Hearlo vs TippyTalk Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hearlo
This app facilitates communication for individuals with speech or hearing disabilities. It offers real-time audio transcription, text-to-speech conversion, and translation in multiple languages, including offline support. A customizable pictogram library and business-specific navigation features enhance accessibility.
- Real-time audio transcription
- Text-to-speech conversion
- Real-time translation
- Multi-language support
- Offline communication
- Customizable pictogram library
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Welcome to Hearlo – The #1 Communication Accessibility App Designed with and for people with speech or hearing disabilities, Hearlo already helps more than 500,000 people in 70 countries to: • Transcribe audio, convert text to speech, and translate in real time. • Communicate in more than 10 languages, even offline. • Use a customizable pictogram library for Augmentative Communication. • Navigate physical spaces of companies that use Hearlo for Business. • …and much more! Hearlo is simple, powerful, and 100% free, forever. Join our #InclusionRevolution and help us make communication accessible for everyone. Follow us: @hearloapp | www.hearlo.app An Asteroid initiative.
TippyTalk Mobile
This app facilitates two-way communication for individuals with speech and language disorders. It uses pictorial prompts to help users construct messages, which can then be read aloud or sent to friends and family who can respond with various media formats.
- Pictorial prompt communication
- Text-to-speech functionality
- Customizable illustrations
- Two-way communication with community
- Manager and TippyTalker modes
- Video, picture, audio, and text responses
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TippyTalk is an Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) app for people of all ages who have trouble speaking due to aphasia, nonverbal autism, stroke, apraxia, down syndrome, ALS and other speech and language disorders. Using TippyTalk, non-verbal and speech-impaired persons use pictorial prompts to send messages to friends and family on their mobile phones. They then respond with video, pictures, audio or text to be read aloud. TippyTalk is also a text-to-speech (TTS) app as messages can be read aloud to anyone in the room with them. TippyTalk is unique, affordable, and easy-to-use. A Manager (usually a parent or other family member) customizes the app with illustrations of the TippyTalker's favorite things, such as restaurants, toys, places, pets, foods, and activities. The TippyTalker selects illustrations to create a simple sentence. TippyTalk gives non-verbal or speech-impaired persons of all ages ("TippyTalkers") two-way communication with the world! The TIPPYTALK COMMUNITY mode is for the parent/family member helping the TippyTalker AND for the invited friends and family of the TippyTalker. The TIPPYTALKER mode is for the non-verbal or speech-impaired person. IF YOU WILL BE HELPING A TIPPYTALKER WITH THE APP, YOU ARE A MANAGER. To get started, download the free TippyTalk Mobile app. You might want to have the app on two devices: your own device and the TippyTalker’s. Purchase a subscription, set up the TippyTalker, then invite friends and family. After the app is set up: – Managers customize TippyTalker for the preferences of the TippyTalker. – Managers invite friends and family to the TippyTalker's Community. – On the iPad, tablet and now even on mobile phones, TippyTalkers create a simple sentence by selecting illustrations. These become a written message read aloud OR sent to a TippyTalker's private community member. – Community Members respond with text, video, or audio. *IF YOU HAVE BEEN INVITED TO MESSAGE WITH A TIPPYTALKER, YOU ARE A COMMUNITY MEMBER. Download this free TippyTalk Mobile app. You will be able to use this app upon accepting an invitation from a TippyTalk Manager. Receive and respond to messages on your smartphone. Send video, pictures, audio or text to be read aloud. If you wish to purchase a license, please review the End User License Agreement https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hearlo at 4.4 against TippyTalk Mobile's 2.8. Hearlo also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and review sentiment (49% vs 33%). TippyTalk Mobile's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. TippyTalk Mobile sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. Hearlo asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hearlo holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of Hearlo's written reviews are positive against 33% of TippyTalk Mobile's.
Hearlo ships an update every 3 weeks, TippyTalk Mobile every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hearlo | TippyTalk Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (29 ratings) — better | 2.8 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 48.5% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 100 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ASTECH S.A.S. | TippyTalk |
Customer experience
Hearlo
TippyTalk Mobile
In-app purchases
Hearlo
No in-app purchases
TippyTalk Mobile
- 1 TippyTalker license Monthly14 Days trial$11.991 Month
- 2 TippyTalker licenses Monthly14 Days trial$23.991 Month
- 1 TippyTalker license Annual14 Days trial$119.991 Year
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- 2 TippyTalker licenses Annual14 Days trial$239.991 Year









