Comparison

See.Touch.Learn. vs Verbal Me Sampler

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

See.Touch.Learn.

This app provides a digital alternative to flashcards for special needs education. It offers a vast library of images and exercises, allowing users to create custom lessons and share them with a community of educators and parents.

Highlights
  • Thousands of picture cards
  • Create custom lessons
  • Professionally developed exercises
  • Community lesson sharing
  • Digital flashcard replacement
  • Portable learning tool
Features
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Visual Instruction for Autism and Special Needs. Replace all of your flash cards with the 4,400 pictures and 2,200 exercises developed by professionals. More than 500,000 users in 104 countries! Create custom lessons using the starter library, or purchase any of 50 individual libraries with over 4,400 pictures and 2,200 exercises developed by professionals. Subscribe to the Brain Parade Community for access to thousands more lessons shared by your peers around the globe. Recognition and Awards >> Editors’ Choice Award - Apps 4 Children With Special Needs (A4CWSN) >> 5 STARS ***** for See.Touch.Learn. - Smart Apps For Kids >> eSchool News ”10 of the best apps for education in 2013″ >> Ranked in Top 5 Elementary School Autism apps by appoLearning >> Received Official Teachers-With-Apps Certification >> Top Innovator Award from SIIA (Software & Information Industry Association) >> 2012 Reader’s Choice - Apps for Homeschooling >> One of 2012′s Best apps for Special Needs - Teachers with Apps >> One of "The best iPad Apps for Special Needs Kids" - The Washington Post >> “An app for the 21st century educator and student; The sky is the limit" - AppAbled >> "A hugely impressive looking iPad app" - iPad Insight >> Best Apps of the Week - Tech and Learning >> Voted The #2 app for 2011 by SmartAppsForKids readers >> "Perfect for ABA therapy, perfect for any teacher, parent, therapist working with special needs children." - Welcome To Their World Apps >> PadGadget Recommends See.Touch.Learn. >> "Most Flexible app available for Educators especially for ABA Programs" - Technology in (SPL) Education *** CHOSEN BY APPLE AND INSTALLED ON iPADS IN APPLE RETAIL STORES! *** *** Featured as New and Noteworthy by Apple in iTunes *** *** iTunes Education Staff Favorite! *** >> See the positive press on See.Touch.Learn. at www.brainparade.com/about/news-press/ << Save $$ hundreds on flash card purchases and eliminate the need to carry around all those cards! Create your own custom lessons with this incredibly easy to use app. Perfect for parents and learning professionals. Check out all of the 5-star customer reviews below!! Here are just a few of the benefits of See.Touch.Learn. + Build, save, copy and reuse your custom lessons + No more organizing and reorganizing cards for each student + Create unlimited scenarios and prompts + Thousands of gorgeous picture cards to choose from + Your entire collection is portable – take it with you everywhere + Never misplace a card - Images are automatically backed up + Save hundreds of dollars – only a fraction of the cost of physical cards + No cards to wear out + No cards to lose ----- Picture cards are an integral part of an effective learning program and are used to help teach new words and concepts and foster self-expression. Brain Parade’s See.Touch.Learn app combines the effectiveness of picture cards with the power and interactivity of the iPad. Create custom exercises and lessons, automatically track performance, and carry your entire library collection with you at all times. Whether you are using picture cards as part of an Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) program or other program, See.Touch.Learn. is for you. To get you started, Brain Parade includes over 50 professionally designed exercises with each library you purchase!

About

Verbal Me Sampler

This communication aid app allows non-verbal children to express themselves by tapping buttons that speak text aloud. It features pre-set screens with text and pictures for easy participation, and offers voice options. This sampler version provides a limited selection of common communication boards.

Highlights
  • Text-to-speech functionality
  • Buttons with text and/or pictures
  • Pre-set communication screens
  • Choice of boy or girl voice
  • Screen navigation options
  • Spanish language version available
Features
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This is a sample version of Verbal Me, a basic AAC and choice board app designed by special needs teachers for their students. Non-verbal kids can tap a button and the iPad will speak the button text aloud in either a boy's or girl's voice. This limited version includes 14 screen choices: yes-no, A-B-C, 1-2-3-4-5, Happy-Mad-Sad-Calm, Day-Night, bullying, weather, colors, fruits, letter sounds. Buttons contain text and/or picture so non-reading students can participate. By default, left- and right-arrow buttons allow students to switch screens. Optionally, the screen-switching buttons can be hidden and the adult switches screens by sliding one finger from the upper right to the lower left of the screen. Choose one of 18 screens and girl or boy voice. On the Settings screen, there is a link to the full version Verbal Me app with over 100 screen choices. A Spanish-language version is also available.

Screenshots

Verbal Me Sampler4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Verbal Me Sampler at 4.2 against See.Touch.Learn.'s 3.3. Verbal Me Sampler also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and device support (4 vs 1). See.Touch.Learn.'s advantage is review sentiment (88% vs 70%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. See.Touch.Learn. sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Verbal Me Sampler asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Verbal Me Sampler holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 14 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 88% of See.Touch.Learn.'s written reviews are positive against 70% of Verbal Me Sampler's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

See.Touch.Learn. ships an update every 3 months, Verbal Me Sampler every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
See.Touch.Learn. versus Verbal Me Sampler: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSee.Touch.Learn.Verbal Me Sampler
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (16 ratings)4.2 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.9% of reviews — better70.0% of reviews
Number of ratings16 — better14
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrain Paradefishdog.net

Customer experience

See.Touch.Learn.

All ratings16 ratings
Positive37.5%
Neutral31.3%
Negative31.3%
Written reviews206 reviews
Positive87.9%
Neutral5.3%
Negative6.8%

Verbal Me Sampler

All ratings14 ratings
Positive78.6%
Neutral7.1%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

See.Touch.Learn.

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Pictures not showing up in some lessons after updates
  • Sound not working in some cases
  • Lessons freezing or becoming non-functional after updates

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to rearrange exercises within a lesson
  • Option to delete or move pre-programmed games more easily
  • Ability to add own pictures/photos to lessons
  • Cumulative student progress tracking with adjustable mastery levels
  • Option to have responses selected in sequence
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  • Ability to sync lessons across multiple devices

Verbal Me Sampler

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

See.Touch.Learn.

One-time10
  • First 100 WordsFree
  • Dolch Sight Words - Pre-Primer$0.99
  • Dolch Sight Words - First Grade$0.99
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  • Letters$1.99
  • Numbers$1.99
  • Food$1.99
  • Body Parts$2.99
  • Shapes and Colors$2.99
  • Action Words$2.99
  • Custom Card Designer$4.99
None

Verbal Me Sampler

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is See.Touch.Learn. free?
See.Touch.Learn. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Verbal Me Sampler free?
Verbal Me Sampler is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, See.Touch.Learn. or Verbal Me Sampler?
Verbal Me Sampler is rated higher. See.Touch.Learn. averages 3.3 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Verbal Me Sampler averages 4.2 from 14 ratings.
Do See.Touch.Learn. or Verbal Me Sampler have ads?
Neither See.Touch.Learn. nor Verbal Me Sampler shows ads.
Which is updated more often, See.Touch.Learn. or Verbal Me Sampler?
See.Touch.Learn. ships an update every 3 months, and Verbal Me Sampler every 5 months. Most recently, See.Touch.Learn. was updated on October 11, 2026 and Verbal Me Sampler on October 1, 2026.

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