Custom Boards Elite vs Respiration ID
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Custom Boards Elite
Create custom visual support materials using a vast library of symbols or your own photos. Design boards, schedules, and worksheets for communication and learning. Print, save, or email your creations directly from the app.
- Activity creation center
- 21,000+ built-in symbols
- Add custom photos
- Template library (120+)
- Print, save, and email
- Organize with folders
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The Ultimate Visual Support & Activity Creator Empower communication and learning with Custom Boards Elite! Designed specifically for speech therapists, special education teachers, and parents, Custom Boards Elite is an evidence-based app that revolutionizes how you create visual supports. Whether you need a daily schedule, a communication grid, or an engaging articulation game, Custom Boards gives you the tools to build professional, customized materials in minutes. UNMATCHED SYMBOL LIBRARY Say goodbye to stick figures and limited clip art. Custom Boards includes over 29,000 high-quality, diverse symbols from the renowned Smarty Symbols library. Need something specific? You can easily upload and integrate your own photos directly from your device! 120+ READY-TO-USE TEMPLATES Stop starting from scratch. Choose from over 120 expertly designed templates categorized into six core areas: Activities & Games: Bingo, Dominoes, Board Games, and more. Devices & Switches: Perfect for AAC device overlays. Signs & Labels: Create classroom rules, labels, and directional signs. Grids & Boards: Standard communication grids from 1x1 up to complex layouts. Schedules & Calendars: First-Then boards, weekly schedules, and daily routines. Worksheets: Ready-made educational printables. DEEP CUSTOMIZATION Make every board your own. Our intuitive editor allows you to: Customize background and text colors for every single cell. Tweak border styles (solid, dashed, circular) to highlight specific targets. Easily edit text labels to match your student's specific vocabulary. BUILT FOR SPEECH THERAPISTS Save hours of prep time with our advanced search filters. Target specific speech goals by filtering the entire 21,000+ symbol library by Initial, Medial, or Final letter positions! EXPORT & ORGANIZE When your masterpiece is complete, you are ready to PRINT, SAVE, or E-MAIL the final template. Print directly from your iPad to any AirPrint-ready printer. Creating boards for a whole caseload? Keep your finalized templates neatly organized into custom folders inside the app's Archive. Join the revolution in special education and start creating beautiful, effective visual supports today!
Respiration ID
Explore the anatomy of respiration with interactive animations and structure identification. Learn about the body, thorax, and lungs through touch-based learning and detailed text. Save and share your discoveries with the built-in drawing and screenshot tools.
- Interactive 3D respiratory anatomy models
- Structure identification with text details
- Animations of inhalation and exhalation
- Larynx movement during breathing
- Ribs and diaphragm interaction animation
- Alveoli breathing animation
- Drawing whiteboard with screenshot functionality
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The Respiration ID app covers normal anatomy of respiration through animations and structure id. Structure ID is designed to teach anatomy structure by touching the part to see the name and text highlight. Detailed text is hidden or viewed at the touch of a button. All views include a drawing whiteboard feature for easy screen-print direct to the photo app to save, email or print. Body – Touch key parts of respiration for the body, head and larynx to see their names and text highlight. Animation views of inhalation and exhalation airflow for the body, head and larynx. Watch the larynx move with quiet and voiced breathing for easy understanding of this complex process. Thorax – The ribs, diaphragm & lungs are animated to show how these amazing structures work together. Front, side and back views are provided. Button shows and hides front and side rib animation. Structure ID for the muscles of respiration and key front, side, back structures are included. Lungs – Front and side animation views of the lungs and the alveoli breathing. Front, side, back lungs and alveoli structure ID. Two finger pan, zoom and rotation of all views, with easy reset button. Drawing Whiteboard feature: Drawing: freeform lines in red, blue, green or black hue. Draw and place text directly on all views. Screenshot whiteboard direct to photo app for easy email out and printing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Custom Boards Elite at Free against Respiration ID's $4.99. Custom Boards Elite also leads on update cadence (every 7 months vs every 47 months) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). Respiration ID's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 2.2) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). On ads 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
Custom Boards Elite is free to download; Respiration ID costs $4.99 up front. Custom Boards Elite sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Respiration ID asks for nothing beyond the download.
Respiration ID holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Custom Boards Elite has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Custom Boards Elite ships an update every 7 months, Respiration ID every 47 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Custom Boards Elite | Respiration ID |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 2.2 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 47 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Paid — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 880 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Smarty Ears | Blue Tree Publishing, Inc. |
Customer experience
Custom Boards Elite
Respiration ID
In-app purchases
Custom Boards Elite
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Six months Access7 Days trial$49.996 Months
- Yearly Access7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- The ant$0.99
- Placemat$0.99
- Tech talk$0.99
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- Weekly$0.99
- Orderly$0.99
- Story Board$0.99
- Purchase 10,000 Smarty Symbols$19.99
Respiration ID
No in-app purchases
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