Comparison

ABA Wizard vs Virtual MotivAider

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

Head to head
About

ABA Wizard

Prepare for the BCBA or BCaBA exam with a comprehensive practice question library. This app offers nearly 1000 questions aligned with the 6th edition Test Content Outline, providing immediate feedback and explanations to help you master applied behavior analysis principles.

Highlights
  • Nearly 1000 practice questions
  • Aligned with 6th edition Test Content Outline
  • Immediate feedback and explanations
  • Covers essential ABA principles
  • Organized by task list items
Features
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This BCBA® exam prep app is designed for any behavior analyst who wants to master the content on the BCBA (Board Certified Behavior Analyst®) or BCaBA® exam. Recently updated, the app now has around 1000 practice questions covering all of the essential principles of applied behavior analysis (ABA) centered on the current 6th edition Test Content Outline. You will be prepared to pass the BCBA or BCaBA exam! HOW MUCH DOES THE APP COST? This is not a subscription. You are given complete access to our entire ABA practice question library for the minimal price of the app. HOW IS THE APP ORGANIZED? The layout of this comprehensive app is organized following the BCBA/BCaBA Test Content Outline (6th Ed.) with a 10 question quiz for every task list item. You will learn quickly with immediate feedback, an explanation, and references for each question. This is the highest value ABA test prep out there! Behavior analysts around the world have downloaded and are loving this program. HOW WERE THE QUESTIONS CREATED? All questions in the app were created by Board Certified Behavior Analysts referencing scholarly texts commonly used in ABA. These questions were reviewed by several students, behavior analysts, as well as BCBA-Ds to ensure each practice question contains correct and applicable content. The ABA Wizard App is owned by Test Prep Technologies, LLC. Test Prep Technologies, LLC is not owned by or associated with the Behavior Analyst Certification Board®. ©2018 the Behavior Analyst Certification Board®, Inc. All rights reserved. Displayed by permission. The most current version of this document is available at www.BACB.com. Contact the BACB for permission to reprint this material.

About

Virtual MotivAider

This tool helps users achieve desired behavioral changes by sending personalized prompts. It replicates the functionality of a dedicated device, reminding you to act on your goals with custom messages and adjustable notification intervals.

Highlights
  • Personalized message triggers
  • Customizable prompt types (vibration, sound, text)
  • Adjustable prompt frequency and intervals
  • Automatic prompt duration setting
  • Pause and resume prompting
  • Multiple behavior change projects
Features
Currently charting
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Virtual MotivAider® is designed to help users of all ages make desired changes in their own behavior and habits. ​ This app is intended to replicate much of the functionality of the MotivAider®, an ingeniously simple dedicated electronic device invented by a clinical psychologist. Since 1987, the MotivAider® device has helped thousands of people in over 50 countries make a wide range of desired behavioral changes. Like the MotivAider® device, Virtual MotivAider® corrects for a largely overlooked glitch in the design of the human mind -- the lack of a dependable mechanism for keeping good intentions "on the front burner" of your mind. By repeatedly sending you signals or prompts that remind and urge you to act in accord with any chosen behavioral objective or goal, the app prevents your good intentions from getting lost in the shuffle. To use the app, you first devise a brief personal message – a word, phrase or image -- that serves as a trigger to remind and urge you to take a specific action required to achieve your goal. Next, you simply associate your personal message with the app’s signals or prompts, so that whenever you receive the prompt, you'll automatically think your personal message and be reminded and urged to take the desired action. Then, you set the app to send you prompts – and therefore your personal message – as often as it takes to get the best possible results. By design, Virtual MotivAider® is simple and straightforward. It has no bells and whistles to distract you from its singular purpose, which is to keep your attention focused on making whatever change in behavior you decide to make. Virtual MotivAider® lets you: • Choose the type(s) of prompts you’d like to receive – from a simple vibration signal (if your device is capable of vibration) and/or a sound (you can even record your personal message in your own voice) and/or a text notification with your personal message. • Get prompts as often as you want – from as often as once every few seconds to as seldom as once a day. • Choose whether to get prompts at Regular intervals (for example, once every 5 minutes), at Average intervals (for example, from 15 minutes to one hour apart with an Average of 30 minutes apart), or even at Random intervals (for example, at random intervals that are no less than 10 seconds apart and no more than 10 minutes apart). • Choose how long to have prompting continue before stopping automatically. • Pause and resume prompting whenever you want. • Create and save multiple behavior change projects. (To achieve the best results, however, we recommend that you work on only one project at a time). • Access the same free habit change resources that help users of the dedicated MotivAider® device achieve great results.

Screenshots

ABA Wizard4 screens
Virtual MotivAider4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ABA Wizard at 70% against Virtual MotivAider's 23%. ABA Wizard also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.9) and ratings volume (3.9K vs 7). Virtual MotivAider's advantage is price ($3.99 vs $14.99) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

ABA Wizard costs $14.99 and Virtual MotivAider $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ABA Wizard holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ABA Wizard has 3.9K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of ABA Wizard's written reviews are positive against 23% of Virtual MotivAider's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ABA Wizard ships an update every 3 months, Virtual MotivAider every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
ABA Wizard versus Virtual MotivAider: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterABA WizardVirtual MotivAider
Price$14.99$3.99 — better
Rating4.8 (3.9K ratings) — better2.9 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews69.6% of reviews — better23.1% of reviews
Number of ratings3.9K — better7
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#12 — better#103
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB27 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperTYSM Technologies, LLCBehavioral Dynamics, Inc.

Customer experience

ABA Wizard

All ratings3,872 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral2.1%
Negative0.9%
Written reviews102 reviews
Positive69.6%
Neutral17.6%
Negative12.7%

Virtual MotivAider

All ratings7 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative57.1%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive23.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative76.9%

Bugs and requests

ABA Wizard

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Sections not opening or loading properly
  • App crashing or freezing on certain devices
  • Incorrect answers marked as correct

Requested features

4 requests
  • More scenario-based questions
  • Ability to customize study sections
  • Progress tracking and performance analytics
  • Feedback/reporting mechanism for errors

Virtual MotivAider

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

ABA Wizard

No in-app purchases

None

Virtual MotivAider

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ABA Wizard free?
ABA Wizard costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Virtual MotivAider free?
Virtual MotivAider costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ABA Wizard or Virtual MotivAider?
ABA Wizard is rated higher. ABA Wizard averages 4.8 out of 5 from 3.9K ratings, while Virtual MotivAider averages 2.9 from 7 ratings.
Do ABA Wizard or Virtual MotivAider have ads?
Neither ABA Wizard nor Virtual MotivAider shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ABA Wizard or Virtual MotivAider?
ABA Wizard ships an update every 3 months, and Virtual MotivAider every 8 months. Most recently, ABA Wizard was updated on October 20, 2026 and Virtual MotivAider on October 19, 2026.
Which is more popular, ABA Wizard or Virtual MotivAider?
ABA Wizard currently peaks at #12 in the App Store charts, and Virtual MotivAider at #103. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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