Comparison

ICカードヘルパー vs CardTalk AAC

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

Head to head
About

ICカードヘルパー

Features
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主に自閉症者の買い物を支援するアプリです。 端末をかざすだけでICカードの残高を読み取ります。 残高は音声による読み上げ、グラフ表示、コイン表示により確認することができます。 音声による読み上げは設定でオフすることもできます。 グラフ表示では、チャージする目安となる金額ラインを表示することができます。例えば、1000円と3000円にラインを表示し、「1000円ラインを下回ったら3000円チャージする」といった使い方を助けます。 コイン表示では、50円玉、500円玉、5000円札などの使用ON/OFFを設定することができます。 対応する電子マネーは ・交通系ICカード  Kitaca、Suica、PASMO、manaca、TOICA、PiTaPa  ICOCA、はやかけん、nimoca、SUGOCA ・楽天Edy ・nanaco ・WAON 動作確認はSuica,PASMO,楽天Edy,nanaco,WAONで実施しております

About

CardTalk AAC

Features
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CardTalk is an app for people who find it hard to say things in words. Press a card, and the card speaks for them. "Bathroom." "Hurts." "Help." The card you press becomes a voice. ■ 260 cards are already in the app Illustrations and audio are built in, so the app works the moment it finishes downloading. The cards sit in 15 categories such as feelings, greetings, food & drink and body & health. Hide the ones you do not need, and keep only the cards that matter on the screen. ■ It speaks with no connection All of the audio is on the device. Outdoors, at the hospital, anywhere with no signal - press a card and a voice comes out. ■ It speaks with the ringer off The app still talks when the device is silenced. No more "I pressed it in class and nothing happened." ■ Cards you make yourself Take a photo, choose one of the illustrations in the app, or record your own voice. The words shown on the card and the words read aloud are set separately, so anything the voice reads the wrong way can be corrected. ■ Fewer accidental presses Repeated taps within a short time can be ignored, and the card that was pressed can be shown large. Cards used often can sit in the bar along the bottom of the screen, in the same place whichever category is open. ■ Put words together Line cards up - "I want", "juice" - and have them read out as one phrase. ■ Settings are behind a parental gate A simple multiplication question opens the settings. The person using the app will not change a setting or delete a card by accident. ■ Everything stays on the device Photos put on cards are never sent anywhere. No account is needed. Settings and cards can be written out as a file, so they can be brought back on a new device. ■ About pricing Every feature is free to use. The 260 cards in the app, making categories, the bar along the bottom, backups and all of the settings cost nothing. Cards you make yourself are free up to 10. Only when you want an eleventh does a one-time purchase make the number unlimited. There is no monthly fee. Buy it once and it stays. Going past 10 never takes away cards that have already been made. ■ Languages English, Japanese and Simplified Chinese. The language of the app is chosen in the settings. ■ Contact https://mediaquery.info/?panel=contact

Screenshots

ICカードヘルパー4 screens
CardTalk AAC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ICカードヘルパー at none against CardTalk AAC's 1. ICカードヘルパー also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. CardTalk AAC sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ICカードヘルパー asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ICカードヘルパー ships an update every 4 days, CardTalk AAC weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
ICカードヘルパー versus CardTalk AAC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterICカードヘルパーCardTalk AAC
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRyuta YoshitakeTomoaki Tsuchiya

In-app purchases

None

ICカードヘルパー

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

CardTalk AAC

One-time1
  • Unlimited custom cards$14.99

Questions

Is ICカードヘルパー free?
ICカードヘルパー is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CardTalk AAC free?
CardTalk AAC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ICカードヘルパー or CardTalk AAC have ads?
Neither ICカードヘルパー nor CardTalk AAC shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ICカードヘルパー or CardTalk AAC?
ICカードヘルパー ships an update every 4 days, and CardTalk AAC weekly. Most recently, ICカードヘルパー was updated on October 27, 2026 and CardTalk AAC on October 29, 2026.

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