SoundingBoard vs Sensory Just Touch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SoundingBoard
Create custom communication boards quickly using pre-made symbols or your own words. This app provides a powerful tool for individuals needing alternative communication methods. It supports switch access for enhanced usability.
- Customizable communication boards
- AbleNet symbol integration
- User-added words
- Switch access support
- Compatible with AbleNet Blue2 Switch
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SoundingBoard transforms your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad into the latest in communication technology. In just minutes, you can create custom boards using AbleNet symbols or your own words. Perfect for children in special education, persons on the autism spectrum, and adults with disabilities. SoundingBoard includes switch access and is compatible with the AbleNet Blue2 Switch.
Sensory Just Touch
Explore a world of mesmerizing visual effects with over 30 interactive options. Morph your face, create kaleidoscopic patterns, and fly through colorful tunnels that respond to your touch. This app offers a pure, ad-free experience with full accessibility for switch users.
- 30+ interactive touch effects
- Hall of Mirrors face morphing
- Kaleidoscopic patterns
- Infinity tunnel pathways
- Full switch accessibility
- No ads or in-app purchases
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Sensory Just Touch is a fun effects app for all with 30+ incredible touch effects. Morph your face in the Hall of Mirrors - Just Touch. Experience incredible visual, kaleidoscopic, entrancing patterns that respond - Just Touch. Fly through colorful infinity tunnels and galaxy pathways that open in front of you - Just Touch. Just Touch has no adverts, no settings screen and no in-app purchases. Just Touch is fully switch accessible, using a Bluetooth Switch Access box, such as the RJ Cooper Bluetooth Switch Interface and RJ's Bluetooth Super-Switch. Visit www.rjcooper.com/bluetooth-switch-interface/ for further details. Just Touch app can be controlled by assistive technology switches that produce character codes (1, 2, 3, 4 & ~1, ~2, ~3, ~4) - all produce different changes. At the Menu Screen Switch Button 1,2,3 and 4 will select one from the 4 options. Within an activity, Switch 1 changes style of effect, Switch 2 goes to the Home Screen, Switch 3 simulates a screen touch and Switch 4 moves to the next effect. To join our enews list, see videos and more Sensory Apps visit www.sensoryapphouse.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SoundingBoard at 3.5 against Sensory Just Touch's 2.9. SoundingBoard also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 24 months) and review sentiment (48% vs 25%). Sensory Just Touch's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. SoundingBoard sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Sensory Just Touch asks for nothing beyond the download.
SoundingBoard holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 34 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of SoundingBoard's written reviews are positive against 25% of Sensory Just Touch's.
SoundingBoard ships an update every 3 months, Sensory Just Touch every 24 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SoundingBoard | Sensory Just Touch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (34 ratings) — better | 2.9 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 48.2% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 34 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 24 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AbleNet | Sensory App House Ltd |
Customer experience
SoundingBoard
Sensory Just Touch
Bugs and requests
SoundingBoard
Reported bugs
19 issues- App crashing on startup after purchase
- Folders not saving changes
- Created boards disappearing
- Edit lock not working, student can edit pictures
- Cannot record voice over preloaded boards
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- App crashes after in-app purchase
- App crashes every time going into the app
- User created boards not showing up correctly
- Cannot record voice, does not save
- Cannot create new boards with new symbols, save button does nothing
- Sound quit working on iPad 2 with OS 6
- Two touches needed to activate icon/button
- Last time content was added, it didn't work
- Recordings play back very quietly
- Audio does not work at all
- Does not work on iPod touch
- Images are small, cells are small, does not utilize entire screen
- Difficult to get back to the home screen
- Losing new pages after saving
Requested features
20 requests- Large button icons for board selection
- Login system to save boards across platforms
- Ability to log in and save boards across devices
- User login system for shared boards
- Ability to erase pre-made boards
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- Choose a default board to open with
- iPad version to avoid magnification issues
- Sentence strip option
- Improve picture library search
- Facility to play music tracks directly
- More picture cards for school-related content
- More choices for layout on initial screen
- Option to change background color
- Improve navigation for board design
- Basic pre-formatted pages
- Editing options for pics and boards (size, placement)
- Basic communication symbols (yes/no, alphabet)
- More PX available on a page
- Better contrasting pictures with black background
- Universal or iPad version
Sensory Just Touch
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SoundingBoard
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- General Conversation_MaleFree
- General Conversation_FemaleFree
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- Fast Food Restaurant_FemaleFree
- Movies_MaleFree
- Movies_FemaleFree
Sensory Just Touch
No in-app purchases
Questions
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