Comparison

Note ABA vs PBS Connect

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

Head to head
About

Note ABA

This HIPAA-compliant mobile solution streamlines field operations for ABA practitioners. It allows for configuring care plans, managing schedules, and capturing/analyzing session data in an intuitive interface. Designed for mobility and ease-of-use, it simplifies complex clinical tasks for BCBAs and BTs.

Highlights
  • HIPAA-compliant mobile solution
  • Configure care plans
  • Manage scheduling
  • Capture and analyze session data
  • Offline capabilities
  • Curriculum library
  • Care team management
Features
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HIPAA-compliant mobile solution for ABA practitioners on the field. Configure care plans, manage scheduling, capture and analyze session data in one seamless interface. As an ABA professional your work is mobile by nature, but your desktop computer is not. Note for ABA addresses the need for mobility, offline capabilities, simplicity, and ease-of-use. Setting itself apart from other digital tools for ABA, Note draws upon human interaction developed through day-to-day use of common mobile apps. Clinical, operational, and technical complexity at the core of all app functionality is masked in a delightful intuitive experience for BCBAs and BTs. Scheduling • Manage scheduling with your clients with a guided scheduling experience that ensures all hours worked will be reimbursable. • Flexibility to edit schedule within payor and practice guidelines. • Sessions are validated against practice database • Day/Week/Month views with filtering capabilities • Color-coded statuses for easy scanning On-the-Go Care Planning • Predefined domains and subdomains ensure consistency across clients and ensures alignment with core deficits of Autism • Future view for planning in advance • In Progress view of all open goals, targets, and behaviors • Past view shows client’s progress over time Curriculum Library • Easily put together a curriculum from predefined ready-to-use goals and targets commonly found in the ASD curriculum • Curriculum based on high clinical standards and fully customizable for your own use Data Collection • Data can be collected directly from within scheduled session. • Collect data on multiple targets simultaneously or on individual targets • Scores calculated in real time once expected trials are met for a target • Target teaching instructions and behavior intervention plans easily accessible during data collection. Data Analysis • Target graphs followed by detailed target history • Automatic and manual phase changes help visualize trends • Target configuration can be viewed along with graph Care Team Management • View of entire care team schedule with filtering by provider for easy supervision scheduling and care team management • Data collection and documentation within every session of care team members • Target assignment for each target in the care plan gives the BCBA precise control over which BT can address that target in sessions. This allows the BCBA to ensure that only trained practitioners implement interventions and allows for balanced distribution of the care plan between care team members

About

PBS Connect

This application enables behavior analysts, RBTs, and assistants to record client behaviors like biting or hitting. The collected data aids in analyzing trends of behavior change without gathering sensitive personal information.

Highlights
  • Behavior data collection
  • Trend analysis
  • Client behavior tracking
  • Occurrence logging
  • Non-sensitive data collection
Features
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Purpose of Data Collection application is to allow behavior analysts, RBTs, and assistants working with PBS to collect data on client behavior. This helps with further analysis of trends of behavior change. This application does not collect sensitive information about the user, nor the client. It collects data on information about behaviors such as: occurrences of biting, hitting, etc.

Screenshots

Note ABA2 screens
PBS Connect4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Note ABA at 3.6 against PBS Connect's 1.4. Note ABA also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.2 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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

Note ABA holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 1.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 36 and 38 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 30% and 30% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Note ABA ships an update monthly, PBS Connect every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 18, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Note ABA versus PBS Connect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNote ABAPBS Connect
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (36 ratings) — better1.4 (38 ratings)
Positive reviews30.0% of reviews30.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3638 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.2 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size492 MB105 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperChorus Software Solutions LLCPositive Behavior Supports Corp.

Customer experience

Note ABA

All ratings36 ratings
Positive61.1%
Neutral2.8%
Negative36.1%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive30.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative60.0%

PBS Connect

All ratings38 ratings
Positive7.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative92.1%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive30.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative30.0%

In-app purchases

None

Note ABA

No in-app purchases

None

PBS Connect

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Note ABA free?
Note ABA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PBS Connect free?
PBS Connect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Note ABA or PBS Connect?
Note ABA is rated higher. Note ABA averages 3.6 out of 5 from 36 ratings, while PBS Connect averages 1.4 from 38 ratings.
Do Note ABA or PBS Connect have ads?
Neither Note ABA nor PBS Connect shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Note ABA or PBS Connect?
Note ABA ships an update monthly, and PBS Connect every 3 weeks. Most recently, Note ABA was updated on August 18, 2026 and PBS Connect on September 15, 2026.

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