iInteract: Communication Board
iOS Universel / Education
iInteract is a free communication board for children with autism, apraxia, Down syndrome, and other communication needs. Tap a picture, hear the word out loud — clear, simple, and built to grow with your child.
WHO IT'S FOR Parents, therapists, special-education teachers, and speech-language pathologists working with emerging communicators. Designed with — and used by — families of children with autism, apraxia, Down syndrome, and other communication needs.
Used for over a decade by parents, therapists, and special-education teachers, iInteract is the result of two longtime educators (with 20+ years of special-education experience) collaborating with a software engineer to build the tool they wished they had.
WHAT'S INSIDE
• Seven ready-made panels covering feelings, needs, and everyday activities
• Three ways to use the app — fresh installs start with Customize so you can add your own panels right away:
– Customize — add your own panels with your own pictures and recorded voice
– Configurable — hide panels you don't use and reorder the rest
– Default — bundled panels only, nothing changes
• Pick how you reach parent settings: a visible gear icon, or hold down the "iInteract" title at the top (recommended
— your child can't trigger it, and the app returns to kid view on its own after 10 minutes)
• Set it up once, use it everywhere. Your panels, PIN, voice choice, and settings travel with you between iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
• Keep the screen on while your child is choosing — 1, 5, or 10 minutes, or "until I leave the app" for kids who study the picture board for a long time.
• Boy and girl voice slots for every interaction (record both or just one)
• 30-day Trash recovery for anything you accidentally delete
• Optional 4-digit parent PIN. Forgot it? Answer your security question and the PIN clears — no need to delete and reinstall the app.
• Apple Watch — your built-in panels mirror to the watch for quick out-of-the-house use
• Mac app with its own settings window — same app, same panels, no separate download
• Guided Access integration — toggle "Lock Editor" in iOS's Guided Access Options sheet to lock down the gear icon with one tap
PRIVACY No data collection. No tracking. No accounts. Your panels, pictures, and voice recordings stay on your device and (if you opt in) in your private iCloud account. Apple sees CloudKit data as encrypted blobs they cannot open.
LICENSE Source code: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (with Apple App Store exception) Not affiliated with or endorsed by any institution.
Quoi de neuf dans la dernière version ?
A safer, cleaner way to switch between kid view and parent view — and now your settings follow you across iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
• Press and hold the "iInteract" title (new). Holding down the title at the top of the screen opens parent settings — your child can't trigger it. After 10 minutes of inactivity the app returns to kid view on its own. Same gesture the Android app already has.
• Pick how parent settings open. Fresh installs see a one-shot Parent Access prompt: press-and-hold (recommended for child safety), or keep the gear icon visible if you prefer. Switch any time in the gear → Configuration.
• Set it up once, use it everywhere. Your panels, PIN, voice choice, and parent-access choice now travel with you between iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
• Mac users get a real settings window. On Mac, the gear icon (or ⌘,) opens settings in its own window — closes on its own after 10 minutes of inactivity.
• One Erase All for every device. A single PIN-protected Erase All wipes every iCloud-connected device within seconds. If you turn iCloud off, make changes, then turn it back on, the app asks which set to keep.
• Forgot PIN, everywhere. Every PIN prompt has a "Forgot PIN?" button — answer your security question and the PIN clears. No more deleting and reinstalling.
• Notes for existing users (3.1.3): your panels, PIN, voice, mode, and gear-visibility setting are preserved exactly as you had them.
