Communication Buttons vs Visual Speech
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Visual Speech
This app helps children learn to talk by adding animated lips to images of objects. It addresses challenges children face when they look away from faces, making it difficult to mimic speech movements. The visual aid supports early speech development.
- Animated lips on object images
- Supports speech mimicry
- Aids jaw and lip motion learning
- Visual learning tool for children
- Designed for early speech development
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Does your child look away from your face? This makes it hard for them to mimic the jaw and lip motions needed for speech. This app adds moving lips to pictures of favorite objects to help your child learn to talk.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Visual Speech at Free against Communication Buttons's $2.99. Visual Speech also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.5) and update cadence (weekly vs every 37 months). Communication Buttons's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On ratings volume, 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
Visual Speech is free to download; Communication Buttons costs $2.99 up front. Visual Speech sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Communication Buttons asks for nothing beyond the download.
Visual Speech holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Communication Buttons ships an update every 37 months, Visual Speech weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Communication Buttons | Visual Speech |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 37 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Preferred Mobile Applications, LLC | Su-Kam Intelligent Education Systems Inc |
Customer experience
Communication Buttons
Visual Speech
In-app purchases
Communication Buttons
No in-app purchases
Visual Speech
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