Comparison

Proloquo4Text AAC vs SpellerShip

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

Head to head
About

Proloquo4Text AAC

This text-to-speech app assists individuals who cannot use their voice to communicate. It features a streamlined interface for easy typing, customizable layouts, and quick access to common phrases. Users can personalize voices, adjust appearance, and integrate with messaging and calling functions.

Highlights
  • Single-screen interface for easy typing
  • Customizable screen layout and appearance
  • Quick access to saved phrases
  • Advanced word prediction
  • Multiple natural-sounding voices
  • Integration with messaging and calls
  • Offline communication capability
Features
Currently charting
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Proloquo4Text™ is a text to speech app for those who cannot rely on their voice to speak. The app is laid out on a single screen to reduce the effort of typing. The layout enables easy, daily conversation and quick access to your most common phrases. Personalize it to your needs and preferences, whether that’s through choosing from the many voices available, or through customizing your screen layout. Proloquo4Text is the leading AAC solution for literate adults, teens and children. It is used by people with a wide range of diagnoses, including developmental disabilities (like autism, apraxia, and cerebral palsy) and acquired disorders (like laryngectomy, ALS, stroke, or traumatic brain injury). Proloquo4Text can be used to produce speech by anyone who can type and spell. Communicate with ease • Use the single screen for easy access to words, phrases and keyboard • Switch easily between conversations, making it easy to answer a question in another conversation, without disrupting what you typed in the first conversation. • Decide when you speak with play, pause and speak-as-you-type • Adjust appearance (font, color, text size) to your preference and needs Reduce typing effort • Create, save and organize commonly used phrases • Make typing quicker with advanced, self-learning PolyPredix™ word prediction • Show what you typed with the fullscreen view and flip text features • Type once, then say it again with history and sentence prediction • Use keyboard shortcuts for quick access when using an external keyboard Choose your voice • Download, natural-sounding voices within Proloquo4Text. All premium Acapela voices are included in Proloquo4Text with no in-app purchase. • Add personality and humor to your conversations with free specialty voices • Choose from over 100 voices in 18 languages, so you can find the one that sounds most like you. Switch easily between languages. • Use my-own-voice, a voice-banking technology, to preserve and capture the essence of your own voice in synthetic speech. Share your world • Send email, messages, and tweets from Proloquo4Text • Write in Proloquo4Text and copy your text into another app • Listen to text by pasting into Proloquo4Text • Make phone and FaceTime video calls with Proloquo4Text. Take your voice anywhere • Proloquo4Text is available on both iOS and macOS. With iOS, you can use the app on your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. The Mac version is a separate purchase on the Mac App Store. • Smoothly transition between devices, thanks to Proloquo4Text’s consistent navigation on iPhone and iPad • Easily access your commonly used phrases on Apple Watch, and just tap to show or speak them. You can customize the contents shown on the Watch from your iPhone. Accessibility features • Follow words as they are spoken with optional sentence or word highlighting • Optimized for Switch Control and VoiceOver • Communicate without an internet connection • Use multitasking functionality to run another app side-by-side on supported devices • Keep your devices in sync by easily backing up and restoring your customizations and stored phrases. AssistiveWare® is the developer of Proloquo2Go®, an award-winning symbol-based communication app that provides a voice to over 200,000 individuals around the world. Additional note: Educational institutions can get a 50% discount if they purchase 20 or more licenses through Apple’s Volume Purchase Program for Education.

About

SpellerShip

This app empowers non-speaking individuals to communicate through spelling with AI-powered lessons and customizable tools. It offers a vast library of lessons, flexible keyboard options, and progress tracking to foster independence and self-expression.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of daily lessons
  • Create custom lessons
  • Flexible keyboard layouts
  • Progress tracking
  • Customizable letter sets
  • Multiple question types
  • Downloadable lessons for offline use
Features
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Unlock the power of communication with SpellerShip, an innovative app designed to empower non-speaking individuals to express themselves through spelling. Tailored for users of all ages, SpellerShip combines cutting-edge AI technology with customizable learning tools to make communication accessible, engaging, and effective. Key Features: Lesson Library: Access hundreds of lessons on a wide variety of topics. New lessons are created daily. Custom Lessons: Easily create lessons on topics of your choice, tailored to your speller's age. Flexible Keyboard Options: Use the in-app keyboard with QWERTY or stencil layouts, external keyboard, or pair with physical letterboards for seamless integration. Progress Tracking: Monitor typing accuracy to celebrate progress and identify areas for improvement. Customizable Letter Sets: Choose 4, 8, 13, or all 26 letters to match your speller's motor profile. Variety of Question Types: Engage with six dynamic question formats—spells, knowns (including numeric), previous knowledge, semi-opens, tight opens, and broad opens—to build confidence and skills. Downloadable Lessons: Save lessons as PDFs for offline use or sharing with educators, therapists, or caregivers. Standalone Board: Use the app as a standalone letterboard for answering known questions anytime, anywhere. SpellerShip is more than an app—it’s a bridge to connection, independence, and self-expression. Whether you’re a caregiver, therapist, or parent of a non-speaker, SpellerShip is a tool to help reach those silent voices. Download now and start your spelling journey today! SpellerShip is free to use and also offers auto-renewing monthly subscriptions starting at $5/mo USD. A subscription unlocks premium features (e.g. creating lessons) and grants access to more pre-made lessons. You may use the same subscription on multiple devices. Subscriptions auto-renew monthly unless canceled by the user. Payment will be charged to the Apple ID account used to set up the subscription. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions in your Apple ID account settings at any time. This app is subject to Apple’s standard End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Proloquo4Text AAC4 screens
SpellerShip1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SpellerShip at Free against Proloquo4Text AAC's $59.99. SpellerShip also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Proloquo4Text AAC's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (933 vs 2). 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

SpellerShip is free to download; Proloquo4Text AAC costs $59.99 up front. SpellerShip sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Proloquo4Text AAC asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SpellerShip holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Proloquo4Text AAC has 933 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Proloquo4Text AAC's written reviews are positive against 100% of SpellerShip's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Proloquo4Text AAC ships an update every 3 months, SpellerShip every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Proloquo4Text AAC versus SpellerShip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProloquo4Text AACSpellerShip
Price$59.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (933 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings933 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
Best chart rank#69 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size453 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAssistiveWareJarendill Creations LLC

Customer experience

Proloquo4Text AAC

All ratings933 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral3.0%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive90.5%
Neutral1.6%
Negative7.9%

SpellerShip

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Proloquo4Text AAC

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Keyboard switching issue when using third-party keyboards
  • Passcode locking the app unexpectedly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to adjust voice tone more precisely
  • Option to speak entire text box regardless of cursor position
  • Integrated iOS keyboard with prediction
  • Separate volume control for the app

SpellerShip

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Proloquo4Text AAC

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

SpellerShip

Subscriptions3
  • Pal Membership$4.991 Month
  • Partner Membership$14.991 Month
  • Practitioner Membership$49.991 Month

Questions

Is Proloquo4Text AAC free?
Proloquo4Text AAC costs $59.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SpellerShip free?
SpellerShip is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Proloquo4Text AAC or SpellerShip?
SpellerShip is rated higher. Proloquo4Text AAC averages 4.7 out of 5 from 933 ratings, while SpellerShip averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Proloquo4Text AAC or SpellerShip have ads?
Neither Proloquo4Text AAC nor SpellerShip shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Proloquo4Text AAC or SpellerShip?
Proloquo4Text AAC ships an update every 3 months, and SpellerShip every 3 weeks. Most recently, Proloquo4Text AAC was updated on October 20, 2026 and SpellerShip on October 10, 2026.

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