Comparison

LetMeTalk vs CoughDrop

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

Head to head
About

LetMeTalk

This app provides a voice for individuals who have difficulty speaking by allowing them to create sentences using images. It offers a large database of images and supports multiple languages, enabling communication in various life situations without an internet connection.

Highlights
  • Image-based sentence creation
  • Over 9,000 ARASAAC images
  • Add custom images and photos
  • Voice output for images and sentences
  • Offline functionality
  • Multi-language support
  • Profile management and sharing
Features
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A free AAC talker app supports communication in all areas of life and therefore providing a voice to everyone. LetMeTalk is donation financed. LetMeTalk enables you to line up images in a meaningful way to read this row of images as a sentence. To line up images is known as AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication). The image database of LetMeTalk contains more than 9,000 easy to understand images from ARASAAC (http://arasaac.org). Additionally, you can add existing images from the device or take new photos with the build in camera. For LetMeTalk no internet connection or mobile contract is necessary, so you can use LetMeTalk in almost any situation, like hospitals, nursing home or schools. You can find LetMeTalk tutorials at http://letmetalk.info/support Suitable for: • autism symptoms and Asperger syndrome, autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) • aphasia • speech apraxia • articulation/phonological disorder • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) • Motor Neuron Disease (MND) • cerebral palsy • down syndrome Features: • more than 9,000 images from ARASAAC included • voice support for images and sentences • unlimited and flexible creation of new categories and adding new images • pre configured for kids with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) • load / save your current profile (vocabulary) • keep several profiles on your devices and switch fast between them • share your profile easily with other devices • switch fast between 2 languages and use LetMeTalk as translator • supported languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian and German, Chinese, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, Arabic, Russian, Polish, Bulgarian, Romanian, Galician, Catalan, Basque • voice support for most languages

About

CoughDrop

This app provides a modern communication and support tool for individuals with complex communication needs. It offers customizable boards with symbols, images, and audio, along with reporting features for support teams.

Highlights
  • Customizable communication boards
  • Rich symbol set and image personalization
  • User-recorded audio and speech synthesis
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Support team access and collaboration
  • Built-in reporting and messaging
Features
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CoughDrop is a simple, modern AAC communication and support tool that empowers individuals and the teams around them. It is a full-featured communication app built for individuals with autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, Angelman syndrome, Rett syndrome, or other complex communication needs. CoughDrop is flexible and configurable enough to accommodate the access and comprehension needs of many communicators. CoughDrop users can install this app to access CoughDrop's communication and reporting features on their mobile device. The app includes starter boards for different levels of communication, and boards with large or small buttons can be personalized using the rich symbol set, user-provided images or camera photos, user-recorded audio, speech synthesis, etc. CoughDrop runs on multiple devices, so you can log in on your tablet, phone and computer and have access to the same communication tools and interface. In addition, users can be linked so parents, therapists and supervisors can access a communicator's boards from their own devices to better facilitate modeling, and to make it easier to modify boards without taking away the communicator's device. The built-in reporting and messaging tools also help the support team have a consistent strategy and know what's working across locations and times.

Screenshots

LetMeTalk4 screens
CoughDrop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LetMeTalk at none against CoughDrop's 3. LetMeTalk also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.6). CoughDrop's advantage is review sentiment (52% vs 43%). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. CoughDrop sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. LetMeTalk asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.7 for LetMeTalk against 3.7 for CoughDrop. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 99 and 57 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 43% of LetMeTalk's written reviews are positive against 52% of CoughDrop's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LetMeTalk ships an update every 3 weeks, CoughDrop monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
LetMeTalk versus CoughDrop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLetMeTalkCoughDrop
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (99 ratings)3.7 (57 ratings)
Positive reviews42.7% of reviews52.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings99 — better57
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size119 MB59 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAppNotize UG (haftungsbeschraenkt)CoughDrop, Inc.

Customer experience

LetMeTalk

All ratings99 ratings
Positive63.6%
Neutral10.1%
Negative26.3%
Written reviews89 reviews
Positive42.7%
Neutral19.1%
Negative38.2%

CoughDrop

All ratings57 ratings
Positive61.4%
Neutral14.0%
Negative24.6%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive52.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

LetMeTalk

Reported bugs

28 issues
  • No sound output
  • Play button not working
  • Home button leads nowhere
  • Image search failing
  • Sound settings not working
Show 23 more
  • App stopped working
  • No sound on iOS
  • Can't activate sound
  • Audio not activating
  • No sound from app
  • App doesn't speak words/phrases
  • Sound not working
  • App not reproducing sound
  • No sound issue
  • Can't get read out to work
  • Transferring profile to another device issue
  • App not speaking any words
  • No voice
  • Can't hear voice
  • Sound failure
  • Can't sync between iPad and iPhone
  • Delete button cut off on iPhone 12 Pro
  • App can't open after update
  • No sound on iPhone 7s plus
  • Gallery images not opening on iOS 11
  • Sound unavailable
  • Robot voice after iPhone update
  • Apple stopped speaking photo names on iOS 13

Requested features

11 requests
  • Add male voice option
  • Improve picture quality/design
  • Allow users to record own voice
  • Add more word sentences
  • Temporary board for choices
Show 6 more
  • Ability to move items into folders
  • Add ASL images
  • Turkish language support
  • Larger control buttons
  • Option to temporarily hide categories/pictures
  • Sync boards across multiple devices

CoughDrop

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

LetMeTalk

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

CoughDrop

One-time3
  • Evaluator Access$29.99
  • Supporter Access$44.99
  • Communicator Access$294.99

Questions

Is LetMeTalk free?
LetMeTalk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CoughDrop free?
CoughDrop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LetMeTalk or CoughDrop?
LetMeTalk and CoughDrop are both rated 3.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 99 and 57 ratings respectively.
Do LetMeTalk or CoughDrop have ads?
Neither LetMeTalk nor CoughDrop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LetMeTalk or CoughDrop?
LetMeTalk ships an update every 3 weeks, and CoughDrop monthly. Most recently, LetMeTalk was updated on October 19, 2026 and CoughDrop on October 17, 2026.

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