Fun With Directions HD vs Conversation Starters
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fun With Directions HD
Engage young children in practicing listening and following directions through interactive scenarios. This app offers a fun way to learn colors, spatial concepts, and auditory skills with customizable difficulty levels.
- Follows simple to complex directions
- Practices colors and spatial concepts
- Enhances auditory memory and processing
- Customizable difficulty levels
- Data collection for progress tracking
- Text on/off for reading practice
- Record and playback for expressive language
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Open a door and see what’s behind it! Give the boy something to eat. He’ll even say “Thanks!” Color a cat with the help of the magic crayon! Push a button and watch the elevator door open-what could be inside? Check it out on YouTube! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXCe1fETCnc A perfect speech-therapy app! Fun with Directions is a ground-breaking app for the iPAD, designed to provide a fun and engaging way to practice listening, following directions, colors, spatial concepts, auditory memory and auditory processing. From the simplest of directions (“Touch the cat”) to the more complex (“With your orange crayon, color the large one that is a furry pet and likes to chase mice”) your child can grow and learn with this game over time. Colorful, vivid art and animations against a white background combine to create a complete game experience without visual clutter. Sound effects and surprises keep the game engaging! This app is a great choice for a toddler/preschooler, or any young child who would like to practice listening to or reading directions! Included are ten concepts: Give, touch, open, close, top, middle, bottom, push, color, erase. Features include settings for data collection, individual (up to 75users) vs. group play, automatic advance or manual advance to next direction, touch/drag OR touch/tap option, text on/off, (to practice reading vs. listening) selecting specific concepts, and the desired level of play: easy, intermediate, and advanced. An added bonus that is included in this app is the optional “Superstar Direction” which allows additional practice for remembering (“What did you have to do?”) but also expressive language. The child’s response is recorded and played back. Superstar Directions can be set to a variety of intervals or turned off completely. A perfect speech therapy app! Hamaguchi Apps is dedicated to the mission of bringing high-quality apps to the general public and professionals for affordable prices. *Please contact our tech support if you are experiencing any technical issues with our apps. We will always help you troubleshoot it and get back to you generally within one business day. We cannot respond to reviews and there are generally easy solutions to every issue. info@hamaguchiapps.com PRIVACY POLICY: We do NOT collect personal data from our users and have no ads. Personal data regarding user performance on the tasks on this app are self-contained and not transmitted in any way. There are no in-app purchases in this app. There is a link to our other apps in the iTunes store from the homepage which requires internet access to be viewed. Find our privacy policy here: https://hamaguchiapps.com/privacy-policy Developed by Patti Hamaguchi, M.A., CCC-SLP, a noted speech-language pathologist and author of Childhood Speech, Language & Listening Problems: What Every Parent Should Know, as well as books on the treatment of auditory processing disorders. To find out more about this app and our other upcoming projects, visit our website: www.hamaguchiapps.com Questions or need Tech Support? Email us at info@hamaguchiapps.com
Conversation Starters
This app provides over 200 conversation-starting questions to help children and adults with social skills, particularly those with autism, initiate and maintain conversations on diverse topics. It guides users through skill development steps to foster real conversations.
- 200+ conversation-starting questions
- Skill development steps
- Supports initiating conversations
- Aids in continuing conversations
- Suitable for autism and ESL learners
- No private information collected
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** Happy Frog Apps is a Mom’s Choice Award Winner! Also featured on FunEducationalApps.com, TeachersWithApps.com, and more! ** The “Conversation Starters” app helps children with autism initiate and maintain conversations on a variety of topics. What parents say about our awesome apps: *** 5 stars! Brilliant! An app that understands how kids actually learn. Thank you. *** 5 stars! Your social skill apps are excellent! “Conversation Starters” provides 200+ conversation-starting questions on a variety of topics. This broad diversity supports your learner in moving from their preferred topics. Build your learner's skills by stepping through the following skill development steps. 1. Get your learner to answer the conversation starter question. 2. Get your learner to ask the question then listen to your answer, then provide an on-topic follow-up question or comment. 3. Take turns starting a conversation and set a goal of 2, 3, or 4 turns each. Guess what... you are now having real conversations on a variety of topics! This app is perfect for learners who: - need support in initiating conversation - need support in continuing a conversation appropriately - need support in moving beyond their own special interest topics. Our apps are designed for and tested by typical and special needs children. Testers include children with Autism and other special needs. Our apps work for them! Our apps are also suitable for adults dealing with aphasia or learning English as a Second Language. To evaluate the app, download the free version, which has 10 conversation starters only. The remaining conversation starters can be accessed with an in-app purchase. If you prefer no in-app purchases, download the paid version of this app, which includes all conversation starters. We take customer service very seriously! If you ever have a problem or find that we've missed something, contact us at our website and we will do our best to fix the problem. www.HappyFrogApps.com Our apps are safe for kids. We collect NO private information in our app. None! Our apps do not allow unrestricted web or social media access. We conform to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fun With Directions HD at 91% against Conversation Starters's 0%. Fun With Directions HD also leads on rating (4.3 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (35 vs 2). Conversation Starters's advantage is price ($7.99 vs $15.99) and iOS requirement (12.2 vs 15.0). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Fun With Directions HD costs $15.99 and Conversation Starters $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Fun With Directions HD holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fun With Directions HD has 35 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of Fun With Directions HD's written reviews are positive against 0% of Conversation Starters's.
Fun With Directions HD ships an update every 6 months, Conversation Starters every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on August 20, 2026 and June 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fun With Directions HD | Conversation Starters |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $15.99 | $7.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (35 ratings) — better | 2.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 15 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 292 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hamaguchi Learning & Development, LLC | Janine Toole |
Customer experience
Fun With Directions HD
Conversation Starters
Bugs and requests
Fun With Directions HD
Reported bugs
4 issues- No sound
- Previous graphics staying on the page
- Crashing when adding new groups
- Difficulty clicking/dragging items
Requested features
11 requests- More specific response requirements
- Ability to change background color
- True randomization of concepts
- Option to mix concepts in random mode
- More variety in pictures and items
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- A level between intermediate and advanced
- Option to just click and place instead of drag
- More concepts added
- Ability to track users/progress more effectively
- Automatic advancement to next concept
- Mix concepts together instead of one at a time
Conversation Starters
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Fun With Directions HD
No in-app purchases
Conversation Starters
No in-app purchases
Questions
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