Comparison

TenseBuilder vs Plurality

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

Plurality

This educational game helps users practice irregular English plurals through a colorful and engaging memory matching experience. It offers customizable practice levels, competitive multiplayer modes, and helpful audio and visual cues for learning.

Highlights
  • Practice irregular English plurals
  • Memory matching gameplay
  • Five difficulty levels
  • Customizable practice selection
  • Up to four player competition
  • Audio and written cues
  • Bonus match for extra points
Features
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Plurality is a memory game that makes practicing irregular plurals more portable and fun. Cheerful and colorful pictures demonstrate 24 different English irregular plurals in five levels of difficulty. Choose to use them all or select the ones you want to practice for more customized game play. Up to four players can compete to see who can get the most matches. Settings include an option to hear plurals named as they are touched, written cues and a “sneak peek” at matches. Players can also compete to see who can find a “bonus” match worth extra points.

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: TenseBuilder at 85% against Plurality's 33%. TenseBuilder also leads on rating (4.0 vs 2.2) and update cadence (every 6 months vs every 84 months). Plurality's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $9.99) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

TenseBuilder costs $9.99 and Plurality $1.99 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 2.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of TenseBuilder's written reviews are positive against 33% of Plurality's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TenseBuilder ships an update every 6 months, Plurality every 84 months. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and June 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
TenseBuilder versus Plurality: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTenseBuilderPlurality
Price$9.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better2.2 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews85.0% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings26 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 84 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size466 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMobile Education Store LLCZorten Software, LLC

Customer experience

TenseBuilder

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

Plurality

All ratings6 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

TenseBuilder

No in-app purchases

None

Plurality

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TenseBuilder free?
TenseBuilder costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plurality free?
Plurality costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TenseBuilder or Plurality?
TenseBuilder is rated higher. TenseBuilder averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Plurality averages 2.2 from 6 ratings.
Do TenseBuilder or Plurality have ads?
Neither TenseBuilder nor Plurality shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TenseBuilder or Plurality?
TenseBuilder ships an update every 6 months, and Plurality every 84 months. Most recently, TenseBuilder was updated on June 5, 2026 and Plurality on June 10, 2026.

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