Talking Typer vs SocialCue
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Talking Typer
This accessible typing program helps students improve their keyboarding skills through lessons and a fun game. It is designed for blind and visually impaired students but is beneficial for all learners, offering progress tracking and customizable lessons.
- 35 built-in typing lessons
- Customizable lessons for teachers/parents
- Progress tracking for speed and accuracy
- Hurry Scurry typing game
- Self-voicing and VoiceOver accessible
- Supports refreshable braille displays
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Talking Typer finally makes its way to iOS. Help students make typing progress with this fun-to-use self-voicing app! Talking Typer An accessible typing and computer keyboard tutorial app with a keyboard game to help increase speed and accuracy in a fun environment! Learn to type or improve your skills with drills, practice lessons, keyboard explorer, and an entertaining game. It is designed for blind and visually impaired students, but can be used by sighted students too. This makes it a great tool for the whole class. 35 Built-in Lessons Talking TyperTM for iOS devices comes with 35 built-in lessons at levels 1-10. Teachers and parents can create new lessons, edit lessons, and assign lessons to individual students or groups. Speed, accuracy, and typing level can also be set for individual students or groups. The app saves the results of each drill allowing students, teachers, and parents to monitor improvement. Hurry Scurry Game The app also includes the exciting game Hurry Scurry, where students earn points by typing letters before the ball drops. It’s fun for all ages and skill levels! Self-Voicing and Apple® VoiceOver Accessible The app is both self-voicing and accessible with Apple’s VoiceOver. The onboard keyboard of your device can be used with Talking Typer, but an external keyboard is recommended. The app can also be used with a refreshable braille display, like APH’s Refreshabraille 18TM Bluetooth®-enabled device, making it accessible for students who are deafblind as well. Recommended ages: All.
SocialCue
This app offers a library of short scenario videos to help users observe, discuss, and practice everyday communication and social situations. It includes interactive quizzes and guided discussion points to encourage reflection and learning.
- Short social scenario videos
- Interactive quizzes
- Guided discussion points
- Categories and filters
- Good, bad, and mixed examples
- Custom video sets
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SocialCue is a video-based social learning app designed to help learners observe, discuss, and practice everyday communication and social situations. The app includes a library of short scenario videos with built-in pause points and interactive quiz questions. Learners can watch realistic moments, think about what happened, and answer questions that encourage observation, conversation, and reflection. Features include: -Short social scenario videos -Categories and filters for finding relevant clips -Good, bad, and mixed-example scenarios -Pause points for guided discussion -Multiple quiz difficulty levels -Favorites and custom video sets -Settings for pauses, questions, controls, and video length SocialCue is useful for guided learning with parents, teachers, therapists, and caregivers, or for structured practice in educational and support settings. Half of each section is available free. A one-time in-app purchase unlocks the full library. Existing purchasers of the original paid SocialCue app retain full-library access.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Talking Typer at none against SocialCue's 1. Talking Typer also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). SocialCue's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 11 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. SocialCue sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Talking Typer asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Talking Typer against 4.0 for SocialCue. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 50% and 50% positive.
Talking Typer ships an update every 11 months, SocialCue every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Talking Typer | SocialCue |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (11 ratings) | 4.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 461 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | American Printing House for the Blind (APH) | CodeJib |
Customer experience
Talking Typer
SocialCue
In-app purchases
Talking Typer
No in-app purchases
SocialCue
- Full Library Unlock$9.99
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