Comparison

If ... Then ... Fun Deck vs Inference Pics

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

Head to head
About

If ... Then ... Fun Deck

This educational app uses illustrated flashcards to help students develop critical thinking, inferencing, and reasoning skills. It provides prompts and allows users to track responses, view results in a graph, and share data. Designed for interactive learning on Apple devices.

Highlights
  • 52 illustrated digital flashcards
  • Audio playback of card text
  • Critical thinking and reasoning prompts
  • Response tracking (correct/incorrect)
  • Progress graphing and data sharing
  • Portrait and landscape orientation support
  • Unlimited player tracking
Features
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This colorful, educational problem-solving App for the iPhone®, iPad®, and iPod Touch® has all 52 illustrated picture flash cards (plus audio of each card text) from the If… Then… Fun Deck® by Super Duper® Publications. Select the cards you want students to see, and have them complete statements to enhance their critical thinking, inferencing, and reasoning skills. Prompts include open-ended statements like, “If it looks like it’s going to rain, then …” and “If you spill your drink, then …” 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. The student then gives a verbal response. After each answer, tap the green (correct) or red (incorrect) button to score the student’s verbal response. 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. If … Then … 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.

About

Inference Pics

This app helps children and adults improve social inferencing skills through real-life photos and scenarios. It offers various activities to recognize facial expressions, body language, and contextual clues for better social communication.

Highlights
  • Social inferencing activities
  • Recognize facial expressions
  • Understand body language
  • Improve expressive language
  • Tailor activities to client level
  • Includes 7 distinct activities
Features
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Work more effectively on social inferencing goals in speech and language therapy. Help children and adults with social communication difficulties improve their ability to make social inferences. Social inferencing skills are best developed using real-life photos and scenarios. - Get a speech therapy tool that helps older children, teens and adults recognise facial expressions, interpret body language, and use contextual clues to make social inferences. - Improve expressive language, social skills, thinking and reasoning by using this speech therapy app. - Create the right experience for each client by choosing a social inferencing activity that matches their level. *** “When working with older students or adults, Inference Pics is a fantastic solution that offers flexibility and ease of use... this stands out to help clients with important inferencing skills.” — Dan Fitch, CCC-SLP “My clients love this app, and I love using it with them. It's my go-to when working on social inferencing, understanding emotions and working on expressive language.” — Hannah O'Driscoll, CCC-SLP *** TRY INFERENCE PICS FOR FREE Download the Lite version to try a free sample of the full version. Finding interesting and engaging social inferencing photos and scenarios is surprisingly hard even for speech-language pathologists and speech and language therapists. Think of this app as your helper, taking the pressure out of finding suitable social inferencing photos and scenarios for use in speech therapy sessions. 7 READY-TO-USE SOCIAL INFERENCING ACTIVITIES Inference Pics includes 7 activities: - What Has Happened? - Jobs - Places - Seasons - Feelings - Conversations - Thoughts HOW IT WORKS STEP 1: CHOOSE A SOCIAL INFERENCING ACTIVITY Tailor your client’s experience by choosing an activity that matches their level. Jobs, Places and Seasons are easier activities, while What Has Happened?, Thoughts and Conversations are more complex. STEP 2: MAKE AN INFERENCE Users are presented with a real-life photo and asked a question such as: - What has happened? - How is the person feeling? - What are they saying? - What are they thinking? The first question varies depending on the chosen social inferencing activity. STEP 3: EXPLAIN THE REASONING Users then answer: "How can you tell?" This encourages them to identify facial expressions, body language, and contextual clues that support their answer. An annotation tool allows users to draw directly on the image to highlight facial expressions, body language, and contextual clues, and explain their reasoning. WHO IS INFERENCE PICS FOR? - Parents - Teachers - Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) / speech and language therapists (SLTs) - Children and teenagers with language delay, social communication difficulties, or autism - Adults with cognitive-communication difficulties due to stroke or traumatic brain injury - Adults with social communication difficulties and/or autism The app is intended to be used interactively with a parent, teacher, therapist, child, or adult user. SKILLS TARGETED - Expressive language - Social skills, thinking and reasoning - Social inferencing - Recognising facial expressions and body language - Understanding emotions - Reading comprehension FEATURES - Over 350 high-quality real-life social inferencing photos - Two questions per photo - An annotation tool for highlighting clues - User profiles - Questions that prompt inferential reasoning - Option to show or hide possible answers - Results summary that can be emailed - Results tracking and built-in storage - No subscriptions - No monthly bills - No Wi-Fi required Inference Pics is designed to help speech-language pathologists, teachers, parents and caregivers work on higher-level expressive language, cognitive-communication, pragmatic language, and social communication skills.

Screenshots

If ... Then ... Fun Deck4 screens
Inference Pics4 screens

Verdict

The call

If ... Then ... Fun Deck and Inference Pics both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of If ... Then ... Fun Deck's written reviews are positive against 0% of Inference Pics's. If ... Then ... Fun Deck also leads on price ($3.99 vs $19.99) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). Inference Pics's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 1). On rating, 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

If ... Then ... Fun Deck costs $3.99 and Inference Pics $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for If ... Then ... Fun Deck against 4.9 for Inference Pics. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Inference Pics has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of If ... Then ... Fun Deck's written reviews are positive against 0% of Inference Pics's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

If ... Then ... Fun Deck ships an update every 6 weeks, Inference Pics every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
If ... Then ... Fun Deck versus Inference Pics: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIf ... Then ... Fun DeckInference Pics
Price$3.99 — better$19.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.9 (16 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings116 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB158 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSuper Duper PublicationsAptus Speech and Language Therapy Limited

Customer experience

If ... Then ... Fun Deck

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Inference Pics

All ratings16 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

If ... Then ... Fun Deck

No in-app purchases

None

Inference Pics

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is If ... Then ... Fun Deck free?
If ... Then ... Fun Deck costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Inference Pics free?
Inference Pics costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, If ... Then ... Fun Deck or Inference Pics?
If ... Then ... Fun Deck is rated higher. If ... Then ... Fun Deck averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Inference Pics averages 4.9 from 16 ratings.
Do If ... Then ... Fun Deck or Inference Pics have ads?
Neither If ... Then ... Fun Deck nor Inference Pics shows ads.
Which is updated more often, If ... Then ... Fun Deck or Inference Pics?
If ... Then ... Fun Deck ships an update every 6 weeks, and Inference Pics every 3 months. Most recently, If ... Then ... Fun Deck was updated on September 16, 2026 and Inference Pics on September 17, 2026.

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