Comparison

Communications vs Listen & Talk

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

Head to head
About

Communications

This augmentative and alternative communication app helps individuals with speaking difficulties, particularly those with Autism, Down Syndrome, or language disabilities, improve their vocabulary and construct sentences. It follows a Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) methodology, starting with single words and progressing to full sentences.

Highlights
  • Augmentative and alternative communication
  • Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) methodology
  • Single word and picture communication
  • Full sentence construction
  • Vocabulary skill improvement
  • Customized learning solution
Features
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“Communications” is an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) application that designed specifically for Autistic people. The goal of this application is to assist Autistic people with speaking difficulty as well as improving their vocabulary skill. Remodeling our application after Picture Exchange Communication System (PECs), a universal methodology of teaching speech and communication to Autistic people, we carefully designed an application to build up child’s communication from foundation. First part of our application will focus on communication by using a single word or picture. The second part will teach children to construct as well as communicate with full sentences. This application is not only limit to people with Autism. People with down syndrome and language disability can also benefit from this application as well. This project is a joint collaboration between True Corporation and Autistic Foundation Thailand. We work closely with autistic teachers, specialists as well as parents and children to craft out a customized learning solution for Autistic Children. By using our applications closely with parents and teachers, it is expected that autistic children will develop essential skills that are important to live a normal life. “Communications” is part of True Autistic application series which also include “Daily Tasks” and “Trace & Share”. Each application focuses on improving different aspect of autistic children skill.

About

Listen & Talk

This app assists individuals with complex communication needs by providing a customizable platform for generating speech. It offers various display modes, symbol selection, and voice output options to facilitate expression and thought sharing.

Highlights
  • Customizable overlayer design
  • Multiple display modes
  • Extensive symbol library
  • Synthetic and digitized voice output
  • Message history for quick access
  • Toggle Control scanning mechanism
Features
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About the Listen & Talk Listen & Talk (LAT) is a speech generating software for individuals with complex communication needs (CCN). It can assist the individuals with CCN to express himself/herself needs and thought. The main functions of LAT are as follows: 1. It provides a sample overlayer to facilitate the AAC professional to create a new overlayer. 2. It provides three different display modes which include the fixed display, express display and context display to help the individuals with CCN to communicate with their partners. 3. The number of each overlayer can be designed from 1 to 36 locations, so that the AAC professional can design the overlayer according to CCN needs and capabilities. 4. The AAC symbols can be selected from the built-in symbolic set, live photo, photo library, other Apps and the internet. The picture can also use the built-in picture tool to capture the parts according to user needs and wants. 5. Its voice output has synthetic voice (including Chinese, English, Thai Vietnamse and Japanese) and digitize voice. At the same time, it also provides voice prompt to help the AAC users to confirm their messages. 6. It has a history menu. Therefore, the AAC users can express the message directly from the history menu by clicking on the sentence which was created from the communication with previous communicative partner, without re-construct the sentence. 7. It provide iCloud backup after unlock full function. 8. It provide more than 1000 communication symbols after unlock full function. 9. "Toggle Control" function, which provides a scanning mechanism built into the App. 10. User interface support: English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese. It has my favorite menu. Therefore, the AAC users can use the built-in

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Listen & Talk at 80% against Communications's 0%. Listen & Talk also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.0) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 16 months). Communications's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Listen & Talk sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Communications asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Listen & Talk holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Communications's written reviews are positive against 80% of Listen & Talk's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Communications ships an update every 16 months, Listen & Talk every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Communications versus Listen & Talk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCommunicationsListen & Talk
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS26.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB176 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperTrue Digital Group Co., Ltd.SoftArts Inc.

Customer experience

Communications

All ratings3 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%

Listen & Talk

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Communications

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Listen & Talk

One-time1
  • Limitation Unlock$46.99

Questions

Is Communications free?
Communications is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Listen & Talk free?
Listen & Talk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Communications or Listen & Talk?
Listen & Talk is rated higher. Communications averages 2.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Listen & Talk averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Communications or Listen & Talk have ads?
Neither Communications nor Listen & Talk shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Communications or Listen & Talk?
Communications ships an update every 16 months, and Listen & Talk every 2 months. Most recently, Communications was updated on October 23, 2026 and Listen & Talk on October 11, 2026.

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