First Sounds vs GadAAC

Help your child practise first sounds, syllables, and everyday words at home. FirstSound combines playful voice activities, clear visual feedback, and parent-created practice in one calm, child-friendly app. FEATURES - Guided word and syllable activities with simple prompts - Everyday words for needs, choices, and feelings - A live loudness meter with clear green-zone feedback - Voice-reactive AR activities - Separate child profiles, history, and free PDF reports - Custom words and syllables with your own picture and parent voice recording - Interface in 16 supported languages and Parent Gate for purchases or external links - Works offline and requires no FirstSound account PRO SUBSCRIPTION - Full practice catalog and AR activities - Create words and syllables tailored to your child - Add an image from your photo library and record a familiar parent voice - Eligible users can receive a three-day free trial - Subscription renews automatically unless cancelled PRIVACY AND SAFETY FirstSound is for home practice and is not a medical device. The microphone measures live loudness during activities. A voice recording is stored only when a parent chooses to create one. When iCloud is available, progress, parent-created activities, pictures, and recordings are backed up only to the user's private iCloud account. FirstSound cannot access them. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

GadAAC is an AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) app that turns a phone or tablet into a full communication device. It helps children and adults who are non-speaking or have limited speech — people on the autism spectrum, and those with aphasia, mutism, multiple disabilities and other communication difficulties. The app is free. Building a message is simple: tap pictures (pictograms) and the app assembles them into a sentence and reads it aloud. FREE — NO ACCOUNT • Thousands of ARASAAC symbols in clear, color-coded categories (food, drink, emotions, places, people, play and much more) • Text-to-speech — single words and whole sentences in a natural voice • A suggestion strip that learns your sentences and offers the next symbols — learning happens on the device • Symbol search across the whole category tree • Display modes for every need: light, dark, black & white, and high contrast • Adjustable tile size, UPPERCASE labels, large touch targets • Clock, stopwatch and timer — support for routines and transitions • A gentle "How do you feel?" check-in • Letters and numbers for spelling LANGUAGES • App interface in 21 languages: Polish, English, Ukrainian, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Greek, Swedish, Czech, Slovak, Italian, Lithuanian, Turkish, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Croatian, Romanian, Estonian and Latvian • Tile captions and speech in 21 languages — including two languages at once (bilingual mode, great for bilingual families) FREE — WITH A FREE ACCOUNT Create a free account (email) to sync across devices and turn on AI-powered features and day planning — all at no cost: • Sync your settings across devices • Custom tiles from photos — taken with the camera or picked from the gallery • Photo AAC — take a photo and AI matches tiles to it • Song AAC — paste song lyrics and AI lays them out in symbols • Day Plan & Weekly Template — a visual, tile-based schedule • First / Then — the classic motivating AAC sequence ACCESSIBILITY GadAAC is built for neurodivergent users: a clear layout, screen-reader labels (VoiceOver / TalkBack), large touch targets, a high-contrast mode and a calm dark mode. Symbols are from the ARASAAC library (CC BY-NC-SA), © Government of Aragon and authors. Terms: gadaac.com/terms · Privacy: gadaac.com/privacy