Comparison

Making Sequences vs HearBuilder Sequencing

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

Head to head
About

Making Sequences

This app helps users teach story order and task completion through visual sequencing. It includes pre-made sequences with narration or allows users to create custom ones with their own images and voice recordings. The app is ideal for teaching daily living skills and storytelling.

Highlights
  • Teaches story order
  • Teaches task completion steps
  • Includes 15 photo sequences with narration
  • Create custom sequences with own images
  • Add voice recordings to sequences
  • Share sequences via Dropbox
Features
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The first of our popular sequencing apps, Making Sequences is designed to help teach story order or to master the steps for completing a task. Teach personalized daily living skills or have fun teaching kids to sequence stories starring themselves. Includes 15 photo sequences along with narration. Use these or make your own by uploading images, adding voice recordings and then share them using Dropbox. For a more updated version with additional options check out Advanced Making Sequences and Advanced Video Making Sequences.

About

HearBuilder Sequencing

This educational app helps children develop sequencing skills through interactive activities and games. It offers customizable levels and progress tracking for multiple students, progressing from simple 2-step sequences to more complex 6-step tasks.

Highlights
  • Illustrated sequencing activities
  • Progressive difficulty levels (2-6 steps)
  • Reward arcade games
  • Progress monitoring and data tracking
  • Customizable settings and reports
  • Audio and text options
Features
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The award-winning, research and evidence-based software program is now an iPad app! Hearbuilder Sequencing includes the Sequencing Funhouse. First, click the door of the Sequencing Funhouse to practice sequencing activities. Then play a reward game in the arcade. Finally become a Sequencing Superstar! HearBuilder Sequencing features 120 illustrated sequences for targeting comprehension and critical thinking. Start out with simple 2-step sequences and gradually progress to 6 steps! Take a FREE tour and choose your level of play. If you have an online subscription to HearBuilder and a student login, you can access the entire program. HearBuilder Sequencing includes multiple levels of difficulty and 14 different settings variations to target the individual needs of each student. To play, students place events of an everyday activity in a logical order. All you have to do is: 1.Choose a task—either Sequence Stories or Sequence Instructions. 2.Then choose to Show Pictures, Play Audio, and/or Show Text—Turn any of the options on or off to change your treatment goals. 3.Set the range of steps in a sequence (2–6 steps). 4.Click Play Game and ask each student to place the cards in the correct order. When students complete a level with 80% accuracy, they will get to choose 1 of 4 games to play in the arcade. HearBuilder Sequencing allows you to: •Monitor progress and track data for an unlimited number of students. •Individualize each student program. •Set levels of difficulty for each activity. •Add background noise at any level and adjust the volume for each student. •Customize and print reports. •Analyze all responses.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Making Sequences at 73% against HearBuilder Sequencing's 22%. Making Sequences also leads on iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.0). HearBuilder Sequencing's advantage is price (Free vs $4.99) and rating (2.9 vs 2.0). On 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

HearBuilder Sequencing is free to download; Making Sequences costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HearBuilder Sequencing holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HearBuilder Sequencing has 17 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 73% of Making Sequences's written reviews are positive against 22% of HearBuilder Sequencing's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Making Sequences ships an update every 15 months, HearBuilder Sequencing every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Making Sequences versus HearBuilder Sequencing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMaking SequencesHearBuilder Sequencing
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating2.0 (3 ratings)2.9 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews — better22.2% of reviews
Number of ratings317 — better
Update frequencyEvery 15 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.4 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size104 MB328 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZorten Software, LLCSuper Duper Publications

Customer experience

Making Sequences

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative27.3%

HearBuilder Sequencing

All ratings17 ratings
Positive41.2%
Neutral5.9%
Negative52.9%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive22.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative77.8%

In-app purchases

None

Making Sequences

No in-app purchases

None

HearBuilder Sequencing

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Making Sequences free?
Making Sequences costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is HearBuilder Sequencing free?
HearBuilder Sequencing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Making Sequences or HearBuilder Sequencing?
HearBuilder Sequencing is rated higher. Making Sequences averages 2.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while HearBuilder Sequencing averages 2.9 from 17 ratings.
Do Making Sequences or HearBuilder Sequencing have ads?
Neither Making Sequences nor HearBuilder Sequencing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Making Sequences or HearBuilder Sequencing?
Making Sequences ships an update every 15 months, and HearBuilder Sequencing every 3 months. Most recently, Making Sequences was updated on October 6, 2026 and HearBuilder Sequencing on September 27, 2026.

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