Comparison

GoTalk® NOW PLUS vs Medmelo Learning

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

Head to head
About

GoTalk® NOW PLUS

This powerful app provides a flexible and user-friendly platform for individuals with speech difficulties. It offers customizable page layouts, text-to-speech, and extensive image libraries to create personalized communication books. Users can also share and back up their creations.

Highlights
  • Adjustable page layouts
  • Recorded and text-to-speech capabilities
  • Over 15,000 images from SymbolStix and GoTalk Image Library
  • Ready-Set-Communicate pre-made book for children
  • Three communication page styles: Standard, Express, and Scenes
  • Create and share unlimited communication books
  • Full-feature scanning app
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 PLUS, a flexible, easy-to-use, yet powerful app for people who have difficulty speaking. GoTalk NOW PLUS shares the same foundation as GoTalk NOW, and has all the essentials of an effective AAC app; adjustable page layouts, recorded and text-to-speech capabilities, and customizable navigation are all featured. So what differentiates PLUS from NOW? PLUS comes bundled with a wealth of extra content to help you get more out of the app. Between both SymbolStix and The GoTalk Image Library you have access to over 15,000 images! Also featured is Ready-Set-Communicate, a pre-made communication book for children ages 3-10. PLUS also contains 7 English text-to-speech voices, including 2 children’s voices. Please note an internet connection is required to download the additional content. GoTalk NOW PLUS offers three styles of communication pages: Standard, Express, and Scenes. 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 as many communication books as you need, each with unique settings and unlimited pages. Then share these books with other users via WiFi, and back them up for safekeeping via Dropbox or any Mac/PC. Envision the impact of blending video, music, and jump to actions among your pages. How cool is it to have your own private online galley to store and save your templates (up to five communication pages) for free, and to email these templates to parents and colleagues! Furthermore, GoTalk NOW PLUS is a full-feature scanning app! Features: • Choose 1, 2, 4, 9, 16, or 25 locations per page. • Use images from your iPad camera, photo library, GoTalk Image Library, or SymbolStix symbols. • Search the Internet in-app for the perfect image or icon. • Includes free download for Ready-Set-Communicate, a pre-made communication book for children ages 3-10. • Purchase additional pre-made communication books in-app. • 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. • Utilize 7 American English text-to-speech voices, available as free download • Buy additional voices for only 99 cents each, available in over 20 languages. • 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. • Share complete communication books via WiFi with any iPad user who has NOW or PLUS. • Back up communication books via Dropbox or to any Mac or PC for safekeeping. • Store and share interactive templates (each including speech, video, text, and jump to links) on our online gallery for free. • Download and edit pre-made templates from Attainment’s collection on the public gallery, also free. • Email links to your templates to parents and colleagues, who can open the template on their iPad by tapping on the link. • Print and save communication book layouts via PDFs. • Access PLUS with single or two-switch scanning. GoTalk NOW PLUS participates in Apple's Volume Purchasing Program for Education in the United States.

About

Medmelo Learning

This app aims to make quality education accessible and affordable for everyone. It offers a platform for learning with a focus on positive impact and equality, striving to be a force for good in the educational landscape.

Highlights
  • Accessible education
  • Affordable learning
  • Focus on equality
  • Positive impact initiatives
  • Student-led approach
Features
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MEDMELO is born out of our Vision to make quality education affordable to everyone. While education is increasingly becoming a corporate enterprise, we never think like a corporation. We are a group of students, entrepreneurs, creators, and medical professionals aiming to alter public perceptions of education and make it more accessible to everyone. We will constantly fight against becoming a conventional corporation since we have no desire to do so. Our Vision is to make quality education affordable to everyone. We are putting Values that we Never Sexualize, harass or abuse We are committed to equality and don’t tolerate harassment or abuse of any kind, including on the basis of sexual orientation, race, religion, or gender. we are supporting LGBTQ+ peoples. We Always work to Be a Force For Good, Everything we create must have a positive impact — on ourselves as individuals, and on the world around us Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Medmelo Learning4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Medmelo Learning at 100% against GoTalk® NOW PLUS's 40%. Medmelo Learning also leads on price (Free vs $189.99) and device support (3 vs 1). GoTalk® NOW PLUS's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 8 months). On ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

Medmelo Learning is free to download; GoTalk® NOW PLUS costs $189.99 up front. GoTalk® NOW PLUS sells 12 one-off in-app purchases and Medmelo Learning sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GoTalk® NOW PLUS ships an update every 5 weeks, Medmelo Learning every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
GoTalk® NOW PLUS versus Medmelo Learning: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoTalk® NOW PLUSMedmelo Learning
Price$189.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size231 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAttainment CompanyAlan VL

Customer experience

GoTalk® NOW PLUS

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

Medmelo Learning

Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

12 purchases

GoTalk® NOW PLUS

One-time12
  • Ella$11.99
  • Josh$11.99
  • Emilio - English$11.99
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  • Will$11.99
  • Emilio - Spanish$11.99
  • Talk All Day$19.99
  • PCS High Contrast$29.99
  • Participate NOW$49.99
  • Tactile Talk$49.99
  • English (US) Keywords$59.99
  • AAC2go (Girl 3-10)$79.99
  • AAC2go (Boy 3-10)$79.99
11 purchases

Medmelo Learning

Subscriptions7
  • Medmelo Pro - 1 Month Plan$3.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly$6.991 Month
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  • VIP Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
  • Premium Yearly$69.991 Year
  • VIP Yearly$79.991 Year
One-time4
  • Biology Exam Made Easy$1.99
  • Histology Practical Textbook$1.99
  • Anatomy Exam Made Easy$3.99
Show 1 more
  • Anatomy Exam Made Easy$4.99

Questions

Is GoTalk® NOW PLUS free?
GoTalk® NOW PLUS costs $189.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Medmelo Learning free?
Medmelo Learning is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do GoTalk® NOW PLUS or Medmelo Learning have ads?
Neither GoTalk® NOW PLUS nor Medmelo Learning shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GoTalk® NOW PLUS or Medmelo Learning?
GoTalk® NOW PLUS ships an update every 5 weeks, and Medmelo Learning every 8 months. Most recently, GoTalk® NOW PLUS was updated on September 20, 2026 and Medmelo Learning on October 1, 2026.

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