Comparison

Q interactive Assess vs ISTSS Conference

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

Head to head
About

Q interactive Assess

This digital platform streamlines clinical assessments for individuals. It offers real-time scoring through simple taps and swipes, significantly reducing administration and scoring time. The app eliminates the need for physical kits, allowing clinicians to focus on observation and interpretation.

Highlights
  • Digital assessment preparation
  • Instrument and subtest level preparation
  • Real-time scoring
  • Reduced administration time
  • Focus on observation and interpretation
  • Eliminates physical kits
Features
Read full description

Q-interactive Assess is a comprehensive digital platform that lets you quickly prepare your clinical assessment for a given individual at both the instrument and subtest levels. It helps you be more efficient: • Early indicators suggests saving 20% of administration and scoring time. • Real-time scoring, all with a few simple taps, swipes and scribes. • No more kits to haul around or share or go looking for when you need it. Q-interactive Assess scores on the fly and let’s you focus on observing and interpreting. It’s a more effective way to do your job, serve your clients, and evolve your practice.

About

ISTSS Conference

Features
Read full description

This is an article about the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. It discusses what the organization is, the work that it does, and how to get involved. Some important points are that ISTSS is dedicated to sharing information about the effects of trauma and the discovery and dissemination of knowledge about policy, program and service initiatives that seek to reduce traumatic stressors and their immediate and long-term consequences. It is an international interdisciplinary professional organization that promotes advancement and exchange of knowledge about traumatic stress.

Screenshots

ISTSS Conference4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ISTSS Conference at every 2 weeks against Q interactive Assess's every 2 months. ISTSS Conference also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Q interactive Assess ships an update every 2 months, ISTSS Conference every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Q interactive Assess versus ISTSS Conference: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQ interactive AssessISTSS Conference
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.8 (94 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews9.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings94 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size301 MB73 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPearson Education, Inc.THANIGAIVELAN MUTHU

Bugs and requests

Q interactive Assess

Reported bugs

103 issues
  • Login process requires multiple sign-ins
  • One-time passcodes required frequently
  • Login issues taking significant time to resolve
  • Locked out due to too many login attempts
  • App takes 15+ minutes to sign in
Show 98 more
  • Mobile hotspot issues
  • Web page doesn't work for adding new clients
  • Sign-in process is unpredictable
  • Verification needed every time screen turns off
  • Client device won't open after update
  • Assessment interrupted by upgrade
  • Tech support has long wait times and varying skill sets
  • Older versions not removed from the internet
  • Redirected to another platform with two-prong sign-in
  • Login requires stages
  • Repeatedly logged out
  • Sign in repeatedly throughout the day (12+ times)
  • App won't open since update
  • Repetitive logins
  • Test loading failures
  • Client device disconnections
  • App makes users feel unprofessional
  • App is buggy
  • Impossible to log in
  • Pearson support provides irrelevant suggestions
  • One iPad stops communicating with the other
  • Won't upload to desktop for report writing
  • App is buggy and almost unusable
  • App is a total disaster and unreliable
  • Constantly disconnecting from client's device
  • Assessment session ruined by disconnections
  • App sometimes works, sometimes can't sign in
  • Cancelled testing days because app won't start
  • Cancelled subtests because app goes blank
  • Several attempts to sign in
  • Breakdowns in communication between iPads
  • Inexplicable blank screens
  • Freezes during timed subtests
  • Wonky editing glitches
  • Poorly tested, buggy mess
  • Cannot back out of a test to change it
  • Pay for tests not administered
  • Numerous problems with signing in
  • Delete and start over, losing old assessments
  • Crashes
  • Fails to log in
  • Customer service is the worst
  • Frequently have issues during assessment
  • Unreliable
  • Doesn't cope well with changes in internet access
  • Pay for subtest usage when abandoned due to errors
  • Multiple problems Pearson cannot resolve
  • iPads stuck on Pearson logo
  • App freezes periodically
  • Threatens standardization
  • Delayed recall CVLT scaled scores not shown
  • Menu hiding text
  • Recordings of sessions cut out unexpectedly
  • More difficult to edit test scores
  • Poorer product than previous version
  • App worked (kind of) but challenging to navigate
  • Client's iPad stuck on pulsing Pearson logo
  • Unable to administer anything other than paper tasks
  • iPads would not connect successfully
  • Skipping subtests is almost impossible
  • App will not load on iPad 10th gen
  • Scores input after completion of battery are not saving
  • Prompted to discontinue testing when rules not met
  • iPads cannot connect to each other
  • App freezes after most recent update
  • Grayed out items preventing answer recording
  • Connectivity issues
  • Student iPad suddenly goes to a blank screen
  • iPads connected and disconnected frequently
  • Scores may not be best representation due to technical issues
  • Connectivity issues despite updating everything
  • Audio files disappear
  • Verbal response box pops up on every item
  • Bug prevents data from being fully offloaded
  • App continues to be a data hog
  • iPads will not connect
  • App doesn't have approvals for Bluetooth
  • Reading passages are a blank page
  • Constantly having issues getting iPads to connect and stay connected
  • App freezes moving between subtests
  • Glitches in notes section
  • Notes section doesn't record everything
  • Lag time between subtests
  • Home button doesn't go to main screen
  • Sorting on main screen unsorts when clicking anything
  • Doesn't record student's response
  • Apps wouldn't connect after being connected
  • Major bug issues not corrected by updates
  • Assessments will not fully download
  • Directions often do not load properly
  • Cumbersome to navigate
  • Cannot edit things after a subtest is complete
  • Audio recording feature is useless
  • Show stimulus doesn't always show
  • Lags between sub tests
  • KTEA Fluency tests wouldn't let timers start
  • Download failure, content never finishes
  • New redesigned app has issues

Requested features

11 requests
  • Add palm detection for stylus use
  • Improve French translations of tests
  • Add Touch/Face ID for faster login
  • Allow removal of unused test data to save space
  • Make it easier to skip subtests without paying
Show 6 more
  • Improve user interface and menu navigation
  • Remember sorting preferences on the main screen
  • Add an option to refresh content
  • Allow editing of scores after a subtest is complete
  • Improve stimulus display reliability
  • Add an option to go back to the old app version

ISTSS Conference

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Q interactive Assess

No in-app purchases

None

ISTSS Conference

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Q interactive Assess free?
Q interactive Assess is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ISTSS Conference free?
ISTSS Conference is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Q interactive Assess or ISTSS Conference have ads?
Neither Q interactive Assess nor ISTSS Conference shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Q interactive Assess or ISTSS Conference?
Q interactive Assess ships an update every 2 months, and ISTSS Conference every 2 weeks. Most recently, Q interactive Assess was updated on November 7, 2026 and ISTSS Conference on November 8, 2026.

Other comparisons