Comparison

CardTalking vs Talk Talk Cards

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

Head to head
About

CardTalking

This app provides visual support tools for children with autism, offering customizable boards for schedules, instructions, and choices. Parents and educators can create tailored courseware with built-in and custom cards to aid in training and communication.

Highlights
  • Visual Schedule boards
  • First-Then Boards
  • PECS Board for language training
  • Reinforcer Choice Boards
  • Customizable courseware layouts
  • User-created cards and classifications
  • Card sharing functionality
Features
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CardTalking(former name is Blossoming) is a visual support tool for autism children, include First-Then Board, Visual Schedule, Visual Instruction, Reinforcer Choice Board and PECS Board. Parents or teachers can design special courseware to support or train child based on theire own requirement. There are lots of cards and courseware examples built in the App. And users can expand them unlimitedly. User can share cards after simple register/login. More functions and user guide as below: 1. This App is only support iPad/iPhone. Author have no play to develop version for other platforms. 2. First page is for child. Only courseware in use will be listed. 3. Parents or teacher can enter settings by shake iPhone/iPad, or triple clicking the screen with 3 fingers. Before the settings, one simple question is needed to prevent child to use it by mistake. 4. Materials are orignal version for all cards. Courseware is for sepcial trainning purpose. And the cards in courseware are from materials. 5. There are 5 kinds of coureseware: PECS Board, First-Then Board, Visual Schedule, Visual Instruction and Reinforcer Choice Board. 1) PECS Board is for language training. Child's operation is draging (or pressing, depends on the settings) the card needed to the sentence strip above, and then clicking the check button in top-right. Please read PECS introduction in the end of this page before you use it to train child. 2) First-Then Board to tell child 'xxx firstly, then xxx'. eg: wash hands firstly, then have lunch. 3) Visual Schedule defines the schedules of one day, or steps of some action. eg: steps of washing hands. a) Open the tap; b) Make hands wet... 4) Visual Instruction shows one card and one command to child. 5) Reinforcer Choice Board let child to choose one reinforcer as award in DTT. 6. The times can be used for card in PECS is settable. 'No Limit' means the card will back to box after check button clicked. But cards in 'Daily' can be used only one time everyday. 'Daily' is used to control the quantity of snacks or games child wants. 7. Parents or teachers can set operation mode for PECS courseware . There are two options, 'Drag' and 'Press'. if 'Drag', child need to drag the card to sentence strip. if 'Press', child only need to press the card, and it will fly to sentence strip automatically. 8. The layout of some coursewares is customizable. It can be 1x1, 2x2, 3x3 or 3x5. You can put some blank card into courseware if needed. 9. Teachers can prepare different coursewares for different children. Click the Edit button in courseware list page,and then coursewares will be draggable. The coursewares in not used(hidden) section won't appear in first page. 10. The App has some built-in cards. Parents and teachers can add his own classifications and cards, or edit existing ones. 11. While editing card, click the existing picture can take photo to replace it. 12. Sharing card is appreciated. 13. The built-in cards are from Internet. If it infringe your copyright, please tell me. 14. The coureseware and cards added by you are stored in your device only. Please don't uninstall this App, or they will lost. 15. Please don't use this App for other purpose. More about PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System), please visit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picture_Exchange_Communication_System

About

Talk Talk Cards

This app provides a digital card system to aid children with verbal communication challenges. It helps users express emotions and intentions while learning vocabulary and grammar. The app is designed for flexible learning, anytime and anywhere, with features like voice-enabled cards and custom content creation.

Highlights
  • 200 everyday use cards with voice sound
  • Multi-language support
  • Create custom cards with own pictures and recordings
  • Limited card choices for initial learning
  • No advertisements for distraction-free use
Features
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Talk Talk Cards supports communication with cards for children who have difficulties in verbal communication. You can indicate your emotion/intention, and learn vocabularies and grammar at the same time. Now everybody can use these special cards to learn communication anywhere, at anytime. The app has been improved over and over based on the feedbacks from classrooms. Characteristics of this app: • All 200 cards for everyday use include voice sound. • The app supports multiple languages so you can switch to whichever language you want to learn. • You can make your original card with original picture and recording. • Choices of cards may be limited so it also fits in initial learning. • NO Advertisements are displayed so there is no visual destruction and kids can use it safely.

Screenshots

CardTalking4 screens
Talk Talk Cards4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Talk Talk Cards at 95% against CardTalking's 0%. Talk Talk Cards also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (178 vs 5). CardTalking's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Talk Talk Cards sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. CardTalking asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Talk Talk Cards holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Talk Talk Cards has 178 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of CardTalking's written reviews are positive against 95% of Talk Talk Cards's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CardTalking ships an update every 2 weeks, Talk Talk Cards every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
CardTalking versus Talk Talk Cards: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCardTalkingTalk Talk Cards
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (5 ratings)4.7 (178 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews94.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5178 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer章晟 潘丰 连

Customer experience

CardTalking

All ratings5 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%

Talk Talk Cards

All ratings178 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral0.6%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews57 reviews
Positive94.7%
Neutral1.8%
Negative3.5%

Bugs and requests

CardTalking

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Talk Talk Cards

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Pop-up begging for 5-star review
  • Review requirement to unlock features is buggy

Requested features

2 requests
  • Classify user-created content
  • Add dark mode option

In-app purchases

None

CardTalking

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Talk Talk Cards

One-time2
  • Enlarge the picture unlimited$1.99
  • Make customCards countless$2.99

Questions

Is CardTalking free?
CardTalking is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Talk Talk Cards free?
Talk Talk Cards is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CardTalking or Talk Talk Cards?
Talk Talk Cards is rated higher. CardTalking averages 2.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Talk Talk Cards averages 4.7 from 178 ratings.
Do CardTalking or Talk Talk Cards have ads?
Neither CardTalking nor Talk Talk Cards shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CardTalking or Talk Talk Cards?
CardTalking ships an update every 2 weeks, and Talk Talk Cards every 9 days. Most recently, CardTalking was updated on October 13, 2026 and Talk Talk Cards on October 17, 2026.

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