SoundingBoard vs speechalbum
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.
speechalbum
This app helps children with speech development through interactive images and sounds. It allows for personalized content creation with custom folders, voice recordings, and text-to-speech. Designed for offline use, it prioritizes privacy with no data collection.
- Tap tiles for spoken words
- Supports pictures and video clips
- Record custom voice or use text-to-speech
- Organize content with custom folders
- Adjustable tile size
- Offline functionality
- No data collection
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I created Speech Album for my son who has autism and is non verbal. While there's lots of great apps out there, I wanted a very simple app with images and sounds that are familiar to him. I decided to make it available for free to any parent who wants to try it out for their kid! FEATURES: • Tap colorful tiles to hear words spoken. • Support pictures and short video clips (great for showing actions or sign language) • Record your own voice for personalized communication or use text-to-speech. • Create custom folders to organize pictures by category (food, activities, family, etc.) • Adjustable tile size • Auto close timer or manual mode • Works completely offline with no data collection or tracking PRIVACY FIRST: All data is stored locally on your device. It works completely offline.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: speechalbum at 100% against SoundingBoard's 48%. speechalbum also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). On price, ratings volume, 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. speechalbum asks for nothing beyond the download.
speechalbum holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 34 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of SoundingBoard's written reviews are positive against 100% of speechalbum's.
SoundingBoard ships an update every 3 months, speechalbum weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SoundingBoard | speechalbum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (34 ratings) | 5.0 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 34 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AbleNet | James Larrea |
Customer experience
SoundingBoard
speechalbum
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
speechalbum
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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- Movies_MaleFree
- Movies_FemaleFree
speechalbum
No in-app purchases
