Comparison

Quick and Easy ECC vs VO Starter

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

Head to head
About

Quick and Easy ECC

This app provides short, practical lessons for transition students with visual impairments. It focuses on essential life skills and can be implemented by educators and family members with minimal time or equipment. Lessons are designed for quick completion, addressing common skill gaps.

Highlights
  • Targeted lessons for visually impaired students
  • Focus on essential life skills
  • Quick 5-15 minute lesson implementation
  • Categorized lessons by setting and skill
  • Requires minimal time, expertise, or equipment
  • Convenient mobile format
Features
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Quick and Easy Expanded Core Curriculum is designed for transition students who are visually impaired. The included lessons were chosen to address the most common gaps found within this population and require little time, expertise, or equipment to implement by the educational team and family members. The lessons, categorized by setting, category, needed items, and ECC area addressed, are intentionally designed to be completed in 5-15 minutes. They are not designed to replace a comprehensive program addressing the ECC. This app version is a new format of the current product, made for convenience and portability. Example ECC lessons target the following skills: * Planning a menu * Practicing conversation * Giving and receiving compliments * Labeling cans and frozen foods * Making purchases based on a budget * Expanding career knowledge * Tracking medical history * Spreading condiments * Reading nutrition labels * Properly using smartphones * Learning customer service techniques

About

VO Starter

This app offers a step-by-step guide to help new blind and visually impaired iOS users learn to navigate their devices using VoiceOver, Apple's built-in screen reader. Lessons are designed to be quick and easy to understand, making the learning process manageable.

Highlights
  • VoiceOver training
  • Step-by-step iOS guide
  • Quick and easy lessons
  • For blind users
  • For visually impaired users
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VO Starter teaches new blind and visually impaired iOS users how to use their device with Apple's built in screen reader, VoiceOver. Learning a new device can be challenging, and learning a new device and a new screen reader can take time and patience. VO Starter provides a step by step guide to learn to use the iPhone, while keeping lessons quick, and easy to learn.

Screenshots

Quick and Easy ECC4 screens
VO Starter2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Quick and Easy ECC at 5.0 against VO Starter's 3.5. VO Starter's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 10 months) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.4). On price, ratings volume, ads 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

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

Quick and Easy ECC holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quick and Easy ECC ships an update every 10 months, VO Starter every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Quick and Easy ECC versus VO Starter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuick and Easy ECCVO Starter
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better3.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.414.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAmerican Printing House for the Blind (APH)Techopolis Online Solutions, LLC

Customer experience

Quick and Easy ECC

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

VO Starter

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Quick and Easy ECC

No in-app purchases

None

VO Starter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Quick and Easy ECC free?
Quick and Easy ECC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is VO Starter free?
VO Starter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Quick and Easy ECC or VO Starter?
Quick and Easy ECC is rated higher. Quick and Easy ECC averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while VO Starter averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Quick and Easy ECC or VO Starter have ads?
Neither Quick and Easy ECC nor VO Starter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quick and Easy ECC or VO Starter?
Quick and Easy ECC ships an update every 10 months, and VO Starter every 2 days. Most recently, Quick and Easy ECC was updated on September 11, 2026 and VO Starter on September 22, 2026.

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