Card Talk vs Recognizing sounds
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Card Talk
This app uses visual cards with voice support to aid children with verbal communication difficulties. It helps users express emotions and intentions while learning vocabulary and grammar. Users can also create custom cards with their own images and recordings.
- 200 everyday use cards with voice
- Multi-language support
- Create custom cards with images and recordings
- Limited card choices for initial learning
- No advertisements
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Card Talk 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. This app was developed from the actual cards used in LITALICO classrooms. 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. *LITALICO classrooms are run by teachers and professors who specialize in kids development and education. 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. Please feel free to notify us! app-support@litalico.co.jp Hope you enjoy our app. Thank you!
Recognizing sounds
This app offers children a fun way to learn to recognize various sounds. It features five categories with 12 sounds each, including animals, vehicles, and instruments. Interactive activities like listening, guessing, and a memory game enhance the learning experience.
- Sound recognition practice
- Five sound categories
- Interactive listening activities
- Picture guessing game
- Memory matching game
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The application Recognizing sounds contains various sounds for children to practice. The sounds are subdivided into five categories, and each category contains 12 sounds. The categories are: - Farm animals - Zoo animals - Vehicles - At home - Instruments For each category children can do three activities: 1. Listening to the sound 2. Guessing the right picture while they hear a sound 3. The children have to match the pictures and the sounds in the game “Memory”. Have fun playing, Teacher Dennis.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Card Talk at 4.5 against Recognizing sounds's 4.0. Card Talk also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 14 months). Recognizing sounds's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (100% vs 68%). On price 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. Card Talk sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Recognizing sounds asks for nothing beyond the download.
Card Talk holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Card Talk has 269 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of Card Talk's written reviews are positive against 100% of Recognizing sounds's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Card Talk ships an update every 2 weeks, Recognizing sounds every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Card Talk | Recognizing sounds |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (269 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 269 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LITALICO Inc. | Dennis van Duin |
Customer experience
Card Talk
Recognizing sounds
Bugs and requests
Card Talk
Reported bugs
12 issues- Sound does not play on any cards (most critical issue)
- App screen does not fit properly on iPhone X and newer models
- Bottom navigation bar overlaps with card selection area
- App crashes when scrolling through categories
- Cards not clickable in certain screen areas
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- Audio works on iPhone but not on iPad
- Custom voice recordings not playing back
- App requires earphones to produce sound
- Frequent audio dropout issues
- App not compatible with iOS versions from past 5+ years
- Screen rotation not properly disabled despite settings
- Family sharing does not sync custom cards between devices
Requested features
20 requests- Fix audio/sound playback issues
- Increase maximum deck size beyond 8 cards
- Add data synchronization and cloud backup across devices
- Enable card categorization and folder organization
- Allow editing and re-recording of existing cards
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- Increase number of custom cards allowed
- Add ability to disable or hide preset cards
- Implement full-screen card enlargement option
- Add text-to-speech functionality for custom cards
- Provide adjustable speech speed and voice options
- Add more language options (Cantonese, Thai, etc.)
- Improve screen optimization for all iPhone models
- Add phrase/sentence saving functionality
- Enable family sharing and multi-device syncing
- Add video card support in addition to pictures
- Implement card history/logging feature
- Add password protection for card editing
- Increase grid display options beyond 3 columns
- Add more diverse preset card categories
- Implement tutorial/help documentation
Recognizing sounds
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Card Talk
- All Functions$2.99
Recognizing sounds
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Card Talk free?
Is Recognizing sounds free?
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