Comparison

SCIP vs Super StoryMaker

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

SCIP

This therapeutic tool aids speech therapy by implementing evidence-based contrastive phonology approaches. It offers a vast library of words and allows for individualized or group sessions with detailed progress tracking and reporting.

Highlights
  • Five contrastive therapy approaches
  • 2,400+ real words and 6,000+ nonsense words
  • Individual or group sessions (up to 4 students)
  • Individualized treatment targets and data collection
  • Printable progress graphs and session notes
  • Printable illustrations for practice
Features
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Turbocharge your speech therapy! SCIP (Sound Contrasts In Phonology) is an evidence-based, therapeutic tool developed through a one million dollar NIH grant by ASHA Fellow Dr. A. Lynn Williams. Dr. Williams partnered with EBS Learning to create this revolutionary app to maximize therapy by increasing intelligibility in less time. SCIP allows you to both create and implement treatment approaches using five different contrastive therapy approaches: Multiple Oppositions Minimal Pairs Maximal Oppositions Treatment of the Empty Set Vowel Contrasts SCIP includes more than 2,400 real words and 6,000 nonsense words to provide the widest variety of treatment stimuli and support rapid progress. The app allows individual or group sessions with up to 4 students. In group sessions, each student has individualized treatment targets and data collection. Print or email graphs of treatment progress and individual session notes! Choose the option to treat word-initial or word-final sounds using pictures or illustrations. You can also print illustrations to prepare practice sets to be used away from the iPad or sent home for reinforcement. Amazing features of this app allow you to: Easily create treatment programs with five contrastive approaches. Provide therapy sessions using illustrations or pictures. Collect data and enter therapy notes for each session. Graph treatment data and produce therapy reports. Print illustrations for use away from the iPad. Create and save groups of up to four students each with their own targets and treatment approach. Previously created for use with a computer, this improved and even easier-to-use program is now available as an app on your iPad! "SCIP" the prep time and jump right into treatment!

About

Super StoryMaker

This app allows children to create their own stories by adding text, images, and drawings. It helps develop essential literacy and communication skills through interactive storytelling.

Highlights
  • Create stories with unlimited pages
  • Add diverse visual elements and text
  • Customize characters with emotions and colors
  • Import personal photographs
  • Record voice and sounds
  • Share stories via import/export
Features
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Create fantastic stories, document exciting adventures, generate invaluable picture schedules, and much more with Super StoryMaker! Educators and parents will love Super StoryMaker because it gives children opportunities to practice important skills such as reading, sequencing, vocabulary, sentence-building, following directions, grammar, storytelling, communication, and more! Features of Super StoryMaker: • Create short or long stories with unlimited pages. • Add animals, food, people, places, vehicles, objects, shapes, and text to your pages. • Modify the people with custom colors for hair, clothing, and skin. • Give your people one of four different emotions – happy, sad, angry, or surprised. • Resize and rotate animals, food, people, places, vehicles, objects, and shapes. • Import your own photographs to some images (e.g., computer, television) • Add your own drawings and handwriting with the marker tool. • Name your story and add text to each page of your story. • Change and edit your stories. • Record your voice and other sounds. • Share your stories with family and friends with importing/exporting capabilities.

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Super StoryMaker at $4.99 against SCIP's $59.99. Super StoryMaker also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 67%) and iOS requirement (8.2 vs 12.0). SCIP's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.0). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

SCIP costs $59.99 and Super StoryMaker $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SCIP holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of SCIP's written reviews are positive against 80% of Super StoryMaker's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SCIP ships an update every 2 months, Super StoryMaker every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SCIP versus Super StoryMaker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSCIPSuper StoryMaker
Price$59.99$4.99 — better
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better3.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings45 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS12.08.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size355 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEBS LEARNING INCSuper Duper Publications

Customer experience

SCIP

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

Super StoryMaker

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

None

SCIP

No in-app purchases

None

Super StoryMaker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SCIP free?
SCIP costs $59.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Super StoryMaker free?
Super StoryMaker costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SCIP or Super StoryMaker?
SCIP is rated higher. SCIP averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Super StoryMaker averages 3.0 from 5 ratings.
Do SCIP or Super StoryMaker have ads?
Neither SCIP nor Super StoryMaker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SCIP or Super StoryMaker?
SCIP ships an update every 2 months, and Super StoryMaker every 4 months. Most recently, SCIP was updated on November 13, 2026 and Super StoryMaker on November 13, 2026.

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