Comparison

Starfall ABCs vs See.Touch.Learn Pro

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

Head to head
About

Starfall ABCs

This app offers a free introduction to foundational reading skills, featuring interactive activities that engage children through sight, sound, and play. It's designed to help young learners recognize letters and develop essential reading abilities, with special considerations for English language learners and children with disabilities.

Highlights
  • Interactive letter and sound activities
  • Positive reinforcement and play-based learning
  • Develops letter recognition
  • Builds foundational reading skills
  • Accessible for children with impairments
Features
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Starfall® ABCs is the first step of Starfall’s Learn to Read phonics sequence, which teaches the foundational skills for learning to read. Step 1: ABCs Step 2: Learn to Read Step 3: It’s Fun to Read Step 4: I’m Reading! Starfall ABCs helps children master letter recognition in a stress-free environment through exploration, positive reinforcement, and play. Children delight as they see, hear, and interact with colorful imagery carefully matched to letters and sounds. By mastering these letter-sound relationships, they develop the skills they need to become confident, independent readers. Travel-ready. No internet connection required. Find Starfall ABCs, along with 700+ additional activities and counting across reading, math, music, and more in the Starfall app. The Starfall website and applications are program services of Starfall Education Foundation, a 501(c)(3) publicly supported nonprofit organization. Starfall® and Starfall.com® are registered trademarks in the US, the European Union, and various other countries. Copyright © 2002–2026 by Starfall Education. All rights reserved. Starfall apps are inclusively designed to support all children, including English Language Learners (ELLs). Starfall also provides an Enhanced Accessible Index for children with visual, hearing, or mobility impairments. For more information, please contact Customer Service at (+1) 303-417-6414.

About

See.Touch.Learn Pro

This app provides a digital alternative to flashcards for special needs education, offering thousands of pre-made and customizable lessons. It's designed for educators, parents, and therapists to create engaging visual learning experiences for children.

Highlights
  • 4,400+ picture cards
  • 2,200+ exercises
  • Access to 4,000+ community lessons
  • Create custom lessons
  • Track performance
  • Portable digital library
Features
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Includes 4,400 pictures, 2,200 exercises and access to the Brain Parade Community with over 4,000 lessons developed by peers. Visual Instruction for Autism and Special Needs. More than 500,000 users in 104 countries use See.Touch.Learn. to replace all of their flash cards. Recognition and Awards >> Editors’ Choice Award - Apps 4 Children With Special Needs (A4CWSN) >> 5 STARS ***** for See.Touch.Learn. - Smart Apps For Kids >> eSchool News ”10 of the best apps for education in 2013″ >> Ranked in Top 5 Elementary School Autism apps by appoLearning >> Received Official Teachers-With-Apps Certification >> Top Innovator Award from SIIA (Software & Information Industry Association) >> 2012 Reader’s Choice - Apps for Homeschooling >> One of 2012′s Best apps for Special Needs - Teachers with Apps >> One of "The best iPad Apps for Special Needs Kids" - The Washington Post >> “An app for the 21st century educator and student; The sky is the limit" - AppAbled >> "A hugely impressive looking iPad app" - iPad Insight >> Best Apps of the Week - Tech and Learning >> Voted The #2 app for 2011 by SmartAppsForKids readers >> "Perfect for ABA therapy, perfect for any teacher, parent, therapist working with special needs children." - Welcome To Their World Apps >> PadGadget Recommends See.Touch.Learn. >> "Most Flexible app available for Educators especially for ABA Programs" - Technology in (SPL) Education *** CHOSEN BY APPLE AND INSTALLED ON iPADS IN APPLE RETAIL STORES! *** *** Featured as New and Noteworthy by Apple in iTunes *** *** iTunes Education Staff Favorite! *** >> See the positive press on See.Touch.Learn. at www.brainparade.com/about/news-press/ << Save $$ hundreds on flash card purchases and eliminate the need to carry around all those cards! Create your own custom lessons with this incredibly easy to use app. Perfect for parents and learning professionals. Check out all of the 5-star customer reviews below!! Here are just a few of the benefits of See.Touch.Learn. + Build, save, copy and reuse your custom lessons + No more organizing and reorganizing cards for each student + Create unlimited scenarios and prompts + Thousands of gorgeous picture cards to choose from + Your entire collection is portable – take it with you everywhere + Never misplace a card - Images are automatically backed up + Save hundreds of dollars – only a fraction of the cost of physical cards + No cards to wear out + No cards to lose ----- Picture cards are an integral part of an effective learning program and are used to help teach new words and concepts and foster self-expression. Brain Parade’s See.Touch.Learn app combines the effectiveness of picture cards with the power and interactivity of the iPad. Create custom exercises and lessons, automatically track performance, and carry your entire library collection with you at all times. Whether you are using picture cards as part of an Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) program or other program, See.Touch.Learn. is for you. To get you started, Brain Parade includes over 50 professionally designed exercises with each library you purchase!

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Starfall ABCs at Free against See.Touch.Learn Pro's $49.99. Starfall ABCs also leads on rating (4.2 vs 2.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). See.Touch.Learn Pro's advantage is review sentiment (87% vs 62%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Starfall ABCs is free to download; See.Touch.Learn Pro costs $49.99 up front. See.Touch.Learn Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Starfall ABCs asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Starfall ABCs holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Starfall ABCs has 477 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 62% of Starfall ABCs's written reviews are positive against 87% of See.Touch.Learn Pro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Starfall ABCs ships an update every 7 months, See.Touch.Learn Pro every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Starfall ABCs versus See.Touch.Learn Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStarfall ABCsSee.Touch.Learn Pro
PriceFree — better$49.99
Rating4.2 (477 ratings) — better2.8 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews62.1% of reviews86.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings477 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStarfall Education FoundationBrain Parade

Customer experience

Starfall ABCs

All ratings476 ratings
Positive76.9%
Neutral7.8%
Negative15.3%
Written reviews203 reviews
Positive62.1%
Neutral6.4%
Negative31.5%

See.Touch.Learn Pro

All ratings10 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews107 reviews
Positive86.9%
Neutral2.8%
Negative10.3%

User reviews

Starfall ABCs

From 477 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy for kids to navigate
  • 🚀 Engaging and educational
  • 🎓 Helps with letter recognition and sounds
  • 💖 Great for young learners
  • 🏆 Recommended by teachers and pediatricians

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive for limited content
  • 🤔 Misleading advertising for full website features
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
  • 🔇 Sound issues and lack of voice assistance
  • 🤷‍♀️ Gender representation concerns

See.Touch.Learn Pro

From 10 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Highly customizable lessons for individual student needs
  • 📚 Extensive library of high-quality, realistic photos
  • 🎓 Versatile for multiple therapeutic and educational purposes (SLP, ABA, autism, ESL)
  • 📸 Ability to import and use own photos and voice recordings
  • ⚡ Easy and quick lesson creation

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App crashes frequently
  • ⚠️ No longer receiving updates from developer
  • 📵 Community feature no longer functional
  • 🔌 Cannot download libraries (for new users)
  • 📞 No customer support or developer response

Bugs and requests

Starfall ABCs

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Black screen issues
  • Repeated crashes and freezing
  • Incompatibility with latest iOS updates
  • Inability to exit app on certain devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Expand app to include more Starfall website features
  • Add more advanced learning content beyond just ABCs
  • Improve compatibility and stability across devices
  • Integrate voice assistant and accessibility features
  • Address gender representation issues in content

See.Touch.Learn Pro

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • App crashes constantly during use
  • Community feature no longer loads or works
  • Library download functionality broken
  • Password reset emails not being sent
  • Lessons and created cards deleted after app reload
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  • Pictures not displaying during lesson playback
  • Audio prompts playing at incorrect speed
  • Play mode password not staying saved
  • Community downloads not seamless
  • App incompatibility with newer iOS versions

Requested features

13 requests
  • Data collection and student performance tracking
  • Randomize or shuffle picture positions to prevent memorization
  • Ability to organize lessons into folders/categories
  • More natural, human voice prompts instead of robotic voice
  • Ability to move and zoom images on cards
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  • Password protection for play mode to prevent accidental exits
  • Auto-advancing slides without manual progression
  • Create custom lesson categories beyond preloaded options
  • Expanded photo libraries (weather, spatial relationships, animals, seasonal items)
  • Universal app compatibility (iPhone/iPod support)
  • Group setup and multi-student performance tracking
  • Ability to record audio for individual cards within exercises
  • Lesson sharing/community features restoration

In-app purchases

None

Starfall ABCs

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

See.Touch.Learn Pro

One-time1
  • Student Data Collection$4.99

Questions

Is Starfall ABCs free?
Starfall ABCs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is See.Touch.Learn Pro free?
See.Touch.Learn Pro costs $49.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Starfall ABCs or See.Touch.Learn Pro?
Starfall ABCs is rated higher. Starfall ABCs averages 4.2 out of 5 from 477 ratings, while See.Touch.Learn Pro averages 2.8 from 10 ratings.
Do Starfall ABCs or See.Touch.Learn Pro have ads?
Neither Starfall ABCs nor See.Touch.Learn Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Starfall ABCs or See.Touch.Learn Pro?
Starfall ABCs ships an update every 7 months, and See.Touch.Learn Pro every 2 months. Most recently, Starfall ABCs was updated on November 3, 2026 and See.Touch.Learn Pro on November 1, 2026.

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