Comparison

ABA vs Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong

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

Head to head
About

ABA

This app helps young children develop problem-solving skills by identifying the item that doesn't belong in a group of four. It uses real photographs and customizable content to teach concepts like colors, shapes, and characteristics in an engaging, multi-sensory way.

Highlights
  • Identify the item that doesn't belong
  • Teaches colors, shapes, and characteristics
  • Add custom voice and items
  • Uses real photographs
  • Dynamic difficulty adjustment
  • Multi-sensory learning
Features
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"Wow... this one is an awesome problem solving app and great at teaching concepts such as colors, up and down, left and right." Endorsed by tens of thousands of satisfied parents, teachers, and kids the world over. Touch and Learn is a powerful new gaming platform that allows you to introduce new concepts in a fun and exciting new way. You can use Touch and Learn to teach basic concepts such as new shapes or advanced concepts such as colors or characteristics (e.g. big, bigger, small, smaller, etc.). The possibilities are truly endless and just up to your imagination. This game comes pre-loaded with hundreds of unique images to provide hours of learning and entertainment. What's unique about the Touch and Learn - What does not belong apps? The "what does not belong apps" do the opposite of the basic Touch and Learn applications. Instead of asking kids to find "the circle" or the "red square" the "what does not belong apps" display 4 images and require the child to identify the one item that is different. The difference could be due to the color, name of the object, type of object or concept being presented. This app can be challenging or easy depending on the difficulty that you select and is ideal for ages 2 to 4. FEATURES • Add your own voice - now your toddler can learn everything in mommy's or daddy's voice • Add your own items - take pictures of your child's favorite items to make the game more fun and personal • Add your own concepts - you can add an unlimited number of new concepts and associate them with any picture or item to add exciting new levels and hours of fun • Learn by sight, sound, and touch • Uses real, crisp photographs that are carefully hand picked and selected vs. cartoonish illustrations • Uses advanced algorithms that automatically makes the teaching of concepts fun and easy to grasp (i.e when teaching the concept of yellow circle, the app will present both a circle that is not yellow and another item that is yellow but is not a circle). • Fun & engaging voice artist keeps kids engaged • Dynamic game play adjust difficulty automatically to keep kids both challenged and entertained vs. getting bored. If you select progressive game play then the game starts with easy concepts (e.g. touch the circle) and proceeds to advanced concepts (touch the bigger circle) automatically. • Wrong answers do not interfere with gameplay, the child can immediately try again and touch the correct answer (most other games are too slow to keep kids interested by slowly repeating the desired question). • Multi-sensory learning tool - combining audio, voice, and written words • Don't like some of the existing items... no problem, just delete or turn them off to cover only what you like • Multi-language support - since you can edit existing items and add new items, you can record everything in your native tongue HEROIC SUPPORT Heroic Support is not just what we do.  It's really what makes us, well, us.  It's that drive to make a difference in your life - no matter how big or small.  Really, it's our way of life because we want you to be our customer for a lifetime of fun and learning. Have questions?  We are here to help.  Email us at support@grasshopperapps.com

About

Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong

This game helps children and young adults develop classification, categorization, reasoning, and logic skills through interactive challenges. It presents items with one outlier, encouraging critical thinking and discussion. Designed by a certified Speech Language Pathologist, it's also great for reading and comprehension practice.

Highlights
  • Classification and categorization practice
  • Logic and reasoning challenges
  • Interactive gameplay
  • Reading and vocabulary enhancement
  • Thematic element identification
  • Brainy Bonuses for advanced review
Features
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Brainy Skills What Doesn’t Belong app is a game designed to help children and young adults work on classification, categorization, reasoning and logic. The interactive format creates a challenging yet fun atmosphere to review common and differing elements. Watch out for tricky questions as all items have something in common and one word that does not belong with the other items. Teachers, parents, tutors, and therapists can have fun reasoning with the kids as to why a certain item does not belong listed or grouped with the others. This app was created and written by a certified Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) with many years of hands on experience in a variety of settings, with both typically developing and special needs children. While working with a large variety of younger and older school age children and seeing the difficulties with answering a variety of questions, the great need for a unique, motivating, fun and exciting way to help improve these skills was obvious. There is a need to combine learning with fun in order to improve and increase motivation, when grasping concepts such as classification, categorization, and description abilities. These skills are needed to communicate effectively and hold conversations.This app can also be used for practicing reading, vocabulary, and overall comprehension skills for middle and high school special needs students, and those looking for remedial practice. Students can play on their own or with a caretaker, assistant, or therapist to guide them along and practice basic oral reading skills. There are also Brainy Bonuses that at times are tricky and review the core material. The bonuses differ in complexity, and offer an opportunity to earn more points. Great for: • Categorization • Classification • Logic/Reasoning • Reading aloud/fluency practice • Descriptions • Thematic elements • Similarities • Differences This app is an excellent teaching tool for a variety of ages of children with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, developmental delays, remedial review, and all language and speech delays.

Screenshots

ABA4 screens
Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong at 5.0 against ABA's 4.2. Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 72 months). ABA's advantage is ratings volume (32 vs 1) and price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On ads, in-app purchases 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

ABA costs $0.99 and Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ABA has 32 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ABA ships an update every 72 months, Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
ABA versus Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterABABrainy Skills Doesn't Belong
Price$0.99 — better$1.99
Rating4.2 (32 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings32 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 72 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better13
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInnovative Mobile AppsA Brainy Choice, Inc.

Customer experience

ABA

All ratings32 ratings
Positive71.9%
Neutral15.6%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral13.0%
Negative20.4%

Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

ABA

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Won't let me out of touch and learn segment
  • Stalls after 3 or 4 pages
  • Crashes on the concept level
  • Voiceover mispronounces 'belong'
  • One of the shapes is a marijuana leaf
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  • Kept force closing

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add accuracy percentage counter for documentation
  • Add data collection system
  • Create something with more vivid colors
  • Make it much harder
  • Make it more interesting to a toddler
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  • Add more interesting pictures and rewards
  • Track accuracy

Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

ABA

No in-app purchases

None

Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ABA free?
ABA costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong free?
Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ABA or Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong?
Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong is rated higher. ABA averages 4.2 out of 5 from 32 ratings, while Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do ABA or Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong have ads?
Neither ABA nor Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ABA or Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong?
ABA ships an update every 72 months, and Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong every 2 months. Most recently, ABA was updated on November 1, 2026 and Brainy Skills Doesn't Belong on November 11, 2026.

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