Comparison

TenseBuilder vs WH Question Cards

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

WH Question Cards

This app helps students learn to ask and answer WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, and WHY questions through interactive games. It features illustrated cards with audio and text, and includes progress tracking for educators and parents.

Highlights
  • Interactive WH question games
  • Illustrated picture cards
  • Audio and text prompts
  • Progress data tracking
  • Multiple game modes
  • Unlimited student play
Features
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This educational app from Super Duper Publications teaches students how to correctly ask and answer WHO-WHAT-WHEN-WHERE-WHY questions. It has four entertaining learning games for each WH set of cards, and includes enhanced data tracking so educators and parents can keep track of student progress. "WHO flies an airplane? ...a pilot" "WHAT does a cow give us? ...milk" "WHEN do you sleep? ...at night" "WHERE does a bird lay eggs? ...in a nest" "WHY do you water a plant? ...so it will grow" GAMES + ACTIVITIES: •Super Duper Secret Decoder – Students listen to the question and answer choices, select answers, and then slide the Secret Decoder over their choices to reveal the correct responses. •Multiple Choice – This game has two ways to play. “Answer” game asks students questions, and players choose answers. The “Ask” game gives the student an answer, and the player chooses the best question to go with it. •Matching – Each student chooses a red question card and a blue answer card. If the answer matches the question, the player taps “Match.” If it doesn’t, the player taps “No Match.” •Drag ‘n Match – Students read the prompts, or tap the cards and listen to the prompts. Players then drag cards on top of the matching questions/answers to make matches. FEATURES: •280 colorful, illustrated picture card images (56 for each WH set) •Includes audio of all questions and answers for non-readers •Has text of each question and answer for early readers •Select any or all card decks for game play •Allows game play by an unlimited number of students •Has ability to manually or automatically advance to the next card and/or player •Option to have answers read back to players •Includes all card picture images from Super Duper's Ask & Answer WHO-WHAT-WHEN-WHERE-WHY Fun Decks DATA TRACKING lets educators and parents: •Manually or automatically score student responses •Keep track of data for all players •Receive feedback for each correct and incorrect response •View player results for all the sessions at any time •Examine student progress over time using graphs •Email, print, and share session results

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: TenseBuilder at $9.99 against WH Question Cards's $19.99. TenseBuilder also leads on rating (4.0 vs 2.7) and review sentiment (85% vs 48%). WH Question Cards's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (22 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 WH Question Cards $19.99 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 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WH Question Cards has 22 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of TenseBuilder's written reviews are positive against 48% of WH Question Cards's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TenseBuilder ships an update every 6 months, WH Question Cards every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
TenseBuilder versus WH Question Cards: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTenseBuilderWH Question Cards
Price$9.99 — better$19.99
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better2.7 (22 ratings)
Positive reviews85.0% of reviews — better48.0% of reviews
Number of ratings222 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS10.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size466 MB240 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%

WH Question Cards

All ratings22 ratings
Positive36.4%
Neutral9.1%
Negative54.5%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive48.0%
Neutral12.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

None

TenseBuilder

No in-app purchases

None

WH Question Cards

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TenseBuilder free?
TenseBuilder costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is WH Question Cards free?
WH Question Cards costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TenseBuilder or WH Question Cards?
TenseBuilder is rated higher. TenseBuilder averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while WH Question Cards averages 2.7 from 22 ratings.
Do TenseBuilder or WH Question Cards have ads?
Neither TenseBuilder nor WH Question Cards shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TenseBuilder or WH Question Cards?
TenseBuilder ships an update every 6 months, and WH Question Cards every 2 months. Most recently, TenseBuilder was updated on June 5, 2026 and WH Question Cards on September 20, 2026.

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