Comparison

Arjie vs Friendly Voice App

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

Head to head
About

Arjie

This iPad app provides a free, private, and offline soundboard designed to help children communicate. Developed with Speech-Language Pathologist principles, it aims to give young users a voice.

Highlights
  • Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
  • Speech-Language Pathologist principles
  • 100% free
  • Private
  • Offline-first
  • Soundboard for children
Features
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Arjie is an iPad Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) app. Built with Speech-Language Pathologist principles, it provides a 100% free, private, offline-first soundboard built to give children a voice.

About

Friendly Voice App

This app provides a voice for individuals with speech challenges using customizable buttons and AI-powered suggestions. It supports multiple languages and offers features for building dynamic sentences and organizing vocabulary.

Highlights
  • Build dynamic sentences
  • Customize buttons with photos
  • Organize vocabulary into pages/folders
  • AI-enabled vocab assistant
  • Smart suggestions for layout
  • Support for Gestalt Language Development
  • Multilingual support (English, Arabic, Spanish, French)
Features
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Friendly Voice App™ is a powerful, intuitive AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) app designed to give a voice to nonverbal individuals and people with speech challenges. Built by a father of a child with special needs, Friendly Voice App™ provides families, speech-language pathologists (SLPs), and educators with a simple, personal, and affordable communication tool. Available in English, Arabic, Spanish, and French (AAC / CAA), Friendly Voice App™ bridges communication gaps at home, in therapy sessions, in the classroom, and anywhere else. WHO IT IS FOR? ---------------- Friendly Voice App™ supports children and adults who are nonverbal or have complex communication needs, including individuals with: • Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) • Apraxia of Speech & Dysarthria • Aphasia & Stroke Recovery • ALS & Neurological Conditions • Developmental Delays & Cerebral Palsy It is designed for easily vocab management, making it easier for parents, caregivers, speech-language pathologists (SLPs), occupational therapists, and special education teachers to provide quick and accurate support. WHAT CAN I USE IT FOR? --------------------------- • Build Dynamic Sentences: Tap buttons to compose complete thoughts in the sentence bar. Press "Say it", or toggle "Speak immediately" for instant verbal feedback. • Customize and Personalize it: Build and customize buttons with your own photos, custom colors, and words so the vocabulary feels familiar, personal and engaging. • Manage and Organize your vocab: Group vocabulary into intuitive pages and folders with customizable grid layouts tailored to individual motor and cognitive needs. • Speak in up to 4 Languages: Seamlessly switch between English, Arabic, Spanish, and French for both speech and typing, complete with real-time word-by-word highlighting. WHAT IS UNIQUE IN FRIENDLY VOICE APP? -------------------------------------------- • On-Device AI-enabled Vocab Assistant: Type of dictate your vocab change requests and watch the app make the edits for you! • On-Device AI-enabled Smart Suggestions: Get intelligent suggestions for layout improvements and vocabulary edits, and then decide what suggestions you want applied. • Support for Gestalt: You can either use Analytic Language Development to build sentences using words, or Gestalt Language Development to build sentences in chunks. • Instant Automatic Translation: Custom buttons automatically translate across supported languages, making multilingual therapy and home communication seamless. • Interactive Onboarding: Start with confidence using an interactive guided tour designed to walk first-time users, parents, and therapists through core controls. • Settings Wizard: This app has many settings which may be daunting to new users. Use the Wizard to simplify configuring the app and get setup quickly. TRIALS AND PURCHASES -------------------------- • 30-day free trial: Try it free for 30 days to start communicating today. • Upgrade to Premium for an ad-free experience: we offer flexible monthly and yearly subscriptions, or you can select a one-time Lifetime Purchase. • Subscriptions renew automatically. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your Apple Account settings. USAGE AND SUPPORT ----------------------- • Questions or feedback? We’re here to help: support@friendlyvoiceapp.com • Switching from another AAC app? Effortlessly convert your existing vocabulary at friendlyvoiceapp.com/convert (supported formats are listed on the page). • Optionally join the Community to share resources and ideas with other parents and therapists Privacy Policy: https://www.friendlyvoiceapp.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Arjie4 screens
Friendly Voice App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Arjie at none against Friendly Voice App's 5. Friendly Voice App's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, rating, 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. Friendly Voice App sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Arjie asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Arjie against 5.0 for Friendly Voice App. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Friendly Voice App has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Arjie versus Friendly Voice App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArjieFriendly Voice App
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.517.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB95 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperANOOP SINGH GILLFriendly Voice App LLC

Customer experience

Arjie

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Friendly Voice App

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Arjie

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Friendly Voice App

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
  • اشتراك لمدة ٦ أشهر$8.996 Months
  • Yearly Subscription$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • Specialized Vocabulary Pack 1$0.99
  • اشتراك مدى الحياة$39.99

Questions

Is Arjie free?
Arjie is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Friendly Voice App free?
Friendly Voice App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Arjie or Friendly Voice App?
Arjie and Friendly Voice App are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Arjie or Friendly Voice App have ads?
Neither Arjie nor Friendly Voice App shows ads.

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