CoughDrop vs Time is Coin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CoughDrop
This app provides a modern communication and support tool for individuals with complex communication needs. It offers customizable boards with symbols, images, and audio, along with reporting features for support teams.
- Customizable communication boards
- Rich symbol set and image personalization
- User-recorded audio and speech synthesis
- Cross-device synchronization
- Support team access and collaboration
- Built-in reporting and messaging
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CoughDrop is a simple, modern AAC communication and support tool that empowers individuals and the teams around them. It is a full-featured communication app built for individuals with autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, Angelman syndrome, Rett syndrome, or other complex communication needs. CoughDrop is flexible and configurable enough to accommodate the access and comprehension needs of many communicators. CoughDrop users can install this app to access CoughDrop's communication and reporting features on their mobile device. The app includes starter boards for different levels of communication, and boards with large or small buttons can be personalized using the rich symbol set, user-provided images or camera photos, user-recorded audio, speech synthesis, etc. CoughDrop runs on multiple devices, so you can log in on your tablet, phone and computer and have access to the same communication tools and interface. In addition, users can be linked so parents, therapists and supervisors can access a communicator's boards from their own devices to better facilitate modeling, and to make it easier to modify boards without taking away the communicator's device. The built-in reporting and messaging tools also help the support team have a consistent strategy and know what's working across locations and times.
Time is Coin
This app helps children develop a proactive attitude towards chores and studies by visually rewarding their time spent with virtual coins. These coins can then be exchanged for desired items, teaching them the value of time and money.
- Virtual coin rewards for time spent
- Exchange coins for snacks or games
- Teaches value of time and money
- Supports multiple family members
- Customizable coin usage
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Virtual currency usable at home Studying or after school activities that you have to work on for certain time require great patience which is often quite hard for children. We will help you out with this app to encourage children to work on their duties proactively, by showing them the time they worked hard becoming coins as a reward. You can exchange the coins into snacks or games, or something else your children like. They will definitely be motivated. Children can learn the value of Time & Money Understanding the value of time and money is very useful for learning the importance of things and hardness of work. This app will nurture such sense by showing coins as the visualization of time. You can even convert the time of your housework and childcare into coins and let your family know the value of your works. Any number of members can be registered. Coins can be used in any ways you like.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Time is Coin at 4.6 against CoughDrop's 3.7. Time is Coin also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 52%) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). CoughDrop's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (57 vs 9). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. CoughDrop sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Time is Coin asks for nothing beyond the download.
Time is Coin holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CoughDrop has 57 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of CoughDrop's written reviews are positive against 94% of Time is Coin's.
CoughDrop ships an update monthly, Time is Coin every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on August 29, 2026 and August 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CoughDrop | Time is Coin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (57 ratings) | 4.6 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.4% of reviews | 93.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 57 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CoughDrop, Inc. | LITALICO Inc. |
Customer experience
CoughDrop
Time is Coin
In-app purchases
CoughDrop
- Evaluator Access$29.99
- Supporter Access$44.99
- Communicator Access$294.99
Time is Coin
No in-app purchases
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