Taptic d/Deaf Support vs Sound Recognition
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Taptic d/Deaf Support
This app provides customizable alerts for sound-based notifications, offering vibration, flashlight, or standard notifications. It also features a text-to-speech and speech-to-text function for communication, with real-time transcription and the ability to save conversations.
- Customizable sound alerts
- Vibration, notification, and flashlight alerts
- Text-to-speech communication
- Real-time speech transcription
- Save conversation transcripts
- Alerts when phone is off
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Sound Tab: Select the sounds you want to be notified by. Customize alerts: vibration, notification, flashlight. Receive alerts even when your phone is off. Text Tab: Type a message. Typed responses are displayed in a flipped orientation and automatically spoken out loud. Press record to listen to speech and receive accurate real-time transcriptions. Save transcripts. https://www.tapticapp.com/terms-and-conditions https://www.tapticapp.com/privacy-policy
Sound Recognition
This utility app notifies users with a screen change and light when a specific target voice is recognized. It also displays the most likely speech recognition result, including its type and evaluation value.
- Voice recognition alerts
- Screen and light notification
- Displays speech recognition results
- Configurable recognition threshold
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When the selected recognition target voice is recognized, user will be notified by a screen change and light. *Notification will be made only if the evaluation value exceeds the preset recognition threshold. It also displays the most likely speech recognition result (type, evaluation value) among the current speech recognition results.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Taptic d/Deaf Support at 4.4 against Sound Recognition's 1.0. Taptic d/Deaf Support also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (11 vs 1). Sound Recognition's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.8.3 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence 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. Taptic d/Deaf Support sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Sound Recognition asks for nothing beyond the download.
Taptic d/Deaf Support holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Taptic d/Deaf Support has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Taptic d/Deaf Support ships an update weekly, Sound Recognition every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and August 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Taptic d/Deaf Support | Sound Recognition |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (11 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.8.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Micah Roberson | Hideaki Uchikoshi |
Customer experience
Taptic d/Deaf Support
Sound Recognition
In-app purchases
Taptic d/Deaf Support
- Taptic +$4.991 Month
- Taptic +$49.991 Year
Sound Recognition
No in-app purchases
Questions
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