VBMAPP vs RethinkEd
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.
RethinkEd
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Elevate your student monitoring with our robust data application, designed to intuitively track individual student behavior and skills in real-time. Seamlessly integrating with your progress reports, goals, and lessons, it revolutionizes student assessment on the go. Key Features: 1. Efficient Progress Monitoring: Accurately track behavioral, skills, and points data, fostering efficient progress monitoring, detailed reporting, and program fidelity. 2. Real-time Individual & Group Data: Record vital data for individual students or groups, capturing real-time insights throughout the school day. 3. Best-Practice Data Collection: Harness the power of best-practice data collection methods to gather behavior and intervention data reliably and effectively. 4. Comprehensive Data Sync: Seamlessly sync your data with the RethinkEd platform, enabling you to view, analyze, and interpret data through detailed reports and insightful graphs. Take your student monitoring to the next level and experience a world where data drives success. Welcome to a new era of education.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RethinkEd at none against VBMAPP's 10. On price, update cadence, ads 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. RethinkEd asks for nothing beyond the download.
VBMAPP ships an update every 5 weeks, RethinkEd every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VBMAPP | RethinkEd |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (17 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 52.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 141 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Data Makes the Difference, LLC | Rethink Autism |
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
RethinkEd
No in-app purchases









