Verbal Me Sampler vs High Point Academy
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.
High Point Academy
This educational app aims to build a strong academic foundation by partnering with families and communities. It challenges individuals to reach their highest potential academically, socially, and personally.
- Academic excellence focus
- Family and community partnership
- Personal development
- Social growth
- Individual potential achievement
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High Point Academy’s mission is to provide a strong foundation of academic excellence in partnership with family and community in which each individual is challenged to achieve his/her highest potential academically, socially, and personally.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Verbal Me Sampler at 70% against High Point Academy's 0%. Verbal Me Sampler also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). High Point Academy's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.2). 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.
High Point Academy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Verbal Me Sampler has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 70% of Verbal Me Sampler's written reviews are positive against 0% of High Point Academy's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Verbal Me Sampler ships an update every 5 months, High Point Academy every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Verbal Me Sampler | High Point Academy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | fishdog.net | HIGH POINT ACADEMY (CO) |
Customer experience
Verbal Me Sampler
High Point Academy
In-app purchases
Verbal Me Sampler
No in-app purchases
High Point Academy
No in-app purchases
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