Comparison

Rainbow Sentences vs iSEQUENCES

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

iSEQUENCES

This educational app helps children with Autism and Asperger’s practice understanding everyday situations and emotions through interactive sequences. It features 100 exercises on daily routines and social scenarios, taught by engaging characters. The app is highly configurable and free of ads.

Highlights
  • 100 sequence exercises
  • 60 social situation exercises
  • Configurable options
  • Manual or automatic exercise selection
  • No ads
Features
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iSEQUENCES is an educational app for children with Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome that enables them to practice 100 different sequences about everyday situations, such as: - Autonomous habits like brushing their teeth, washing their hands, getting dressed or going to bed - Fun activities like going to the beach, to the movies or do sports - Every day situations like falling down, taking the bus, going the doctor, buying bread or getting wet in the rain - Emotions like happiness, sadness, surprise or fear All this is taught by the character Tatus and his friends. ***** WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ***** - Overall, I think this app is great for making sequencing cards fun and motivating – Speech Time Fun - The concept of the app is simple enough but the six cheerful cartoon characters used in the sequencing pictures make the presentation fun and engaging for children – The iPhone Mum ***** FEATURES ***** - 100 exercises that introduce a situation to children and they are asked to guess what will happen next - 60 exercises that display social situations and the children are asked to say how they think the characters in the situation feel - New options that are highly configurable to better adapt the app to each child - Selection of the exercises either manual or automatic by level of difficulty and type of exercises - No ads inside of the app ***** WHO IS IT FOR***** iSEQUENCES can be used both as a support tool for therapy and at home as an entertainment. ***** WHO WE ARE ***** Fundación Lovaas is an early intervention centre for children and teenagers with Autism/ASD that operates throughout Spain and in some other European cities. Contact: info@isequencies.cat Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FundacionLovaas.Apps/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Apps_FLovaas

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Rainbow Sentences at 3.7 against iSEQUENCES's 2.7. Rainbow Sentences also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 54%) and update cadence (every 6 months vs every 13 months). iSEQUENCES's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $9.99) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 11.0). 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

Rainbow Sentences costs $9.99 and iSEQUENCES $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rainbow Sentences holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Rainbow Sentences's written reviews are positive against 54% of iSEQUENCES's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rainbow Sentences ships an update every 6 months, iSEQUENCES every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Rainbow Sentences versus iSEQUENCES: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRainbow SentencesiSEQUENCES
Price$9.99$2.99 — better
Rating3.7 (15 ratings) — better2.7 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews94.4% of reviews — better53.8% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 13 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS11.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size179 MB237 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMobile Education Store LLCLovaas Foundation Fundacion

Customer experience

Rainbow Sentences

All ratings15 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral13.3%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews90 reviews
Positive94.4%
Neutral3.3%
Negative2.2%

iSEQUENCES

All ratings6 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive53.8%
Neutral7.7%
Negative38.5%

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

iSEQUENCES

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Rainbow Sentences

No in-app purchases

None

iSEQUENCES

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rainbow Sentences free?
Rainbow Sentences costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is iSEQUENCES free?
iSEQUENCES costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Rainbow Sentences or iSEQUENCES?
Rainbow Sentences is rated higher. Rainbow Sentences averages 3.7 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while iSEQUENCES averages 2.7 from 6 ratings.
Do Rainbow Sentences or iSEQUENCES have ads?
Neither Rainbow Sentences nor iSEQUENCES shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rainbow Sentences or iSEQUENCES?
Rainbow Sentences ships an update every 6 months, and iSEQUENCES every 13 months. Most recently, Rainbow Sentences was updated on October 21, 2026 and iSEQUENCES on October 7, 2026.

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