SmallTalkConversationalPhrases vs Fonate DAF
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SmallTalkConversationalPhrases
This app offers a library of tappable images that speak common words and phrases. It helps users communicate greetings, requests, and well-being statements. The interface can be customized for easier access to frequently used messages.
- Picture-based phrases
- Spoken output
- Customizable icon order
- Reset to original settings
- Common words and phrases
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SmallTalk Conversational Phrases provides a library of pictures you can tap that speak out loud. This includes common words and phrases like greetings, responses, requests, and statements on well-being. It’s perfect for conversing with friends, relatives, and others. 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 Learn more about Lingraphica at www.aphasia.com
Fonate DAF
This application utilizes Delayed Auditory Feedback to assist individuals who stutter in achieving more fluent speech. By listening to their voice with a slight delay and pitch alteration through a headset, users can experience a 'choral effect' known to reduce stuttering.
- Delayed Auditory Feedback
- Choral effect for fluency
- Wired headset support
- Bluetooth headset support
- Pitch alteration
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Fonate DAF can help people who stutter achieve slower, more fluent speech by using Delayed Auditory Feedback. Using a wired or bluetooth headset, you are able hear your voice with a slight delay and change in pitch as you speak. This creates a "choral effect", which has been shown to help reduce stuttering in many people. • Requires a wired or bluetooth headset.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Fonate DAF at none against SmallTalkConversationalPhrases's shown. Fonate DAF also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and ratings volume (34 vs 8). SmallTalkConversationalPhrases's advantage is review sentiment (80% vs 57%) and rating (4.5 vs 4.3). On price, update cadence, 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.
SmallTalkConversationalPhrases holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 34 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of SmallTalkConversationalPhrases's written reviews are positive against 57% of Fonate DAF's.
SmallTalkConversationalPhrases ships an update every 9 months, Fonate DAF every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SmallTalkConversationalPhrases | Fonate DAF |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (8 ratings) — better | 4.3 (34 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 57.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 34 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months — better | Every 10 months |
| 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 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 263 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lingraphicare, Inc. | Tane Langton |
Customer experience
SmallTalkConversationalPhrases
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In-app purchases
SmallTalkConversationalPhrases
No in-app purchases
Fonate DAF
No in-app purchases
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