Comparison

Visual Speech vs Picture Grid Speech

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

Head to head
About

Visual Speech

This app helps children learn to talk by adding animated lips to images of objects. It addresses challenges children face when they look away from faces, making it difficult to mimic speech movements. The visual aid supports early speech development.

Highlights
  • Animated lips on object images
  • Supports speech mimicry
  • Aids jaw and lip motion learning
  • Visual learning tool for children
  • Designed for early speech development
Features
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Does your child look away from your face? This makes it hard for them to mimic the jaw and lip motions needed for speech. This app adds moving lips to pictures of favorite objects to help your child learn to talk.

About

Picture Grid Speech

Features
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Create a personal picture board for everyday communication. • Tap a card to hear its word or phrase with a device voice • Build a sentence by choosing cards, then speak it aloud • Organize vocabulary into nested categories • Create separate profiles with their own boards and settings • Add your own photos and edit card labels and spoken phrases • Keep editing and profile settings behind a parent gate Boards, profiles, and photos are saved on the device. Speech uses voices available on your device. No app account or online speech service is required.

Screenshots

Visual Speech3 screens
Picture Grid Speech1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Picture Grid Speech at none against Visual Speech's 10. Visual Speech's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 26 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.4). 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. Visual Speech sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Picture Grid Speech asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Visual Speech ships an update weekly, Picture Grid Speech every 26 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Visual Speech versus Picture Grid Speech: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisual SpeechPicture Grid Speech
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 26 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.4
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSu-Kam Intelligent Education Systems IncNathan Fennel

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Visual Speech

One-time10
  • Electricity Board$1.99
  • Car logos Board$1.99
  • Audio Board$1.99
Show 7 more
  • Cars Board$1.99
  • Planes Board$1.99
  • Vaccums Board$1.99
  • Cars Plus Bundle$2.99
  • Fans Plus Bundle$2.99
  • Audios Plus Bundle$2.99
  • Vehicles Bundle$5.99
None

Picture Grid Speech

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Visual Speech free?
Visual Speech is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Picture Grid Speech free?
Picture Grid Speech is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Visual Speech or Picture Grid Speech have ads?
Neither Visual Speech nor Picture Grid Speech shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Visual Speech or Picture Grid Speech?
Visual Speech ships an update weekly, and Picture Grid Speech every 26 months. Most recently, Visual Speech was updated on October 6, 2026 and Picture Grid Speech on October 9, 2026.

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