Comparison

SoundingBoard vs Level Up Questioning

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

Head to head
About

SoundingBoard

Create custom communication boards quickly using pre-made symbols or your own words. This app provides a powerful tool for individuals needing alternative communication methods. It supports switch access for enhanced usability.

Highlights
  • Customizable communication boards
  • AbleNet symbol integration
  • User-added words
  • Switch access support
  • Compatible with AbleNet Blue2 Switch
Features
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SoundingBoard transforms your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad into the latest in communication technology. In just minutes, you can create custom boards using AbleNet symbols or your own words. Perfect for children in special education, persons on the autism spectrum, and adults with disabilities. SoundingBoard includes switch access and is compatible with the AbleNet Blue2 Switch.

About

Level Up Questioning

Features
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Stop spending your valuable time prepping lessons. Level Up Questioning is your new AI teaching assistant, designed to help you instantly turn any book or text into a powerful critical thinking exercise. We know that deep questions are the key to real student comprehension. But finding the right questions for every text takes hours. With Level Up Questioning, you can get your time back and help your students learn to think more deeply. HOW IT WORKS: SCAN: Use your phone or tablet camera to capture text from any book, article, or handout. ANALYZE: Our powerful AI (using OCR and LLMs) reads and understands the content in seconds. QUESTION: Instantly receive a set of high-quality questions structured around Bloom's Taxonomy. PERFECT FOR: English, Social Studies, Science, and CTE classes K-12 teachers and college professors Creating "Do Now" or "Exit Ticket" activities Spurring Socratic seminars and class discussions Building quizzes and homework assignments FEATURES: Save Hours of Prep: Go from a blank page to a full lesson plan in seconds. Foster Critical Thinking: Move students beyond basic recall with questions based on Bloom's Taxonomy that target analysis, inference, and evaluation. Works With Any Text: Use it on textbook chapters, novels, primary sources, worksheets, and more. Simple & Fast: A clean interface designed for busy educators. Download Level Up Questioning today and transform the way you and your students interact with text. Privacy Policy: https://kupacreations.com/LevelUpQuestioningPrivacyPolicy Terms of Use: https://kupacreations.com/LevelUpQuestioningEULA

Screenshots

SoundingBoard4 screens
Level Up Questioning3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Level Up Questioning at every 2 days against SoundingBoard's every 3 months. 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. SoundingBoard sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Level Up Questioning sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SoundingBoard ships an update every 3 months, Level Up Questioning every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
SoundingBoard versus Level Up Questioning: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSoundingBoardLevel Up Questioning
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (34 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews48.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings34 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB119 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAbleNetDavid William Kuhn

Bugs and requests

SoundingBoard

Reported bugs

19 issues
  • App crashing on startup after purchase
  • Folders not saving changes
  • Created boards disappearing
  • Edit lock not working, student can edit pictures
  • Cannot record voice over preloaded boards
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  • App crashes after in-app purchase
  • App crashes every time going into the app
  • User created boards not showing up correctly
  • Cannot record voice, does not save
  • Cannot create new boards with new symbols, save button does nothing
  • Sound quit working on iPad 2 with OS 6
  • Two touches needed to activate icon/button
  • Last time content was added, it didn't work
  • Recordings play back very quietly
  • Audio does not work at all
  • Does not work on iPod touch
  • Images are small, cells are small, does not utilize entire screen
  • Difficult to get back to the home screen
  • Losing new pages after saving

Requested features

20 requests
  • Large button icons for board selection
  • Login system to save boards across platforms
  • Ability to log in and save boards across devices
  • User login system for shared boards
  • Ability to erase pre-made boards
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  • Choose a default board to open with
  • iPad version to avoid magnification issues
  • Sentence strip option
  • Improve picture library search
  • Facility to play music tracks directly
  • More picture cards for school-related content
  • More choices for layout on initial screen
  • Option to change background color
  • Improve navigation for board design
  • Basic pre-formatted pages
  • Editing options for pics and boards (size, placement)
  • Basic communication symbols (yes/no, alphabet)
  • More PX available on a page
  • Better contrasting pictures with black background
  • Universal or iPad version

Level Up Questioning

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

SoundingBoard

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2 purchases

Level Up Questioning

Subscriptions2
  • Pro - Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Pro - Yearly$49.991 Year

Questions

Is SoundingBoard free?
SoundingBoard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Level Up Questioning free?
Level Up Questioning is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SoundingBoard or Level Up Questioning have ads?
Neither SoundingBoard nor Level Up Questioning shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SoundingBoard or Level Up Questioning?
SoundingBoard ships an update every 3 months, and Level Up Questioning every 2 days. Most recently, SoundingBoard was updated on October 6, 2026 and Level Up Questioning on October 2, 2026.

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