Comparison

Conversation Planner vs Inference Pics Lite

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

Head to head
About

Conversation Planner

This app teaches children a step-by-step method to prepare for conversations and social situations. It focuses on perspective-taking and uses over 150 real-world scenarios to build social skills. It offers independent and therapist modes, with progress tracking and a reward center.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step conversation preparation
  • Perspective-taking focus
  • 150+ real-world scenarios
  • Progress tracking
  • Reward Center
  • Independent and therapist modes
Features
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** Happy Frog Apps is a Mom’s Choice Award Winner! Also featured on FunEducationalApps.com, TeachersWithApps.com, and more! ** Conversation Planner teaches your child a step-by-step method to prepare for any conversation or social situation. Kids learn to think about who they are talking to, what that person will expect, when to know the person is ready for the conversation, etc. Conversation Planner gives your child the tools to complete successful conversations. What parents say about our awesome apps: *** 5 stars! Brilliant! An app that understands how kids actually learn. Thank you!
 *** 5 stars! This app totally engaged my 8 year old resistant reader! He keeps asking for it! I'll be checking out your other apps for sure!
 Conversation Planner provides: - A step-by-step introduction to all the key components of a conversation: how to start, how to finish, how to repair conversation problems, how to know your talking partner is ready, etc. - A focus on perspective-taking. Learners identify the conversation goals for themselves, their talking partners as well as the expectations of other people around them. - Students learn and practice their skills using more than 150 real-world, age-appropriate scenarios. - Students progress only when mastery of the current skill is demonstrated. - 'At a glance' reporting shows you instantly how your learner is progressing. - The fun Reward Center motivates even hesitant learners. Most exciting, this app offers independent mode AND therapist mode. In independent mode, answers are displayed and the learner taps the correct answer. In therapist mode, no answers are displayed. For each question, the student answers orally and the therapist taps whether the learner's oral answer was correct or incorrect. Both modes earn coins for the Reward Center. Our apps are designed for and tested by typical and special needs children. Testers include children with Autism and other special needs. Our apps work for them! Our apps are also suitable for adults dealing with aphasia or learning English as a Second Language. 
To evaluate the app, download the free version, which has one free book. Additional levels and additional players can be accessed with in-app purchases. (All levels can be purchased for $2.99 -- price may change.)

If you prefer no in-app purchases, download the School Edition of this app, which includes all levels and up to 10 players. We take customer service very seriously! If you ever have a problem or find that we've missed something, contact us at our website and we will do our best to fix the problem.  We collect NO private information in our app. None! Our apps do not allow unrestricted web or social media access. We conform to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.

About

Inference Pics Lite

This app helps children and young adults develop social inferencing skills. It uses real-life photos and interactive questions to teach users how to understand situations, emotions, and thoughts based on contextual clues. Designed for use with a parent or speech therapist.

Highlights
  • Social inferencing skill development
  • Over 300 real-life photos
  • Interactive questions
  • Choice to show/hide answers
  • Results tracking and email
  • No Wi-Fi needed
Features
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Turn everyday scenes into meaningful social inferencing practice with Inference Pics Lite. Choose a photo and guide clients to notice important details, connect the clues and explain the thinking behind their inferences. Created by a speech-language pathologist (SLP), Inference Pics Lite includes 14 high-quality photos, with 2 from each activity, plus built-in questions and hints to support learning. The full version of Inference Pics expands the experience with 350+ photos and the ability to add your own photos, questions and hints. SOCIAL INFERENCING MADE SIMPLE We make social inferences every day. We use facial expressions, body language, surroundings, and context to work out how someone might be feeling, what they could be thinking, or what may have happened. For some children, teenagers, and adults, noticing these clues and putting them together can be challenging. Inference Pics Lite provides a simple, structured way for speech-language pathologists, teachers, parents, and caregivers to work on social understanding, expressive language, and reasoning skills in speech therapy, education, or at home. SEE WHAT INFERENCE PICS LITE CAN DO • Get learners explaining their thinking, not just giving an answer. • Save prep time with ready-made inference questions, answers, and hints. • Draw directly on photos to circle or highlight important clues. • Show or hide possible answers to adjust the level of support. • Target emotions, perspective-taking, expressive language, and social reasoning. • Practice interpreting facial expressions, body language, and context. • Work with photos of real-life situations, not cartoons. • Create user profiles and track results. • No subscription and no Wi-Fi needed. LOOK. THINK. EXPLAIN. Each inference picture in Inference Pics has two inference prompts/questions. The first question varies depending on the chosen inference activity. For example, in the Conversations activity the user is asked "What are they saying? while in the Seasons activity the inference prompt is "What time of year is it? The second question in each inference activity is always “How can you tell?”. This allows the user to practice verbal expression and giving explanations. It also prompts the child or adult to explain what clues they found to enable them to make an inference. TRY ALL 7 SOCIAL INFERENCING ACTIVITIES FEELINGS - Understand emotions from facial expressions, body language, and context. JOBS - Work out someone’s job from visual clues. PLACES - Infer where someone might be. SEASONS - Identify the season or occasion from contextual clues. WHAT HAS HAPPENED? - Piece together the evidence to work out what happened. CONVERSATIONS - Infer what people might be saying. THOUGHTS - Explore perspective-taking and what another person might be thinking. WHO IS INFERENCE PICS LITE FOR? Inference Pics Lite can support: • Children and teenagers developing language and inference skills. • Autistic children, teenagers, and adults. • People with social communication difficulties. • Learners working on emotions and perspective-taking. • Adults with communication difficulties after a stroke or traumatic brain injury. It can be used by speech-language pathologists (SLPs), teachers, parents, and caregivers in therapy, the classroom, or at home. TRY INFERENCE PICS FOR FREE Inference Pics Lite gives you a free way to try Inference Pics, with 14 photos covering all 7 social inferencing activities. Choose a photo. Find the clues. Make an inference. Explain how you know. Download Inference Pics Lite for free and start building social inferencing, social communication, and expressive language skills—one clue at a time. Ready for more? Upgrade to the full version of Inference Pics for 350+ photos across all 7 activities, plus the option to add your own photos.

Screenshots

Conversation Planner4 screens
Inference Pics Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Conversation Planner at 4.3 against Inference Pics Lite's 3.0. Conversation Planner also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 29 months) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 15.0). Inference Pics Lite's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Conversation Planner sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Inference Pics Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Conversation Planner holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Conversation Planner ships an update weekly, Inference Pics Lite every 29 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Conversation Planner versus Inference Pics Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterConversation PlannerInference Pics Lite
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (4 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better2
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 29 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB99 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJanine TooleAptus Speech and Language Therapy Limited

Customer experience

Conversation Planner

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Inference Pics Lite

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Conversation Planner

One-time3
  • 2 Users$1.99
  • All Levels$2.99
  • 10 Users$3.99
None

Inference Pics Lite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Conversation Planner free?
Conversation Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Inference Pics Lite free?
Inference Pics Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Conversation Planner or Inference Pics Lite?
Conversation Planner is rated higher. Conversation Planner averages 4.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Inference Pics Lite averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Conversation Planner or Inference Pics Lite have ads?
Neither Conversation Planner nor Inference Pics Lite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Conversation Planner or Inference Pics Lite?
Conversation Planner ships an update weekly, and Inference Pics Lite every 29 months. Most recently, Conversation Planner was updated on September 19, 2026 and Inference Pics Lite on September 3, 2026.

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