Verbal Me Sampler vs Mega Key
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.
Mega Key
This app offers a custom large-format keyboard for iOS, featuring keys 40% larger than the default. It aims to enhance typing accuracy and ease for users with fine motor challenges, providing optimized layouts and multiple keyboard options.
- Large-format keys (40% larger)
- Optimized layout for accuracy
- Three keyboard choices (ABC, QWERTY, QWERTY-split)
- Split keyboard option
- Designed for fine motor difficulties
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A custom large-format keyboard for iOS designed to improve accessibility for users with fine motor difficulties. Each key is approximately 40% larger than on the default keyboard, with an optimized layout making typing easier and more accurate. Word completion and next-word prediction features have been added to speed up typing. Includes three keyboard choices (ABC, QWERTY, and QWERTY-split (The keyboard is split into two halves, one of which is displayed on the screen at a time. You can switch between the halves)), as well as a keyboard with numbers and symbols.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Verbal Me Sampler at 4 against Mega Key's 2. Verbal Me Sampler also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Verbal Me Sampler against 4.1 for Mega Key. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 13 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of Verbal Me Sampler's written reviews are positive against 64% of Mega Key's.
Verbal Me Sampler ships an update every 5 months, Mega Key every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Verbal Me Sampler | Mega Key |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (14 ratings) — better | 4.1 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews — better | 63.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | fishdog.net | Yanling Wang |
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Verbal Me Sampler
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In-app purchases
Verbal Me Sampler
No in-app purchases
Mega Key
No in-app purchases
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