Comparison

ChoiceBoard vs First Then Visual Schedule HD

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

Head to head
About

ChoiceBoard

Create personalized choice boards with customizable rewards, including videos and sounds. This intuitive app helps individuals with communication challenges practice making choices and develop cognitive and literacy skills. It offers a simple platform for building engaging educational activities.

Highlights
  • Customizable choice boards
  • Video and audio rewards
  • Adjustable button sizes and contrast
  • User-uploaded images and text
  • Multiple choice options (1-6)
  • Distractor boxes
  • Multi-page activities
Features
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ChoiceBoard Creator is the perfect app for creating customizable choice boards for the unique needs of individuals with communication challenges. It reinforces correct choice by either playing a video reward or expanding the selected image and playing the customized auditory rewards. It is an excellent tool to train and prepare users for more sophisticated communication devices via an easy, simple-to-use choice-making platform. The possibilities are limited by your creativity. ChoiceBoard Creator features include: •Share activities via AirDrop or email •Backup activities to your iCloud account •Large buttons, and black/white contrast to facilitate visual attention •Box sizes are adjustable for those who just need to see a little more clearly •Clean board design to minimize visual distraction •Space between choice buttons to avoid inadvertent hits •Customizable to 1,2,3,4 or 6 choices •Users can download their own pictures •Users can create blank boxes as distractors to suit users of all levels •Users can preset multiple "correct answer" boxes, and download different sound files to each box – a feature that allows users to choose their favorite music with just a tap •Other than image files, users can type text into the choice box – use this feature to teach sight words, letter, number recognition •Versatile application that can be used to create curriculum content to promote cognitive and literacy skills •Ease to use, intuitive interface allows user to set up activities in minutes •Allows users to create multiple pages for each "game" or activity Examples of choice boards/activities: •Odd one out (find the image that is different) •Music player (touch the correct image to play the tune) •Present vocabulary, sight words, shapes, numbers, or alphabets in array of boxes and ask your child to find the right one. Privacy Policy: http://technochipmunk.com/p/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: http://technochipmunk.com/p/terms-of-use-agreement.html

About

First Then Visual Schedule HD

Create and use a variety of visual supports, including schedules, task analyses, and social stories, all within a single application. This tool offers multiple ways to add images and customize viewing options to suit individual needs.

Highlights
  • Create visual schedules
  • Task analyses
  • Social stories
  • Choice boards
  • Video models
  • Multiple image import options
  • Customizable viewing formats
Features
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The visual supports you can create and use with First Then Visual Schedule (FTVS) HD have proven to be especially beneficial for the following populations: Typically developing children Those learning English as a second language People with developmental disabilities like Autism and Down Syndrome Individuals with learning disabilities like dyslexia People affected by anxiety or attention deficits Anyone with language, hearing or auditory processing deficits Individuals affected by aphasia after a stroke And many more... So, as a parent, teacher, therapist or adult who could benefit from visual supports you want to try them but may be frustrated by how many different apps you seem to need in order to do so? FTVS HD lets you easily and quickly create and use ALL these visual supports in just one app: First Then boards Visual schedules Task analyses Social stories Choice boards Video models FTVS HD is designed to be used anywhere and everywhere with everything you need easily accessible from within the app: It's universal so it will work on any iDevice FTVS HD gives you FIVE different options for adding images: take a picture using your device's camera or grab one from the camera roll, use the Internet search feature to look for an image, use one of the stock images in the app or access one of 10,000 Smarty Ears symbols. All the stock images and Smarty Ears symbols are searchable by name. Set a timer for either an entire schedule or for individual steps within it. Attach a choice board or video to any step. There are FIVE different viewing options: Look at one single image at a time (great for the visually impaired), view two images in a First Then board format, scroll through a checklist, drag and drop an image to another column once a step is complete or drag and drop an image from a strip and put it in an envelope. FTVS HD makes it easy to create, customize and share schedules. You can copy the templates that come with the app or create your own from scratch. Easily edit, move, delete or hide steps within schedules. You can print your schedules and share them with other users via email. Due to size constraints you can currently only email one choice board and cannot email videos. Good Karma Applications are dedicated to providing apps that are powerful, easy to use and affordable. If you have any feedback or questions in relation to any of our apps, please contact us at support@goodkarmaapplications.com

Screenshots

ChoiceBoard4 screens
First Then Visual Schedule HD4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ChoiceBoard at $1.99 against First Then Visual Schedule HD's $14.99. First Then Visual Schedule HD's advantage is rating (3.1 vs 2.5) and review sentiment (53% vs 37%). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

ChoiceBoard costs $1.99 and First Then Visual Schedule HD $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

First Then Visual Schedule HD holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 26 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 37% of ChoiceBoard's written reviews are positive against 53% of First Then Visual Schedule HD's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ChoiceBoard ships an update every 2 months, First Then Visual Schedule HD every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ChoiceBoard versus First Then Visual Schedule HD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChoiceBoardFirst Then Visual Schedule HD
Price$1.99 — better$14.99
Rating2.5 (13 ratings)3.1 (26 ratings) — better
Positive reviews37.3% of reviews52.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1326 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better9.3
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB84 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTechno Chipmunk Innovations IncGood Karma Applications, Inc

Customer experience

ChoiceBoard

All ratings13 ratings
Positive30.8%
Neutral7.7%
Negative61.5%
Written reviews83 reviews
Positive37.3%
Neutral15.7%
Negative47.0%

First Then Visual Schedule HD

All ratings25 ratings
Positive52.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative44.0%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive52.8%
Neutral2.8%
Negative44.4%

In-app purchases

None

ChoiceBoard

No in-app purchases

None

First Then Visual Schedule HD

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ChoiceBoard free?
ChoiceBoard costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is First Then Visual Schedule HD free?
First Then Visual Schedule HD costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ChoiceBoard or First Then Visual Schedule HD?
First Then Visual Schedule HD is rated higher. ChoiceBoard averages 2.5 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while First Then Visual Schedule HD averages 3.1 from 26 ratings.
Do ChoiceBoard or First Then Visual Schedule HD have ads?
Neither ChoiceBoard nor First Then Visual Schedule HD shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ChoiceBoard or First Then Visual Schedule HD?
ChoiceBoard ships an update every 2 months, and First Then Visual Schedule HD every 3 months. Most recently, ChoiceBoard was updated on October 20, 2026 and First Then Visual Schedule HD on October 23, 2026.

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