Comparison

Pink Monkey vs SignChat

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

Head to head
About

Pink Monkey

An interactive digital storybook app that retells a tale of a lost teenager and an unusual creature using American Sign Language and English. It features over 200 vocabulary words, ASL videos, and engaging visual elements to enhance learning for young visual learners.

Highlights
  • Interactive storybook format
  • American Sign Language (ASL) videos
  • Over 200 vocabulary words
  • Bilingual English and ASL
  • Visual learning approach
  • Award-winning VL2 Storybook App
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Inspired by long-time Deaf cultural folklore (and often a perennial late-night fireside favorite), The Pink Monkey is re-created with fun word-play twists about a lost teenager who encountered an unusual creature in a stranger’s mansion. While reading and interacting with this story, perhaps you will notice much-loved features: Exaggerations of perspective + scale. Colors. Quirky materials. Idioms. Sense of time. What’s real, what’s not real? Packed with over 200 vocabulary words, signed and fingerspelled, and with 23 pages of ASL videos, this app is a proud addition to our collection of award-winning high-quality VL2 Storybook Apps. The Pink Monkey is built and transformed into a storybook app for all ages retold through a digital educational mixed media approach using American Sign Language and English. Brought to you by Visual Language and Visual Learning’s Motion Light Lab. This story is told in American Sign Language by Shira Grabelsky, a talented storyteller and proficient Deaf educator, and illustrated by JamiLee Hoglind, a digital collage buff and funky marketing guru. VL2 Storybook Apps are designed based on proven research in bilingualism and visual learning to provide young visual learners an optimal reading experience.

About

SignChat

Learn sign language through interactive lessons and visual aids. This app offers a fun and accessible way for children and families to acquire new communication skills. Unlock advanced features and track progress with a premium subscription.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step lessons
  • Visual flashcards
  • Multilingual support
  • Progress tracking
  • Emotion analysis
  • Exclusive content
Features
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SignChat makes learning sign language fun and accessible for kids and families — with step-by-step lessons, visual flashcards, and multilingual support English. Basic features are free to explore. Unlock premium features with a yearly auto-renewable subscription: • Progress Tracking – Celebrate your achievements and learning history • Game History – Revisit and review completed games • Emotion Analysis – Learn and recognize emotional signs • Exclusive content and upcoming advanced lessons Subscription: $139.99/year with 3-day free trial. Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Privacy Policy: https://signchat.online/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://signchat.online/terms/

Screenshots

SignChat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SignChat at Free against Pink Monkey's $4.99. Pink Monkey's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume 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

SignChat is free to download; Pink Monkey costs $4.99 up front. SignChat sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $139.99 per year. Pink Monkey asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pink Monkey against 5.0 for SignChat. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pink Monkey versus SignChat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPink MonkeySignChat
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size394 MB79 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperGallaudet UniversityJames Barba

Customer experience

Pink Monkey

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

SignChat

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pink Monkey

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

SignChat

Subscriptions1
  • Annual Premium$139.991 Year

Questions

Is Pink Monkey free?
Pink Monkey costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SignChat free?
SignChat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pink Monkey or SignChat?
Pink Monkey and SignChat are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Pink Monkey or SignChat have ads?
SignChat shows ads; Pink Monkey does not.

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