Comparison

Communication Buttons vs Homelands

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

Head to head
About

Communication Buttons

This app offers a simple way to practice augmentative communication. Customize buttons with pictures and voice recordings to express words, phrases, or even songs. It's designed to demonstrate cause and effect and facilitate spontaneous communication.

Highlights
  • Customizable buttons
  • Picture customization
  • Voice recording
  • Multiple button layouts (1, 2, 4, 6)
  • Cause and effect demonstration
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Communication Buttons is THE app for simple augmentative communication. Choose 1 button, or sets of 2, 4 and 6 to use for touch communication. Each button can be customized with a picture and will accommodate voice recording. “Hello!” – and you’re spontaneously communicating, demonstrating cause and effect. State “yes,” or “no,” sing a song or tell a story. Keep a lookout for additional versions with special options.

About

Homelands

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Bring Abenaki lifeways of the past, present, and future into the world around you through augmented reality. Visit our current partner sites to learn about the peoples who have stewarded this land for over 13,000 years: Odiorne Point State Park and the Seacoast Science Center, Strawbery Banke Museum, and the Star Island Corporation. The project is funded by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and generous donations from individuals. This educational resource is brought to you by the Cowasuck Band of the Pennacook-Abenaki People, Indigenous New Hampshire Collaborative Collective, Film Unbound, and the Center for Humanities at the University of New Hampshire.

Screenshots

Communication Buttons4 screens
Homelands4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Homelands at Free against Communication Buttons's $2.99. On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Homelands is free to download; Communication Buttons costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Communication Buttons versus Homelands: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCommunication ButtonsHomelands
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating2.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 37 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB175 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPreferred Mobile Applications, LLCUniversity System Of New Hampshire

In-app purchases

None

Communication Buttons

No in-app purchases

None

Homelands

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Communication Buttons free?
Communication Buttons costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Homelands free?
Homelands is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Communication Buttons or Homelands have ads?
Neither Communication Buttons nor Homelands shows ads.

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