Comparison

Comprehension Builder vs Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong

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

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About

Comprehension Builder

Features
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** Happy Frog Apps is a Mom’s Choice Award Winner! Also featured on FunEducationalApps.com, TeachersWithApps.com, and more! ** The “Comprehension Builder” app builds skills in passage comprehension, working memory and answering multiple choice questions about a text. What parents say about our awesome apps: *** 5 stars! Brilliant! An app that understands how kids actually learn. Thank you. *** 5 stars! Every one of your apps that I’ve tried is great! When using “Comprehension Builder”, your learner will first read a passage. The learner must then hold the information in memory in order to answer a multiple choice question. To build sustained attention and working memory, early levels contain 2-sentence texts with limited word count. As comprehension is demonstrated and memory increases, the texts increase in length and difficulty. “Comprehension Builder” contains 200+ fiction and non-fiction texts on a variety of topics. This app is perfect for learners who: - when reading or listening, information seems to ‘go in one ear and out the other.’ - have trouble responding to questions about a text unless they can refer back to the text. - can understand each sentence, but don’t seem to put them together to make meaning from the text as a whole. Additional Features: - Incremental learning. New levels are unlocked only when your child demonstrates mastery. - Fun and engaging Reward Center to increase motivation. - Contains over 600 questions, with content designed by professional teachers and researchers. 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 2 free levels. The remaining levels accessed with an in-app purchase. If you prefer no in-app purchases, download the School Edition (SE) version of this app, which includes all levels and up to 10 users. 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.  www.HappyFrogApps.com Our apps are safe for kids. 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

Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong

This game helps children and young adults develop classification, categorization, reasoning, and logic skills through interactive challenges. It presents items with one outlier, encouraging critical thinking and discussion. Designed by a certified Speech Language Pathologist, it's also great for reading and comprehension practice.

Highlights
  • Classification and categorization practice
  • Logic and reasoning challenges
  • Interactive gameplay
  • Reading and vocabulary enhancement
  • Thematic element identification
  • Brainy Bonuses for advanced review
Features
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Brainy Skills What Doesn’t Belong app is a game designed to help children and young adults work on classification, categorization, reasoning and logic. The interactive format creates a challenging yet fun atmosphere to review common and differing elements. Watch out for tricky questions as all items have something in common and one word that does not belong with the other items. Teachers, parents, tutors, and therapists can have fun reasoning with the kids as to why a certain item does not belong listed or grouped with the others. This app was created and written by a certified Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) with many years of hands on experience in a variety of settings, with both typically developing and special needs children. While working with a large variety of younger and older school age children and seeing the difficulties with answering a variety of questions, the great need for a unique, motivating, fun and exciting way to help improve these skills was obvious. There is a need to combine learning with fun in order to improve and increase motivation, when grasping concepts such as classification, categorization, and description abilities. These skills are needed to communicate effectively and hold conversations.This app can also be used for practicing reading, vocabulary, and overall comprehension skills for middle and high school special needs students, and those looking for remedial practice. Students can play on their own or with a caretaker, assistant, or therapist to guide them along and practice basic oral reading skills. There are also Brainy Bonuses that at times are tricky and review the core material. The bonuses differ in complexity, and offer an opportunity to earn more points. Great for: • Categorization • Classification • Logic/Reasoning • Reading aloud/fluency practice • Descriptions • Thematic elements • Similarities • Differences This app is an excellent teaching tool for a variety of ages of children with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, developmental delays, remedial review, and all language and speech delays.

Screenshots

Comprehension Builder4 screens
Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong at every 2 months against Comprehension Builder's every 40 months. Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong also leads on price ($1.99 vs $7.99). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Comprehension Builder costs $7.99 and Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Comprehension Builder ships an update every 40 months, Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Comprehension Builder versus Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterComprehension BuilderBrainy Skills Doesn't Belong
Price$7.99$1.99 — better
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 40 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.2 — better13
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJanine TooleA Brainy Choice, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Comprehension Builder

No in-app purchases

None

Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Comprehension Builder free?
Comprehension Builder costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong free?
Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Comprehension Builder or Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong have ads?
Neither Comprehension Builder nor Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Comprehension Builder or Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong?
Comprehension Builder ships an update every 40 months, and Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong every 2 months. Most recently, Comprehension Builder was updated on November 8, 2026 and Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong on November 11, 2026.

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