AAC app · iPad · Free
Kammunicate
Communication without the pressure.
Kammunicate is a calm, shared AAC app built around one simple idea: lay an iPad flat on the table between two people. The screen divides in two, your half faces you, your partner's half faces them. Nobody reads upside-down, nobody passes the iPad back and forth. You make a message, send it across, and they reply. A conversation, built together.
One iPad. Two sides.
Kammunicate is made for anyone whose voice isn't always the easiest route: someone living with cerebral palsy, stroke, ALS, Parkinson's, apraxia or autism, someone with a temporary speech limitation, or anyone who finds it easier to show a thought than say it out loud.
It's just as much for the person beside them. The canvas splits down the middle: one half belongs to the person expressing what they need, the other, turned to face them, to the person supporting them. There's even a two-player mode with separate roles, so each side sees the cards that make sense for them, including more than 80 specialised carer responses.
However it comes out easiest.
- Draw & writeA freehand canvas built on PencilKit. Sketch an idea with a finger or Apple Pencil, or combine drawings with cards for messages words can't manage.
- 450+ communication cardsSixteen colour-coded categories, from basic needs and feelings to humour, opinions and "that's not what I meant".
- The Smart DockPredicts which cards you'll need before you search, from the conversation, the time of day and what's helped before. Works from day one.
- Stickers & photosAdd feeling with a sticker, or show exactly what you mean with a photo. Make your own cards, categories and stickers too.
- Safety, alwaysEmergency cards such as "Emergency", "Call 999" and "I can't breathe" stay available at all times. Safety-critical, by design.
- HistoryEvery exchange is kept in order with timestamps, so you can look back over what was said together.
Calm by design.
Nothing in Kammunicate is in a hurry. There are no countdown timers, no scores keeping track of how quickly you reply, no streaks to protect. It is deliberately unhurried, so there's room to think and space to try again.
Easy Read mode makes everything larger and simpler, and now supports scheduling: set messages to appear at breakfast, mealtimes or appointments, and Kammunicate handles the timing. Gentle background sounds (rainfall, ocean waves, soft piano, or your own Apple Music) can settle the mood if you'd like them.
Quietly intelligent. Entirely on the iPad.
Kammunicate's conversation engine understands more than needs and requests: it follows commentary, humour, opinions and social closeness, so when someone says "I missed you", the suggested replies respond with warmth. It notices which cards help and offers them sooner, recognises handwriting and drawings to suggest the matching card, and knows when a conversation has naturally ended.
All of that machine learning runs on the iPad using Apple's own frameworks. Nothing is sent away to be analysed. Kammunicate is a standalone app with no external connectivity: what's said on the iPad stays on the iPad.
The honest specs.
| Price | Free. |
|---|---|
| Device | iPad, running iPadOS 17.6 or later. Also runs on Apple Silicon Macs and Apple Vision Pro. |
| Input | Finger or Apple Pencil. The Pencil is optional. |
| Internet | Not required. Kammunicate works fully offline. |
| Permissions | Camera, photos, microphone and music are all optional, used only for the feature you turn on. |
| Account & tracking | None, and none. |
