Sound Touch 4+

We paid six dollars for the full version and it was great, now all of a sudden when you open the app there is an advertisement. Otherwise this is a nice app, my toddler loves it.

My 8 years old son is autistic and nonverbal - he LOVES these Sound Touch apps! We’ve had them on his iPad for years, and he still plays with them regularly. It was simple for him to learn to control - literally with a touch. The repetition of the words paired with pictures is great vocabulary practice for receptive language. Also, having 5 different pictures with the same name helps him generalize things within a category (ex. dogs can be different sizes, shapes, and colors and still be “dogs”). It has helped desensitize him to sounds that used to upset him, like police sirens, elephant trumpeting, and rooster crowing. I have recommended all the Sound Touch apps to therapists and teachers and told them to share with other parents of children with special needs. (And I always show them how to turn on the voiceover in “settings”😉.) Great app...and not just for babies!!

This app was one of my autistic daughter’s favorites, but then they got the bright idea to make her have to choose voiceover and language options EVERY TIME she opens the app, with no option to permanently set your choices. Needless to say, she doesn’t understand and is just completely frustrated every time she wants to play. For an app geared towards toddlers, this update makes absolutely no sense. If they ever fix this stupid update, I’ll happily change this to a 5 star review.

UPDATE: the developer listened and fixed the issue. I really appreciated that and my daughter is back to loving this app. Thanks!