Comparison

Conversation Skills vs MindSprouting

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

Head to head
About

Conversation Skills

This app helps children with autism practice essential conversation skills in a supportive, stress-free environment. It offers interactive scenarios, progress tracking, and a reward system to build confidence for real-life social interactions. Designed for children and adults with social learning needs.

Highlights
  • Practice identifying interests
  • Choose appropriate topics
  • Join and continue conversations
  • Over 140 practice situations
  • Progressive skill mastery
  • Reporting and 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! ** The “Conversation Skills” app helps children with autism practice key steps in conversation: - Identifying a friend's interests, - Choosing an appropriate topic, - Figuring out what topic is already being talked about, - Joining a conversation, - Continuing a conversation with appropriate follow-up questions and comments. This app provides kids the chance to practice and get supportive feedback in a calm, stress-free environment where they can consider their options. Once kids build the skills of how to choose topics and continue conversations, they'll be able to bring these skills to real-life situations. The “Conversation Skills” app gives your learner the social conversation skills they need to better manage social situations at home, school and in the community. What parents say about our awesome apps: *** 5 stars! Brilliant! An app that understands how kids actually learn. Thank you. *** 5 stars! Your social skill apps are excellent! “Conversation Skills” provides: - More than 140 situations for a wide variety of practice. - Students progress to the next level 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 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 lite version, which has 1 free level. Additional levels and additional players can be accessed with in-app purchases. If you prefer no in-app purchases, download the paid version 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.  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

MindSprouting

Features
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Does your child struggle with social cues or expressing their feelings? Mindsprouting is a play-based app designed to nurture your child's social-cognitive skills through engaging, illustrated stories. With a library of diverse situation cards, Mindsprouting turns complex social scenarios into powerful learning opportunities. Parents and educators can facilitate meaningful conversations using guided questions that promote empathy, perspective-taking, and positive problem-solving. Key Features: • Diverse Situation Cards: Explore hundreds of real-life scenarios from the playground to home. • Guided Questions: Spark insightful conversations about feelings and social actions. • Progress Tracking: Monitor your child's development by date and skill category. • Multiple Child Profiles: Easily manage and track the individual journey of each child. How It Works: Choose a card and discuss the situation together. Explore the character's feelings and thoughts. Encourage your child to think, "What would I do?" Practice various solutions through role-play. Perfect for children aged 5-7, parents, educators, and therapists supporting social-emotional learning. Download Mindsprouting today and empower your child to navigate the social world with confidence!

Screenshots

Conversation Skills4 screens
MindSprouting4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MindSprouting at weekly against Conversation Skills's every 86 months. Conversation Skills's advantage is iOS requirement (12.2 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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 Skills sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and MindSprouting sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Conversation Skills ships an update every 86 months, MindSprouting weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Conversation Skills versus MindSprouting: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterConversation SkillsMindSprouting
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 86 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.2 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJanine TooleNEOULSOLUTION

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Conversation Skills

One-time3
  • 2 Users$1.99
  • 10 Users$4.99
  • Access All Levels$5.99
1 purchases

MindSprouting

One-time1
  • Premium$6.99

Questions

Is Conversation Skills free?
Conversation Skills is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MindSprouting free?
MindSprouting is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Conversation Skills or MindSprouting have ads?
Neither Conversation Skills nor MindSprouting shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Conversation Skills or MindSprouting?
Conversation Skills ships an update every 86 months, and MindSprouting weekly. Most recently, Conversation Skills was updated on September 19, 2026 and MindSprouting on September 11, 2026.

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