What Tactus Therapy Solutions does

Tactus Therapy Solutions Ltd. is a privately held, bootstrapped company founded in 2011 in Vancouver, Canada, by speech-language pathologist Megan Sutton and programmer Ben Carter. The company develops a portfolio of 20+ mobile applications for iOS and Android designed to support speech, language, cognitive, and swallowing therapy, primarily for adults recovering from stroke, brain injury, or other neurological conditions, and for the speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and occupational therapists (OTs) who treat them. Apps cover discrete clinical domains including aphasia (comprehension, naming, reading, writing, conversation, category, and number), apraxia, dysphagia, dysarthria, visual attention, memory, and augmentative communication, with the flagship Language Therapy 4-in-1 and Advanced Language Therapy bundles integrating multiple skill areas. The product architecture relies on deterministic, evidence-based exercise engines with adaptive difficulty, offline functionality, automatic scoring, and professional-grade reporting; apps do not require subscriptions for the mobile products. The company has also launched the Virtual Rehab Center, a web-based subscription platform that enables clinicians to deliver interactive therapy activities, generate printable handouts, and assign home exercise programs, with monthly, annual, and group membership tiers and a 21-day free trial.

The business operates a hybrid product-led and community-led go-to-market model. Revenue is generated through one-time app purchases (typically $29.99 USD per app or $89.99 USD for 4-in-1 bundles) via Apple App Store, Google Play Store, and Apple's Volume Purchase Program / Apple Business Manager for institutional buyers; subscription revenue from the Virtual Rehab Center for clinician users; and de minimis book royalties from a co-authored title. Distribution is global across both app stores, while demand generation relies on content marketing (educational blog, free SLP goal bank, free 50-tips resource), a founder-led email newsletter, podcast appearances, conference presentations at ASHA and SAC, and recorded webinars for clinical education platforms. The company has a stated reach of "hundreds of thousands" of users worldwide and serves two primary segments: speech-language professionals and home users/caregivers, with a secondary patient-user segment accessing the Virtual Rehab Center between clinician sessions.

The team is small (approximately 10-12 people, including 2 co-founders, 6 developers, and 2 SLPs), and the company is currently operating with no disclosed job openings, no external institutional funding, and no parent company. No M&A, regulatory actions, or corporate restructuring have been disclosed. Leadership credibility rests heavily on co-founder Megan Sutton, a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia and recognized expert in aphasia technology integration.

Name

Tactus Therapy Solutions

Legal name

Tactus Therapy Solutions Ltd.

Website

https://tactustherapy.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Tactus Therapy Solutions is a Vancouver-based company that develops 20+ evidence-based speech, language, cognitive, and swallowing therapy mobile apps and a web-based Virtual Rehab Center subscription platform, primarily serving speech-language pathologists and adults recovering from stroke or brain injury.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Speech Therapy Software

NAICS

Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists (62134)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Electromedical & Electrotherapeutic Apparatus (3845)

akta.pro primary industry

Behavioral Health & Neurocognitive Therapeutics (Digital) (HLACANAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Digital Rehabilitation & Physical Therapy Therapeutics (HLACANAJ), AAC (Augmentative & Alternative Communication) & Speech/Language Therapy Tech (EDAFAKAB), DTx/SaMD Evidence, Outcomes & Real-World Data (RWE) Platforms (HLACANAM)

Keywords

• Speech therapy apps
• Aphasia treatment software
• Cognitive rehabilitation tools
• Speech-language pathology
• Mobile therapy applications

Headquarters

HQ city

Vancouver

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Mobile app sales: One-time purchases of speech therapy apps through Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Apps are owned for life with no subscription required. Volume pricing available through Apple's Volume Purchase Program for organizations.
2. Virtual Rehab Center subscription: Web-based therapy platform for clinicians with monthly, annual, and group membership options. Includes interactive therapy activities, printable handouts, and home exercise programs. 21-day free trial available.
3. Book royalties: Co-author Megan Sutton receives royalties from the book 'Healing the Broken Brain: Leading Experts Answer 100 Questions About Stroke Recovery' published by Hay House.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Tactus Therapy Solutions develops and sells 20+ evidence-based mobile speech, language, and cognitive therapy applications for iOS and Android, designed for adults with aphasia, apraxia, cognitive-communication disorders, and dysphagia following stroke or brain injury. The company also offers the Virtual Rehab Center, a web-based subscription therapy platform for clinicians to deliver treatment, assign homework, and access printable handouts. The apps are designed by certified speech-language pathologists and are used by SLPs, occupational therapists, and home users worldwide.

Product overview

Tactus Therapy Solutions offers a portfolio of 20+ speech therapy mobile applications designed for adults with aphasia, apraxia, cognitive-communication disorders, and dysphagia following stroke or brain injury. The core products include Language Therapy 4-in-1 (combining word-level exercises for speaking, listening, reading, and writing) and Advanced Language Therapy (sentence-level therapy combining four apps). Individual apps cover specific skill areas: Comprehension Therapy for word-level auditory and reading comprehension; Naming Therapy, Reading Therapy, and Writing Therapy for expressive and receptive language; Conversation Therapy for pragmatic skills; Category Therapy for semantic reasoning; Number Therapy for numerical concepts; Apraxia Therapy with video-assisted exercises; Visual Attention Therapy for left neglect; Spaced Retrieval Therapy for memory; AlphaTopics AAC for augmentative communication; and Dysphagia Therapy for swallowing. The portfolio also includes Lite/free trial versions of major apps. The company also offers a web-based Virtual Rehab Center platform for clinicians to manage patients, assign homework, and access printable handouts between sessions. Apps are available for iOS and Android devices, work offline after download, require no subscription, and are purchased directly from app stores or through Apple's Volume Purchase Program for organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Language Therapy 4-in-1
• Advanced Language Therapy Sentence-level aphasia therapy combining four apps for listening, talking, reading, and writing at advanced levels beyond word-level exercises. Targets adults with aphasia who have progressed beyond word-level therapy.
• Apraxia Therapy Video-assisted speech therapy app designed to help people with apraxia speak more easily and build independence after stroke.
• Comprehension Therapy Word-level exercises targeting the ability to understand spoken and written language, with customizable activities for listening, reading, attention, and scanning. Includes 700+ words.
• Naming Therapy App for word-finding and naming exercises to improve verbal expression in people with aphasia and other communication disorders.
• Reading Therapy Phrase and sentence-level reading exercises with audio supports for stroke survivors and people with aphasia.
• Writing Therapy Writing exercises for stroke survivors to improve written expression.
• Advanced Comprehension Therapy Sentence-level listening and reading exercises for mild or moderate aphasia.
• Advanced Naming Therapy Challenging word-finding exercises for aphasia and cognitive-communication problems.
• Advanced Reading Therapy Paragraph-level passages with built-in tools to help users understand text, featuring audio support. Contains 50-600+ word passages.
• Advanced Writing Therapy Advanced writing exercises including phrases to dictation and taking phone messages.
• Conversation Therapy Real-life discussions with pictures and questions that get people talking to practice communication strategies.
• Category Therapy Exercises to strengthen connections between words and improve language and reasoning skills through exclusion, addition, and sorting tasks.
• Number Therapy Speaking, listening, reading, and writing exercises for communicating numerical concepts including phone numbers, dates, and times.
• AlphaTopics AAC Augmentative communication app providing letter board, topic board, and whiteboard to enhance and clarify natural speech for dysarthria and aphasia.
• Dysphagia Therapy Swallowing therapy exercises for adults with dysphagia.
• Spaced Retrieval Therapy Evidence-based memory training using expanding intervals with built-in data tracking and timing for dementia or TBI.
• Visual Attention Therapy Interactive cancellation exercises for assessing and treating left neglect and visual scanning deficits.
• Speech FlipBook Speech therapy tool for practicing specific phonemes and sound combinations, used in articulation therapy.
• Virtual Rehab Center (VRC) Web-based therapy platform for clinicians to deliver evidence-based treatment, featuring dozens of digital treatments, printable handouts, and free homework for patients. Accessible from any device via browser, with monthly, annual, and group membership subscription options and a 21-day free trial.

Quantifiable outcome

• Using Tactus Therapy apps for just 20 minutes a day for 4 weeks can cause significant improvements in stroke survivors with chronic aphasia
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature4 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Lingraphica: Lingraphica makes AAC devices and speech therapy apps for adults with aphasia, the same core clinical population Tactus Therapy targets. Both sell directly to SLPs and patients through clinical and home channels.
• Constant Therapy Health: Constant Therapy offers a digital neuro-rehabilitation platform for speech, language, and cognitive therapy after stroke and TBI, closely overlapping Tactus's clinical focus and clinician-led delivery model.
• Bungalow Software: Bungalow Software develops SLP assessment and therapy apps for mobile devices, competing with Tactus for the same speech-language pathologist and patient customer base.
• Speech Blubs: Speech Blubs delivers speech therapy practice via mobile apps, with overlapping app-store distribution and SLP/parent customer base, though focused more on pediatric speech sound practice.
• AssistiveWare: AssistiveWare builds augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) apps such as Proloquo and Proloquo2Go. Tactus's AlphaTopics AAC and Dysphagia Therapy apps place it in the same mobile AAC and speech therapy adjacency.
• Smarty Ears: Smarty Ears produces mobile speech-language pathology apps used by SLPs in clinical and home settings, with a similar product-led, app-store-based GTM motion and clinician-designed content.

Broad incumbents

• PresenceLearning: PresenceLearning provides live, online speech and occupational therapy services to schools and families, adjacent to Tactus's clinician tools and serving some of the same SLP buyer personas.
• TheraPlatform: TheraPlatform is a broader practice management and teletherapy platform for SLPs and OTs, including therapy content and exercises. It overlaps with Tactus's Virtual Rehab Center clinician workflows at a wider portfolio level.

Emerging players

• Aphasia Institute: The Aphasia Institute is a nonprofit that develops aphasia communication resources and is a content/community peer to Tactus's educational content and community-led GTM approach.
• InnerVoice: InnerVoice (and related AAC and speech therapy app developers) offers mobile speech and language tools targeting SLPs and families, placing them in the same app-store speech therapy category as Tactus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/tactustherapy
• Facebookfacebook.com/tactustherapy
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tactus-therapy-solutions

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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