MA Standards vs AbleSpace
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MA Standards
Access Massachusetts curriculum frameworks and explore learning standards. Find resources like student work, assessment items, and definitions. Plan lessons with a mapping feature showing standard relationships.
- Standards Navigator
- Explore learning standards
- Related resources (work, assessments, definitions)
- Mapping feature for standard relationships
- Curriculum frameworks access
Read full descriptionHide full description
Use the MA Standards app to access the Standards Navigator and explore the learning standards in the Massachusetts curriculum frameworks. These standards set expectations for what all students should know and be able to do by the end of each school year. Educators, students, families, and others can select a standard and find related resources such as student work exemplars, assessment items, quick reference guides, and key definitions. The mapping feature can help educators plan by showing how standards relate to each other both within and across grades.
AbleSpace
Digitize your special education workflows with this caseload management tool. Track IEP goals, generate reports, collaborate with teams, and manage schedules. Includes assessments, a materials library, and community support.
- IEP goal tracking with 10+ data types
- Automated graphs and reports for IEP meetings
- Secure team collaboration and data sharing
- Progress monitoring assessments
- Daily scheduling
- Medicaid billing note generation
- Materials library and professional community
Read full descriptionHide full description
Say goodbye to carrying binders full of data sheets or losing data taken on a sticky note. AbleSpace is the only caseload management tool that digitizes your special education workflows. Here's what you can do with AbleSpace: 1. IEP Goal Tracking - collect data on IEP goals with a single click. 10+ data types to choose from 2. Graphs and Reports - beautiful reports and graphs automatically generated for your next IEP meeting 3. Collaboration - work alongside other clinicians & assistants, securely share & collect data in a team 4. Assessments - progress monitoring assessments ensure objective data on student skills is always available 5. Scheduling - set up your daily schedule 6. Medicaid Billing - automatically generate Medicaid billing notes 7. Materials & Community - a built-in materials library and a community of helpful professionals
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: MA Standards at 8.0 against AbleSpace's 15.0. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.6 for MA Standards against 3.6 for AbleSpace. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 5 respectively.
| Parameter | MA Standards | AbleSpace |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (5 ratings) | 3.6 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 5 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Massachusetts Executive Office of Education | AbleSpace Inc. |
Customer experience
MA Standards
AbleSpace
In-app purchases
MA Standards
No in-app purchases
AbleSpace
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is MA Standards free?
Is AbleSpace free?
Which has better reviews, MA Standards or AbleSpace?
Do MA Standards or AbleSpace have ads?
Other comparisons















