Comparison

TD Snap® vs ChildFolio Teacher

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

TD Snap®

This communication software assists individuals with speech and language disabilities by offering symbol-supported and text-based communication options. It features customizable page sets and editing tools, accessible via touch, eye gaze, and switch access. A subscription is required after a trial period.

Highlights
  • Symbol-supported and text-based page sets
  • Customizable editing tools
  • Touch, eye gaze, and switch access
  • Picture Communication Symbols library
  • Visual schedules and timers
  • Cloud-based content syncing
Features
Read full description

TD Snap® is a flexible, robust communication software for people with speech and language disabilities such as autism, cerebral palsy and aphasia. Created by Tobii Dynavox, a leader in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), TD Snap provides a choice of evidence-based, professionally developed page sets designed to meet different communication needs and preferences, with both symbol-supported and text-based options. TD Snap includes easy-to-use editing tools to create a personalized experience, and is accessible via touch, eye gaze and switch access methods. A monthly subscription is required to enable speech following a 1-month trial period. Tobii Dynavox offers complementary resources to help communicators, caregivers, and professionals succeed with TD Snap. These resources can be found by visiting myTobiiDynavox.com or tobiidynavox.com. Have you purchased a Tobii Dynavox device and looking to use your companion TD Snap license on an iOS device? Download this app and log into myTobiiDynavox in the start-up wizard. Customizable TD Snap Page Sets: • Core First: A symbol-supported page set enabling a path to literacy at any stage of language development, now also available in High contrast • Motor Plan: A symbol-supported page set enabling efficient language acquisition at any age, custom designed for both touch and eye gaze • Express: A symbol-supported page set to help people express themselves using theme-based phrases and words, now also available in bilingual Spanish/English • Text: A page set for those who are literate or transitioning from symbol supports to literacy • Scanning: A page set for those who use scanning as their primary access method, • Aphasia: A page set to help adults with aphasia communicate while also supporting language recovery , now also available in bilingual Spanish/English • PODD*: A page set based on the Pragmatic Organization Dynamic Display vocabulary strategy, developed by AAC expert Gayle Porter • Gateway*: A page set based on the Gateway vocabulary strategy, developed by Joan Bruno *Denotes in-app purchase of an additional monthly subscription per page or symbol set. Developed by a third party. Powerful Set of Integrated TD Snap Tools: • Editing: An intuitive editing tool to help customize buttons to meet a communicator’s unique needs • Diversity: A variety of diversity settings that let you customize skin tone, hair shades, and more • PCS: A built-in library of over 75,000 Picture Communication Symbols translated into over 25 languages • Search: A search bar to locate words and symbols with an easy and accessible path to find them • Visual Supports: A set of supports like visual schedules, timers, and scripts • Google Assistant: An integrated tool enabling symbol-supported access to Google Assistant • QuickFires: A set of commonly used pre-programmed phrases to make communication smoother • myTobiiDynavox: A cloud-based resource for backing up, sharing, and syncing customized content. How Subscriptions Work Following the 1-month free trial, your Apple ID payment method on file will automatically be charged monthly unless you cancel 24 hours before the trial ends. Subsequent monthly payments will be charged to your Apple ID payment method 24 hours before the end of each period. Your subscriptions are managed in account settings on the App Store. TD Snap® is a trademark and registered trademark of Tobii Dynavox AB. Tobii Dynavox cannot guarantee compatibility of TD Snap with any non-Tobii Dynavox brand of hardware and will not offer technical support for compatibility issues. All downloads are governed by TD Snap License Agreement for Download.

About

ChildFolio Teacher

This app connects parents, teachers, and caregivers to monitor and support a child's educational development. It provides a shared platform for visibility into a child's growth, experiences, and learning challenges, encouraging supportive interactions.

Highlights
  • Connects parents, caregivers, and teachers
  • Monitors and engages with children's learning
  • Tracks child's growth and experiences
  • Facilitates supportive interactions
  • Provides visibility into learning progress
Features
Read full description

We are born to learn. An infant’s brain grows rapidly and remains highly "plastic" or malleable during the first five years. Important creative thinking and social-emotional skills must take root early on to become stable parts of their evolving minds. Interactions with adults, activities with physical materials, and free play with peers all set the stage for learning that has been shown - time and again - to lead to future academic, professional and personal success. Parents are now able to learn, monitor, and engage more with their children via with informal media. We believe that if parents can incorporate a parent-facing reporting system into their busy lives, this data has the potential to encourage and support parent behaviors which improve learning for children. ChildFolio connects all stakeholders - parents, caregivers, teachers, curriculum developers - with a vested interest in a child’s educational outcomes together, with common visibility into the child’s growth, experiences, successes and struggles, in a way that encourages interactions with the child to further support their comprehensive learning.

Screenshots

ChildFolio Teacher2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ChildFolio Teacher at none against TD Snap®'s 4. ChildFolio Teacher also leads on review sentiment (53% vs 31%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). TD Snap®'s advantage is ratings volume (882 vs 44). On price, rating 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. TD Snap® sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. ChildFolio Teacher asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for TD Snap® against 4.0 for ChildFolio Teacher. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TD Snap® has 882 ratings behind it against 44, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 31% of TD Snap®'s written reviews are positive against 53% of ChildFolio Teacher's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TD Snap® ships an update every 2 months, ChildFolio Teacher fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
TD Snap® versus ChildFolio Teacher: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTD Snap®ChildFolio Teacher
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (882 ratings) — better4.0 (44 ratings)
Positive reviews30.7% of reviews52.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings882 — better44
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.010.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3.4 GB220 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTobii Dynavox LLCMCT Technology, Inc.

Customer experience

TD Snap®

All ratings856 ratings
Positive77.1%
Neutral6.3%
Negative16.6%
Written reviews179 reviews
Positive30.7%
Neutral5.6%
Negative63.7%

ChildFolio Teacher

All ratings44 ratings
Positive72.7%
Neutral9.1%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive52.6%
Neutral15.8%
Negative31.6%

Bugs and requests

TD Snap®

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Voice disappearing after updates
  • Crashes on launch
  • Incompatibility with iPad Pro
  • Inability to restore purchased content

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to change undo symbol
  • Link to ACCIL image database
  • Ability to set user age for appropriate vocabulary
  • More robust core vocabulary
  • Easier grammar modeling

ChildFolio Teacher

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

TD Snap®

Subscriptions4
  • Gateway Monthly1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • PODD Monthly1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • Metacom Monthly1 Month trial$4.991 Month
Show 1 more
  • Speaking Upgrade Monthly1 Month trial$9.991 Month
None

ChildFolio Teacher

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TD Snap® free?
TD Snap® is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ChildFolio Teacher free?
ChildFolio Teacher is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TD Snap® or ChildFolio Teacher?
TD Snap® is rated higher. TD Snap® averages 4.1 out of 5 from 882 ratings, while ChildFolio Teacher averages 4.0 from 44 ratings.
Do TD Snap® or ChildFolio Teacher have ads?
Neither TD Snap® nor ChildFolio Teacher shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TD Snap® or ChildFolio Teacher?
TD Snap® ships an update every 2 months, and ChildFolio Teacher fortnightly. Most recently, TD Snap® was updated on November 11, 2026 and ChildFolio Teacher on November 2, 2026.

Other comparisons