Comparison

TenseBuilder vs Regular Past Tense Verbs Fun Deck

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

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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

Regular Past Tense Verbs Fun Deck

Practice regular past tense verbs with illustrated flashcards and audio prompts. Features automatic scoring, progress tracking, and data export for an unlimited number of players. Ideal for educational settings.

Highlights
  • Illustrated picture flash cards
  • Audio of card text
  • Automatic scoring with two answer choices
  • Progress tracking for unlimited players
  • Data export via print or email
  • Portrait and landscape orientation
Features
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This colorful educational App for the iPhone®, iPad®, and iPod touch® has all 52 illustrated picture flash cards (plus audio of each card’s text) from the Regular Past Tense Verbs Fun Deck® by Super Duper® Publications. Select the cards you want students to see, and have your students fill in the blank to practice regular past tense verbs. The prompts include statements like, “Becky will ___ a cake” and “Yesterday, Becky ___ a cake.” The Automatic Scoring option allows the students to choose from one of two answers to complete the sentence correctly. This App is simple to use — each student looks at an illustration and either reads the prompt or touches the screen to listen to the prompt and answer choices. The student then responds by touching his/her answer. Move to the next card by sliding the card currently on the display screen to the side. To move to the next player, tap the bar at the top of the screen and select a name. You can also advance cards and players automatically by selecting the Auto-Advance option in the Game Options menu. You can leave a game temporarily and return to it later by selecting Pause Game from the menu. To return to the game, select Continue Game from the main menu. When you finish, view the results in a graph, and print or email your data. Regular Past Tense Verbs Fun Deck® App lets you: • Use the app in portrait or landscape orientation. • Select all 52 cards or just the ones you want students to see. • Track correct and incorrect responses for an unlimited number of players. • Advance players and cards manually or automatically. • Receive feedback for incorrect and/or correct responses • Discontinue game play and continue at any time. • View results in a graph and see which questions a player missed during a session. • Print, E-mail and share your results.

Screenshots

Regular Past Tense Verbs Fun Deck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: TenseBuilder at 4.0 against Regular Past Tense Verbs Fun Deck's 2.5. TenseBuilder also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 67%). Regular Past Tense Verbs Fun Deck's advantage is price ($3.99 vs $9.99) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Regular Past Tense Verbs Fun Deck $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TenseBuilder holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of TenseBuilder's written reviews are positive against 67% of Regular Past Tense Verbs Fun Deck's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TenseBuilder ships an update every 6 months, Regular Past Tense Verbs Fun Deck every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
TenseBuilder versus Regular Past Tense Verbs Fun Deck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTenseBuilderRegular Past Tense Verbs Fun Deck
Price$9.99$3.99 — better
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better2.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews85.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS10.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size466 MB94 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMobile Education Store LLCSuper Duper Publications

Customer experience

TenseBuilder

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

Regular Past Tense Verbs Fun Deck

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

TenseBuilder

No in-app purchases

None

Regular Past Tense Verbs Fun Deck

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TenseBuilder free?
TenseBuilder costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Regular Past Tense Verbs Fun Deck free?
Regular Past Tense Verbs Fun Deck costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TenseBuilder or Regular Past Tense Verbs Fun Deck?
TenseBuilder is rated higher. TenseBuilder averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Regular Past Tense Verbs Fun Deck averages 2.5 from 2 ratings.
Do TenseBuilder or Regular Past Tense Verbs Fun Deck have ads?
Neither TenseBuilder nor Regular Past Tense Verbs Fun Deck shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TenseBuilder or Regular Past Tense Verbs Fun Deck?
TenseBuilder ships an update every 6 months, and Regular Past Tense Verbs Fun Deck every 6 weeks. Most recently, TenseBuilder was updated on September 23, 2026 and Regular Past Tense Verbs Fun Deck on September 27, 2026.

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