WhQuestions vs Expressive Builder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WhQuestions
This app helps children improve their question-asking and answering skills. It offers over 400 picture-based scenarios for focused practice on Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How questions. Designed by a Speech-Language Pathologist, it includes data tracking and customizable learning options.
- Practice all six WH question types
- 400+ real-world picture scenarios
- Multiplayer mode for up to 6 players
- Automatic data tracking and progress reports
- Customizable learning goals
- Record & playback for self-monitoring
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WH Questions: The Essential Tool for Mastering Question Skills in Children Designed by a certified Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP), WH Questions is the engaging, multiplayer game essential for improving question-answer and question-asking skills. If your child or student struggles to understand or form grammatically correct questions (Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How), this powerful app provides the focused practice they need. With over 400 real-world, picture-based opportunities, WH Questions makes therapy and home practice effective, measurable, and fun. Stop guessing—start tracking real progress today! Key Features for SLPs, Educators, and Families Target All Six Question Types: Comprehensive practice for Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How. 400+ Real-World Stimuli: A large library of high-quality picture scenarios ensures children get high-volume practice for better generalization and carryover of skills. Multiplayer Fun: Play with up to 6 students or children in a single session. Easily select different question targets for each player. Automatic Data Tracking: Collect session-specific data with a single tap. The app does the math for you, tracking accuracy and performance across all question types. Visual Progress Reports: Instantly view color-coded reports that show accuracy and targeted questions for every session, making it easy for anyone to monitor growth. Fully Customizable Learning The app is built to adapt to the student's specific goals, whether in a clinic, classroom, or home setting: Goal Flexibility: Easily switch the target from answering questions to asking questions. Simply turn off the written question prompt to work on spontaneous expressive language skills. Develop Self-Monitoring: The built-in Record & Playback function allows children to record their verbal responses and listen back, fostering critical self-monitoring abilities. Control the Challenge: Adjust settings to focus on one WH question type at a time or randomize questions for a greater challenge. Auditory Focus: Option to hide written text to ensure the child is attending to and processing the auditory stimuli. Download WH Questions now to bring expert-designed language intervention right to your fingertips!
Expressive Builder
This app helps children improve sentence ideation, formation, and language skills through interactive exercises. It utilizes audio clips and voice recording to enhance auditory processing and reinforce language development, making it ideal for special needs children.
- Sentence ideation and formation practice
- Auditory processing enhancement with audio clips
- Voice recording and playback
- Multiple hint levels
- 250+ images for sentence creation
- Import custom images
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Voted 3rd best educational app of 2011 by AppsForHomeschooling.com Voted 9th best education app of 2011 by SmartAppsForKids.com Own as an individual app or as part of our MES Speech Therapy Bundle. Expressive Builder is designed to help children accomplish the following educational goals: 1) Improve sentence ideation ; 2) Improve sentence formation; and 3) Improve receptive and expressive language. Extensive use of audio clips promotes improved auditory processing for special needs children with autism spectrum disorders or sensory processing disorders. Auditory playback of child's voice offers reinforcement for language development. Expressive Builder offers a rich and fun environment for improving the ability to create grammatically correct sentences. FEATURES -Record feature allows students to record sentences in their own voice -3 levels of hints -Simple and intuitive interface to record sentence -Save and email recorded sentences -250 distinct images to create sentences from -Import your own images -Optional hint button LANGUAGES - English REQUIREMENTS - Compatible with iPad - Requires Iphone 5.1 software update ExpressiveBuilder is part of "The Builder Series" of award winning education apps. Mobile Education Store has won over 40 app awards and has been named educational developer of the year in 2011 and 2012. Mobile Education Store is a member of Moms with Apps, a collaborative group of family-friendly developers seeking to promote quality apps for kids and families. Recommended Ages: 3-6, 6-10 Categories: Special Needs
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Expressive Builder at $9.99 against WhQuestions's $19.99. Expressive Builder also leads on review sentiment (95% vs 64%) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 15.6). WhQuestions's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 2.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). On update cadence and ads 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
WhQuestions costs $19.99 and Expressive Builder $9.99 up front. Expressive Builder sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. WhQuestions asks for nothing beyond the download.
WhQuestions holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 64% of WhQuestions's written reviews are positive against 95% of Expressive Builder's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on August 26, 2026 and June 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WhQuestions | Expressive Builder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | $9.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (12 ratings) — better | 2.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.9% of reviews | 95.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 265 MB | 132 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Smarty Ears | Mobile Education Store LLC |
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WhQuestions
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In-app purchases
WhQuestions
No in-app purchases
Expressive Builder
- School Game Pack$1.99
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- Medical Game Pack$1.99
- Pets Game Pack$1.99
- Places Game Pack$1.99
- Playground Game Pack$1.99
- Winter Game Pack$1.99
- All Game Packs$19.99
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