Comparison

Dyslexia Reader vs Jellow Plus AAC

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

Head to head
About

Dyslexia Reader

This reading app provides engaging stories and evidence-based support for children with dyslexia, enabling independent reading. It offers helpful hints, vocabulary expansion, and tools to improve comprehension and reduce reading stress.

Highlights
  • Import PDFs and photos of books
  • Downloadable stories for all reading levels
  • Hint system for difficult words
  • Sentence and word view modes
  • Plain-text and focus line highlighting
  • Finger-reading tracking
Features
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Dyslexia Reader by MDA is a reading app that offers exciting stories and evidence-based support to kids of all ages. It is a great tool that enables kids with dyslexia to read independently. The app can be a kid’s reading buddy, providing hints and help every step of the way. It’s a fun way to expand their vocabulary while they discover the joy of reading. With Dyslexia Reader by MDA, students can read their textbooks by importing PDFs or taking photos of the books. This promotes reading comprehension resulting in better academic performance. A clean, distraction-free interface packed with rich features that can be used in tandem with other strategies for providing reading assistance to struggling readers. If you want to try Dyslexia Reader by MDA - Lifetime before purchasing, you can download the Dyslexia Reader by MDA app and try it free for 14 days. Why use Dyslexia Reader by MDA? + Use books you already have Use any age-appropriate books. You do not need any special PDFs or web resources and can add a page by simply capturing an image with text in it. Several pages can also be added at the same time. + Download exciting stories Download stories for all reading levels from within the app. The compelling stories with captivating images motivate young children to read. + Hints to encourage reading When the child finds it difficult to read a particular word, they can tap the Hint button. This ensures that the child is not discouraged by a new or seemingly difficult word. Additionally, the use of Hints will also stimulate phonemic and conceptual understanding. A variety of Hints available on the app are - - Rhyming words and images - Word family hints - Hints for starting, middle and end blends + Builds comprehension skills The Build feature helps in parsing the sentences in the text and focusing on the smaller syntactic units. This enables children to comprehend the text more effectively. + Promotes stress-free reading There are three different reader views on the app. - Page view shows the entire page - Sentence view shows only one sentence at a time - Word view shows just one word + Promotes distraction-free reading - Use Plain-text mode to remove background images to show only bare text - The Focus button highlights a single line on the page which contains the current word to read. This maintains the child's visual focus on the highlighted word, and helps avoid visual overstimulation. + Enables finger-reading The pencil icon on the reading page helps track the words they are reading.This lowers convergence difficulties while aiding hand-eye coordination. The pointer can be easily re-positioned by double-tapping the new word. + Key features - Download exciting books from within the app - No active internet connection required after download - Import a PDF document quickly to your library - Share your already-reviewed pages with other MDA Dyslexia Reader users - Easy-to-customize settings - Seamless keyboard integration for reviewing - User-friendly buttons for simple understanding - Prompt support on mail and chat - Real-life text analysis - High-quality text-to-speech feature - Screen-masking to aid focusing - Synchronized highlighting of text - Hints available as rhyming words and images - Colored overlays to assist readers with Irlen Syndrome - Breaking down words into syllables - Word families based on syllables - Configurable speed and progress - Independent and assisted user flows Dyslexia Reader by MDA is developed by Madras Dyslexia Association. Dyslexia Reader by MDA is based on 20+ years of research carried out by the reputed Madras Dyslexia Association. Download Dyslexia Reader by MDA now and enable your child to get better at reading, while they read independently. We're always excited to hear from you! If you have any query or feedback, please email us at support@samartya.com

About

Jellow Plus AAC

This communication aid uses a vast library of icons and images to help adults with speech and language difficulties construct phrases and sentences. It supports users with conditions like Autism, Cerebral Palsy, and Down's syndrome, enabling them to express themselves and gradually learn to speak.

Highlights
  • Icon-based phrase and sentence construction
  • Extensive library of ~5000 icons
  • Categorized icons for easy sentence building
  • Keyboard feature for custom sentence generation
  • Text-to-speech with multiple accents and voices
  • Supports users with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Down's syndrome
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Jellow Plus Communicator is a friendly Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) system that uses icons/images to enable aid communication in adults learning to speak or with difficulty with speech and language. Jellow Plus helps non-verbal adults to communicate by constructing their own phrases/sentences and gradually learn to speak - especially those with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, and Down’s syndrome. Jellow Plus is also an extension of Jellow Basic. It has all the icons and much more in this version. The expressive buttons, which were part of the Emotional Language Protocol (ELP) driving Jellow Basic, are available in Jellow Plus. These features make it easy for children using Jellow Basic to graduate to Jellow Plus as they grow up, making it possible to communicate better. Jellow Plus is designed especially for adults and can be used to form words, phrases and sentences frequently used in their daily lives. Jellow’s library of icons can help adults communicate using pictures along with their corresponding word labels. Jellow Plus has a library of around 5000(?) icons designed specially with feedback from users. These are organized in different categories based on parts of the speech to make it convenient to form a sentence. Some of these categories are verbs, adverbs, adjectives, nouns, expressions, etc. In addition, using the 'keyboard' feature, the user can also generate new sentences and use the app to speak them out aloud. The current version of the app allows the user to choose English language with multiple accents Indian, American, British, Australia, Nigeria along with a choice of voices. Other languages are being introduced. Jellow Plus is developed with support from the IDC School of Design at IIT Bombay, UNICEF, the Ministry and Hospitals. It is designed iteratively with regular feedback from users namely children, parents, therapists, teachers and care givers. Jellow Plus is a premium application which requires subscription to use the application. If you have any suggestions for improvement, please submit your feedback/comments via email at jellowcommunicator@gmail.com For further information on Jellow Plus and FAQs, please visit www.jellow.org https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Dyslexia Reader4 screens
Jellow Plus AAC3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Jellow Plus AAC at Free against Dyslexia Reader's $39.99. Jellow Plus AAC also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Dyslexia Reader's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and rating (3.0 vs 2.6). On ratings volume 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

Jellow Plus AAC is free to download; Dyslexia Reader costs $39.99 up front. Jellow Plus AAC sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Dyslexia Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dyslexia Reader holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Dyslexia Reader's written reviews are positive against 33% of Jellow Plus AAC's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Dyslexia Reader versus Jellow Plus AAC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDyslexia ReaderJellow Plus AAC
Price$39.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better2.6 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings25 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — better—
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size203 MB39 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPrathiba SwaminathanRavi Poovaiah

Customer experience

Dyslexia Reader

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Jellow Plus AAC

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

Dyslexia Reader

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Jellow Plus AAC

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Annual$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Dyslexia Reader free?
Dyslexia Reader costs $39.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Jellow Plus AAC free?
Jellow Plus AAC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dyslexia Reader or Jellow Plus AAC?
Dyslexia Reader is rated higher. Dyslexia Reader averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Jellow Plus AAC averages 2.6 from 5 ratings.

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