Comparison

Visual Choices AAC vs Sky Simple AAC

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

Sky Simple AAC

Features
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Sky Simple AAC — Communication tailored for your child. Sky Simple AAC is an easy-to-use communication board designed for nonverbal children, especially those on the autism spectrum. Tap a tile to hear the word spoken clearly. That's it. No accounts, no clutter, no learning curve. Built by a parent, for parents, therapists, and teachers who want a calm, distraction-free communication tool that works right out of the box — and grows with your child. FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE Your photos, your voice, your board. • Add your own tiles with photos from the camera or gallery • Record your own voice so your child hears a familiar sound • Rearrange tiles with a simple drag-and-drop • Adjust tile size from small to extra large to match your child's needs • Choose from 128+ built-in emojis or use real photos ORGANIZE YOUR WAY • Organize tiles into categories: Food, People, Feelings, Activities, and more • Mark favorite tiles as "Preferred" for quick access • Hide or show categories as your child grows • Rearrange categories in edit mode BUILT FOR KIDS • Soft pastel colors, gentle animations, no harsh transitions • Large touch targets that are easy to hit • Parental gate protects settings and in-app purchases • No ads, no third-party tracking, no data collection • Works fully offline — no internet, no distractions MULTI-LANGUAGE SUPPORT • English, Spanish, Chinese, Malay, Indonesian, and Hindi • Speech output in your child's language LEARNING GAMES • Built-in tile recognition game with three difficulty levels • Tracks progress per tile so you can see which words your child knows FREE TRIAL + SUBSCRIPTION Start with a free 7-day trial. All features included. After the trial, subscribe to continue using Sky Simple AAC: • Unlimited custom tiles and categories • Full access to all features • Monthly, yearly, or lifetime options • Cancel anytime in App Store settings DESIGNED WITH LOVE Every design choice — the soft colors, the gentle motion, the minimal interface — was made to reduce sensory overload and help children focus on communicating. This is the app we wished existed for our own family. If Sky Simple AAC helps your child, please leave a review. It helps other families find us. LEGAL Privacy Policy: https://kneilsiquete.github.io/skysimpleaac-privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Visual Choices AAC4 screens
Sky Simple AAC3 screens

Verdict

The call

Visual Choices AAC and Sky Simple AAC are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 Sky Simple AAC sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Visual Choices AAC versus Sky Simple AAC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisual Choices AACSky Simple AAC
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (168 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews97.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings168 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size161 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSu-Kam Intelligent Education Systems IncKNEIL CHRISTIAN SIQUETE

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

Sky Simple AAC

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
3 purchases

Sky Simple AAC

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro$9.991 Month
  • Annual Pro$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$119.99

Questions

Is Visual Choices AAC free?
Visual Choices AAC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sky Simple AAC free?
Sky Simple AAC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Visual Choices AAC or Sky Simple AAC have ads?
Neither Visual Choices AAC nor Sky Simple AAC shows ads.

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