GoTalk® NOW LITE vs SimplyTouch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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!
SimplyTouch
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A fun app for young learners. As the SimplyTouch name suggests, by tapping and moving your finger or stylus on a touch screen, - shapes will follow your movement around the screen. Change shapes, make the sparkling effects and bubbles follow the touch. 16 different effects give variety for a short fun experience. SimplyTouch also has an optional sound input, that will softly change the background colors and effects as the sound or voice input changes. Simply Touch can be controlled with a mouse pointer, touch screen , XBox controller and the Microsoft Adaptive controller. With the Microsoft Adaptive controller and XBox controller, the Dpad allows you to select the shapes and move the pointer around the screen. A, B , X & Y buttons change background effects and move to next touch effects. If you have an external joystick this can also control and lead the shape movement. Simply Touch also has a microphone input that can change the background colors based on the level of sound input. SimplyTouch contains no adverts and does not require an app login. Any support queries contact support@sensoryapphouse.com or www.facebook.com/sensoryapphouse
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SimplyTouch at none against GoTalk® NOW LITE's 20. SimplyTouch also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, 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
Both are free to download. GoTalk® NOW LITE sells 20 one-off in-app purchases. SimplyTouch asks for nothing beyond the download.
GoTalk® NOW LITE ships an update every 5 weeks, SimplyTouch every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GoTalk® NOW LITE | SimplyTouch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (17 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 52.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 235 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Attainment Company | Sensory App House Ltd |
In-app purchases
GoTalk® NOW LITE
- Kenny$0.99
- Nelly$0.99
- Ryan$0.99
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- 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
SimplyTouch
No in-app purchases
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