Comparison

Book Writer vs Talk Suite Pro 2.0

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

Head to head
About

Book Writer

Create interactive books with multimedia elements like photos, videos, and audio. Organize thoughts, design various book types, and share them digitally or through a paperbook publishing service. Ideal for educational, personal, or professional use.

Highlights
  • Multimedia book creation
  • Add pictures, text, voice, video
  • Interactive functions
  • Drag-and-drop interface
  • Share via Book World, Dropbox, Email
  • Paperbook publishing service
  • Educational institution discounts
Features
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Take Note, Organize Thoughts, Make a Book. Share with the World. Make your own book with Book Writer. Anyone can easily make a book. Make an interactive book and enjoy making and reading the books you made! You can use it in school, work, and at home to make all types of books such as photo book, recipe book, diary, PR booklet, PDF documents, and etc. Making a multimedia book You can add pictures, text, voice recordings, songs, and videos on the page. You can use the camera to take pictures or videos and add them right on to the book. You can draw image and edit image using Pen Tool. Provides interactive functions such as item connection and auto play to make your book more fun. Easy and intuitive interface Children of all ages can easily use the interface. Use the Item Bar to add items to the page by drag&drop. All text are shown on the page in real time with the In-Page text editor that is provided. Use the Undo function to return to the previous work. Share your books You can share your book with others using Book World. Join the Book World and upload your book to Book World, and follow your favorite author. Books in Book World can be read on diverse smartphone, PC and Mac. You can share your book with Book Writer on Dropbox, iTunes or via E-mail. Read through iBooks The books made with Book Writer can be read through iBooks. You can read your book in Book Writer directly, or Book World web reader. Paperbook publish service You can publish your book to paperbook using Paperbook publish service. Published books can also be seen in Book World via smartphone, PC, Mac. In Class Book Writer is being used in many countries by thousands of people for educational use. Book Writer helps students to make a book by organizing their thoughts. With an intuitive interface, anyone can easily express and organize their thoughts. 50% discount for educational institutions. Use App Store Volume Purchase Program to purchase Book Writer. For more details - http://www.apple.com/itunes/education/ Main Functions Templates are provided to make books of different styles and formats. Choosing a layout style automatically relocates your items. Use drag & drop to easily add items. You can use the photos from Photo Library to add to the book, or can add pictures taken directly from camera. Pictures can be moved, the size can be adjusted, and you can rotate or crop the pictures by touching. Text box item can be added to the page to input text. Supports fonts and styles of various types. You can draw image and edit image using Pen Tool. You can add videos from your album or you can directly record videos with your camera to add them. Use recorder to record your voice and add to the book, or add music from Music Library to your book. Bring any music from Music Library to add as your background music. Use the auto play function to automatically play the media at the time you want. Item connection function is provided to connect your pictures or text to sound items. The Undo function allows you to return to your previous work. Use the Page Editor to add or delete pages or change the order of the page by using drag & drop. You can combine two books together. The completed book can be read in ‘Reading Mode’. Books that have been created can be shared via Book World, iTunes, E-mail, Dropbox, etc. Share your book with others using Book World. And can be read on many smartphone, PC, Mac. You can publish your book to paperbook using Paperbook publish service. Save your book as a PDF document or you can use AirPrint or use Export to print the books The standard E-book format, epub, is supported to read the made books with iBooks and you can register your books on iBookstore. Book Writer supports the fixed-layout format of iBooks. The fixed-layout format is not ideal for books with long text like novels. Online support is included. Please visit our homepage - http://goodeffect.com

About

Talk Suite Pro 2.0

This powerful app supports literacy and social communication for individuals needing augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). It offers multiple communication modes, customizable features, and tools to build sentences, relationships, and inclusion.

Highlights
  • Ten powerful communication modes
  • Core organization for intuitive sentence building
  • Photo Albums, Step-by-Step stories, Joke mode
  • Customizable for early to advanced communicators
  • Symbol and voice options for age, gender, race
  • Built-in scanning features
  • Support for families, teachers, and SLPs
Features
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An incredibly powerful AAC app that balances literacy and social communication! Talk Suite Pro was created working with many of the field's top SLPs and offers core and more! Compare our many features and supports and see the power of our multi-modal communication approach! TEN powerful communication modes so you can access the most effective language for any situation. Core organization that lets you build sentences intuitively and easily. And multiple modes so people can learn to be truly engaging and build not only sentences - but relationships! Our app includes Photo Albums, Step-by-Step stories, Joke mode and so much more! Talk Suite Pro meets the needs of early communicators to advanced communicators. And to be easily customizable. And it's the only app that offers symbols and voices to highlight an individual's age, gender, race, and so much more! *********** Talk Suite Pro was created working with many of the top SLPs and educators in our field. Learn about our comprehensive approach to communication which blends precise generative language and social learning. Discover how quick, easy, and intuitive editing can be! And our built-in scanning features are created to support those with even the most complete motor challenges. Even at its best, being a person who needs Alternative Communication and Speech Apps is tough. Talk Suite Pro is designed to make it all a bit easier. *********** TSP also offers a complete communication environment to support not only the person who uses the app, but also the families, teachers, SLPs and others who are part of that individuals world. Our approach features multiple communication modes, bi-weekly activities, and online resources. So you can do more on your own. And that's especially important during these times. Talk Suite Pro is designed to be easily customizable for beginning communicators, and advanced communicators. *********** Talk Suite helps build more than great sentences. It helps build connection, engagement, and inclusion. Our communication structure was developed with the input of some of our field’s most important leaders: Pati-King DeBaun, Caroline Musselwhite, Deanna Wagner, Mo Buti, Gretchen Hanser, and Megan Fucci-Wenzel. With their input, you can feel assured Talk Suite's approach – incorporating principles of Multi-Modal Communication while balancing the need for precise speech with those for faster communication – can give you powerful tools possible to reach your potential! *********** Families and Parents: You’ll love the phrases included to help get conversations going - and communication growing. And you'll love our activities. Teachers and SLPs: You’ll love how we’ve made it easier to incorporate Talk Suite into your classes! And all our academic vocabulary. *********** Talk Suite provides non-verbal individuals with thousands of words, smartly organized, to create new sentences word-by-word. As you grow, you'll love our state-of-the-art editing interface. Programming is actually enjoyable! Talk Suite also comes with hundreds of pre-programmed things to say - organized in a variety of ways, so one can get to them quickly. *********** Talk Suite’s website also offers all sorts of free resources for learning and support – including dozens of quick “How To Videos” to save you from plodding through manuals. *********** To see more, visit our site at bit.ly/TS-TSPro Talk Suite! It has Core.... and MORE!

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Book Writer at $3.99 against Talk Suite Pro 2.0's $44.99. Book Writer also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 7) and device support (3 vs 1). Talk Suite Pro 2.0's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 3.9) and review sentiment (67% vs 39%). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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

Book Writer costs $3.99 and Talk Suite Pro 2.0 $44.99 up front. Talk Suite Pro 2.0 sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Book Writer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Talk Suite Pro 2.0 holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of Book Writer's written reviews are positive against 67% of Talk Suite Pro 2.0's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Book Writer ships an update every 2 months, Talk Suite Pro 2.0 every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Book Writer versus Talk Suite Pro 2.0: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBook WriterTalk Suite Pro 2.0
Price$3.99 — better$44.99
Rating3.9 (11 ratings)4.4 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews38.8% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1117 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB1.7 GB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGood EffectEllenson Integration Enterprises, Inc.

Customer experience

Book Writer

All ratings11 ratings
Positive63.6%
Neutral9.1%
Negative27.3%
Written reviews116 reviews
Positive38.8%
Neutral13.8%
Negative47.4%

Talk Suite Pro 2.0

All ratings14 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Book Writer

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • App crashes on startup or during use
  • Crashes when attempting to email or share books
  • Crashes when uploading photos
  • Text editing fails or doesn't work
  • Cannot delete images once placed
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  • Two-finger expand/contract not functional
  • Keyboard doesn't appear reliably
  • App freezes during operation
  • Email send feature doesn't work
  • Layout in iBooks differs from app preview
  • Image quality significantly reduced in exports
  • Text boxes don't fill entire page
  • Writing jumps to front page unexpectedly
  • Retina display not rendering properly in exports
  • App skips or stutters
  • Slow performance and lag
  • PDF conversion issues with errors
  • Contact email address doesn't exist

Requested features

21 requests
  • Undo/redo functionality
  • Bold, italic, underline text formatting
  • Ability to import text from Pages or Word
  • Dynamic text that resizes in iBooks
  • PDF export capability
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  • Video import and embedding
  • Copy and paste text functionality
  • Background music support
  • Increased upload data size limits
  • Page templates and backgrounds
  • Text alignment guides and markers
  • Handwriting input support
  • Double-page spread layouts
  • Photo editing tools (crop, resize)
  • Text shadows and effects
  • Hyperlink support
  • Page numbers in books
  • Better alignment tools
  • More font and color options
  • Voice recording integration
  • Landscape two-page writing mode

Talk Suite Pro 2.0

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Book Writer

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Talk Suite Pro 2.0

One-time7
  • Character - Zac Child$7.99
  • Character - Zoe Child$7.99
  • Voice - Ella$11.99
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  • Voice - Josh$11.99
  • Voice - Emilio (English)$11.99
  • Voice - Valeria(English)$11.99
  • Voice - Scott$11.99

Questions

Is Book Writer free?
Book Writer costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Talk Suite Pro 2.0 free?
Talk Suite Pro 2.0 costs $44.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Book Writer or Talk Suite Pro 2.0?
Talk Suite Pro 2.0 is rated higher. Book Writer averages 3.9 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Talk Suite Pro 2.0 averages 4.4 from 17 ratings.
Do Book Writer or Talk Suite Pro 2.0 have ads?
Neither Book Writer nor Talk Suite Pro 2.0 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Book Writer or Talk Suite Pro 2.0?
Book Writer ships an update every 2 months, and Talk Suite Pro 2.0 every 5 weeks. Most recently, Book Writer was updated on November 6, 2026 and Talk Suite Pro 2.0 on November 2, 2026.

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