Verbal Me Sampler vs SpeakUnique
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
SpeakUnique
This text-to-speech application generates personalized synthetic voices for communication aids. It enables users unable to speak due to medical conditions to communicate using their unique voice on Apple devices.
- Personalized synthetic voices
- Text-to-Speech (TTS) functionality
- Communication aid integration
- Native keyboard input
- Preset communication categories
- Favorites button
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SpeakUnique create personalised synthetic voices for use in communication aids. The SpeakUnique app is a Text-To-Speech (TTS) app that allows users to use their synthetic voice, on Apple devices. This is aimed at people who are unable to speak due to conditions such as Motor Neurone Disease, Cerebral Palsy and as a result of a stroke. The SpeakUnique app has been designed with input from speech and language therapists, communication aid users and software developers. It offers the user a range of different ways to communicate, through using the device's native keyboard, preset categories and a favourites button. This app is exclusively for use with a SpeakUnique synthetic voice.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Verbal Me Sampler at 70% against SpeakUnique's 0%. Verbal Me Sampler also leads on rating (4.2 vs 2.7) and ratings volume (14 vs 3). SpeakUnique's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Verbal Me Sampler holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Verbal Me Sampler's written reviews are positive against 0% of SpeakUnique's.
Verbal Me Sampler ships an update every 5 months, SpeakUnique every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Verbal Me Sampler | SpeakUnique |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (14 ratings) — better | 2.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | fishdog.net | SpeakUnique |
Customer experience
Verbal Me Sampler
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In-app purchases
Verbal Me Sampler
No in-app purchases
SpeakUnique
No in-app purchases
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