Comparison

CommBoards vs Visual Choices AAC

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

Head to head
About

CommBoards

This communication app helps individuals with speech challenges express themselves using personalized boards. Users can upload personal images and record messages in familiar voices, creating an unlimited number of customizable communication boards. It's designed for individuals, therapists, and educators.

Highlights
  • Personalized image uploads
  • Record messages in familiar voices
  • Create unlimited communication boards
  • Customizable button sizes, layouts, and colors
  • User-friendly interface
  • Suitable for individuals, therapists, and educators
Features
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Speak Freely with CommBoards - Start Your Free Trial Today! Join the CommBoards family and unlock a world where communication barriers are dissolved. Our award-winning AAC app is crafted with love for those facing speech challenges due to autism, cerebral palsy, and other conditions. With CommBoards, every voice is cherished, every message is valued. Empowering Personalized Communication: Instantly Familiar: Upload personal images for a communication board that feels like home. Voice of Your Own: Record messages with familiar voices, making each conversation heartwarming and personal. Talk Assist Built In: Get the AAC talk assist tools you need to communicate confidently every day. Endless Possibilities: Create limitless boards and cells that evolve with your communication journey. Designed for Simplicity, Made for You: Effortless Customization: A user-friendly interface with adaptable button sizes, layouts, and colors ensures that your focus stays on expressing, not stressing. For Everyone's Voice: A versatile tool perfect for individuals, therapists, and educators supporting special needs communication. Chosen by a Global Community: Beyond an App: CommBoards is celebrated for igniting independence and transforming social interactions across the globe. It's more than an AAC tool; it's your partner in expression. Discover the Joy of Uncomplicated Communication: Ready to revolutionize the way you connect? Dive into CommBoards now and begin your journey towards effortless expression with our risk-free trial. Because here, we believe every word counts. Terms of use - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

About

Visual Choices AAC

This app provides a communication tool for early communicators, aiding in language and speech development. It offers customizable choice boards, integrated AAC, and speech promotion features, designed with early intervention experts.

Highlights
  • Present choices using photos
  • Build language with AAC and signing videos
  • Promote speech with lip animations
  • Convert voice to instant choices
  • Printable choice boards
  • Multilingual support
Features
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Visual Choices provides an easy way to communicate, and develops natural speech. It is made for early communicators with autism. Developed with early intervention experts and trusted by speech therapists, special education teachers, clinical directors, parents, and grandparents. The app: • Helps you discover what your child wants by making it easy to present choices; • Uses photos your child will respond to; • Promotes speech with lip animations and visual phonics; • Builds language with integrated AAC and signing videos; • Provides access to over 50,000 SymbolStix pictures; • Lets you type and dictate into the AAC sentence bar; • Enables easy modeling with voice-to-highlight; • Lets you convert your voice to instant choices for on-the-fly use; • Lets you print out boards as a no-tech option; • Lets you make choices with eye gaze for hands-free use; • Can be used offline; • Supports English, Spanish, and Russian; • Works on its own or alongside an existing AAC system. Terms of use: https://skieslearn.com/visualchoices_terms_of_service

Screenshots

CommBoards4 screens
Visual Choices AAC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Visual Choices AAC at 98% against CommBoards's 33%. Visual Choices AAC also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3). CommBoards's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. CommBoards sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Visual Choices AAC sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Visual Choices AAC holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 89 and 153 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of CommBoards's written reviews are positive against 98% of Visual Choices AAC's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CommBoards ships an update every 3 days, Visual Choices AAC fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
CommBoards versus Visual Choices AAC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCommBoardsVisual Choices AAC
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (89 ratings)4.8 (153 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews97.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings89153 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB161 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDana FridmanSu-Kam Intelligent Education Systems Inc

Customer experience

CommBoards

All ratings89 ratings
Positive82.0%
Neutral5.6%
Negative12.4%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative50.0%

Visual Choices AAC

All ratings153 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.3%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive97.8%
Neutral2.2%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

CommBoards

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Visual Choices AAC

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Eye gaze not tracking accurately for some users

Requested features

5 requests
  • Lifetime purchase option
  • Locking section for child use
  • Ability to type choices directly for visual boards
  • Option to change font
  • Make instructional videos/tips paid, core features free

In-app purchases

3 purchases

CommBoards

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Annual7 Days trial$79.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime access$99.99
5 purchases

Visual Choices AAC

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription1 Month trial2 variants$6.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription1 Month trial$59.991 Year
One-time3
  • 1 Coaching Credit$25.99
  • 3 Coaching Credits$60.99
  • Lifetime Access$179.99

Questions

Is CommBoards free?
CommBoards is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Visual Choices AAC free?
Visual Choices AAC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CommBoards or Visual Choices AAC?
Visual Choices AAC is rated higher. CommBoards averages 4.3 out of 5 from 89 ratings, while Visual Choices AAC averages 4.8 from 153 ratings.
Do CommBoards or Visual Choices AAC have ads?
Neither CommBoards nor Visual Choices AAC shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CommBoards or Visual Choices AAC?
CommBoards ships an update every 3 days, and Visual Choices AAC fortnightly. Most recently, CommBoards was updated on September 22, 2026 and Visual Choices AAC on September 20, 2026.

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