Comparison

Word FLiPS vs GoTalk® NOW LITE

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

Head to head
About

Word FLiPS

This app helps children with speech difficulties practice functional vocabulary and sound sequences. It offers customizable word choices based on articulation and syllable structure, with features for tracking progress and recording audio.

Highlights
  • Functional vocabulary practice
  • Sound sequence repetition
  • Customizable word selection
  • Audio playback of syllables
  • Progress tracking and graphing
  • Audio recording and replay
Features
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Word FLiPS App is a must for children with limited speech, unintelligible speech, and/or childhood apraxia of speech! Teach functional vocabulary words, such as greetings and requests (for example, "hi," "go," and "bye") while practicing up to three repetitions of sound sequences. Begin teaching severely unintelligible children by having them repeat identical earlier developing sounds, such as "boo-boo-boo." Older or more verbal children can practice a variety of sequences, such as "tie-tea-shoe" as a warm-up to practicing sentences. The CV words in Word FLiPS App can also be combined to form other words (for example, "tie-knee" can be combined to form the word "tiny"). Features: • Choose words according to articulatory placement: Bilabial, Alveolar, Velar, and Palatal. • Choose words according to syllable structure: CV, CVC, CVCV, or custom. • Choose all words (including nonsense words) or only the suggested "real" words. • Includes audio of all syllables. • "Free Play" mode allows you to flip through the cards or randomly generate syllable combinations. • Record a student’s productions and replay audio clips. Data tracking lets educators and parents: • Track data for each syllable in a production or for the entire production. • Keep track of data for all students. • View player results for all the sessions at any time. • Graph students’ progress. • Email, print, and share session results.

About

GoTalk® NOW LITE

This communication app helps individuals with speech difficulties create personalized pages for expression. It offers adjustable layouts, recorded speech, text-to-speech, and an included symbol set. Additional features and unlimited pages are available through in-app purchases.

Highlights
  • Personalized communication pages
  • Adjustable page layouts
  • Recorded and text-to-speech capabilities
  • Included symbol set
  • Multiple page styles (Standard, Express, Scene)
  • Multimedia integration (video, music)
  • Full-feature scanning
Features
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Attainment has been making augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) tools for 25 years. Our experience is front and center in GoTalk NOW LITE, a communication app that introduces you to the flexibility, ease of use, and power of Attainment’s popular GoTalk NOW. GoTalk NOW LITE is a fully functional augmentative communication app for those who have difficulty speaking. Create up to three personalized communication pages in this free app! GoTalk NOW LITE has all the essentials of an effective AAC app, like adjustable page layouts, customizable navigation, recorded and text-to-speech capabilities, and an included symbol set. If you need more Communication Pages or the ability to share, simply upgrade your GoTalk NOW LITE to full GoTalk NOW Features via an in-app purchase. The new LITE offers three styles of communication pages: Standard, Express, and Scene. In Standard pages, the action occurs when the location is pressed. In Express pages, recorded or text-to-speech messages build in a speech bar and play in sequence when the bar is pressed. Scene pages are built around a single photo or image. When you arrange invisible hotspots over people or objects in the photo, the hotspots play speech, music, or videos! Feel free to mix and match pages within a communication book. Create a communication book with unique settings and up to 5 pages in length. Envision the impact of blending video, music, and jump to actions among your pages. Plus, GoTalk NOW LITE is a full-feature scanning app! Features: • Choose 1, 2, 4, 9, 16, 25 or 36 locations per page. • Use images from your iPad camera, photo library, or the GoTalk Image Library. • Search the Internet in-app for the perfect image or icon. • Purchase SymbolStix, PCS, or Widgit Symbols libraries in-app. • Crop, scale, or rotate an image using your fingers. • Combine multiple images in a single communication location. • Color pages, borders, and text with any hue. • Move and size text with your fingers so it feels just right. • Record your voice or use our free text-to-speech voice. • Add spoken labels (auditory cues) to any button. Great for scanning, guiding visually impaired users, and identifying any new or difficult vocabulary. • Trim videos in-app, and play them from any communication location. • Select our alternate video interface to pause or exit the video easily. • Link songs from your playlist to any communication location and control them with Pause/Play, Next, and Previous. • Include a core vocabulary button for extra quick access to important messages. • Create multimedia social stories and step-by-step instruction layouts by linking pages with an after action. •In-app purchase allows for back up of communication books via Dropbox or to any Mac or PC for safekeeping. • Ability to create multiple books with unlimited pages via in-app purchase. • Store and share interactive templates (each including speech, video, text, and jump to links) on our online gallery via in-app purchase. • Download and edit premade templates from Attainment’s collection on the public gallery available via in-app purchase. • Print and save communication book layouts via PDFs. • Access LITE with single or two-switch scanning. Attainment is well known for top-notch customer service. Email us with questions or comments and check our website for free webinars. And yes, we're happy to talk to you on the telephone!

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Word FLiPS at 100% against GoTalk® NOW LITE's 53%. Word FLiPS also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and in-app purchases (none vs 20). GoTalk® NOW LITE's advantage is price (Free vs $29.99) and ratings volume (17 vs 3). On 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

GoTalk® NOW LITE is free to download; Word FLiPS costs $29.99 up front. GoTalk® NOW LITE sells 20 one-off in-app purchases. Word FLiPS asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Word FLiPS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GoTalk® NOW LITE has 17 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Word FLiPS's written reviews are positive against 53% of GoTalk® NOW LITE's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Word FLiPS ships an update fortnightly, GoTalk® NOW LITE every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Word FLiPS versus GoTalk® NOW LITE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWord FLiPSGoTalk® NOW LITE
Price$29.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.2 (17 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better52.6% of reviews
Number of ratings317 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB235 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSuper Duper PublicationsAttainment Company

Customer experience

Word FLiPS

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

GoTalk® NOW LITE

All ratings17 ratings
Positive76.5%
Neutral5.9%
Negative17.6%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive52.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative47.4%

In-app purchases

None

Word FLiPS

No in-app purchases

20 purchases

GoTalk® NOW LITE

One-time20
  • Kenny$0.99
  • Nelly$0.99
  • Ryan$0.99
Show 17 more
  • Tracy$0.99
  • Will$0.99
  • Rod$0.99
  • Lizzie$0.99
  • Tiana$0.99
  • Owen$0.99
  • Rodrigo$0.99
  • Malik$0.99
  • Ella$11.99
  • Josh$11.99
  • Ready-Set-Communicate$19.99
  • Talk All Day$19.99
  • SymbolStix$49.99
  • English (US) Keywords$59.99
  • AAC2go (Girl 3-10)$79.99
  • AAC2go (Boy 3-10)$79.99
  • Upgrade to GoTalk NOW Features$119.99

Questions

Is Word FLiPS free?
Word FLiPS costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is GoTalk® NOW LITE free?
GoTalk® NOW LITE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Word FLiPS or GoTalk® NOW LITE?
Word FLiPS is rated higher. Word FLiPS averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while GoTalk® NOW LITE averages 4.2 from 17 ratings.
Do Word FLiPS or GoTalk® NOW LITE have ads?
Neither Word FLiPS nor GoTalk® NOW LITE shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Word FLiPS or GoTalk® NOW LITE?
Word FLiPS ships an update fortnightly, and GoTalk® NOW LITE every 5 weeks. Most recently, Word FLiPS was updated on October 16, 2026 and GoTalk® NOW LITE on October 24, 2026.

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