Comparison

SwitchTrainer vs Self Service Checkout

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

Head to head
About

SwitchTrainer

This app helps children with physical impairments or learning disabilities learn to use one or two switches. It focuses on self-initiative and learning by doing, offering various exercises to master switch scanning for fun and functional use.

Highlights
  • Learn one or two switch usage
  • Develop switch scanning skills
  • Exercises for self-initiative
  • Suitable for children with impairments
  • Fun and educational gameplay
Features
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SwitchTrainer is an application designed to learn how to use one or two switches. The target groups are children with physical impairments or a learning disability. SwitchTrainer for iPad is available in 2 versions: - SwitchTrainer: Only a limited number of exercises can be used. An In-App Purchase is required to use all exercises. - SwitchTrainer PRO: All exercises can be used without limitation. The aim of the application – apart from having fun – is to automatize the use of one or two switches to finally be able to use 2-switch-scanning. The exercises offer a range of different possibilities to learn, train and implement the use of two switches. Self-initiative and learning by doing are key components rather than reacting to given tasks and solving of exercises. Objectives: earn how to use one or two switches Areas of application: Nursery school, Early intervention Switch training Ergotherapy Children with physical impairments Computer games

About

Self Service Checkout

This educational app uses simple touch or switch access to guide users through an animated story about using a self-service checkout. It's designed to encourage discussion, develop everyday vocabulary, and promote sequencing skills through clear graphics and sound effects.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step animated story
  • Touch and switch access
  • Develops everyday vocabulary
  • Promotes sequencing skills
  • Printable story stages
  • Clear graphics and sound effects
Features
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A simple cause and effect activity that gives you a lot to talk about. Simply touch the screen or press a switch to advance the animated story step by step. With simple clear graphics, this inclusive activity has been designed to provide a great opportunity for discussion and the development of everyday day vocabulary associated with using a self-service checkout. Look at the pictures and tell the story in your own words. can you guess what is going to happen, the driver didn’t until it was too late! Why not make a print out of each stage of the story to use as sequencing activity. • Switch access options included (using available Bluetooth switch interfaces) • Simple touch access • Bright clear graphics with bold outlines • Good simple and appropriate sound effects • Develop language around a familiar everyday activity • Anticipate outcomes

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SwitchTrainer at Free against Self Service Checkout's $2.99. Self Service Checkout's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (33% vs 0%). On rating, ads 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

SwitchTrainer is free to download; Self Service Checkout costs $2.99 up front. SwitchTrainer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Self Service Checkout asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SwitchTrainer holds the better App Store score, 2.0 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Self Service Checkout has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of SwitchTrainer's written reviews are positive against 33% of Self Service Checkout's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
SwitchTrainer versus Self Service Checkout: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwitchTrainerSelf Service Checkout
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating2.0 (1 ratings) — better1.8 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews33.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS12.06.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIntegraTools GmbHInclusive Technology Ltd

Customer experience

SwitchTrainer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Self Service Checkout

All ratings5 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SwitchTrainer

One-time1
  • All games$44.99
None

Self Service Checkout

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SwitchTrainer free?
SwitchTrainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Self Service Checkout free?
Self Service Checkout costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SwitchTrainer or Self Service Checkout?
SwitchTrainer is rated higher. SwitchTrainer averages 2.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Self Service Checkout averages 1.8 from 5 ratings.
Do SwitchTrainer or Self Service Checkout have ads?
Neither SwitchTrainer nor Self Service Checkout shows ads.

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