Comparison

Hogrefe Toolbox vs Behavior Rating

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

Head to head
About

Hogrefe Toolbox

This utility app assists psychologists and therapists with diagnostic work by automating time-consuming calculations for assessments. It supports score conversions, age calculations, and confidence interval analysis, streamlining the assessment process.

Highlights
  • Convert standard scores
  • Calculate test taker age
  • Calculate confidence intervals
  • Calculate critical differences
  • Graphical result visualization
Features
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The Hogrefe Toolbox has been developed as a practical everyday tool for psychologists and therapists who administer assessments. The app supports you in your daily diagnostic work and takes over calculations that are often time-consuming so that you can concentrate on the important things. Features: - Convert standard scores - Calculate the age of test takers - Calculate confidence intervals - Calculate critical differences Detailed information: - Automatic conversion of a standard scores into other common standard scores (e.g. T Scores, IQ Scores, stanine scores, percentile ranks) and graphical visualization of the individual test result and its confidence interval based on the position in a normal distribution curve. - Simple and error-free calculation of a test taker's age at the time of testing based on the date of birth and test date entered. - Calculation of confidence intervals and critical differences taking into account the selected norm scale on the basis of the individual test result entered, the reliability of the test procedure used and the selected confidence level. Hogrefe is the leading European scientific publisher in psychology, psychotherapy and psychiatry. A special feature of the program are over 2,000 psychological test procedures in a variety of languages, with consulting services, seminars and specific electronic solutions.

About

Behavior Rating

Features
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Behavior Rating is the data-collection app for the research platform behavior-rating.app. It is built for everyone who observes and documents behavior in scientific studies — teachers, therapists, educational practitioners and research staff. It is based on Direct Behavior Rating (DBR): predefined target behaviors are rated repeatedly and close to the moment of observation. That produces dependable time-series data for single-case and intervention studies — no paper forms, no improvised spreadsheets. RATE IN SECONDS The app shows exactly the tasks that are due today, and only the cases assigned to you – or your own self-rating. One item per screen, a slider for the rating, an optional short note. It fits in the break between two lessons. MISSED DAYS COUNT TOO Person absent, situation never came up, behavior not observable? Log it with "no rating possible" and a reason. The day is not counted as forgotten and does not distort the analysis. DOCUMENT INTERVENTIONS For active interventions you record implementation fidelity: which steps were carried out — as yes/no, in three steps, or on a quality scale from 0 to 5, with an optional comment. BASELINE SURVEY AND CONSENT Complete the baseline survey right in the app at the start of a study. Data-processing consent is handled per study, stays available for review, and can be withdrawn at any time. A DIRECT LINE TO THE STUDY TEAM Questions about a case are settled in the built-in messages area — no detour via private email. REMINDERS THAT ARRIVE Push notifications remind you of upcoming and overdue ratings. On iOS they are delivered as time-sensitive and reach you in Focus modes; on Android the app uses its own high-visibility notification channel. You turn reminders on and off per device. WORKS OFFLINE No signal in the classroom? Every entry is stored locally and synced automatically as soon as you are back online. Sync status is visible at all times. SEVERAL STUDIES AT ONCE You can take part in multiple studies in parallel and switch between them seamlessly — including progress and phase (baseline or intervention) per case. SIGNING IN AND LANGUAGE Sign in with email and password, by scanning the QR code from your invitation, with a web code, or via an invitation link. Or join a study directly with a join code or QR code – your account is created along the way. The app is fully available in German and English and can follow your system language. PRIVACY All data is transmitted encrypted and processed in line with the GDPR. You only ever see the cases assigned to you and your own ratings. Credentials are stored securely in your device keychain. PLEASE NOTE Behavior Rating is the data-collection part of a larger system and requires an invitation or a join code from a study team. Study design — creating cases, defining target behaviors, inviting observers, analysis and export — happens on behavior-rating.app.

Screenshots

Hogrefe Toolbox4 screens
Behavior Rating3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Behavior Rating at every 8 days against Hogrefe Toolbox's every 5 months. Hogrefe Toolbox's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hogrefe Toolbox ships an update every 5 months, Behavior Rating every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Hogrefe Toolbox versus Behavior Rating: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHogrefe ToolboxBehavior Rating
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHogrefe Verlag GmbH & Co. KGJannik Nitz

In-app purchases

None

Hogrefe Toolbox

No in-app purchases

None

Behavior Rating

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hogrefe Toolbox free?
Hogrefe Toolbox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Behavior Rating free?
Behavior Rating is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hogrefe Toolbox or Behavior Rating have ads?
Neither Hogrefe Toolbox nor Behavior Rating shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hogrefe Toolbox or Behavior Rating?
Hogrefe Toolbox ships an update every 5 months, and Behavior Rating every 8 days. Most recently, Hogrefe Toolbox was updated on September 23, 2026 and Behavior Rating on October 2, 2026.

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