Comparison

Expressive Builder vs Social Success

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

Social Success

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Social Success Software is an interactive social skill tutorial for adolescents and adults with developmental disabilities, including autism. Fifty skills are shown in an easy-to-navigate interface, so students can work independently or in self-directed groups. Each skill has five activities: Intro, Steps, Self-Talk, Movie, and Problem Solving.

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Expressive Builder at $9.99 against Social Success's $59.99. Expressive Builder also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 12 months). Social Success's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 12.1). On 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 Social Success $59.99 up front. Expressive Builder sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Social Success asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Expressive Builder ships an update every 4 months, Social Success every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and December 13, 2025 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Expressive Builder versus Social Success: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExpressive BuilderSocial Success
Price$9.99 — better$59.99
Rating2.8 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews95.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 12 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS12.17.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size132 MB505 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMobile Education Store LLCAttainment Company, Inc.

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
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  • 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

Social Success

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
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  • 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

Social Success

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Expressive Builder free?
Expressive Builder costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Social Success free?
Social Success costs $59.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Expressive Builder or Social Success have ads?
Neither Expressive Builder nor Social Success shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Expressive Builder or Social Success?
Expressive Builder ships an update every 4 months, and Social Success every 12 months. Most recently, Expressive Builder was updated on October 24, 2026 and Social Success on December 13, 2025.

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