Assistive Express vs TalkTextChat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Assistive Express
This app provides an affordable Augmentative Alternative Communication (AAC) solution for individuals with speech difficulties. It focuses on efficiency and simplicity, enabling users to construct sentences quickly with natural-sounding voices. Features include word prediction, customizable favorites, and sharing options.
- Word prediction for faster sentence construction
- Adaptive learning of new vocabulary
- Customizable favorites list for common phrases
- Multiple natural-sounding voice options
- Adjustable voice speed and volume
- Large font and buttons for easy use
- Sharing capabilities to social media and email
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*Proudly used by Dillan for Autism Acceptance Month 2016 https://youtu.be/oMN2PeFama0* Assistive Apps presents Assistive Express, an affordable Augmentative Alternative Communication (AAC) Device, catered to people with difficulty in speech. The biggest challenge for such users when using AAC devices is the number of key strokes or hits required to construct any sentences, which can take up a significant amount of time to have a decent conversation with anyone. To overcome this challenge, Assistive Express is designed to be simple and efficient, allowing users to express their views and thoughts at the most express manner, with natural sounding voices. Features: -Landscape and Portrait Modes to cater to different needs -Word Prediction to minimize the keystrokes required -Adaptive learning of new vocabulary into the word prediction list - Favorites list for users to save commonly used sentences -Multi voices included for user to pick -Adjustable volume and speed for voices -Large font and buttons for easy access -Recent list for quick access to previously spoken sentences -Self-learning "next word" prediction -Favorites can be reordered -Share to Twitter, Facebook, Messages, Email etc. -Font size is adjustable -Prediction can be enabled/disabled - *New* Added share capabilities on favorite and recent. Try to touch and hold any conversation on these pages to share and copy! Assistive Express is currently only designed for the English Language.
TalkTextChat
This app facilitates communication between hearing and hearing-disabled individuals by converting spoken words to text and text to speech. It includes pre-set phrases to streamline conversations and prioritizes user privacy by not collecting or sharing data.
- Speech to text conversion
- Text to speech conversion
- Built-in conversation phrases
- Privacy-focused data handling
- Supports iPhone and iPad
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TalkTextChat suports converting your side of the conversation via text entry then converts to speech for the hearing person and captures the hearing persons spoken word converting it to text for you to read. Has built in phrases to start and support conversations with the hearing much quicker. PRIVACY: NO DATA/USAGE is COLLECTED or SHARED. END USER AGREEMENT: App agreement is the Apple's standard EULA https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: TalkTextChat at Free against Assistive Express's $19.99. TalkTextChat also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.2). Assistive Express's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
TalkTextChat is free to download; Assistive Express costs $19.99 up front. Assistive Express sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and TalkTextChat sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
TalkTextChat holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Assistive Express has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Assistive Express | TalkTextChat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.2 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Assistive Apps LLC | John Romano |
Customer experience
Assistive Express
TalkTextChat
In-app purchases
Assistive Express
- US English Female Voice Laura$1.99
- British English Female Voice Lucy$1.99
- US English Male Voice Micah$1.99
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- US English Child Voice Nelly$1.99
- US English Male Voice Saul$1.99
- US English Female Voice Tracy$1.99
- US English Male Voice Will$1.99
- British English Male Voice Peter$1.99
- British English Female Voice Rachel$1.99
- US English Creature Voice$1.99
TalkTextChat
- TalkTextChat Monthly$0.991 Month
- TalkTextChat 1 Year$9.991 Year
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