Comparison

Scratch Paper vs Context AAC

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

Head to head
About

Scratch Paper

This app provides an instant, distraction-free digital notepad for quick thoughts, lists, and reminders. It focuses on essential features for rapid note-taking without unnecessary complexity.

Highlights
  • Instant typing on open
  • Distraction-free interface
  • Ideal for lists and reminders
  • Minimalist design
  • Quick thought capture
Features
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As soon as you open it up, you're typing instantly. It is a humble piece of scratch paper for the digital age, letting you jot things down quickly and then getting out of your way. Perfect for grocery lists, to-do reminders, or scribbling down a rough thought for later refinement. Scratch Paper has only the features it needs and nothing more.

About

Context AAC

This app provides a dynamic communication board that adapts to your location and activities, offering relevant phrases for easier sentence building. It learns your usage patterns, allowing for personalized voice output and customization of tiles and categories. All data remains on your device for enhanced privacy.

Highlights
  • Context-aware phrase suggestions
  • Personalized voice output
  • Customizable tiles and categories
  • Learns user phrase frequency
  • Offline functionality
  • Privacy-focused, on-device AI
Features
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Currently only available in English, we will add more languages in the future! ______ Your words. Your voice. A board that learns where you are and what you're doing — and puts the right phrases in front of you. Context AAC is for autistic communicators and people with apraxia of speech, aphasia, ALS, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, stroke, or any condition that makes speech hard for others to understand. Tap phrases to build a sentence. Tap Speak. The app says it out loud. Helper bars for connectors, verbs, pronouns, and question words let you grow and reshape your sentence with fewer taps. A grammar tool tidies the words for you — with a quick undo if you change your mind. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT • Your board changes when you walk into a coffee shop, sit down at school, or get home for the evening. Phrases adapt to your location, the time of day, and what you're doing. • Phrases stay where you put them. Once you learn where a word lives, it stays there. • Core words — pronouns, actions, connectors, and social phrases — are always one tap away. • The board learns what you say most. The phrases you reach for often move closer to the top. • Works without internet after setup. YOUR VOICE Pick a system voice in your language, or use Apple Personal Voice on iOS 17+ to speak in a voice that sounds like you. Record your own voice for any phrase — or a parent's, sibling's, or friend's voice. Adjust speed, pitch, and the pause between words. MAKE IT YOURS Add a photo to a tile. Pick its color. Set it to jump to another category. Create your own categories and phrases. Drag to reorder. Pin favorites. Tell the app your name, pronouns, and interests, and pick a tone — casual, semi-formal, or formal. YOUR PRIVACY IS THE DESIGN Everything stays on your device. There is no account, no cloud sync, and nothing is sent to a server. Your communication history, voice settings, and recordings never leave your device. BUILT FOR HOW YOU USE iOS Full VoiceOver and Switch Control support. Dark, light, and high-contrast themes. Adjustable font size. Reduced motion respected. Configurable behaviors for the back button, board navigation, and grammar undo timing. Context AAC was built around the idea: the right words should be waiting for you, not the other way around.

Screenshots

Scratch Paper4 screens
Context AAC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Scratch Paper at Free against Context AAC's $14.99. Scratch Paper also leads on iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.1). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Scratch Paper is free to download; Context AAC costs $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Scratch Paper against 5.0 for Context AAC. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 8 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Scratch Paper versus Context AAC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScratch PaperContext AAC
PriceFree — better$14.99
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings38 — better
Update frequency—Every 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.4 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB83 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAbraham MillerWeave Chat, LLC

Customer experience

Scratch Paper

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Context AAC

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Scratch Paper

No in-app purchases

None

Context AAC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scratch Paper free?
Scratch Paper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Context AAC free?
Context AAC costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Scratch Paper or Context AAC?
Scratch Paper and Context AAC are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 8 ratings respectively.
Do Scratch Paper or Context AAC have ads?
Neither Scratch Paper nor Context AAC shows ads.

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