Symbol Overlay Maker vs Progress Grove
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Symbol Overlay Maker
Easily create printable symbol overlays for communication devices and switches. Supports core words, classroom activities, and home communication with a large symbol library.
- Create printable symbol overlays
- Supports speech devices and switches
- Includes SymbolStix symbol set
- Supports core words and activities
- Printable for home and classroom use
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The AbleNet Symbol Overlay app supports best outcomes by providing an easy way for therapists, teachers, and parents to quickly create printable symbol overlays for AbleNet speech devices and accessibility switches. Individuals benefit from the added context and support a symbol overlay provides. The AbleNet Symbol Overlay Maker app now includes the best-in-class SymbolStix symbol set with thousands of high-quality symbols. Create and print symbol overlays to support core words, activities in the classroom, and communication at home.
Progress Grove
This app helps educators and counselors track student behavior in real-time, documenting incidents and interventions. It provides detailed observations for reviews and meetings, with a focus on privacy and offline functionality.
- Real-time behavior episode logging
- Handoff recording between staff
- Safety event tracking
- Add context and notes via typing or dictation
- Student behavior history and episode duration
- Offline functionality
- Private data storage and export options
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Progress Grove helps K–5 counselors, teachers and behavior specialists record behavior episodes as they happen and turn them into clear, dated observations for intervention reviews and MTSS meetings. MADE FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE MOMENT • Tap Start event when a student is dysregulated, then Escalating, Calming and Regulated as things change. The clock keeps time on its own. • Handing off to the counselor, the office or another teacher? Record who took over in one tap. • A safety event is one more tap, and it doesn't end the session. • Switch to another student and the open session keeps running. • Undo the last tap, or correct a time later. A timer left running is flagged so it can't skew the averages. ADD CONTEXT AFTERWARD • Tap what happened before, what the student did and what helped. • Add a short note by typing or dictating. Dictation is transcribed on the device, and the audio isn't saved. • Sessions waiting for details collect in one list, so nothing is forgotten. SEE WHAT'S WORKING • Each student's history shows how long episodes last, how much of that time was escalating, and which supports were used. • Filter to favorites or to students with sessions that still need notes. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No accounts, no server, no analytics and no ads. • Students are a number and a color badge, never a name. The app warns you if a note looks like it contains a name. • Records stay in the app's private storage on your device until you choose to export them. • Everything works offline. YOUR SCHOOL KEEPS THE RECORDS • Export a CSV report or a full backup and choose where it goes, such as your school's Google Drive. • Schools can install the free Progress Grove Google Sheet in their own Google Workspace to build behavior overviews and the behavior section of MTSS reports from those exports. • Optional Face ID or passcode lock, and a backup reminder so a lost phone doesn't mean lost records. Progress Grove is made by QuickerNotes, LLC. Questions: support@progressgrove.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Progress Grove at 5.0 against Symbol Overlay Maker's 2.0. Progress Grove also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 months). Symbol Overlay Maker's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Progress Grove holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Symbol Overlay Maker ships an update every 6 months, Progress Grove every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Symbol Overlay Maker | Progress Grove |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 142 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AbleNet | QuickerNotes, LLC |
Customer experience
Symbol Overlay Maker
Progress Grove
In-app purchases
Symbol Overlay Maker
No in-app purchases
Progress Grove
No in-app purchases
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