Comparison

GoTalk® NOW LITE vs SimplyTouch Too

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

SimplyTouch Too

Features
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A fun app for young learners. As the SimplyTouch Too name suggests, by tapping a touch screen, shapes will follow your movement around the screen. Change shapes, make the sparkling effects and bubbles follow the touch. 16 different visual effects give variety for a short fun experience. It allows a young user to explore swiping and tapping in a fun way. Some effects disappear on touch, touch will create new characters and shapes, and swiping around will clear characters and effects from this area, a sort of eraser. SimplyTouch contains no adverts and does not require an app login. The projection capabilities of the phone or tablet gives the option for sensory rooms and relaxing environments to run the app on large screens. Just choose the effect you prefer, using the on screen buttons and let it flow. Switch Access and Adaptive XBox Controller: SimplyTouchToo can be controlled with a mouse pointer, touch screen , XBox controller and the Microsoft Adaptive controller. With the Adaptive controller and XBox controller, the Dpad allows you to select the shapes and then 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. Any support queries contact support@sensoryapphouse.com or www.facebook.com/sensoryapphouse

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SimplyTouch Too at none against GoTalk® NOW LITE's 20. SimplyTouch Too 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. GoTalk® NOW LITE sells 20 one-off in-app purchases. SimplyTouch Too asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GoTalk® NOW LITE ships an update every 5 weeks, SimplyTouch Too every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
GoTalk® NOW LITE versus SimplyTouch Too: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoTalk® NOW LITESimplyTouch Too
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (17 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews52.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings17 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size235 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAttainment CompanySensory App House Ltd

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
None

SimplyTouch Too

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GoTalk® NOW LITE free?
GoTalk® NOW LITE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SimplyTouch Too free?
SimplyTouch Too is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do GoTalk® NOW LITE or SimplyTouch Too have ads?
Neither GoTalk® NOW LITE nor SimplyTouch Too shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GoTalk® NOW LITE or SimplyTouch Too?
GoTalk® NOW LITE ships an update every 5 weeks, and SimplyTouch Too every 2 months. Most recently, GoTalk® NOW LITE was updated on October 24, 2026 and SimplyTouch Too on October 27, 2026.

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