Inference Pics vs Same & Different for Kids
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Inference Pics
This app helps children and adults improve social inferencing skills through real-life photos and scenarios. It offers various activities to recognize facial expressions, body language, and contextual clues for better social communication.
- Social inferencing activities
- Recognize facial expressions
- Understand body language
- Improve expressive language
- Tailor activities to client level
- Includes 7 distinct activities
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Work more effectively on social inferencing goals in speech and language therapy. Help children and adults with social communication difficulties improve their ability to make social inferences. Social inferencing skills are best developed using real-life photos and scenarios. - Get a speech therapy tool that helps older children, teens and adults recognise facial expressions, interpret body language, and use contextual clues to make social inferences. - Improve expressive language, social skills, thinking and reasoning by using this speech therapy app. - Create the right experience for each client by choosing a social inferencing activity that matches their level. *** “When working with older students or adults, Inference Pics is a fantastic solution that offers flexibility and ease of use... this stands out to help clients with important inferencing skills.” — Dan Fitch, CCC-SLP “My clients love this app, and I love using it with them. It's my go-to when working on social inferencing, understanding emotions and working on expressive language.” — Hannah O'Driscoll, CCC-SLP *** TRY INFERENCE PICS FOR FREE Download the Lite version to try a free sample of the full version. Finding interesting and engaging social inferencing photos and scenarios is surprisingly hard even for speech-language pathologists and speech and language therapists. Think of this app as your helper, taking the pressure out of finding suitable social inferencing photos and scenarios for use in speech therapy sessions. 7 READY-TO-USE SOCIAL INFERENCING ACTIVITIES Inference Pics includes 7 activities: - What Has Happened? - Jobs - Places - Seasons - Feelings - Conversations - Thoughts HOW IT WORKS STEP 1: CHOOSE A SOCIAL INFERENCING ACTIVITY Tailor your client’s experience by choosing an activity that matches their level. Jobs, Places and Seasons are easier activities, while What Has Happened?, Thoughts and Conversations are more complex. STEP 2: MAKE AN INFERENCE Users are presented with a real-life photo and asked a question such as: - What has happened? - How is the person feeling? - What are they saying? - What are they thinking? The first question varies depending on the chosen social inferencing activity. STEP 3: EXPLAIN THE REASONING Users then answer: "How can you tell?" This encourages them to identify facial expressions, body language, and contextual clues that support their answer. An annotation tool allows users to draw directly on the image to highlight facial expressions, body language, and contextual clues, and explain their reasoning. WHO IS INFERENCE PICS FOR? - Parents - Teachers - Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) / speech and language therapists (SLTs) - Children and teenagers with language delay, social communication difficulties, or autism - Adults with cognitive-communication difficulties due to stroke or traumatic brain injury - Adults with social communication difficulties and/or autism The app is intended to be used interactively with a parent, teacher, therapist, child, or adult user. SKILLS TARGETED - Expressive language - Social skills, thinking and reasoning - Social inferencing - Recognising facial expressions and body language - Understanding emotions - Reading comprehension FEATURES - Over 350 high-quality real-life social inferencing photos - Two questions per photo - An annotation tool for highlighting clues - User profiles - Questions that prompt inferential reasoning - Option to show or hide possible answers - Results summary that can be emailed - Results tracking and built-in storage - No subscriptions - No monthly bills - No Wi-Fi required Inference Pics is designed to help speech-language pathologists, teachers, parents and caregivers work on higher-level expressive language, cognitive-communication, pragmatic language, and social communication skills.
Same & Different for Kids
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Free to try. One-time unlock — no subscriptions, no ads. Works offline. No data collected. Help little ones learn same versus different with calm matching and comparing games. Kids pick the matching item, spot the odd one out, and sort by colour, shape or size — 73 gentle activities across 10 sections, built for ages 5 and under. There are no timers, no scores and no pressure. Encouraging stars and “great job” feedback keep play positive. Every picture is clear and kid-friendly, and progress stays on this device only. WHAT'S INSIDE — 10 SECTIONS, 73 ACTIVITIES • Match the Same (6) • Different One / Odd One Out (8) • Same Colour (6) • Same Shape (6) • Same Kind (10) • Same Size Sort (10) • Three Same Sizes (8) • Order by Size (8) • Tall or Short (6) • Long or Short (5) FOR PARENTS • One-time lifetime unlock — not a subscription, never renews • Buy once, use forever on every device on your Apple Account • No ads, no analytics, no tracking, no accounts • No data collected — runs fully offline after purchase • Buy, Restore and every link-out sit behind a parental gate Privacy Policy: https://joykhansayan1.github.io/same-different-for-kids/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: https://joykhansayan1.github.io/same-different-for-kids/support.html dmjks120@gmail.com
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The clearest difference is price: Same & Different for Kids at Free against Inference Pics's $19.99. Inference Pics's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On 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
Same & Different for Kids is free to download; Inference Pics costs $19.99 up front. Same & Different for Kids sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Inference Pics asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Inference Pics | Same & Different for Kids |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (17 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 158 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aptus Speech and Language Therapy Limited | MD Shahariar Nazim Joy |
In-app purchases
Inference Pics
No in-app purchases
Same & Different for Kids
- Lifetime Unlock$4.99
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