VBMAPP vs Do Better Collective
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.
Do Better Collective
This app fosters professional engagement and learning through structured discussions, group forums, and on-demand courses. Members can connect, collaborate, and access exclusive content and mentorship opportunities.
- Structured discussion forums
- Group messaging with GIFs and emojis
- On-demand courses
- Expert-led mastermind groups
- Live discussions and events
- Group mentorship meetings
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Do Better Collective app provides members an environment to increase engagement, learn from each other and communicate in a structured, bulletin-board style fashion, allowing members to make connections with one another and focus on discussions they care about most. Groups & Forums: Organizers and individual members can create discussion forums that they are interested in and have all members to interact in the topics discussion. Messaging & Notifications: Send out a message with GIFs, and emojis to all members of a social group to collaborate on a single task together. Be notified when other members reply. Courses: Start or continue an on-demand course. *Subscription required. Subscription purchase gives you: unlimited access to Community of Practice social group & forums, expert-led mastermind discussion groups, weekly live #dobetter discussions, exclusive links to Live #dobetter content recordings, monthly #dobetter CE event, monthly group mentorship meeting, and access to over 35 on-demand #dobetter CE courses & materials.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Do Better Collective at 5.0 against VBMAPP's 3.7. Do Better Collective also leads on iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). VBMAPP's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and ratings volume (17 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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 and Do Better Collective sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $34.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Do Better Collective holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VBMAPP has 17 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
VBMAPP ships an update every 5 weeks, Do Better Collective every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VBMAPP | Do Better Collective |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 141 MB | 103 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Data Makes the Difference, LLC | Do Better Collective |
Customer experience
VBMAPP
Do Better Collective
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
Do Better Collective
- Trail Blazers Monthly$34.991 Month
- Trail Blazers Annual$349.991 Year
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