Comparison

See.Touch.Learn Pro vs Otsimo | Special Education 1+

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

Head to head
About

See.Touch.Learn Pro

This app provides a digital alternative to flashcards for special needs education, offering thousands of pre-made and customizable lessons. It's designed for educators, parents, and therapists to create engaging visual learning experiences for children.

Highlights
  • 4,400+ picture cards
  • 2,200+ exercises
  • Access to 4,000+ community lessons
  • Create custom lessons
  • Track performance
  • Portable digital library
Features
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Includes 4,400 pictures, 2,200 exercises and access to the Brain Parade Community with over 4,000 lessons developed by peers. Visual Instruction for Autism and Special Needs. More than 500,000 users in 104 countries use See.Touch.Learn. to replace all of their flash cards. Recognition and Awards >> Editors’ Choice Award - Apps 4 Children With Special Needs (A4CWSN) >> 5 STARS ***** for See.Touch.Learn. - Smart Apps For Kids >> eSchool News ”10 of the best apps for education in 2013″ >> Ranked in Top 5 Elementary School Autism apps by appoLearning >> Received Official Teachers-With-Apps Certification >> Top Innovator Award from SIIA (Software & Information Industry Association) >> 2012 Reader’s Choice - Apps for Homeschooling >> One of 2012′s Best apps for Special Needs - Teachers with Apps >> One of "The best iPad Apps for Special Needs Kids" - The Washington Post >> “An app for the 21st century educator and student; The sky is the limit" - AppAbled >> "A hugely impressive looking iPad app" - iPad Insight >> Best Apps of the Week - Tech and Learning >> Voted The #2 app for 2011 by SmartAppsForKids readers >> "Perfect for ABA therapy, perfect for any teacher, parent, therapist working with special needs children." - Welcome To Their World Apps >> PadGadget Recommends See.Touch.Learn. >> "Most Flexible app available for Educators especially for ABA Programs" - Technology in (SPL) Education *** CHOSEN BY APPLE AND INSTALLED ON iPADS IN APPLE RETAIL STORES! *** *** Featured as New and Noteworthy by Apple in iTunes *** *** iTunes Education Staff Favorite! *** >> See the positive press on See.Touch.Learn. at www.brainparade.com/about/news-press/ << Save $$ hundreds on flash card purchases and eliminate the need to carry around all those cards! Create your own custom lessons with this incredibly easy to use app. Perfect for parents and learning professionals. Check out all of the 5-star customer reviews below!! Here are just a few of the benefits of See.Touch.Learn. + Build, save, copy and reuse your custom lessons + No more organizing and reorganizing cards for each student + Create unlimited scenarios and prompts + Thousands of gorgeous picture cards to choose from + Your entire collection is portable – take it with you everywhere + Never misplace a card - Images are automatically backed up + Save hundreds of dollars – only a fraction of the cost of physical cards + No cards to wear out + No cards to lose ----- Picture cards are an integral part of an effective learning program and are used to help teach new words and concepts and foster self-expression. Brain Parade’s See.Touch.Learn app combines the effectiveness of picture cards with the power and interactivity of the iPad. Create custom exercises and lessons, automatically track performance, and carry your entire library collection with you at all times. Whether you are using picture cards as part of an Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) program or other program, See.Touch.Learn. is for you. To get you started, Brain Parade includes over 50 professionally designed exercises with each library you purchase!

About

Otsimo | Special Education 1+

This app offers certified educational games and social stories designed for individuals with learning disorders, attention deficits, and autism. It helps develop cognitive, communication, and motor skills through personalized learning paths and customizable settings.

Highlights
  • Personalized learning path
  • Customizable game settings
  • Detailed progress reports
  • Social stories
  • Vocabulary and numbers games
  • No ads in premium version
Features
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Featured for over 300 days! Otsimo is a certified and award-winning educational game application developed for individuals diagnosed with learning disorders, attention deficit disorders, autism, Down syndrome, Aspergers, and other special needs. Otsimo Special Education has been awarded Mom's Choice Awards, Parent's Pick Awards, Education Alliance Finland, the Academics’ Choice Mind-Building Media and Toys Award, and was selected for the HundredED Global Collection of 2020, 2021, and 2022. It has been chosen as the BEST autism app by many autism publications. Parents LOVE Otsimo Special Education! Created under the guidance of parents, psychologists, and special education teachers; assistive games in Otsimo teach fundamental education and concepts that develop cognitive, communication, and motor skills with well-researched methods. Here are just some of the categories found in the app: Social stories, Numbers and letters, Vocabulary and words, Emotions and feelings, Colors, Music and singing, Animals and environment, Vehicles and SO MUCH MORE! With the help of visual and auditory cues, Otsimo Special Education helps users improve their motor and cognitive skills by helping them match, draw, choose, and put items in order. Why should you try Otsimo Special Education at home? Learning path: The perfect feature to provide the most personalized experience. It provides a specific curriculum to the individuals’ special education and learning therapy needs. Depending on the individuals’ learning and playing progress, the Learning Path adjusts the difficulty and special education content. Customizability: All of the learning game and difficulty settings are completely customizable for you to adjust. No ads, ever: Otsimo Special Education follows a strict no-ads policy, preventing any kind of intrusion and unwanted disturbance. Detailed progress reports: Access detailed reports that give insight into the performance and progress. The games individuals have played, special education progress, and the skills they have been working on will all be in this report! It can be used by individuals that have developmental or learning disorders such as Autism spectrum disorder, Down syndrome, Asperger’s, ADHD, cerebral palsy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, motor neuron disease (MND), speech impediments, and aphasia. Otsimo Premium Otsimo offers a variety of games for free but you can always upgrade to premium to access more educational games and features! Otsimo Premium offers: Access to all 100+ educational games Regular content update A personalized curriculum Daily and weekly report cards on tha games played and to track the progress Cross-platform support Multiple user feature Social storybooks with visual and auditory cues Play offline anytime anywhere For Otsimo Premium, we offer the following subscriptions: 1 month from $20.99 1 year from $13.75/monthly Lifetime from $229.99 If you upgrade to Otsimo Premium, payment will be charged to your App Store account at the confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off or subscription is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period, and the cost of the renewal will be provided. Subscriptions can only be managed by the user. Auto-renewal can be turned off by going to the user’s Subscription Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication. For more information: Privacy Policy & Terms of Use - https://otsimo.com/legal/privacy-en.html Payment Policy - https://otsimo.com/legal/payment.html

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Otsimo | Special Education 1+ at Free against See.Touch.Learn Pro's $49.99. Otsimo | Special Education 1+ also leads on rating (4.3 vs 2.8) and ratings volume (638 vs 10). See.Touch.Learn Pro's advantage is review sentiment (87% vs 45%) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

Otsimo | Special Education 1+ is free to download; See.Touch.Learn Pro costs $49.99 up front. See.Touch.Learn Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Otsimo | Special Education 1+ sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Otsimo | Special Education 1+ holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Otsimo | Special Education 1+ has 638 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 87% of See.Touch.Learn Pro's written reviews are positive against 45% of Otsimo | Special Education 1+'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

See.Touch.Learn Pro ships an update every 2 months, Otsimo | Special Education 1+ monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
See.Touch.Learn Pro versus Otsimo | Special Education 1+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSee.Touch.Learn ProOtsimo | Special Education 1+
Price$49.99Free — better
Rating2.8 (10 ratings)4.3 (638 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.9% of reviews — better45.2% of reviews
Number of ratings10638 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB133 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrain ParadeOtsimo

Customer experience

See.Touch.Learn Pro

All ratings10 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews107 reviews
Positive86.9%
Neutral2.8%
Negative10.3%

Otsimo | Special Education 1+

All ratings635 ratings
Positive82.2%
Neutral4.7%
Negative13.1%
Written reviews188 reviews
Positive45.2%
Neutral5.3%
Negative49.5%

User reviews

See.Touch.Learn Pro

From 10 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Highly customizable lessons for individual student needs
  • 📚 Extensive library of high-quality, realistic photos
  • 🎓 Versatile for multiple therapeutic and educational purposes (SLP, ABA, autism, ESL)
  • 📸 Ability to import and use own photos and voice recordings
  • ⚡ Easy and quick lesson creation

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App crashes frequently
  • ⚠️ No longer receiving updates from developer
  • 📵 Community feature no longer functional
  • 🔌 Cannot download libraries (for new users)
  • 📞 No customer support or developer response

Otsimo | Special Education 1+

From 638 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Engaging and fun
  • 💡 Helps with skill building
  • 👍 User-friendly interface
  • 🚀 Customizable and personalized

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
  • 💰 Expensive subscription
  • 🔒 Unauthorized charges
  • 🐛 Compatibility issues
  • 👎 Poor customer support

Bugs and requests

See.Touch.Learn Pro

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • App crashes constantly during use
  • Community feature no longer loads or works
  • Library download functionality broken
  • Password reset emails not being sent
  • Lessons and created cards deleted after app reload
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  • Pictures not displaying during lesson playback
  • Audio prompts playing at incorrect speed
  • Play mode password not staying saved
  • Community downloads not seamless
  • App incompatibility with newer iOS versions

Requested features

13 requests
  • Data collection and student performance tracking
  • Randomize or shuffle picture positions to prevent memorization
  • Ability to organize lessons into folders/categories
  • More natural, human voice prompts instead of robotic voice
  • Ability to move and zoom images on cards
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  • Password protection for play mode to prevent accidental exits
  • Auto-advancing slides without manual progression
  • Create custom lesson categories beyond preloaded options
  • Expanded photo libraries (weather, spatial relationships, animals, seasonal items)
  • Universal app compatibility (iPhone/iPod support)
  • Group setup and multi-student performance tracking
  • Ability to record audio for individual cards within exercises
  • Lesson sharing/community features restoration

Otsimo | Special Education 1+

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Sound not working
  • Games freezing or losing functionality
  • Login issues
  • Incorrect content or visuals

Requested features

4 requests
  • More language options
  • Offline mode
  • Additional game content and updates
  • Ability to try before paying

In-app purchases

1 purchases

See.Touch.Learn Pro

One-time1
  • Student Data Collection$4.99
12 purchases

Otsimo | Special Education 1+

Subscriptions11
  • Discounted Premium (Monthly)$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
  • Otsimo Monthly Subscription$13.991 Month
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  • Monthly Subscription$20.991 Month
  • Special Premium$59.991 Year
  • Autism Awareness Special Price$71.991 Year
  • Special Premium$83.991 Year
  • Special Premium$95.991 Year
  • Discounted Premium (Annual)14 Days trial$119.991 Year
  • Discounted Premium (Annual)7 Days trial$119.991 Year
  • Otsimo Annual Subscription7 Days trial$164.991 Year
One-time1
  • Otsimo Lifetime Premium$229.99

Questions

Is See.Touch.Learn Pro free?
See.Touch.Learn Pro costs $49.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Otsimo | Special Education 1+ free?
Otsimo | Special Education 1+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, See.Touch.Learn Pro or Otsimo | Special Education 1+?
Otsimo | Special Education 1+ is rated higher. See.Touch.Learn Pro averages 2.8 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Otsimo | Special Education 1+ averages 4.3 from 638 ratings.
Do See.Touch.Learn Pro or Otsimo | Special Education 1+ have ads?
Otsimo | Special Education 1+ shows ads; See.Touch.Learn Pro does not.
Which is updated more often, See.Touch.Learn Pro or Otsimo | Special Education 1+?
See.Touch.Learn Pro ships an update every 2 months, and Otsimo | Special Education 1+ monthly. Most recently, See.Touch.Learn Pro was updated on October 23, 2026 and Otsimo | Special Education 1+ on October 29, 2026.

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