Describing Skills vs Basic Concepts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Describing Skills
This app helps learners develop expressive language skills by providing step-by-step activities to describe objects, people, and events. It offers graduated practice, audio support, and progress reporting for up to 10 players. Designed to build confidence and communication abilities.
- Graduated practice for describing
- Audio support for readers
- Instant progress reporting
- Reward Center for motivation
- Extensive reporting for multiple players
- Incremental skill building
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Does your learner struggle with describing objects, people and events? These expressive language skills can be challenging for children with Autism/Aspergers and for adults with aphasia or other cognitive issues. The Describing Skills app provides step-by-step activities to quickly build the ability to describe objects, people and events in detail. What parents say about our awesome apps: *** 5 stars! Brilliant! An app that understands how kids actually learn. Thank you! *** 5 stars! My kids love this app because of the fun, silly sentences. I love it because it works! Describing Skills provides: - Graduated practice at describing objects, people and events. Skills are built one descriptor at a time and gradually combined until they can easily describe an item using 6-10 sentences. - Audio support for weak readers. - 'At a glance' reporting shows your child's progress instantly. The ability to verbalize and describe their world is vital for all learners. Whether it is describing an item they are looking for, recounting an incident that occurred to them, this app will ensure your learner has the ability to express their needs, concerns and interests. Other benefits: - FRUSTRATION FREE: Your learner builds skills incrementally and only progresses when mastery is shown. - REWARD CENTER: The fun and engaging Reward Center increases motivation. - EXTENSIVE REPORTING: for up to 10 players to suit the needs of parents, teachers and therapists. Please note: Except for very independent students, this app requires the support of a parent or therapist to evaluate a child's responses. Commit five minutes per day and you will see astounding progress! To evaluate the app, download the free version (this version), which has four free levels for a single player. Additional levels and additional players can be accessed with in-app purchases. If you prefer no in-app purchases, download the pay-to-download version of the 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. 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.
Basic Concepts
This is a learning game designed for children. It aims to introduce fundamental concepts through engaging gameplay. The app is free to download and play, making educational content accessible.
- Educational game for kids
- Introduces basic concepts
- Free to download and play
- Designed for young learners
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Basic Concepts for kids a learning game.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Describing Skills at 50% against Basic Concepts's 0%. Describing Skills also leads on iOS requirement (12.2 vs 14.0). Basic Concepts's advantage is rating (3.0 vs 2.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Describing Skills sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Basic Concepts asks for nothing beyond the download.
Basic Concepts holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Describing Skills's written reviews are positive against 0% of Basic Concepts's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Describing Skills ships an update every 68 months, Basic Concepts fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Describing Skills | Basic Concepts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 68 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Janine Toole | Zavier Williams |
Customer experience
Describing Skills
Basic Concepts
In-app purchases
Describing Skills
- Two Users$1.99
- Purchase All Levels$4.99
- 10 Users$4.99
Basic Concepts
No in-app purchases
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