Sign ASL vs WVSDB
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sign ASL
Access a comprehensive ASL sign dictionary with thousands of words and phrases. This app provides easy access to over 20,000 video demonstrations of American Sign Language signs directly on your mobile device.
- Searchable ASL dictionary
- Thousands of words and phrases
- Over 20,000 video demonstrations
- Mobile access to signs
- Compare ASL signs
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Search and compare thousands of words and phrases in American Sign Language. Easily find and view signs on your mobile device. Over 20,000 videos in this video dictionary. For more information please visit www.signasl.org
WVSDB
Stay informed about school events, receive customized notifications for your student's organizations, and access weekly cafeteria menus. Get district updates and easily find staff contact information.
- Event listings with calendar integration
- Customizable notifications by organization
- Weekly cafeteria menus
- Live feed for district updates
- Staff and department directory
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Introducing the brand new app for WVSDB. NEVER MISS AN EVENT The event section shows a list of events throughout the district. Users can add an event to their calendar to share the event with friends and family with one tap. CUSTOMIZE NOTIFICATIONS Select your student's organization within the app and make sure you never miss a message. CAFETERIA MENUS Within the dining section, you'll find an easy to navigate, weekly menu, sorted by day and meal type. DISTRICT UPDATES In the Live Feed is where you'll find updates from the administration about what's going on in the district right now. Whether that's celebrating a student's success, or reminding you about an upcoming deadline. CONTACT STAFF & DEPARTMENTS Find relevant staff and department contacts under an easy-to-navigate directory.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: WVSDB at 5.0 against Sign ASL's 4.1. WVSDB also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 37 months). Sign ASL's advantage is ratings volume (90 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
WVSDB holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sign ASL has 90 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Sign ASL ships an update every 37 months, WVSDB every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sign ASL | WVSDB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (90 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 90 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 37 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 113 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Mitchell | The West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind |
Customer experience
Sign ASL
WVSDB
Bugs and requests
Sign ASL
Reported bugs
21 issues- Videos do not play
- Video player covers signs
- App crashes before loading
- Play button covers signs
- Icons on top of video
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- Videos play too fast
- Formatting problems
- Difficulty viewing signed examples
- Video player updated unhelpfully
- Sign videos are only a few seconds long
- Controls for video were at the bottom of the screen
- Videos are really hard to see what fingers they are using
- View of the hands signing is blocked by the play button
- Bug fix needed
- Icons for play, back and forward is right on top of the video
- Play and stop is on top of the video so you can’t see the sign
- Can’t make video zoom in or out
- Slur appears in search results
- App kicks me out before it even loads
- One of the signs is very wrong
- Using videos without permission
Requested features
8 requests- Playback option to slow down videos
- Button to make video slow down
- Color tape on fingers for clarity
- Option to save signs for later
- "My signs" section
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- "Frequently used" section
- Ability to zoom in/out on videos
- Simple combinations and other gestures
WVSDB
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sign ASL
No in-app purchases
WVSDB
No in-app purchases
Questions
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