Rat Dissection vs Conversation Skills
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rat Dissection
Experience a virtual rat dissection on your iPad with step-by-step instructions and voice-over. Explore detailed 3D images of internal organs and learn about their structure and function. This educational tool is designed for middle and high school students to supplement science curriculum.
- Virtual rat dissection simulation
- Step-by-step instructions with voice-over
- Vivid 3D images of internal organs
- Detailed information on organ structure and function
- Content validated by subject matter experts
- Suitable for middle and high school science curriculum
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Punflay introduces another dissection app - Rat Dissection for the iPad. Back by popular demand, Punflay is adding another dissection app to its existing line-up of educational iPad apps. This time, students can experience a virtual dissection of a rat. Just like the award-winning app, Frog Dissection, Rat Dissection for the iPad has been designed for middle and high school students. The content for the app has been validated by subject matter experts to ensure accuracy. It’s a great substitute for the real thing and will fit perfectly in the science curriculum. Educators and students will find this very green app a blessing in the classroom. Users can get a feel for dissecting a rat on the iPad without ever inflicting any harm on the animal. The app walks you through a series of steps on how to dissect a rat. All you have to do is to simply follow the written instructions along with voice-over to dissect and explore the rat’s internal organs. Besides a virtual chloroformed specimen, Rat Dissection comes with all the dissection tools. The organs are all presented as 3D images. Users can tap on the individual organs to see what they look like from different angles. Detailed information on the organs is provided to help the student learn about their structure and function. Key Features: •Vivid 3D images of rat’s internal organs •Step-by-step instructions with voice over •Accurate simulation of the wet lab dissection procedure •Content validation by subject matter experts For those of you who haven’t tried our very popular app Frog Dissection, the following will give you an idea about how the app is popular among educators and students. If this is any indication, Rat Dissection is sure to be equally welcome in the classroom! The following are some schools that are either considering the use of Frog Dissection or are using it in the classroom now. Pikes Peak Prep, Colorado http://www.gazette.com/articles/charter-104737-school-students.html A.D. Rundle Middle School, Chillawack, Canada http://www.chilliwacktimes.com/technology/ropos+innovation/4009103/story.html Durham Public Schools http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/12/18/869111/ipads-make-inroads-in-triangle.html Lake County schools technology http://www.towndigger.com/life-and-family/youth-corner/8691-new-technology-transforming-science-classes Be sure to watch for updates. We’ll be adding more features to the app to make it a more comprehensive teaching tool.
Conversation Skills
This app helps children with autism practice essential conversation skills in a supportive, stress-free environment. It offers interactive scenarios, progress tracking, and a reward system to build confidence for real-life social interactions. Designed for children and adults with social learning needs.
- Practice identifying interests
- Choose appropriate topics
- Join and continue conversations
- Over 140 practice situations
- Progressive skill mastery
- Reporting and reward center
- Independent and therapist modes
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** Happy Frog Apps is a Mom’s Choice Award Winner! Also featured on FunEducationalApps.com, TeachersWithApps.com, and more! ** The “Conversation Skills” app helps children with autism practice key steps in conversation: - Identifying a friend's interests, - Choosing an appropriate topic, - Figuring out what topic is already being talked about, - Joining a conversation, - Continuing a conversation with appropriate follow-up questions and comments. This app provides kids the chance to practice and get supportive feedback in a calm, stress-free environment where they can consider their options. Once kids build the skills of how to choose topics and continue conversations, they'll be able to bring these skills to real-life situations. The “Conversation Skills” app gives your learner the social conversation skills they need to better manage social situations at home, school and in the community. What parents say about our awesome apps: *** 5 stars! Brilliant! An app that understands how kids actually learn. Thank you. *** 5 stars! Your social skill apps are excellent! “Conversation Skills” provides: - More than 140 situations for a wide variety of practice. - Students progress to the next level only when mastery of the current skill is demonstrated. - 'At a glance' reporting shows you instantly how your learner is progressing. - The fun Reward Center motivates even hesitant learners. Most exciting, this app offers independent AND therapist mode. In independent mode, answers are displayed and the learner taps the correct answer. In therapist mode, no answers are displayed. For each question, the student answers orally and the therapist taps whether the learner's oral answer was correct or incorrect. Both modes earn coins for the Reward Center. Our apps are designed for and tested by typical and special needs children. Testers include children with Autism and other special needs. Our apps work for them! Our apps are also suitable for adults dealing with aphasia or learning English as a Second Language. To evaluate the app, download the lite version, which has 1 free level. Additional levels and additional players can be accessed with in-app purchases. If you prefer no in-app purchases, download the paid version of this app, which includes all levels and up to 10 players. We take customer service very seriously! If you ever have a problem or find that we've missed something, contact us at our website and we will do our best to fix the problem. www.HappyFrogApps.com Our apps are safe for kids. We collect NO private information in our app. None! Our apps do not allow unrestricted web or social media access. We conform to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Conversation Skills at Free against Rat Dissection's $3.99. Conversation Skills also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.4) and device support (3 vs 1). Rat Dissection's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 12 months vs every 86 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
Conversation Skills is free to download; Rat Dissection costs $3.99 up front. Conversation Skills sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Rat Dissection asks for nothing beyond the download.
Conversation Skills holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rat Dissection has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Rat Dissection ships an update every 12 months, Conversation Skills every 86 months. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rat Dissection | Conversation Skills |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.4 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months — better | Every 86 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 115 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GP Strategies Corporation | Janine Toole |
Customer experience
Rat Dissection
Conversation Skills
In-app purchases
Rat Dissection
No in-app purchases
Conversation Skills
- 2 Users$1.99
- 10 Users$4.99
- Access All Levels$5.99
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