Otsimo | Special Education 1+ vs ABA Cards
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Personalized learning path
- Customizable game settings
- Detailed progress reports
- Social stories
- Vocabulary and numbers games
- No ads in premium version
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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
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 rating: Otsimo | Special Education 1+ at 4.3 against ABA Cards's 3.6. Otsimo | Special Education 1+ also leads on ratings volume (638 vs 14). ABA Cards's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Otsimo | Special Education 1+ sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. ABA Cards asks for nothing beyond the download.
Otsimo | Special Education 1+ holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Otsimo | Special Education 1+ has 638 ratings behind it against 14, 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 64% of ABA Cards's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Otsimo | Special Education 1+ ships an update monthly, ABA Cards every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Otsimo | Special Education 1+ | ABA Cards |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (638 ratings) — better | 3.6 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 45.2% of reviews | 63.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 638 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 133 MB | 154 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Otsimo | LUDENIO LABS LTD |
Customer experience
Otsimo | Special Education 1+
ABA Cards
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
ABA Cards
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Otsimo | Special Education 1+
- 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
- Otsimo Lifetime Premium$229.99
ABA Cards
No in-app purchases
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