Rainbow Sentences 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.
Rainbow Sentences
This app uses color-coded visual cues to help students construct grammatically correct sentences. It breaks down sentence parts like who, what, and where, allowing users to build and record sentences in their own voice. Designed for young learners, it offers interactive lessons and engaging rewards.
- Color-coded sentence parts
- Drag and drop sentence creation
- Audio support for words
- Sentence recording and saving
- 6 levels of sentence complexity
- Pictograph lessons
- Earnable puzzle piece rewards
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Own as an individual app or as part of our MES Speech Therapy Bundle. Winner - 2012 Best Language Development App - Technology in Special Education Finalist - Best Education App of 2012 - Best Apps Ever Rainbow Sentences is designed to help students improve their ability to construct grammatically correct sentences by using color coded visual cues. The who, what, where, and why parts of sentences are color coded to help students recognize and understand how combinations of these parts create basic sentence structure. Students will learn how to recognize the parts of sentences such as nouns, verbs, and prepositions, improve their understanding of how combinations of these parts create basic sentence structure. Students have the opportunity to record their sentences in their own voice to improve their receptive and expressive language skills. Rainbow Sentences offers a unique environment for improving a student's ability to create grammatically correct sentences. FEATURES -168 images to create sentence from -Intuitive drag and drop to create sentences -Words are spoken as they are being dragged for non readers -Words can be color coded for added visual support -Word groups can be selected to simplify sentence construction -6 levels of sentence complexity -Pictograph lessons to help students learn proper sentence construction -Record feature allows students to record sentences in their own voice -Save and email recorded sentences -Students earn puzzle pieces during play to encourage continued play -Puzzles come to life once level is complete LANGUAGES - English REQUIREMENTS - Compatible with iPad - Requires iPad 11 software update Mobile Education Store 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
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Rainbow Sentences at 3.7 against Regular Past Tense Verbs Fun Deck's 2.5. Rainbow Sentences also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 67%) and ratings volume (15 vs 2). 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 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
Rainbow Sentences 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.
Rainbow Sentences holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rainbow Sentences has 15 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Rainbow Sentences's written reviews are positive against 67% of Regular Past Tense Verbs Fun Deck's.
Rainbow Sentences ships an update every 6 months, Regular Past Tense Verbs Fun Deck every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rainbow Sentences | Regular Past Tense Verbs Fun Deck |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $3.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.7 (15 ratings) — better | 2.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.4% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 179 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mobile Education Store LLC | Super Duper Publications |
Customer experience
Rainbow Sentences
Regular Past Tense Verbs Fun Deck
Bugs and requests
Rainbow Sentences
Reported bugs
15 issues- Advertisement cannot be gotten rid of
- App loads into settings
- Program loads into settings options
- Advertisement for another Mobile app that cannot be gotten rid of
- App description page only scrolls partway
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- App does not work at all
- Only get a picture and no words
- Email stats button not working
- Unable to email stats
- Screen not displaying correctly
- Problem with iPad settings
- Cannot go from sentence building to settings or statistics page until/unless sentence is correctly built
- Play Lesson button placement issue
- Difficulty dragging words
- Color scheme does not match industry standard Fitzgerald Key
Requested features
31 requests- Remove ads from paid app
- Set app to load into play mode by default
- Restrict settings for adults only
- Add questions and past/future tenses
- Make pictures more age-appropriate for high school
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- Turn off the puzzle feature
- Move 'Play Lesson' button
- Add foreign language versions
- Vocalize words when first selected
- Categorize words by parts of speech
- Provide definitions of parts of speech
- Add more levels with additional parts of speech
- Option to remove picture clue
- Move text placement lines closer to picture
- Enlarge text size
- Words on the bottom of the screen to speak when touched
- Set custom color coding
- Accommodate different country spellings
- More sentences required for each reinforcer/puzzle piece
- More immediate feedback with each correct answer
- Words at the bottom of the picture spoken instead of printed
- Option to auto-advance to the next level
- Make the child place the puzzle piece themselves
- Variety of praise statements instead of just 'That's right'
- More reward puzzles per level
- Multi-player option
- Option to move a word back to the word bank
- Allow children to place earned puzzle pieces themselves
- More interest level choices for sentences
- Different country spellings
- More levels with increased difficulty for older users
Regular Past Tense Verbs Fun Deck
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Rainbow Sentences
No in-app purchases
Regular Past Tense Verbs Fun Deck
No in-app purchases
Questions
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