Comparison

MA Standards vs AbleSpace

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Standards Navigator
  • Explore learning standards
  • Related resources (work, assessments, definitions)
  • Mapping feature for standard relationships
  • Curriculum frameworks access
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

MA Standards2 screens
AbleSpace4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
MA Standards versus AbleSpace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMA StandardsAbleSpace
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (5 ratings)3.6 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings55
Update frequency—Every 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB28 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMassachusetts Executive Office of EducationAbleSpace Inc.

Customer experience

MA Standards

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

AbleSpace

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

MA Standards

No in-app purchases

None

AbleSpace

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MA Standards free?
MA Standards is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AbleSpace free?
AbleSpace is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MA Standards or AbleSpace?
MA Standards and AbleSpace are both rated 3.6 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do MA Standards or AbleSpace have ads?
Neither MA Standards nor AbleSpace shows ads.

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