Comparison

CardTalking vs Niki Talk 2

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

Niki Talk 2

This app provides an innovative Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) solution for children with autism or communication impairments. It offers customizable communication boards, text-to-speech, and tools for creating social stories and routines.

Highlights
  • Customizable communication boards
  • Text-to-speech and voice recording
  • Speech to symbol conversion
  • Routine and social story creation
  • AI-generated pages
  • Multi-user support
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Give a voice to your child. Niki Tak 2 is an innovative AAC app that helps all the children with autism or any disability that impairs the ability to communicate. Easy to use even for therapists, parents and teachers. COMMUNICATION BOARDS - Multi-user - Ready to use and customizable pagesets available in different languages - Buttons linked even to video, youtube and web pages - Verbs conjugation - Text-to-speech and voice recording - Simbols by Arasaac and Les Pictogrammes - Images from camera, Google Search, iCloud Drive, Google Drive, Dropbox. - Share messages - Share messages in symbols on any instant messaging app (WhatApp, Messenger, iMessage, Telegram, ...) - Share your creations with other users - Generate pages with artificial intelligence (AI) - Export to PDF SPEECH TO SYMBOL - Turn your voice into symbols for easy and effective inbound communication OTHER FEATURES - Routine: useful for splitting activities that have multiple steps, like daily home and school routines - Storie: create social stories, book of memories or school activities through multimedia contents (images, text, sound) - Token economy - Visual timer - Quick boards: create boards in seconds with your voice for fun, learning and communication Text-to-speech available for the following languages: Čeština, Dansk, Deutsch, Ελληνικά, English, Español, Français, Italiano, Magyar, Nederlands, Norsk, Polski, Português, Русский, Românā, Slovenčina, Suomi, Svenska. The free version does not speak. You can still enable this and other features at any time with an in-app purchase.

Screenshots

CardTalking4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Niki Talk 2 at 4.6 against CardTalking's 2.0. Niki Talk 2 also leads on ratings volume (17 vs 5). CardTalking's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence 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. Niki Talk 2 sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. CardTalking asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Niki Talk 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 17 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
CardTalking versus Niki Talk 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCardTalkingNiki Talk 2
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (5 ratings)4.6 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings517 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB108 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer章晟 潘Alessandro La Rocca

Customer experience

CardTalking

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

Niki Talk 2

All ratings16 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

In-app purchases

None

CardTalking

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Niki Talk 2

One-time3
  • Multiple Users$11.99
  • Les Pictogrammes$19.99
  • Voice$59.99

Questions

Is CardTalking free?
CardTalking is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Niki Talk 2 free?
Niki Talk 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CardTalking or Niki Talk 2?
Niki Talk 2 is rated higher. CardTalking averages 2.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Niki Talk 2 averages 4.6 from 17 ratings.
Do CardTalking or Niki Talk 2 have ads?
Neither CardTalking nor Niki Talk 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CardTalking or Niki Talk 2?
CardTalking ships an update every 2 weeks, and Niki Talk 2 every 2 weeks. Most recently, CardTalking was updated on October 13, 2026 and Niki Talk 2 on October 4, 2026.

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