GoTalk® NOW LITE vs ableCARE
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!
ableCARE
Access support for assistive technology and speech devices. Connect with a product success team and explore a knowledge base with helpful videos and resources.
- Assistive technology support
- Speech device support
- Product Success team access
- Knowledge base
- Video resources
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The ableCARE program provides support for AbleNet assistive technology and the QuickTalker Freestyle speech device. The ableCARE app provides access to the ableCARE Product Success team and knowledge base filled with videos and other resources.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ableCARE at 5.0 against GoTalk® NOW LITE's 4.1. ableCARE also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 20) and device support (3 vs 1). GoTalk® NOW LITE's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (15 vs 1). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. GoTalk® NOW LITE sells 20 one-off in-app purchases. ableCARE asks for nothing beyond the download.
ableCARE holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GoTalk® NOW LITE has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
GoTalk® NOW LITE ships an update every 5 weeks, ableCARE every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and July 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GoTalk® NOW LITE | ableCARE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 231 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Attainment Company | AbleNet |
Customer experience
GoTalk® NOW LITE
ableCARE
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
ableCARE
No in-app purchases
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