Comparison

TenseBuilder vs Following Directions by TSApps

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

Head to head
About

TenseBuilder

This app uses animated videos to teach students how to identify and use correct past, present, and future verb tenses. It includes interactive exercises and a recording feature to help improve language skills.

Highlights
  • Animated video lessons
  • Demonstrates past, present, future tense
  • Focus on irregular past tense verbs
  • Interactive sentence completion
  • Voice recording for practice
  • Drag and drop sentence building
Features
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Own as an individual app or as part of our MES Speech Therapy Bundle. Winner - 2012 2nd Best Educational App by Let's Talk SLP Winner - 2012 Best Teaching App by TeachHub.com Winner - 2012 Best Education App by TeachersWithApps.com TenseBuilder is designed to help students learn how to identify and use correct tense forms by playing movie quality animated videos to demonstrate past, present and future tense. 48 video lessons (will expand to 58) are in place to help give students a deeper understanding about the purpose of tense. Special attention is paid to the past tense of irregular verbs. Students will learn how to sequence events and how to differentiate between events that will happen, events that are happening now and events that have already happened. Students will also identify correct written verb forms and drag them to complete sentences. Students have the opportunity to record their sentences in their own voice to improve their receptive and expressive language skills and promote carryover of these target verb forms to their conversational speech. Tense Builder offers a unique environment for improving a student's ability to understand tenses and use verb forms properly. FEATURES -48 target verbs with matching animated movies -Movies employ humor to engage student -Video modeling for each verb and tense form used -Each verb has separate animated lesson to show past, present and future tense -Option to focus on a particular tense -Ability to address past tense developmentally, by first teaching regular past -ed forms and then moving to irregular past. -Includes receptive task, where student taps the correct image to match a sentence, and an expressive task where student drags the correct verb form to complete the sentence -Intuitive drag and drop to create sentences -Words are spoken as they are being dragged for emerging readers -Record feature allows students to record sentences in their own voice -Save and email recorded sentences LANGUAGES - English REQUIREMENTS - Compatible with iPad - Requires iPad 5.0 software update TenseBuilder 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 Tools 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, Education

About

Following Directions by TSApps

This app helps develop memory, motor, and auditory processing skills through interactive exercises for following directions. It offers various activities like one-step, two-step, and conditional commands, suitable for all ages and learning levels.

Highlights
  • One-step directions with drag and drop
  • Two-step directions with picture choices
  • Inclusion/exclusion activities
  • Motor-skill and conditional directions
  • Multi-sensory learning
  • Customizable settings
Features
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Following Directions by Teach Speech Apps helps develop the skills needed to help boost memory, motor, and auditory processing skills with simple one step directions, two step complex commands including (first / then, before / after), inclusion / exclusion, conditional and motor-skill based directions. This app is great for working on language, auditory processing, vocabulary, memory, receptive language, attention and focus. This interactive app helps individuals learn following directions in a fun and engaging way. Four activities include: - One step directions - drag and drop - Two step directions - choose from 4 pictures - Inclusion / Exclusion - choose from 6 pictures - Motor-skill based and conditional directions Teach Speech Apps encourages learning side-by-side with an engaged adult. Benefits: - Develops reading, spelling, listening and language skills - Enriches vocabulary - Professional photos for individuals of all ages and learning levels - Multi-sensory learning - combining seeing and hearing feedback - Reinforcement sounds that can be turned on/off in settings - Options found in settings to customize user experience - Voice rate option - Aligned with the Common Core Standards - No ads - No in-app purchases Privacy Policy: Teach Speech Apps does not collect personal information. To learn more, visit : http://www.teachspeechapps.com/privacy-policy.html Email Teach Speech Apps with questions or feedback: contact@teachspeechapps.com Find us on Facebook: Teach Speech Apps, LLC Twitter: @teachspeechapps

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Following Directions by TSApps at 5.0 against TenseBuilder's 4.0. Following Directions by TSApps also leads on price ($2.99 vs $9.99) and device support (3 vs 1). TenseBuilder's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On review sentiment, ratings volume, update cadence and 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

TenseBuilder costs $9.99 and Following Directions by TSApps $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Following Directions by TSApps holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 85% and 86% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TenseBuilder ships an update every 6 months, Following Directions by TSApps every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
TenseBuilder versus Following Directions by TSApps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTenseBuilderFollowing Directions by TSApps
Price$9.99$2.99 — better
Rating4.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.0% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size466 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMobile Education Store LLCRed Five LLC

Customer experience

TenseBuilder

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive85.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative5.0%

Following Directions by TSApps

Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

None

TenseBuilder

No in-app purchases

None

Following Directions by TSApps

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TenseBuilder free?
TenseBuilder costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Following Directions by TSApps free?
Following Directions by TSApps costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TenseBuilder or Following Directions by TSApps?
Following Directions by TSApps is rated higher. TenseBuilder averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Following Directions by TSApps averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do TenseBuilder or Following Directions by TSApps have ads?
Neither TenseBuilder nor Following Directions by TSApps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TenseBuilder or Following Directions by TSApps?
TenseBuilder ships an update every 6 months, and Following Directions by TSApps every 9 months. Most recently, TenseBuilder was updated on November 1, 2026 and Following Directions by TSApps on November 2, 2026.

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