PBS Connect vs Ensora Data Collection
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Behavior data collection
- Trend analysis
- Client behavior tracking
- Occurrence logging
- Non-sensitive data collection
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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.
Ensora Data Collection
This app streamlines data collection for behavior analysts and technicians, eliminating paper forms and automating progress reports. Design custom programming, track various data types, and analyze results with real-time graphing and reporting tools.
- Customizable program design
- Automated progress reports
- Discrete trial data collection
- Task analysis tracking
- Real-time data graphing
- Insurance report generation
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Capture everything, anywhere with Ensora Data Collection. Join the 70,000+ BCBAs and RBTs who have eliminated paper data sheets and graphs, saved countless hours of data entry with automatically generated progress reports, and now spend more time where it matters, with their clients. The ABA data collection software allows you to: Design your own programming - Design the programs you want with nearly limitless combinations of customizations. And, because you define how the system works for you, huge amounts of program downtime can be eliminated. Ensora Data Collection will automatically move targets from baseline to acquisition to maintenance and back again, based on your preferences. Use cold probes, behavioral momentum, custom prompt levels, errorless teaching, and much more. Keep doing things the way you like, just do them better. Take Your Data – Discrete trials, task analysis, a simple frequency counter, or complex skill acquisition data. Analyze Your Data - Love graphs? Let us help you nerd out! Our online graphing engine allows for dozens of different views of learner data, all customizable in real-time. Users can sort data by different instructors, morning versus afternoon, “raw” numbers of trial counts during a day, average numbers of trials to mastery criteria, numbers of instructors who have recorded data, and much more. Ensora Data Collection can also help with reports, or it can combine graphs and reports into custom progress notes and insurance reports. All the information you need, all in real-time with just a few clicks!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ensora Data Collection at 4.1 against PBS Connect's 1.4. Ensora Data Collection also leads on ratings volume (344 vs 38). PBS Connect's advantage is review sentiment (30% vs 15%). On price, update cadence, 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.
Ensora Data Collection holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 1.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ensora Data Collection has 344 ratings behind it against 38, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 30% of PBS Connect's written reviews are positive against 15% of Ensora Data Collection's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
PBS Connect ships an update every 3 weeks, Ensora Data Collection every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and August 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PBS Connect | Ensora Data Collection |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.4 (38 ratings) | 4.1 (344 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 30.0% of reviews — better | 15.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 38 | 344 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Positive Behavior Supports Corp. | DataFinch Technologies, Inc. |
Customer experience
PBS Connect
Ensora Data Collection
Bugs and requests
PBS Connect
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Ensora Data Collection
Reported bugs
16 issues- SOAP notes not saving or syncing at end of session
- App crashes when creating notes, opens previous therapist's note
- Login failure on iPad
- Timer resets when phone is turned off
- App freezes and becomes unresponsive
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- Student/client profiles disappear from home screen
- Frequency counters go negative and don't reset
- Targets take forever to synchronize
- Unable to add new clients without reinstalling app
- Notes disappear after publishing
- Prompting options register multiple clicks from single tap
- Screen formatting misaligned with device size
- Data doesn't sync with WebABA
- Scroll functionality cuts off bottom targets
- App won't open on some devices
- BCBA notes prevent loading of own drafts
Requested features
9 requests- Dark mode option
- Auto-save for SOAP notes
- Start/end session buttons for therapists
- Real-time data collection viewing for supervisors
- Prevent auto-switching to next target during data entry
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- Faster data deletion during sessions
- Better screen formatting for smaller devices
- Full behavior text display without truncation
- Chrome book compatibility
In-app purchases
PBS Connect
No in-app purchases
Ensora Data Collection
No in-app purchases
