Comparison

Visual Choices AAC vs Tala

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

Head to head
About

Visual Choices AAC

This app provides a communication tool for early communicators, aiding in language and speech development. It offers customizable choice boards, integrated AAC, and speech promotion features, designed with early intervention experts.

Highlights
  • Present choices using photos
  • Build language with AAC and signing videos
  • Promote speech with lip animations
  • Convert voice to instant choices
  • Printable choice boards
  • Multilingual support
Features
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Visual Choices provides an easy way to communicate, and develops natural speech. It is made for early communicators with autism. Developed with early intervention experts and trusted by speech therapists, special education teachers, clinical directors, parents, and grandparents. The app: • Helps you discover what your child wants by making it easy to present choices; • Uses photos your child will respond to; • Promotes speech with lip animations and visual phonics; • Builds language with integrated AAC and signing videos; • Provides access to over 50,000 SymbolStix pictures; • Lets you type and dictate into the AAC sentence bar; • Enables easy modeling with voice-to-highlight; • Lets you convert your voice to instant choices for on-the-fly use; • Lets you print out boards as a no-tech option; • Lets you make choices with eye gaze for hands-free use; • Can be used offline; • Supports English, Spanish, and Russian; • Works on its own or alongside an existing AAC system. Terms of use: https://skieslearn.com/visualchoices_terms_of_service

About

Tala

This app provides an easy-to-use Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) tool for nonspeaking children. It focuses on full sentence phrases, mirroring how some autistic children naturally learn language, and allows for personalization with photos and custom boards.

Highlights
  • Ready in 90 seconds
  • Free core boards
  • Full sentence communication
  • Customizable boards and cards
  • Parent Mode with PIN
  • Available in multiple languages
Features
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Help your child communicate needs, choices and ideas in full sentences. Add favourite foods and activities, choose a voice, and tap a card to hear the words spoken aloud. "I downloaded Tala a few days ago. Within minutes, both my son and I were using it. For the first time in years, I feel like we have a tool that's designed for families instead of specialists." Aron, dad of an autistic kid HOW TO USE TALA: 1) Set up in 90 seconds, then try Tala free for 7 days 2) Add your kid's favorite foods and activities 3) Your child taps a card and hears the full sentence, out loud "Can I have water." "I want an apple." "I need the toilet." Tala is for children with speech delays and children who don't speak, every child who understands more than they can say. They have so much to tell you. Tala gives them a way. No setup courses. No $300 device. No training manuals. Tala is built around how many autistic children actually learn language: whole phrases, not single words. If your child repeats lines from movies, songs, or YouTube, Tala is for them. Pick the voice that fits your child: woman, man, boy, or girl. Spanish at home too? Tala speaks 25 languages, and bilingual families can mix languages on the same board. Tala works on every device around your child: their own tablet, your phone, the teacher's phone. Same boards everywhere, so everyone supports your child the same way. Add your own photos. Create your own boards. Free forever for SLPs and educators. FROM A SPEECH THERAPIST'S APP STORE REVIEW: "The app is well designed for functional communication to support language development. It is overall a great app, that I will be recommending to lots of families!" I built Tala for my son Tom, 7 and autistic. Speech isn't reliable for him. Some days the words come, some days they don't. I wanted to give him the best possible way to be heard, every day. We tried every AAC app. None fit. So I made one that did. If you have ideas or questions, email us at hello@talaaac.com. * TALA IS A SUBSCRIPTION, WITH A 7-DAY FREE TRIAL FOR NEW SUBSCRIBERS * FREE FOREVER FOR VERIFIED SLPs AND EDUCATORS Tala is an auto-renewing monthly or yearly subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage your subscription in Account Settings. TERMS: https://talaaac.com/terms PRIVACY: https://talaaac.com/privacy

Screenshots

Visual Choices AAC4 screens
Tala4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Visual Choices AAC at none against Tala's shown. Visual Choices AAC also leads on review sentiment (98% vs 86%) and ratings volume (168 vs 34). Tala's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Visual Choices AAC sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Tala sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Visual Choices AAC against 4.7 for Tala. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 168 and 34 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 98% of Visual Choices AAC's written reviews are positive against 86% of Tala's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Visual Choices AAC ships an update fortnightly, Tala every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Visual Choices AAC versus Tala: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisual Choices AACTala
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (168 ratings) — better4.7 (34 ratings)
Positive reviews97.8% of reviews — better85.7% of reviews
Number of ratings168 — better34
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size161 MB237 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSu-Kam Intelligent Education Systems IncStorm Studios AB

Customer experience

Visual Choices AAC

All ratings162 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral1.2%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive97.8%
Neutral2.2%
Negative0.0%

Tala

All ratings31 ratings
Positive90.3%
Neutral3.2%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

Bugs and requests

Visual Choices AAC

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Eye gaze not tracking accurately for some users

Requested features

5 requests
  • Lifetime purchase option
  • Locking section for child use
  • Ability to type choices directly for visual boards
  • Option to change font
  • Make instructional videos/tips paid, core features free

Tala

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Visual Choices AAC

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription1 Month trial2 variants$6.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription1 Month trial$59.991 Year
One-time3
  • 1 Coaching Credit$25.99
  • 3 Coaching Credits$60.99
  • Lifetime Access$179.99
10 purchases

Tala

Subscriptions10
  • Tala Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Tala Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Tala Monthly3 Months trial$9.991 Month
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  • Tala Monthly1 Month trial$9.991 Month
  • Tala Monthly7 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Tala Yearly$24.991 Year
  • Tala Yearly7 Days trial$31.991 Year
  • Tala Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Tala Yearly1 Month trial$39.991 Year
  • Tala Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Visual Choices AAC free?
Visual Choices AAC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tala free?
Tala is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Visual Choices AAC or Tala?
Visual Choices AAC is rated higher. Visual Choices AAC averages 4.8 out of 5 from 168 ratings, while Tala averages 4.7 from 34 ratings.
Do Visual Choices AAC or Tala have ads?
Tala shows ads; Visual Choices AAC does not.
Which is updated more often, Visual Choices AAC or Tala?
Visual Choices AAC ships an update fortnightly, and Tala every 2 days. Most recently, Visual Choices AAC was updated on October 30, 2026 and Tala on October 31, 2026.

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