Comparison

GoTalk® NOW LITE vs TD Snap®

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

Head to head
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!

About

TD Snap®

This communication software assists individuals with speech and language disabilities by offering symbol-supported and text-based communication options. It features customizable page sets and editing tools, accessible via touch, eye gaze, and switch access. A subscription is required after a trial period.

Highlights
  • Symbol-supported and text-based page sets
  • Customizable editing tools
  • Touch, eye gaze, and switch access
  • Picture Communication Symbols library
  • Visual schedules and timers
  • Cloud-based content syncing
Features
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TD Snap® is a flexible, robust communication software for people with speech and language disabilities such as autism, cerebral palsy and aphasia. Created by Tobii Dynavox, a leader in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), TD Snap provides a choice of evidence-based, professionally developed page sets designed to meet different communication needs and preferences, with both symbol-supported and text-based options. TD Snap includes easy-to-use editing tools to create a personalized experience, and is accessible via touch, eye gaze and switch access methods. A monthly subscription is required to enable speech following a 1-month trial period. Tobii Dynavox offers complementary resources to help communicators, caregivers, and professionals succeed with TD Snap. These resources can be found by visiting myTobiiDynavox.com or tobiidynavox.com. Have you purchased a Tobii Dynavox device and looking to use your companion TD Snap license on an iOS device? Download this app and log into myTobiiDynavox in the start-up wizard. Customizable TD Snap Page Sets: • Core First: A symbol-supported page set enabling a path to literacy at any stage of language development, now also available in High contrast • Motor Plan: A symbol-supported page set enabling efficient language acquisition at any age, custom designed for both touch and eye gaze • Express: A symbol-supported page set to help people express themselves using theme-based phrases and words, now also available in bilingual Spanish/English • Text: A page set for those who are literate or transitioning from symbol supports to literacy • Scanning: A page set for those who use scanning as their primary access method, • Aphasia: A page set to help adults with aphasia communicate while also supporting language recovery , now also available in bilingual Spanish/English • PODD*: A page set based on the Pragmatic Organization Dynamic Display vocabulary strategy, developed by AAC expert Gayle Porter • Gateway*: A page set based on the Gateway vocabulary strategy, developed by Joan Bruno *Denotes in-app purchase of an additional monthly subscription per page or symbol set. Developed by a third party. Powerful Set of Integrated TD Snap Tools: • Editing: An intuitive editing tool to help customize buttons to meet a communicator’s unique needs • Diversity: A variety of diversity settings that let you customize skin tone, hair shades, and more • PCS: A built-in library of over 75,000 Picture Communication Symbols translated into over 25 languages • Search: A search bar to locate words and symbols with an easy and accessible path to find them • Visual Supports: A set of supports like visual schedules, timers, and scripts • Google Assistant: An integrated tool enabling symbol-supported access to Google Assistant • QuickFires: A set of commonly used pre-programmed phrases to make communication smoother • myTobiiDynavox: A cloud-based resource for backing up, sharing, and syncing customized content. How Subscriptions Work Following the 1-month free trial, your Apple ID payment method on file will automatically be charged monthly unless you cancel 24 hours before the trial ends. Subsequent monthly payments will be charged to your Apple ID payment method 24 hours before the end of each period. Your subscriptions are managed in account settings on the App Store. TD Snap® is a trademark and registered trademark of Tobii Dynavox AB. Tobii Dynavox cannot guarantee compatibility of TD Snap with any non-Tobii Dynavox brand of hardware and will not offer technical support for compatibility issues. All downloads are governed by TD Snap License Agreement for Download.

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: GoTalk® NOW LITE at free with in-app purchases against TD Snap®'s subscription. GoTalk® NOW LITE also leads on review sentiment (53% vs 31%). TD Snap®'s advantage is ratings volume (867 vs 17) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. GoTalk® NOW LITE sells 20 one-off in-app purchases and TD Snap® sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for GoTalk® NOW LITE against 4.1 for TD Snap®. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TD Snap® has 867 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 53% of GoTalk® NOW LITE's written reviews are positive against 31% of TD Snap®'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GoTalk® NOW LITE ships an update every 5 weeks, TD Snap® every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
GoTalk® NOW LITE versus TD Snap®: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoTalk® NOW LITETD Snap®
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (17 ratings) — better4.1 (867 ratings)
Positive reviews52.6% of reviews — better30.7% of reviews
Number of ratings17867 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size235 MB3.4 GB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAttainment CompanyTobii Dynavox LLC

Customer experience

GoTalk® NOW LITE

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

TD Snap®

All ratings856 ratings
Positive77.1%
Neutral6.3%
Negative16.6%
Written reviews179 reviews
Positive30.7%
Neutral5.6%
Negative63.7%

Bugs and requests

GoTalk® NOW LITE

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

TD Snap®

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Voice disappearing after updates
  • Crashes on launch
  • Incompatibility with iPad Pro
  • Inability to restore purchased content

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to change undo symbol
  • Link to ACCIL image database
  • Ability to set user age for appropriate vocabulary
  • More robust core vocabulary
  • Easier grammar modeling

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
10 purchases

TD Snap®

Subscriptions4
  • Gateway Monthly1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • PODD Monthly1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • Metacom Monthly1 Month trial$4.991 Month
Show 1 more
  • Speaking Upgrade Monthly1 Month trial$9.991 Month
One-time6
  • Acapela Voices$39.99
  • Nuance Voices$39.99
  • Speaking Upgrade$49.99
Show 3 more
  • METACOM Symbols$49.99
  • PODD Page Sets$149.99
  • Gateway Page Sets$149.99

Questions

Is GoTalk® NOW LITE free?
GoTalk® NOW LITE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TD Snap® free?
TD Snap® is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, GoTalk® NOW LITE or TD Snap®?
GoTalk® NOW LITE is rated higher. GoTalk® NOW LITE averages 4.2 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while TD Snap® averages 4.1 from 867 ratings.
Do GoTalk® NOW LITE or TD Snap® have ads?
Neither GoTalk® NOW LITE nor TD Snap® shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GoTalk® NOW LITE or TD Snap®?
GoTalk® NOW LITE ships an update every 5 weeks, and TD Snap® every 2 months. Most recently, GoTalk® NOW LITE was updated on October 24, 2026 and TD Snap® on October 26, 2026.

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