists to help parents feel supported, not pressured. And to help children learn at their own pace.
How Word Tube Supports Early Communication
Word Tube is designed for toddlers, late talkers, and preverbal or minimally verbal children. It combines therapist-informed structure with simple, predictable interactions that help children focus and understand.
Your child can practice:
- First words for babies and toddlers
- Visual flashcards and word associations
- Verbs and actions to express what they want to do
- Everyday routines like eating, bathing, dressing, and sleeping
- Basic needs such as hunger, thirst, pain, tiredness, and discomfort
- Body parts and sensations to support communication of what hurts
- Emotions and feelings for early emotional understanding
- Early concepts like hot vs. cold, big vs. small, heavy vs. light
These activities feel like calm learning games for toddlers, without overstimulation. No loud sounds. No flashing effects. Just focused speech and language practice.
Create Custom Exercises with Your Own Photos and Voice
This is what makes Word Tube different from every other speech therapy app.
With Parent Mode, you can:
- Add your own photos of familiar objects, toys, and family members
- Record your own voice at a tempo that suits your child
- Create custom exercises using words from your child's daily environment
- Save favorite activities for daily repetition
For nonverbal children, familiar images and a parent's voice make the difference between engagement and frustration. No other speech therapy app lets you customize exercises this way.
Designed for Nonverbal and Minimally Verbal Children
Unlike most speech apps that assume a child can already attempt sounds, Word Tube was built from the ground up for children who are not yet speaking. It focuses on receptive language (understanding words), expressive language (learning to communicate needs), and building vocabulary through visual learning and repetition.
Built for Real Life
Word Tube fits naturally into daily routines and works even on low-energy days:
- Simple, child-friendly design for toddlers
- Works fully offline. Use it in the car, waiting rooms, or anywhere.
- Predictable structure that reduces frustration
- Supports daily repetition without pressure
- No ads, no data collection, no camera access
Who Is Word Tube For?
- Toddlers and children with speech delay
- Children with autism or autism spectrum disorder
- Late talkers, preverbal, and minimally verbal children
- Children with apraxia of speech
- Children with receptive or expressive language disorder
- Parents looking for speech therapy apps to use at home
- Families on therapy waiting lists who need something now
- Bilingual families (supports 7+ languages including English, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, German, Slovenian)
Built from Experience, Not Just Theory
This is not a loud game or a passive video app. It's a supportive tool that helps children learn to communicate, one word at a time.
Because learning to talk should feel safe, simple, and possible. Every day.
Terms of Use:
https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
This is our biggest update yet, built around the features parents have been asking for most. Word Tube helps nonverbal and autistic children, and kids with a speech delay, take their first steps to talk, right at home.
- Your child now gets a personalized assessment at the start. Seven simple questions help us understand where your child is right now, so we can pick exercises that match their level.
- The app picks 3 exercises for you each day. Just open it and start practicing. No more guessing what to work on next.
- Children earn gold stars as they finish exercises. Gentle confetti and floating balloons celebrate their wins without overwhelming them. You can even record the reward sounds in your own voice.
- A new learning path shows your child's full journey, from first words to full sentences. You can see what they have mastered, where they are struggling, and what comes next.
- Parent Mode now tracks every day of practice on a calendar. See which days your child practiced, keep an eye on their streak, and watch progress build over time.
- 18 new exercises are ready the moment you download, no internet needed. They cover communication basics, family, animals, food, body parts, and daily routines.
- You can now change your child's level anytime, or retake the assessment as your child grows.
The developer, MARIJAN ZIVIC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- MARIJAN ZIVIC
- Size
- 150.5 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 8 more
- English, Bosnian, Croatian, Dutch, French, German, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Made for Ages 0–5
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Monthly $9.99
- Yearly $95.90
- Copyright
- © 2025 Guiding Wave