Not bad app but would prefer if it were all free (edited review)
When I first opened the app it seemed pretty good! I tested it a bit and quite liked it ( I wasn’t such a fan of the (seemingly) ai icons but they were kind of cute!) so I spent £10 to unlock the rest of the app (it comes with 2 categories unlocked out of about 11) and tried saying some stuff to test it out (i do have to say it has the correct words for saying full sentences like “I want food please” instead of just being limited to saying “food”) but as I did I did suspect even more presumably ai but I don’t realy mind, if it is ai it’s sad that it used lots of water and probably hurt animals I’m the process but what’s done is done so I might as well make that used water be used for a purpose not just wasted, I did try changing some of the settings but ended up changing most of them back to the original yet it just seemed to bug it our and it unfortunately became unusable I tried to fix it and it just seemed to get worse so I was quite upset and annoyed as I have just spent 3 hours trying to work out this app and in the process I had ruined it. It could probably be fixed but I was quite upset by that point so instead I requested a refund and came over here to write a raging one star review ( this is the re-written more reasonable version) the developer/s happily gave me a refund and an apology and below is my apology. I just want to say I am completely unbothered by this now and all the time since probably the day after writing the original review and I hope this ends on good terms from everyone!
NOTE: looking back at this it seems I may have been a bit dramatic and exhausted/overwhelmed while writing this as 1. I have been looking for an aac app that works for me for around 4 years now with no luck and 2.I was annoyed that I had spent 3 hours and £10 trying to work it out and to be fair it may have partially been user error as it only started to glitch out after I had gone through and changed the settings a bit to make it work for me I apologise for possibly over dramatiseing ( spelling left the chat ) it a a bit my only intention was to warn other people that I had had problems with it and they might as well I am currently going through and changing my review to be a bit more fair and changing the star rating
TO THE DEVELOPER/S:
I apologise sincerely if my review/star rating has affected your sales/downloads negatively and I will be changing the rating to 5 stars to hopefully make up for any losses on your part. I do not want to end this with bad remarks so I hope this fixes things and once again I am sorry.
Sorry the review so long!
One more I sincerely apologise for my original rating and review and I hope everyone is unbothered about this all by now!
Thanks
—Alex :)
NOTE: looking back at this it seems I may have been a bit dramatic and exhausted/overwhelmed while writing this as 1. I have been looking for an aac app that works for me for around 4 years now with no luck and 2.I was annoyed that I had spent 3 hours and £10 trying to work it out and to be fair it may have partially been user error as it only started to glitch out after I had gone through and changed the settings a bit to make it work for me I apologise for possibly over dramatiseing ( spelling left the chat ) it a a bit my only intention was to warn other people that I had had problems with it and they might as well I am currently going through and changing my review to be a bit more fair and changing the star rating
TO THE DEVELOPER/S:
I apologise sincerely if my review/star rating has affected your sales/downloads negatively and I will be changing the rating to 5 stars to hopefully make up for any losses on your part. I do not want to end this with bad remarks so I hope this fixes things and once again I am sorry.
Sorry the review so long!
One more I sincerely apologise for my original rating and review and I hope everyone is unbothered about this all by now!
Thanks
—Alex :)
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Response from developer
No need to apologise, you can of course write however you feel, no harm done. If you have questions or need help setting things up feel free to reach out anytime to the support email.
Not good if you don’t want to pay
I got this app to be able to communicate when I go mute, and I found out I had to pay for somethings.
I don’t like having to have to pay for things, and I don’t like the fact that you have to pay to be able to communicate.
I don’t like having to have to pay for things, and I don’t like the fact that you have to pay to be able to communicate.
Response from developer
The app has a highly capable free version, with the premium version having a very affordable one-time fee in comparison to the high cost and subscription models of most competing apps. If you believe strongly in free or affordable communication, it would only be fair to apply that same standard to the very expensive apps on the market.
It's good...
It's good but can you please add a non premium feature that is "Whiteboard mode" where people can draw or write their moments or anything else on there device, even their phone and their tablet?
Great app
Great app for anyone needing AAC assistance.
Speech therapist approved
I’m a speech therapist and I actually like this AAC app. Long term, I would want something more robust, like the free Weave Chat app, or one of the full featured (and unfortunately high cost) AAC apps like Grid, LAMP, TouchChat with WordPower, TD Snap, etc. But I do recognize that those more robust communication apps can feel really intimidating to people not used to AAC. This more streamlined app would feel much more accessible to someone still getting used to the idea of AAC. That the basic version is free and pro is less than $15 makes its price accessible as well.
I like how it tries to preserve motor planning to the extent you can with scrolling. It allows you to go into settings and hide and unhide buttons (and there are a bunch of premade ones that are simply hidden, so go in and unlock them!). You can add your own folders and buttons quite easily. And the style has a very child friendly feel to it, which I’ve found helps caregivers and staff believe it will work. (In reality I’ve found that the kids actually are less intimidated by lots of buttons and choices than adults! But getting an adult to believe enough to try a communication app and then model on it for their child is the critical thing.)
A tip for anyone trying AAC with their child: AAC learning is very much like how babies learn speech! It starts with nonsense babbling (pushing all kinds of buttons with no meaning). People tend to think that their child is “playing” with the communication app and say it’s not working, but that’s actually the first step in the process of learning! Let them play with all their words and add meaning to it. Have playful conversations with them like you would with a babbling baby! If they type “bankbankbankbankbankhomehomepool” you can give meaning by saying something like “You know, I would rather be at the pool than at a bank, too! Then I would jump in the pool, splash!” You can even push POOL and BANK on your own device as you talk about it.
If it’s time to eat, you can touch eat and then give them food. You don’t have to force them to touch it too - you wouldn’t force a baby to say something. Just like with a baby, you show how it’s done over and over and make it fun and eventually they’ll start trying, too!
This is a great little starter AAC app for people new to AAC and I definitely recommend it for those purposes. Thanks to the developers for making it!
I like how it tries to preserve motor planning to the extent you can with scrolling. It allows you to go into settings and hide and unhide buttons (and there are a bunch of premade ones that are simply hidden, so go in and unlock them!). You can add your own folders and buttons quite easily. And the style has a very child friendly feel to it, which I’ve found helps caregivers and staff believe it will work. (In reality I’ve found that the kids actually are less intimidated by lots of buttons and choices than adults! But getting an adult to believe enough to try a communication app and then model on it for their child is the critical thing.)
A tip for anyone trying AAC with their child: AAC learning is very much like how babies learn speech! It starts with nonsense babbling (pushing all kinds of buttons with no meaning). People tend to think that their child is “playing” with the communication app and say it’s not working, but that’s actually the first step in the process of learning! Let them play with all their words and add meaning to it. Have playful conversations with them like you would with a babbling baby! If they type “bankbankbankbankbankhomehomepool” you can give meaning by saying something like “You know, I would rather be at the pool than at a bank, too! Then I would jump in the pool, splash!” You can even push POOL and BANK on your own device as you talk about it.
If it’s time to eat, you can touch eat and then give them food. You don’t have to force them to touch it too - you wouldn’t force a baby to say something. Just like with a baby, you show how it’s done over and over and make it fun and eventually they’ll start trying, too!
This is a great little starter AAC app for people new to AAC and I definitely recommend it for those purposes. Thanks to the developers for making it!
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