SmallTalk Pain Scale vs AMN Interpreting
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SmallTalk Pain Scale
This app offers a visual communication tool with images and spoken descriptions for pain assessment and anatomy. Users can customize the display to prioritize key messages, making it easier for individuals with communication challenges to express themselves.
- Picture-based communication
- Spoken pain descriptions
- Anatomy icons
- Customizable icon order
- Reset to original settings
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SmallTalk Pain Scale provides a library of pictures you can tap that speak out loud. This includes pain descriptions and images from the Wong-Baker Faces Pain Scale, as well as icons representing human anatomy. You can easily rearrange the order of the icons or remove others to make it simpler to focus on your most important messages. Then, reset the app to return to original settings. WHO IS THIS APP FOR? + Stroke Survivors + People with Aphasia + Caregivers of People with Aphasia + Speech-Language Pathologists + Speech-Language Pathology Students + Healthcare Providers Learn more about Lingraphica at www.aphasia.com
AMN Interpreting
This app provides instant access to medical interpreters via video or phone in numerous languages. It aims to improve health literacy and outcomes by connecting patients and providers on a secure, HIPAA-compliant platform. It's designed for caregivers to assist Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Limited English Proficient patients.
- Instant interpreter connection
- Video and phone interpretation
- 40+ languages via video
- 200+ languages via phone
- HIPAA compliant platform
- Secure connection
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Connect instantly with AMN Language Services interpreters in 40 languages over video and more than 200 languages over the phone. We are committed to enabling Visual Connections and Vital Conversations to increase health literacy and improve health outcomes across the full continuum of care. Leveraging our video remote interpretation platform, we connect patients and providers to qualified medical interpreters over a secure, HIPAA compliant platform. Cost-effective and convenient, our application offers caregivers a way to provide qualified medical interpretation for patients who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Limited English Proficient. To use, the app requires a username and password supplied by your IT administrator or AMN Language Services.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SmallTalk Pain Scale at 4.0 against AMN Interpreting's 3.0. SmallTalk Pain Scale also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 25%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). AMN Interpreting's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 9 months). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SmallTalk Pain Scale holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of SmallTalk Pain Scale's written reviews are positive against 25% of AMN Interpreting's.
SmallTalk Pain Scale ships an update every 9 months, AMN Interpreting every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SmallTalk Pain Scale | AMN Interpreting |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better | 3.0 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 259 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Lingraphicare, Inc. | Stratus Video |
Customer experience
SmallTalk Pain Scale
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In-app purchases
SmallTalk Pain Scale
No in-app purchases
AMN Interpreting
No in-app purchases
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