Comparison

StoryBuilder for iPad vs SCIP

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

Head to head
About

StoryBuilder for iPad

This app helps children improve their narrative skills by assisting with paragraph formation, idea integration, and abstract thinking through inference. It utilizes audio clips to enhance auditory processing for children with special needs, offering a fun environment to build stories.

Highlights
  • Improve paragraph formation
  • Integrate ideas
  • Higher level abstractions
  • Auditory processing enhancement
  • Record narrative in own voice
  • Archive and email stories
  • Import photos
Features
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Winner - Best reading app of 2011 by the Huffington Post. Own as an individual app or as part of our MES Speech Therapy Bundle. Story Builder is designed to help children accomplish the following educational goals: 1) Improve paragraph formation; 2) Improve integration of ideas; and 3) Improve higher level abstractions by inference. Extensive use of audio clips promotes improved auditory processing for special needs children with autism spectrum disorders or sensory processing disorders. Story Builder offers a rich and fun environment for improving the ability to create a narrative. FEATURES -Record feature allows students to record narrative in their own voice -3 levels of play -Simple and intuitive interface to record narrative -Recorded answers are stitched together to create complete narrative -Stories can be archived for later play -Each student gets their own archive page -Stories can be emailed -50 distinct story lines to create narrative from -Import photos from camera or library -500 audio clips of questions to guide narrative -Optional question text and answer introduction reinforcement LANGUAGES - English REQUIREMENTS - Compatible with iPad - Requires iOS 4.2 software update StoryBuilder 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 Tools 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: 6-10, 10+ Categories: Special Needs

About

SCIP

This therapeutic tool aids speech therapy by implementing evidence-based contrastive phonology approaches. It offers a vast library of words and allows for individualized or group sessions with detailed progress tracking and reporting.

Highlights
  • Five contrastive therapy approaches
  • 2,400+ real words and 6,000+ nonsense words
  • Individual or group sessions (up to 4 students)
  • Individualized treatment targets and data collection
  • Printable progress graphs and session notes
  • Printable illustrations for practice
Features
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Turbocharge your speech therapy! SCIP (Sound Contrasts In Phonology) is an evidence-based, therapeutic tool developed through a one million dollar NIH grant by ASHA Fellow Dr. A. Lynn Williams. Dr. Williams partnered with EBS Learning to create this revolutionary app to maximize therapy by increasing intelligibility in less time. SCIP allows you to both create and implement treatment approaches using five different contrastive therapy approaches: Multiple Oppositions Minimal Pairs Maximal Oppositions Treatment of the Empty Set Vowel Contrasts SCIP includes more than 2,400 real words and 6,000 nonsense words to provide the widest variety of treatment stimuli and support rapid progress. The app allows individual or group sessions with up to 4 students. In group sessions, each student has individualized treatment targets and data collection. Print or email graphs of treatment progress and individual session notes! Choose the option to treat word-initial or word-final sounds using pictures or illustrations. You can also print illustrations to prepare practice sets to be used away from the iPad or sent home for reinforcement. Amazing features of this app allow you to: Easily create treatment programs with five contrastive approaches. Provide therapy sessions using illustrations or pictures. Collect data and enter therapy notes for each session. Graph treatment data and produce therapy reports. Print illustrations for use away from the iPad. Create and save groups of up to four students each with their own targets and treatment approach. Previously created for use with a computer, this improved and even easier-to-use program is now available as an app on your iPad! "SCIP" the prep time and jump right into treatment!

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: StoryBuilder for iPad at $7.99 against SCIP's $59.99. StoryBuilder for iPad also leads on review sentiment (95% vs 67%). SCIP's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.4) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

StoryBuilder for iPad costs $7.99 and SCIP $59.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SCIP holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 95% of StoryBuilder for iPad's written reviews are positive against 67% of SCIP's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StoryBuilder for iPad ships an update every 7 months, SCIP every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
StoryBuilder for iPad versus SCIP: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStoryBuilder for iPadSCIP
Price$7.99 — better$59.99
Rating3.4 (7 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews94.8% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS12.112.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB355 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMobile Education Store LLCEBS LEARNING INC

Customer experience

StoryBuilder for iPad

All ratings7 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral14.3%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews96 reviews
Positive94.8%
Neutral2.1%
Negative3.1%

SCIP

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

StoryBuilder for iPad

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Recordings deleted after a week
  • Voice recording can be strange

Requested features

15 requests
  • French or Spanish version
  • Import own pictures
  • Video export of stories
  • Tap words to hear them read aloud
  • More age-appropriate content for older kids
Show 10 more
  • Ability to scroll through story cards
  • Ability to end story without closing app
  • UK English accent/slower delivery voice over
  • Multiple choice answer page
  • Option to import own pictures
  • Option to turn off initial voice
  • Child log to click on name
  • Lock for settings screen
  • Thumbnail screen for story cards
  • More interactive pictures for younger children

SCIP

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

StoryBuilder for iPad

No in-app purchases

None

SCIP

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is StoryBuilder for iPad free?
StoryBuilder for iPad costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SCIP free?
SCIP costs $59.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, StoryBuilder for iPad or SCIP?
SCIP is rated higher. StoryBuilder for iPad averages 3.4 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while SCIP averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do StoryBuilder for iPad or SCIP have ads?
Neither StoryBuilder for iPad nor SCIP shows ads.
Which is updated more often, StoryBuilder for iPad or SCIP?
StoryBuilder for iPad ships an update every 7 months, and SCIP every 2 months. Most recently, StoryBuilder for iPad was updated on October 22, 2026 and SCIP on October 12, 2026.

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