Comparison

Expressive Builder vs iSEQUENCES

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

iSEQUENCES

This educational app helps children with Autism and Asperger’s practice understanding everyday situations and emotions through interactive sequences. It features 100 exercises on daily routines and social scenarios, taught by engaging characters. The app is highly configurable and free of ads.

Highlights
  • 100 sequence exercises
  • 60 social situation exercises
  • Configurable options
  • Manual or automatic exercise selection
  • No ads
Features
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iSEQUENCES is an educational app for children with Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome that enables them to practice 100 different sequences about everyday situations, such as: - Autonomous habits like brushing their teeth, washing their hands, getting dressed or going to bed - Fun activities like going to the beach, to the movies or do sports - Every day situations like falling down, taking the bus, going the doctor, buying bread or getting wet in the rain - Emotions like happiness, sadness, surprise or fear All this is taught by the character Tatus and his friends. ***** WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ***** - Overall, I think this app is great for making sequencing cards fun and motivating – Speech Time Fun - The concept of the app is simple enough but the six cheerful cartoon characters used in the sequencing pictures make the presentation fun and engaging for children – The iPhone Mum ***** FEATURES ***** - 100 exercises that introduce a situation to children and they are asked to guess what will happen next - 60 exercises that display social situations and the children are asked to say how they think the characters in the situation feel - New options that are highly configurable to better adapt the app to each child - Selection of the exercises either manual or automatic by level of difficulty and type of exercises - No ads inside of the app ***** WHO IS IT FOR***** iSEQUENCES can be used both as a support tool for therapy and at home as an entertainment. ***** WHO WE ARE ***** Fundación Lovaas is an early intervention centre for children and teenagers with Autism/ASD that operates throughout Spain and in some other European cities. Contact: info@isequencies.cat Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FundacionLovaas.Apps/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Apps_FLovaas

Verdict

The call

Expressive Builder and iSEQUENCES both sit at 2.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 95% of Expressive Builder's written reviews are positive against 54% of iSEQUENCES's. Expressive Builder also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 13 months). iSEQUENCES's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and price ($2.99 vs $9.99). On rating, ratings volume, ads 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

Expressive Builder costs $9.99 and iSEQUENCES $2.99 up front. Expressive Builder sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. iSEQUENCES asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.8 for Expressive Builder against 2.7 for iSEQUENCES. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 6 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 95% of Expressive Builder's written reviews are positive against 54% of iSEQUENCES's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Expressive Builder ships an update every 4 months, iSEQUENCES every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Expressive Builder versus iSEQUENCES: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExpressive BuilderiSEQUENCES
Price$9.99$2.99 — better
Rating2.8 (4 ratings) — better2.7 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews95.4% of reviews — better53.8% of reviews
Number of ratings46 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 13 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS12.18.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size132 MB237 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMobile Education Store LLCLovaas Foundation Fundacion

Customer experience

Expressive Builder

All ratings4 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral75.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive95.4%
Neutral1.1%
Negative3.4%

iSEQUENCES

All ratings6 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive53.8%
Neutral7.7%
Negative38.5%

Bugs and requests

Expressive Builder

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Cannot choose picture set
  • Skip image button not present after update

Requested features

14 requests
  • Bring back the skip image button
  • Wider variety of ethnicities represented
  • Ability to have words read aloud
  • Ability to have hints read aloud
  • Highlighting word as it is read
Show 9 more
  • Add a 'gaming' picture pack
  • Ability to upload personal photographs
  • More sets without in-app purchases
  • Ability to archive more students
  • Add older children (teens) to original pack
  • Ability to go to next/previous image at any time
  • Text to speech for non-readers
  • Play button on the first page
  • Tap on words to have them read aloud

iSEQUENCES

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Expressive Builder

One-time10
  • School Game Pack$1.99
  • Sports Game Pack$1.99
  • Hobbies Game Pack$1.99
Show 7 more
  • Inside Playtime Game Pack$1.99
  • 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
None

iSEQUENCES

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Expressive Builder free?
Expressive Builder costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is iSEQUENCES free?
iSEQUENCES costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Expressive Builder or iSEQUENCES?
Expressive Builder is rated higher. Expressive Builder averages 2.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while iSEQUENCES averages 2.7 from 6 ratings.
Do Expressive Builder or iSEQUENCES have ads?
Neither Expressive Builder nor iSEQUENCES shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Expressive Builder or iSEQUENCES?
Expressive Builder ships an update every 4 months, and iSEQUENCES every 13 months. Most recently, Expressive Builder was updated on October 1, 2026 and iSEQUENCES on June 1, 2026.

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