Shapes in Complex (Lite) vs Quick and Easy ECC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shapes in Complex (Lite)
This app trains visual skills by having users search for target objects within colored patterns. It helps improve eye tracking and the ability to distinguish objects against complex backgrounds. The app offers customizable background colors and shapes, along with adjustable target object sizes and a variety of object options.
- Object search within colored patterns
- Eye tracking training
- Distinguishing objects on complex backgrounds
- Customizable background colors and shapes
- Adjustable target object sizes
- Multiple target object options
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One of the Low Vision training Apps designed and maintained by the Ebenezer School & Home for the Visually Impaired. Method of training: - Search a target object throughout a colored pattern background, and touch the object to identify its position. Features: - The color and shape of background patterns can be changed. - 3 levels of size of target objects - 8 colored + 5 black / white target objects The objectives of this training: - Eye tracking - Increase the ability of distinguishing an object that is placing on complex patterns.
Quick and Easy ECC
This app provides short, practical lessons for transition students with visual impairments. It focuses on essential life skills and can be implemented by educators and family members with minimal time or equipment. Lessons are designed for quick completion, addressing common skill gaps.
- Targeted lessons for visually impaired students
- Focus on essential life skills
- Quick 5-15 minute lesson implementation
- Categorized lessons by setting and skill
- Requires minimal time, expertise, or equipment
- Convenient mobile format
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Quick and Easy Expanded Core Curriculum is designed for transition students who are visually impaired. The included lessons were chosen to address the most common gaps found within this population and require little time, expertise, or equipment to implement by the educational team and family members. The lessons, categorized by setting, category, needed items, and ECC area addressed, are intentionally designed to be completed in 5-15 minutes. They are not designed to replace a comprehensive program addressing the ECC. This app version is a new format of the current product, made for convenience and portability. Example ECC lessons target the following skills: * Planning a menu * Practicing conversation * Giving and receiving compliments * Labeling cans and frozen foods * Making purchases based on a budget * Expanding career knowledge * Tracking medical history * Spreading condiments * Reading nutrition labels * Properly using smartphones * Learning customer service techniques
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Quick and Easy ECC at every 10 months against Shapes in Complex (Lite)'s every 38 months. Shapes in Complex (Lite)'s advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Shapes in Complex (Lite) ships an update every 38 months, Quick and Easy ECC every 10 months. Both last shipped on September 30, 2026.
| Parameter | Shapes in Complex (Lite) | Quick and Easy ECC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 38 months | Every 10 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ebenezer school | American Printing House for the Blind (APH) |
Customer experience
Shapes in Complex (Lite)
Quick and Easy ECC
In-app purchases
Shapes in Complex (Lite)
No in-app purchases
Quick and Easy ECC
No in-app purchases
Questions
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