Comparison

Widgit Go 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

Widgit Go

Features
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Suomenkielinen versio Widgit Go – sovelluksessa voit luoda ja muokata kommunikaatiotauluja, jotka sopivat erilaisille käyttäjille kielen kehityksen ja kommunikaation tueksi. Widgit Go:ssa voit myös kirjoittaa yksinkertaisia, kuvitettuja tiedostoja kuvataulujen avulla. Sovellus sisältää valmiita esimerkkitaulustoja, ja lisäksi voit helposti luoda omia kommunikaatiotauluja.  Widgit Go:ssa on käytössä Widgitin WLS-symbolit, ja sovellus sisältää lähes 14000 kuvasymbolia suomeksi. Taulustoja voidaan luoda ja käyttää ilman Internet-yhteyttä, ja yhteyden kanssa sovelluksella voidaan lähettää sähköpostia sekä taulustoja voidaan jakaa Dropboxissa.  Widgit Go vaatii vähintään 120 Mb levytilaa ja mikäli päätät hankkia sovellukseen puhesynteesin, tarvitset noin 35 Mb lisätilaa.

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!

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: GoTalk® NOW LITE at Free against Widgit Go's $44.99. GoTalk® NOW LITE also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 22 months). Widgit Go's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). 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

GoTalk® NOW LITE is free to download; Widgit Go costs $44.99 up front. Widgit Go sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and GoTalk® NOW LITE sells 20 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Widgit Go ships an update every 22 months, GoTalk® NOW LITE every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Widgit Go versus GoTalk® NOW LITE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidgit GoGoTalk® NOW LITE
Price$44.99Free — better
Rating—4.2 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—52.6% of reviews
Number of ratings—17 — better
Update frequencyEvery 22 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size250 MB235 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWidgit Software LtdAttainment Company

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Widgit Go

One-time1
  • Sanna (Suomi)$7.99
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 Widgit Go free?
Widgit Go costs $44.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is GoTalk® NOW LITE free?
GoTalk® NOW LITE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Widgit Go or GoTalk® NOW LITE have ads?
Neither Widgit Go nor GoTalk® NOW LITE shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Widgit Go or GoTalk® NOW LITE?
Widgit Go ships an update every 22 months, and GoTalk® NOW LITE every 5 weeks. Most recently, Widgit Go was updated on October 7, 2026 and GoTalk® NOW LITE on October 24, 2026.

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