GadAAC vs GridNote SLP

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

GridNote is a weekly schedule and session-notes app for school speech-language pathologists. Try it free for 7 days. After that, unlock once through Apple. The same unlock covers iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Sign in with the same Apple ID and your caseload syncs through that Apple ID’s private iCloud — open a note on your phone, see it on the Mac. If you already bought GridNote as a paid app, you stay unlocked. Keep a color-coded Mon–Fri therapy grid, tap a student to document a session, and track Medicaid-style billing status without sending claims anywhere. SCHEDULE • Monday–Friday lined time grid from about 8:10 AM • Therapy, group therapy, planning, lunch, duty, Child Find, and specials • Tap a day name to mark holiday, no school, out of office, PD, or snow — that date only • Copy a repeating week from another school year • Duplicate a block while editing • A green check appears only after you save notes or goals SESSION DOCUMENTATION • Date, start/end, minutes, service codes (92507, 92508, Evaluation, Absent, Other) • New notes fill activity and materials from the last matching student note • Goals, notes, materials, and billing: Pending, Billed, No, or NB • Copy notes or Copy for Google to paste into a district form you already use STUDENTS AND BILLING • Caseload pages with IEP goals and session history • End of day: who’s left to bill, plus sessions scheduled with no note yet • History with CSV export Your caseload starts empty so you can add your own students. Open Settings → Load Demo Caseload only if you want a fake sample week to explore (it replaces anything already in this caseload, including other devices if iCloud is on). GridNote does not have its own login. Sync uses iCloud on this Apple ID. It is not a medical device and is not a Medicaid payer connection. Changes save on the device right away, then iCloud syncs when you are signed in.