Comparison

Pictello Visual Stories vs Bitsboard Flashcards PRO

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

Head to head
About

Pictello Visual Stories

Create engaging visual stories and social schedules with photos, videos, and text. Supports literacy development through features like word-by-word highlighting and text-to-speech. Easily share your creations with others or export them for wider distribution.

Highlights
  • Create visual stories with photos and videos
  • Text-to-speech and voice recording
  • Word-by-word text highlighting
  • Built-in word prediction
  • Import books from Tar Heel Reader
  • Share stories via server or Dropbox
  • Export to PDF or print
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Everyone loves to tell fun, engaging, and imaginative stories. Go ahead and make a social story or visual schedule for a child with autism or a slide show of holiday pictures for your friends - Pictello makes it a breeze to create and share! Whether you use the included natural-sounding Text to Speech voices, or record your own voice, Pictello is the perfect tool for visual storytelling. Each page in a Pictello story consists of a photo or video and some text, which can be read aloud by a Text to Speech voice or your own recorded audio. Develop literacy skills - Support reading with word-by-word text highlighting - Develop writing and spelling with built-in word prediction and Speak as You Type - Create stories to teach academic and social skills - Import free early literacy and adapted academic books from Tar Heel Reader Create and playback with ease - Let students use the wizard to create stories - Play stories page by page or as a slideshow - Use Text to Speech voices to read the story - Turn on switch access for story playback Integrate multimedia - Add your own photos - Include short video clips - Record your own voice or sound Share your stories - Share with other Pictello users through our free sharing server - Use Dropbox to exchange stories - Export to PDF or print to share with non-Pictello users Speak your language - Pick English, Spanish, German, French, Italian or Dutch for the user interface - Select from over 110 free Text to Speech voices in 29 languages - Use genuine American, British, Australian, American-Spanish, Swedish, French, Italian, German, Norwegian and Swedish children's voices - Create interest with fun character and specialty voices Customize to fit your needs - Pick between Wizard or Expert creation modes - Swipe or automatically turn pages - Adjust speech rate and pronunciations Read more at www.assistiveware.com/products/pictello Additional Note: Educational institutions can get a 50% discount if they purchase 20 or more licenses through Apple’s Volume Licensing Program for Education.

About

Bitsboard Flashcards PRO

This interactive learning app offers over 35 educational games and activities for students and teachers. Create custom lessons, track progress, and master subjects like languages and spelling through engaging mini-games. It supports multiple users and syncs content across devices.

Highlights
  • 35+ educational games and study modes
  • Create custom lessons with images and audio
  • Track individual user progress
  • Supports multiple users and accounts
  • Sync content across devices
  • Private classroom features
  • Accessibility options including switch control
Features
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A top 5 education game in the U.S.  2021 Academic Choice Awards Winner Spark excitement for learning with Bitsboard – an interactive learning app trusted by over 5 million parents, teachers and students worldwide. Create your own learning experience with 35+ educational activities, join a private classroom or dive into thousands of hand-curated flashcard decks – whatever you want to learn, Bitsboard is here to make it fun and make it stick! What you can do with the Bitsboard app: Teachers • Create lessons in minutes with beautiful images and clear audio • Adapt lessons to an individual user’s learning speed • Encourage higher level thinking with fun single/multiplayer mini-games • Keep track of individual progress • Automatically back up and sync data across devices Students • Turn boring assignments into addictive mini-games • Master languages, vocab, reading, spelling and more • Compete in multiplayer games with classmates • Study at your own pace or with others OVER 35+ POWERFUL MINI GAMES / STUDY MODES IN 1 APP INCLUDING • Flashcards • Photo Touch • Memory Cards (1-4 players) • Pop Quiz • Match Up • Word Builder • Sentence Builder • Spelling Bee • BINGO (1-4 players) • Letter Tracing • Sequencing • Related Items • Word Search • Crosswords • Letter Match • Odd One Out • What Comes Next? • Side by Side • Word Chunks • Communicator • Reader • Questions Game • Photo Hunt (1-4 players) • Racing Rivals (2 players) • Battle Time (2 players) • Say It Game TRACKS YOUR PROGRESS • Bitsboard keeps track of every answer for every game, user, and board SUPPORTS MULTIPLE USERS • Bitsboard makes it easy to add multiple users and switch between user accounts • You can now instantly review the detailed progress for each user • Automatically saves game settings at the user level ACCESSIBILITY OPTIONS • Bitsboard fully supports switch control to make all of the games accessible for users with disabilities ORGANIZE YOUR BOARDS • You can now group your boards into classes. • Each board can fit into as many classes as you like. • Organize your boards by class, user, subject, and more. ACCELERATE YOUR LEARNING • Bitsboard's learning algorithm automatically personalizes each game based on the players skills. • Bitsboard knows your problem words and when you are ready to move on to your next challenge. SHARE AND SYNC CONTENT ACROSS DEVICES • With Bitsboard, you can share and sync your custom lessons across devices with just one click • With user based cloud sync you can automatically backup all of your students, boards, and user stats and sync everything across devices BITSBOARD CLASSES • Share and automatically sync all of your content with other users / students on other devices • Bitsboard classes are private - only you and the students you approve see your content CLOUD SYNC • With cloud sync all of your boards, students, classes, and settings are automatically backed up and sync across all of your devices QR LOGIN CARDS • To protect student’s privacy you can generate student accounts without any email or password. Once created, you can share the login details of each student account via a simple QR login card. Just email the QR code to your student and they will be able to download the free Bitsboard app and log into their Bitsboard account. Have questions? We are here to help. Email us at support@happymooseapps.com Privacy Policy: http://bitsboard.com/privacy-policy Subscription Terms: http://bitsboard.com/subscription-terms

Screenshots

Pictello Visual Stories4 screens
Bitsboard Flashcards PRO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pictello Visual Stories at $19.99 against Bitsboard Flashcards PRO's $42.99. Bitsboard Flashcards PRO's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (400 vs 33). On rating, review sentiment, 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

Pictello Visual Stories costs $19.99 and Bitsboard Flashcards PRO $42.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Pictello Visual Stories against 4.2 for Bitsboard Flashcards PRO. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bitsboard Flashcards PRO has 400 ratings behind it against 33, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of Pictello Visual Stories's written reviews are positive against 65% of Bitsboard Flashcards PRO's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pictello Visual Stories ships an update every 6 months, Bitsboard Flashcards PRO every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 15, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pictello Visual Stories versus Bitsboard Flashcards PRO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPictello Visual StoriesBitsboard Flashcards PRO
Price$19.99 — better$42.99
Rating4.1 (33 ratings)4.2 (400 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews — better65.1% of reviews
Number of ratings33400 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size662 MB136 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAssistiveWareHappy Moose Apps

Customer experience

Pictello Visual Stories

All ratings33 ratings
Positive78.8%
Neutral3.0%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral6.3%
Negative22.2%

Bitsboard Flashcards PRO

All ratings400 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral5.3%
Negative14.8%
Written reviews126 reviews
Positive65.1%
Neutral9.5%
Negative25.4%

Bugs and requests

Pictello Visual Stories

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Bitsboard Flashcards PRO

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inability to access user statistics and data
  • Disappearing user boards and content
  • Incompatibility issues with newer iOS versions
  • Repeated crashes during use

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to back up and restore user boards
  • More customization options for games and activities
  • Improved user interface and navigation
  • Offline access to content

In-app purchases

None

Pictello Visual Stories

No in-app purchases

None

Bitsboard Flashcards PRO

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pictello Visual Stories free?
Pictello Visual Stories costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bitsboard Flashcards PRO free?
Bitsboard Flashcards PRO costs $42.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pictello Visual Stories or Bitsboard Flashcards PRO?
Bitsboard Flashcards PRO is rated higher. Pictello Visual Stories averages 4.1 out of 5 from 33 ratings, while Bitsboard Flashcards PRO averages 4.2 from 400 ratings.
Do Pictello Visual Stories or Bitsboard Flashcards PRO have ads?
Neither Pictello Visual Stories nor Bitsboard Flashcards PRO shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pictello Visual Stories or Bitsboard Flashcards PRO?
Pictello Visual Stories ships an update every 6 months, and Bitsboard Flashcards PRO every 2 weeks. Most recently, Pictello Visual Stories was updated on October 15, 2026 and Bitsboard Flashcards PRO on October 15, 2026.

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