VBMAPP vs ABA Cards
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
ABA Cards
This app provides customizable digital flashcards for autism therapy, supporting discrete trial teaching and skill assessment. It streamlines preparation time for therapists and offers telehealth capabilities for remote sessions.
- Customizable digital flashcards
- Discrete Trial Teaching (DTT) support
- Telehealth mode for remote sessions
- Web image and GIF search
- Built-in VB-Mapp lessons
- Automatic data collection and grading
- Multiple student profiles
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ABA Cards is your customisable flashcards app for Discrete Time Trials, Intensive Teaching and skills assessment for autism learning. Work face to face or conduct remote sessions in telehealth mode! ABA Cards is an app that saves up to 5 hours a week on preparing flashcards and visual materials, so you can spend that time with your students! It's best for therapists working in the field of applied behavior analysis (ABA) and other specialists working with students with autism and related disorders. It was co-developed with and tested by BCBAs from 7 different ABA centers. No more printing, laminating and rearranging all those flashcards! No need to keep piles and piles of those dusty squares of paper! No need to worry if someone will lose, tear or chew them! Now you can keep all those flashcards in your pocket! Features: - Based on applied behavior analysis (ABA), a science-based approach to autism therapy - Telehealth mode for distant learning - Tailored for conducting DTT and intensive teaching sessions - Use built-in exercises or create your own flashcards - Telehealth mode for distant learning - Search pictures and gif animations on the web or use photos from your gallery - Built-in lessons based on VB-Mapp protocol - Automatic grading and data collection - Supports multiple student profiles
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ABA Cards at none against VBMAPP's 10. ABA Cards also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 weeks) and review sentiment (64% vs 53%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. VBMAPP sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. ABA Cards asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.7 for VBMAPP against 3.8 for ABA Cards. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 13 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 53% of VBMAPP's written reviews are positive against 64% of ABA Cards's.
VBMAPP ships an update every 5 weeks, ABA Cards every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VBMAPP | ABA Cards |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (17 ratings) | 3.8 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.9% of reviews | 63.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 141 MB | 154 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Data Makes the Difference, LLC | LUDENIO LABS LTD |
Customer experience
VBMAPP
ABA Cards
In-app purchases
VBMAPP
- 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
ABA Cards
No in-app purchases









