Comparison

Otsimo | Special Education 1+ vs Checkie!

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

Head to head
About

Otsimo | Special Education 1+

This app offers certified educational games and social stories designed for individuals with learning disorders, attention deficits, and autism. It helps develop cognitive, communication, and motor skills through personalized learning paths and customizable settings.

Highlights
  • Personalized learning path
  • Customizable game settings
  • Detailed progress reports
  • Social stories
  • Vocabulary and numbers games
  • No ads in premium version
Features
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Featured for over 300 days! Otsimo is a certified and award-winning educational game application developed for individuals diagnosed with learning disorders, attention deficit disorders, autism, Down syndrome, Aspergers, and other special needs. Otsimo Special Education has been awarded Mom's Choice Awards, Parent's Pick Awards, Education Alliance Finland, the Academics’ Choice Mind-Building Media and Toys Award, and was selected for the HundredED Global Collection of 2020, 2021, and 2022. It has been chosen as the BEST autism app by many autism publications. Parents LOVE Otsimo Special Education! Created under the guidance of parents, psychologists, and special education teachers; assistive games in Otsimo teach fundamental education and concepts that develop cognitive, communication, and motor skills with well-researched methods. Here are just some of the categories found in the app: Social stories, Numbers and letters, Vocabulary and words, Emotions and feelings, Colors, Music and singing, Animals and environment, Vehicles and SO MUCH MORE! With the help of visual and auditory cues, Otsimo Special Education helps users improve their motor and cognitive skills by helping them match, draw, choose, and put items in order. Why should you try Otsimo Special Education at home? Learning path: The perfect feature to provide the most personalized experience. It provides a specific curriculum to the individuals’ special education and learning therapy needs. Depending on the individuals’ learning and playing progress, the Learning Path adjusts the difficulty and special education content. Customizability: All of the learning game and difficulty settings are completely customizable for you to adjust. No ads, ever: Otsimo Special Education follows a strict no-ads policy, preventing any kind of intrusion and unwanted disturbance. Detailed progress reports: Access detailed reports that give insight into the performance and progress. The games individuals have played, special education progress, and the skills they have been working on will all be in this report! It can be used by individuals that have developmental or learning disorders such as Autism spectrum disorder, Down syndrome, Asperger’s, ADHD, cerebral palsy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, motor neuron disease (MND), speech impediments, and aphasia. Otsimo Premium Otsimo offers a variety of games for free but you can always upgrade to premium to access more educational games and features! Otsimo Premium offers: Access to all 100+ educational games Regular content update A personalized curriculum Daily and weekly report cards on tha games played and to track the progress Cross-platform support Multiple user feature Social storybooks with visual and auditory cues Play offline anytime anywhere For Otsimo Premium, we offer the following subscriptions: 1 month from $20.99 1 year from $13.75/monthly Lifetime from $229.99 If you upgrade to Otsimo Premium, payment will be charged to your App Store account at the confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off or subscription is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period, and the cost of the renewal will be provided. Subscriptions can only be managed by the user. Auto-renewal can be turned off by going to the user’s Subscription Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication. For more information: Privacy Policy & Terms of Use - https://otsimo.com/legal/privacy-en.html Payment Policy - https://otsimo.com/legal/payment.html

About

Checkie!

This app helps users remember essential items with visual cues and a simple checklist interface. It's designed to assist children, adults, and seniors in managing their belongings, making self-management fun and accessible.

Highlights
  • Visual item reminders
  • Image-based checklists
  • Simple touch interaction
  • List preparation for events
  • Promotes self-management
  • Assists users with ADD/ADHD
Features
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◇◇◇Kids Design Award 2017◇◇◇ Let us hear what other items you wish for Checkie! in the app. Items that are often left behind when leaving home, such as a schoolboy’s handkerchief, grocery items, baby wipes, etc. etc… Checkie! helps you remind those items with fun! Everybody’s busy. So the timer directly starts the app and images are used instead of text so you can see and know what it is at a glance. All you have to do is touch the item when it’s ready. For the events that you don't know when to happen, such as outing with a baby, an irregular business trip, just prepare lists of them ready at hand! What you can enjoy the most of Checkie! is when preparing a list so that even a little kid gets interested in the process, which helps her/him aware of self management of the belongings. Users of Checkie! say it helps not only kids, adults and seniors who often leave something behind, but also people with ADD and ADHD.

Screenshots

Otsimo | Special Education 1+4 screens
Checkie!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Checkie! at none against Otsimo | Special Education 1+'s shown. Checkie! also leads on review sentiment (79% vs 45%) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 14.0). Otsimo | Special Education 1+'s advantage is ratings volume (637 vs 8). On price, rating, update cadence 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

Both are free to download. Otsimo | Special Education 1+ sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Checkie! sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Otsimo | Special Education 1+ holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Otsimo | Special Education 1+ has 637 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 45% of Otsimo | Special Education 1+'s written reviews are positive against 79% of Checkie!'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Otsimo | Special Education 1+ ships an update monthly, Checkie! every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Otsimo | Special Education 1+ versus Checkie!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOtsimo | Special Education 1+Checkie!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (637 ratings) — better4.1 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews45.2% of reviews78.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings637 — better8
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.010.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size133 MB98 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOtsimoEnfani Inc.

Customer experience

Otsimo | Special Education 1+

All ratings635 ratings
Positive82.2%
Neutral4.7%
Negative13.1%
Written reviews188 reviews
Positive45.2%
Neutral5.3%
Negative49.5%

Checkie!

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive78.6%
Neutral7.1%
Negative14.3%

Bugs and requests

Otsimo | Special Education 1+

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Sound not working
  • Games freezing or losing functionality
  • Login issues
  • Incorrect content or visuals

Requested features

4 requests
  • More language options
  • Offline mode
  • Additional game content and updates
  • Ability to try before paying

Checkie!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Otsimo | Special Education 1+

Subscriptions9
  • Discounted Premium (Monthly)$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
  • Otsimo Monthly Subscription$13.991 Month
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  • Monthly Subscription$20.991 Month
  • Special Premium$59.991 Year
  • Special Premium$83.991 Year
  • Special Premium$95.991 Year
  • Discounted Premium (Annual)7 Days trial$119.991 Year
  • Otsimo Annual Subscription7 Days trial$164.991 Year
One-time1
  • Otsimo Lifetime Premium$229.99
7 purchases

Checkie!

One-time7
  • Unlimited Checklists$0.99
  • Food & Travel$0.99
  • Computer & Tools$0.99
Show 4 more
  • Various & Locations$0.99
  • Elementary School$0.99
  • Kids at Home$0.99
  • Kids To Do$0.99

Questions

Is Otsimo | Special Education 1+ free?
Otsimo | Special Education 1+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Checkie! free?
Checkie! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Otsimo | Special Education 1+ or Checkie!?
Otsimo | Special Education 1+ is rated higher. Otsimo | Special Education 1+ averages 4.3 out of 5 from 637 ratings, while Checkie! averages 4.1 from 8 ratings.
Do Otsimo | Special Education 1+ or Checkie! have ads?
Otsimo | Special Education 1+ shows ads; Checkie! does not.
Which is updated more often, Otsimo | Special Education 1+ or Checkie!?
Otsimo | Special Education 1+ ships an update monthly, and Checkie! every 2 weeks. Most recently, Otsimo | Special Education 1+ was updated on November 6, 2026 and Checkie! on November 2, 2026.

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