Emergency Chat vs TypingTalk AAC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Emergency Chat
Facilitates communication when speech is not possible. Features a customizable splash screen explaining your inability to speak and a simple chat interface for direct messaging.
- Speech-free communication
- Customizable splash screen
- Pre-written explanation for non-verbal users
- Simple chat interface
- Adjustable title and text
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Emergency chat can be used in any situation where speech is impossible but communication is still necessary. The splash screen has a base text that explains to the person you gave your phone to that you can't use speech and want to use this app to communicate. The default text is aimed at people experiencing an autistic meltdown, where their speech centres stay non-functional for a while even after they've recovered. Both the title and text can be adjusted in the settings screen to be whatever you want the person you give your phone to know. You can then continue to the next screen which has a simple chat client.
TypingTalk AAC
This communication aid allows users to type text and have it spoken aloud via text-to-speech. It offers a wide selection of voices and languages, customizable phrase buttons with visual aids, and options for offline use and device syncing.
- Text-to-speech playback
- Extensive voice and language options
- Customizable quick phrases with visual aids
- Offline voice support
- Personal Voice creation
- Phrase syncing across devices
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This app provides an easy-to-use interface to play back the text you type as text-to-speech audio. It's made to be used as augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). Some features: Voices • Select from all the voice styles & languages on your device • Choose between offline voices and Internet voices from Google, spanning 200+ voices in 60 languages. No download or login required • Supports Personal Voice on newer devices, letting you create an offline text-to-speech voice that sounds like you (English & Mandarin only) • Save your favorite voice settings in a convenient list Phrases • Save & categorize quick phrases to play back with a tap. Rearrange & color code your phrases • Create separate groups of phrases for every language you use • Add pictures, emoji labels, and/or alternate text to phrases • Search for free symbols on the online ARASAAC library to add to your buttons • Show text above or below pictures • Record, import and edit sound clips for your phrases • Create boards with any custom grid size from 1×1 to 16×16 • Save your phrases to a file, so you can backup or share with others • Sync with other devices using a Google Drive account • Print out your boards for a simple, low-tech solution Misc. • Speak individual characters, words or sentences as you type them • Auto clear the text field after pressing play • Play spoken text over phone calls (offline voices only) • Share audio clips as voice messages to other apps • Look at a history of messages you've played while using the app • Customize font size, text field size, button size, etc. to your liking. Save and load the layouts you create • Layout automatically adapts to all screen sizes, small & large • Convenient design where any action takes just a few taps • Light & dark modes This app is for anyone who needs help speaking, including those with conditions such as verbal apraxia, aphasia, autism, anxiety, & selective mutism, among others. Even if you've only temporarily lost your voice, or just want to play with text-to-speech, this app's for you! Please feel free to share feedback on how it’s working for you & how it can be more accessible, either at support@miyanour.com or with a review. Enjoy! Made with love by an AAC user with selective mutism. Visit my website at https://miyanour.com to help me keep providing updates. Thank you so much for your support. Apple Standard Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Emergency Chat at none against TypingTalk AAC's 3. Emergency Chat also leads on ratings volume (87 vs 16) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 17.2). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. TypingTalk AAC sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Emergency Chat asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Emergency Chat against 4.9 for TypingTalk AAC. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Emergency Chat has 87 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 98% of Emergency Chat's written reviews are positive against 100% of TypingTalk AAC's.
| Parameter | Emergency Chat | TypingTalk AAC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (87 ratings) | 4.9 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 98.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 87 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | — | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Leonard Elezi | Samiya Noureen |
Customer experience
Emergency Chat
TypingTalk AAC
Bugs and requests
Emergency Chat
Reported bugs
2 issues- App colors changed to bright green on white
- Starting message too big with large text setting
Requested features
8 requests- Speech option / text-to-speech
- Different chat bubble colors (like iMessage)
- Voice box or sound board with common phrases
- Option to text/alert certain individuals
- Save chats option
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- More pastel color options for chat
- Fix large text display issue with starting message
- Change speech bubble colors
TypingTalk AAC
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Emergency Chat
No in-app purchases
TypingTalk AAC
- Donate monthly$0.991 Month
- Donate monthly$3.991 Month
- Donate one-time$9.99
Questions
Is Emergency Chat free?
Is TypingTalk AAC free?
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