Comparison

Choiceworks vs First Then Visual Schedule HD

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

Head to head
About

Choiceworks

This app helps children develop independence and manage emotions through visual schedules, waiting skill practice, and feeling identification tools. It supports caregivers and educators in fostering positive behavior and emotional regulation at home and in school.

Highlights
  • Visual schedules for daily routines
  • Tools for understanding and managing feelings
  • Improve waiting and turn-taking skills
  • Customizable with own images and audio
  • Supports multiple user profiles
  • Printable boards and PDF export
Features
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Choiceworks is a visual support app that helps make the day easier to understand. It is designed for children, teens, adults, and families who benefit from visual structure, clear routines, and support with transitions, waiting, choices, and feelings. Families, caregivers, educators, and therapists can create customized visual boards using pictures, text, video, and recorded audio. Boards can be used at home, in therapy, during appointments, while traveling, or anywhere a visual plan helps. Choiceworks includes four board types: • Schedule boards show what is happening now and what comes next • Waiting boards make waiting more concrete with a visual timer and activity choices • Feelings boards support communication about emotions, choices, and next steps • Feelings Scale boards help show how big a feeling is and what can help at each level Features include: • Visual schedule, waiting, feelings, and Feelings Scale boards • Visual timers for schedules and waiting • Custom pictures, video, text, and recorded audio • Multiple profiles • Import and export of Choiceworks board files • Send a copy of a board by AirDrop, Files, or email • Optional iCloud Sync & Backup across your own devices signed into the same Apple ID • App menus, included board labels, included card text, and spoken card words in English, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German, French, and Portuguese • VoiceOver support Choiceworks has no ads, no tracking, and no accounts to create. Your boards, photos, videos, and recordings stay on your device and in your own iCloud. One purchase includes everything. No subscriptions.

About

First Then Visual Schedule HD

Create and use a variety of visual supports, including schedules, task analyses, and social stories, all within a single application. This tool offers multiple ways to add images and customize viewing options to suit individual needs.

Highlights
  • Create visual schedules
  • Task analyses
  • Social stories
  • Choice boards
  • Video models
  • Multiple image import options
  • Customizable viewing formats
Features
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The visual supports you can create and use with First Then Visual Schedule (FTVS) HD have proven to be especially beneficial for the following populations: Typically developing children Those learning English as a second language People with developmental disabilities like Autism and Down Syndrome Individuals with learning disabilities like dyslexia People affected by anxiety or attention deficits Anyone with language, hearing or auditory processing deficits Individuals affected by aphasia after a stroke And many more... So, as a parent, teacher, therapist or adult who could benefit from visual supports you want to try them but may be frustrated by how many different apps you seem to need in order to do so? FTVS HD lets you easily and quickly create and use ALL these visual supports in just one app: First Then boards Visual schedules Task analyses Social stories Choice boards Video models FTVS HD is designed to be used anywhere and everywhere with everything you need easily accessible from within the app: It's universal so it will work on any iDevice FTVS HD gives you FIVE different options for adding images: take a picture using your device's camera or grab one from the camera roll, use the Internet search feature to look for an image, use one of the stock images in the app or access one of 10,000 Smarty Ears symbols. All the stock images and Smarty Ears symbols are searchable by name. Set a timer for either an entire schedule or for individual steps within it. Attach a choice board or video to any step. There are FIVE different viewing options: Look at one single image at a time (great for the visually impaired), view two images in a First Then board format, scroll through a checklist, drag and drop an image to another column once a step is complete or drag and drop an image from a strip and put it in an envelope. FTVS HD makes it easy to create, customize and share schedules. You can copy the templates that come with the app or create your own from scratch. Easily edit, move, delete or hide steps within schedules. You can print your schedules and share them with other users via email. Due to size constraints you can currently only email one choice board and cannot email videos. Good Karma Applications are dedicated to providing apps that are powerful, easy to use and affordable. If you have any feedback or questions in relation to any of our apps, please contact us at support@goodkarmaapplications.com

Screenshots

Choiceworks4 screens
First Then Visual Schedule HD4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: First Then Visual Schedule HD at $14.99 against Choiceworks's $39.99. First Then Visual Schedule HD also leads on iOS requirement (9.3 vs 18.0). Choiceworks's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 3.2) and update cadence (daily vs every 3 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Choiceworks costs $39.99 and First Then Visual Schedule HD $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Choiceworks holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Choiceworks has 281 ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Choiceworks's written reviews are positive against 53% of First Then Visual Schedule HD's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Choiceworks ships an update daily, First Then Visual Schedule HD every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Choiceworks versus First Then Visual Schedule HD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChoiceworksFirst Then Visual Schedule HD
Price$39.99$14.99 — better
Rating4.7 (281 ratings) — better3.2 (25 ratings)
Positive reviews81.4% of reviews — better52.8% of reviews
Number of ratings281 — better25
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.09.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size395 MB84 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBee Visual, LLCGood Karma Applications, Inc

Customer experience

Choiceworks

All ratings281 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral2.5%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews140 reviews
Positive81.4%
Neutral10.7%
Negative7.9%

First Then Visual Schedule HD

All ratings25 ratings
Positive52.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative44.0%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive52.8%
Neutral2.8%
Negative44.4%

Bugs and requests

Choiceworks

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Library won't load, preventing app usage
  • Schedules reset when switching profiles
  • Crashes after recent update

Requested features

5 requests
  • Sync schedules across devices
  • Ability to add more than 7-8 steps in a schedule
  • More diverse set of icons and images
  • Customizable timer sounds
  • Option to use recorded voice for schedule titles

First Then Visual Schedule HD

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Choiceworks

No in-app purchases

None

First Then Visual Schedule HD

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Choiceworks free?
Choiceworks costs $39.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is First Then Visual Schedule HD free?
First Then Visual Schedule HD costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Choiceworks or First Then Visual Schedule HD?
Choiceworks is rated higher. Choiceworks averages 4.7 out of 5 from 281 ratings, while First Then Visual Schedule HD averages 3.2 from 25 ratings.
Do Choiceworks or First Then Visual Schedule HD have ads?
Neither Choiceworks nor First Then Visual Schedule HD shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Choiceworks or First Then Visual Schedule HD?
Choiceworks ships an update daily, and First Then Visual Schedule HD every 3 months. Most recently, Choiceworks was updated on September 23, 2026 and First Then Visual Schedule HD on September 19, 2026.

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