Comparison

Flocking vs ELS Autism | ABA Therapy

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

Head to head
About

Flocking

Features
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Flocking is an easy to use app for early learners or special access situations. Touch and move around the screen slowly, and the fish will follow. You can also use a mouse/pointer device to lead the fish. In fact there are 8 different types of digital creatures and objects that will "flock" around your lead and follow you around until you had enough. You can change backgrounds and also change the trail that a digital creature can leave behind it. Flocking main screen can be controlled by an external keyboard. Characters 1,2,3,4, Space, Enter change the creature settings, and 5 removes the buttons from the screen. +/- change the background. Flocking can also be controlled by using an XBox controller or the Microsoft Adaptive Controller with any suitable switch inputs. The XBox thumb controller/joystick and D-Pad will move a virtual pointer around, and the controller buttons will change the effects and colors. There is a live demo on our website.

About

ELS Autism | ABA Therapy

This app uses social narratives, picture schedules, and a token board to help neurodivergent children learn daily living skills and improve social interactions. It offers customizable tools like visual timers and first/then charts to support independence and manage transitions.

Highlights
  • Social narratives
  • Interactive picture schedules
  • Customizable schedules
  • First/Then chart
  • Token board with camera
  • Visual timer
Features
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Make routines, transitions, and daily tasks easier to understand with familiar visual supports to improve your children's social and life skills ELS Autism: ABA Therapy brings picture schedules, social narratives, a First/Then board, token rewards, and a visual timer together in one child-friendly app. Parents, caregivers, educators, and support professionals can use built-in activities or camera photos to create visual supports for home and school, to help neurodivergent children understand the steps for completing daily living skills with independence, and support children's social and life skills. VISUAL SUPPORTS IN ONE PLACE • Follow character-led social narratives featuring Kevin, Harper and Mateo to help learners practice and build everyday social skills. • Break everyday tasks into clear steps with picture schedules to gain independence in learning daily living skills. • Show what happens first and what comes next with a First/Then board to make expectations and transitions easier to understand. • Encourage task completion with a token board and chosen reward, helping you track progress over time. • Make waiting and transitions easier to follow with a visual timer, while supporting emotional regulation. • Add familiar task and reward photos with the device camera to personalize the token board and picture schedule according to your child’s needs. USE ELS FOR EVERYDAY ROUTINES Create visual supports for getting ready for school, brushing teeth, washing hands, bedtime, classroom tasks, waiting, homework, play, and moving between activities. FOR FAMILIES, EDUCATORS AND SUPPORT TEAMS ELS is designed to help families, teachers, special education teams and therapy professionals, as it's built on evidence-based ABA therapy, which comes with consistent visual support across home, school and community settings. MEET THE EXCEPTIONAL LEARNING SQUAD Kevin, Harper and Mateo guide learners through approachable stories about daily living skills, social situations and life skills. ELS is an easy-to-use educational visual-support tool. It does not diagnose autism or replace individualized guidance, therapy, or medical advice from a qualified professional. Instead, it can complement individualized supports by helping families and caregivers extend visual strategies into everyday routines and ELS is an easy-to-use educational visual-support tool. It does not diagnose autism or replace individualized guidance, therapy, or medical advice from a qualified professional. Instead, it complements individualized support by helping families and professionals extend visual strategies into everyday routines. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Flocking4 screens
ELS Autism | ABA Therapy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ELS Autism | ABA Therapy at Free against Flocking's $0.99. ELS Autism | ABA Therapy also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). Flocking's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

ELS Autism | ABA Therapy is free to download; Flocking costs $0.99 up front. ELS Autism | ABA Therapy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Flocking asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flocking ships an update monthly, ELS Autism | ABA Therapy fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Flocking versus ELS Autism | ABA Therapy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlockingELS Autism | ABA Therapy
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating—3.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB74 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSensory App House LtdUnique Blue Heart Productions

In-app purchases

None

Flocking

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

ELS Autism | ABA Therapy

Subscriptions3
  • Family$1.991 Month
  • Therapy$5.991 Month
  • School$10.991 Month

Questions

Is Flocking free?
Flocking costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ELS Autism | ABA Therapy free?
ELS Autism | ABA Therapy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Flocking or ELS Autism | ABA Therapy have ads?
Neither Flocking nor ELS Autism | ABA Therapy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flocking or ELS Autism | ABA Therapy?
Flocking ships an update monthly, and ELS Autism | ABA Therapy fortnightly. Most recently, Flocking was updated on October 27, 2026 and ELS Autism | ABA Therapy on October 9, 2026.

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