Communication Buttons vs Blending Stack
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.
Blending Stack
This app helps educators and parents support students with learning differences, like dyslexia, by creating customizable blending stacks. It aids in building decoding skills step-by-step through a structured phoneme progression, suitable for one-on-one or small group instruction.
- Customizable blending stacks
- Supports CVC to multisyllabic words
- Structured phoneme progression
- Step-by-step decoding skill building
- Ideal for one-on-one instruction
- Suitable for small group lessons
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The Blending Stack App is an essential tool for educators and parents supporting dyslexic learners or students with other learning differences. With this app, you can create fully customizable blending stacks tailored to each learner’s needs, whether working on simple CVC words or advancing to multisyllabic decoding. Designed around a structured phoneme progression, Blending Stack empowers students to build decoding skills step by step. Its flexible format makes it ideal for one-on-one instruction and small group lessons.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Blending Stack at 5.0 against Communication Buttons's 2.5. Blending Stack also leads on update cadence (every 14 months vs every 37 months). Communication Buttons's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $3.99) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.2). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Communication Buttons costs $2.99 and Blending Stack $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Blending Stack 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, Blending Stack every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Communication Buttons | Blending Stack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 2.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 37 months | Every 14 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Preferred Mobile Applications, LLC | Kids n Books |
Customer experience
Communication Buttons
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In-app purchases
Communication Buttons
No in-app purchases
Blending Stack
No in-app purchases
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