Comparison

ABA Data Notebook vs VBMAPP

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

Head to head
About

ABA Data Notebook

This app allows educators and therapists to track student skills and behaviors. It provides tools for defining behaviors, monitoring interventions, and generating reports. Data can be synced across devices and includes curriculum alignment with common assessment tools.

Highlights
  • Concurrent data collection for multiple students
  • Skills and behavior management
  • Graph and report generation
  • Define behaviors, antecedents, and consequences
  • Monitor interventions and assessments
  • Curriculum alignment with ABLLS, VB_MAPP
  • Cross-device data syncing
Features
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Description - ABA Data Notebook - Full Feature, provides the capability to collect concurrently for multiple students both skills and behavior management data. Graphs and reports are both on the device and web. Operationally define behaviors, antecedents, consequences, prompt levels, settings, levels of intensity for each student. View the effects of interventions and monitor your Functional Behavior Assessment and Behavior Intervention Plans. Create new targets and Phase Change Lines which are synched with the web. Use a curriculum aligned with common assessment tools, e.g. ABLLS, VB_MAPP, or create your own. Share data amongst different devices and start a session from where you left off.

About

VBMAPP

This app is a digital tool for assessing, guiding curriculum, and tracking skills for children with autism or language delays. It simplifies the assessment process with accessible information and automatic scoring, offering video tutorials for guidance.

Highlights
  • Criterion-referenced assessment tool
  • Curriculum guide
  • Skill tracking system
  • Unlimited assessments per student
  • Automatic scoring and plotting
  • Built-in video tutorials
  • Integrated guide with IEP goals
Features
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VB-MAPP for iOS! Created on behalf of Dr. Mark L. Sundberg, Ph.D., BCBA-D. The VB-MAPP is a criterion-referenced assessment tool, curriculum guide, and skill tracking system that is designed for children with autism, and other individuals who demonstrate language delays. The VB-MAPP is based on established developmental milestones, and research from the field of behavior analysis. The VB-MAPP App facilitates an unlimited number of assessments for each purchased student. Additional students can be unlocked via an in-app purchase. Additional students also enjoy an unlimited number of assessments. The objectives, materials, examples and scoring criterion are readily accessible as part of each question, making the process of conducting the VB-MAPP assessment much, much easier. The results are plotted on the scoring forms automatically saving you a significant amount of time. Built in video tutorials show how to add students, start assessments, explore the scoring forms and how to export the results to parents or colleagues. The entire contents of "the guide" is also built right into the app providing all the suggested IEP goals, guidance on materials that facilitate conducting the assessments and a vast library of information that can greatly enhance any verbal behavior, applied behavior analysis program.

Screenshots

VBMAPP4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ABA Data Notebook at none against VBMAPP's 10. ABA Data Notebook also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). VBMAPP's advantage is rating (3.7 vs 3.3) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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

Both are free to download. VBMAPP sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. ABA Data Notebook asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

VBMAPP holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 17 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of ABA Data Notebook's written reviews are positive against 53% of VBMAPP's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ABA Data Notebook ships an update monthly, VBMAPP every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ABA Data Notebook versus VBMAPP: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterABA Data NotebookVBMAPP
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (9 ratings)3.7 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews — better52.9% of reviews
Number of ratings917 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB141 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperOperant Systems Inc.Data Makes the Difference, LLC

Customer experience

ABA Data Notebook

All ratings9 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%

VBMAPP

All ratings17 ratings
Positive70.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative29.4%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive52.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative47.1%

In-app purchases

None

ABA Data Notebook

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

VBMAPP

One-time10
  • 1 VB-MAPP Assessment - 1 year$18.99
  • 1 Evaluación VB-MAPP - 1 año$18.99
  • 1 VB-MAPP Avaliação - 1 ano$18.99
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  • VB-Mapp Training - ABA 101$29.99
  • 3 VB-MAPP Assessments - 1 year$53.99
  • VB-Mapp Training Library$149.99
  • 10 VB-MAPP Assessments-1 year$169.99
  • 25 VB-MAPP Assessments-1 year$399.99
  • 25 VB-MAPP Évaluations - 1 an$399.99
  • 25 VB-MAPP Avaliações - 1 ano$399.99

Questions

Is ABA Data Notebook free?
ABA Data Notebook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is VBMAPP free?
VBMAPP is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ABA Data Notebook or VBMAPP?
VBMAPP is rated higher. ABA Data Notebook averages 3.3 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while VBMAPP averages 3.7 from 17 ratings.
Do ABA Data Notebook or VBMAPP have ads?
Neither ABA Data Notebook nor VBMAPP shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ABA Data Notebook or VBMAPP?
ABA Data Notebook ships an update monthly, and VBMAPP every 5 weeks. Most recently, ABA Data Notebook was updated on September 27, 2026 and VBMAPP on September 26, 2026.

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