Comparison

MyTalkTools Mobile Lite vs Keyguard Designer

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

Head to head
About

MyTalkTools Mobile Lite

This app empowers individuals with communication challenges to express themselves using customizable images, videos, and audio. It offers a comprehensive solution for users, caregivers, and educators, with features for quick setup, community sharing, and offline accessibility.

Highlights
  • Customizable communication boards
  • Image, video, and audio support
  • Offline functionality
  • Community sharing of content
  • Text-to-speech with voice options
  • Switch access compatibility
Features
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MyTalkTools is an award-winning app that enables over 100,000+ people with communication difficulties to express their needs and desires to those around them. A good solution for people with down syndrome, cerebral palsy, hearing or visual impairments, autism or other diagnoses that impair communication ability. It supports users, teachers, therapists, caregivers and parents with many innovative features. Complete Solution MyTalk Mobile is a complete stand-alone solution. No other software is required. But, we include a 30 day trial of MyTalk Workspace. Together, they represent a major breakthrough in augmentative alternative communications (AAC) by making it easy to customize how you communicate through a variety of images, video and audio files including human voice. The only solution that simultaneously supports browser, Apple Watch, Apple TV, iPhone, iPad and iTouch. Quick Start In 5 minutes, you can download standard content, and customize it for your needs, to communicate in a way that YOU choose. MyTalk offers ease of use and time-savings in a portable, effective, and cool communication tool. Take the iTunes University Course, to see how simple it is. https://itunesu.itunes.apple.com/enroll/ERF-ASN-WAB Keep your work safe Don’t worry about losing your device. All information is backed up on MyTalk Workspace. Every version you create is kept. Don’t worry about experimenting. You can always back up to almost any point in time with undo/redo or restore. Community Sharing & Resources Create and participate in family and professional communities by creating and sharing libraries of boards, cells, or other media with others. Get pre-programmed boards from our public submissions library. Using our paid app - MyTalkTools Mobile - you can share PDFs, or on-line working previews with parents, family members, or teachers through email or texts, and have you have access to 20,000+ Symbolstix images. Accessibility Works without internet access. Using our paid version - MyTalkTolls Mobile - you have many scanning features to customize to the user’s specific needs. Works directly with many popular switches and can be programmed to support most BT switches. Additional features for visual impairment and other physical limitations including auditory scanning and fine motor adjustments. Print hard copy for use without access to a device. Language Generation Keep core words in standard locations through our repeat function. Grammar support with word variants. Use Fitzgerald or Goosen encoding to categorize words. Use phrase bar to generate complete phrases. Use popup lists to customize variant selections or select simple choices. Popup keyboards for users to add custom words and phrases. Popup Recents, Most-Used or Predicted word lists for quick access to relevant choices. Text-To-Speech A free text-to-speech voice is included. Our paid app MyTalkTools Mobile, allows you to purchase in-app over 100 different voices. Media Photographs, videos and recorded audio are supported. Use videos to enable modeling. Download photos and images from your device, the web, or community libraries. Innovative Author Features Authoring is limited to small sample boards in this free version. But you can experiment with variable cell sizes, drag-and-drop arrangement, copy or link pages, user logging with geo-context to provide continuous refinement. Search MyTalkTools content using apple global search. Integrate with apps – like Pandora, FaceTime or others. Multiple authors can support a single page using our patented sync technology to merge all changes. Many, many user interface customization options. MyTalk LLC is a member of Moms with Apps, a collaborative group of family-friendly developers seeking to promote quality apps for kids and families. Recommended Ages: all Categories: Early Learning, Special Needs, Parents

About

Keyguard Designer

Design custom keyguards for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) apps on iPad. Quickly create and preview personalized layouts with various attachment options. Supports popular AAC applications and allows saving or emailing professional design drawings.

Highlights
  • Custom keyguard design
  • App-specific settings
  • Button layout customization
  • Drag and drop attachment features
  • Preview final layout
  • Save or email design drawings
  • Supports popular AAC apps
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Keyguard Designer by LoganTech is a quick and easy way to make your own keyguard design for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) apps on any iPad. You can create and customize your own keyguard design in minutes, and preview tweaks to any features you want as you go. Experiment with several essential keyguard features, including app-specific settings, button layouts, as well as drag and drop attachment features for securing the keyguard with suction cups or elastic straps. Keyguard Designer supports the most popular AAC communication apps, including ProLoQuo2Go, TouchChat, GoTalk Now, and LAMP Words for Life. When you complete your ideal keygaurd design, you can preview the final layout and then save or email a professional design drawing. Terms of Use (EULA) - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

MyTalkTools Mobile Lite4 screens
Keyguard Designer3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MyTalkTools Mobile Lite at 3.8 against Keyguard Designer's 2.7. MyTalkTools Mobile Lite also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). 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. MyTalkTools Mobile Lite sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Keyguard Designer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MyTalkTools Mobile Lite holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MyTalkTools Mobile Lite ships an update every 5 weeks, Keyguard Designer every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
MyTalkTools Mobile Lite versus Keyguard Designer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMyTalkTools Mobile LiteKeyguard Designer
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (8 ratings) — better2.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews85.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKenneth StottProxTalker.com LLC

Customer experience

MyTalkTools Mobile Lite

All ratings8 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive85.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative10.0%

Keyguard Designer

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

MyTalkTools Mobile Lite

One-time2
  • Workspace Family Lifetime$74.99
  • Workspace Professional Lifetime$74.99
3 purchases

Keyguard Designer

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • One-Time Purchase$149.99

Questions

Is MyTalkTools Mobile Lite free?
MyTalkTools Mobile Lite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Keyguard Designer free?
Keyguard Designer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MyTalkTools Mobile Lite or Keyguard Designer?
MyTalkTools Mobile Lite is rated higher. MyTalkTools Mobile Lite averages 3.8 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Keyguard Designer averages 2.7 from 3 ratings.
Do MyTalkTools Mobile Lite or Keyguard Designer have ads?
Neither MyTalkTools Mobile Lite nor Keyguard Designer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MyTalkTools Mobile Lite or Keyguard Designer?
MyTalkTools Mobile Lite ships an update every 5 weeks, and Keyguard Designer every 5 months. Most recently, MyTalkTools Mobile Lite was updated on October 20, 2026 and Keyguard Designer on October 2, 2026.

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