Comparison

Autism Tracker 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

Autism Tracker Pro

This app helps families track and analyze various aspects of a child's development related to Autism Spectrum Disorder. It offers visual tools like calendars and graphs to identify patterns in mood, behavior, food intake, and health. Data can be shared with teams and multiple individuals can be tracked on a single device.

Highlights
  • Visual calendar and multi-item graphs
  • Track mood, behavior, food, and health
  • Customizable visual scales
  • Use own images and labels
  • Note items with photos
  • Daily, weekly, monthly graphs
  • Export data and backups
Features
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Autism Tracker can be life changing for families with a child on the spectrum. Explore Autism. Track what matters to your child and your family. Use the visual calendar and multi-item graphs to view and discuss patterns. Share individual events or entire screens with your team using Dropbox, email. Now, track several persons on one device. Before you buy, please try the Lite version of Autism Tracker first. It has the same functionality as the Pro version. The number entries per item is limited to twelve in the Lite version. All data and set up can be transferred to Autism Tracker Pro. Autism Tracker is an educational app that helps families explore Autism. Each of its screens represents a different domain of Autism. Several screens are already set up to get you started: MOOD - Happiness, - Stress, - Activity Level, - Hyperactivity, Weather BEHAVIOR - Bolting, - Self-injurious, - Property Destruction, - Tantrum FOOD - Casein, - Lactose, - Gluten, - Colorants, - Caffeine HEALTH - Sleep, - Bowel Movements, - BM Texture REPORTS - show and compare all items at a glance Key features - One tap Yes / No items - Customizable visual scales - Use your own images and labels - Note item with photos - Powerful analytical package - Daily, weekly, monthly graphs - Compare multiple graphs at a glance - Average, Min, Max, Last statistics - Bar, line, icon, an trend graphs - Visual calendar calculates icons for each day - Tweet entries, notes and icons with one tap - Export lists of entries for detailed review - Export tables for daily, weekly, or monthly graphs - Export backups for safe keeping or sharing Featured by Physicians Practice Journal. Excellent video review by University of Nebraska Tech Edge - Episode 13, Apps for Exceptional Students. Featured by Apple iTunes Special Education! Included in Brookes publication: Technology Tools for Students with Autism.

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

Screenshots

Autism Tracker Pro4 screens
Otsimo | Special Education 1+4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Otsimo | Special Education 1+ at Free against Autism Tracker Pro's $9.99. Otsimo | Special Education 1+ also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (637 vs 22). Autism Tracker Pro's advantage is review sentiment (86% vs 45%) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). On rating 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Otsimo | Special Education 1+ is free to download; Autism Tracker Pro costs $9.99 up front. Otsimo | Special Education 1+ sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Autism Tracker Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Otsimo | Special Education 1+ holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Otsimo | Special Education 1+ has 637 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of Autism Tracker 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

Autism Tracker Pro ships an update every 6 months, Otsimo | Special Education 1+ monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Autism Tracker Pro versus Otsimo | Special Education 1+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAutism Tracker ProOtsimo | Special Education 1+
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.1 (22 ratings)4.3 (637 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.5% of reviews — better45.2% of reviews
Number of ratings22637 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB133 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTrack & Share Apps, LLCOtsimo

Customer experience

Autism Tracker Pro

All ratings21 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral19.0%
Negative9.5%
Written reviews96 reviews
Positive86.5%
Neutral9.4%
Negative4.2%

Otsimo | Special Education 1+

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

User reviews

Autism Tracker Pro

From 22 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Highly customizable and flexible
  • 👍 Easy to use and user-friendly
  • 👍 Great for tracking behaviors and patterns
  • 👍 Useful for IEP/IPP meetings and doctor visits
  • 👍 Excellent for personal use and self-tracking

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Reporting and graph features are hard to read
  • 🐛 Cannot send or export reports easily
  • 🐛 Backup and restore functionality not working
  • 🐛 Notes section is limited and not editable in reports
  • 🐛 Online help/user guide is not accessible

Otsimo | Special Education 1+

From 637 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

Autism Tracker Pro

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • Reporting is horrendous, graphs hard to read
  • Cannot send reports outside the app
  • Backup to Dropbox doesn't work
  • Restore functionality doesn't work
  • Email/downloading data not working on iPad
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  • App crashed after iOS 8.0 update
  • App won't open after iOS 8 update
  • App occasionally closing itself
  • Old symbols removed, replaced with new ones
  • Notebook not working well
  • The notebook was not working well for us.

Requested features

21 requests
  • Pie chart for better visualization
  • Ability to add pictures to categories
  • More robust reporting and data export options
  • Improved graph readability and customization
  • Ability to update multiple days at once
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  • More space for notes and ability to edit them
  • Online help and user guide accessibility
  • Ability to add antecedents as a question
  • Multiple alarms for check-ins
  • Syncing across multiple devices
  • Printable calendar
  • Ability to add more customization options
  • Sharing app and data across multiple therapists/caregivers
  • Picture uploads to categories
  • Mac compatibility
  • Ability to track multiple people/children easily
  • More efficient and detailed tracking options
  • Tutorial or welcome section
  • Ideas/recommendations based on patterns
  • Add vitamins/supplements tracking
  • Track all foods eaten based on diet

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

None

Autism Tracker Pro

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Otsimo | Special Education 1+

Subscriptions9
  • 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
  • Special Premium$83.991 Year
  • Special Premium$95.991 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 Autism Tracker Pro free?
Autism Tracker Pro costs $9.99, with no 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, Autism Tracker Pro or Otsimo | Special Education 1+?
Otsimo | Special Education 1+ is rated higher. Autism Tracker Pro averages 4.1 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Otsimo | Special Education 1+ averages 4.3 from 637 ratings.
Do Autism Tracker Pro or Otsimo | Special Education 1+ have ads?
Otsimo | Special Education 1+ shows ads; Autism Tracker Pro does not.
Which is updated more often, Autism Tracker Pro or Otsimo | Special Education 1+?
Autism Tracker Pro ships an update every 6 months, and Otsimo | Special Education 1+ monthly. Most recently, Autism Tracker Pro was updated on November 1, 2026 and Otsimo | Special Education 1+ on November 6, 2026.

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