Comparison

ConversationBuilderTeen vs Conversation Skills

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

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About

ConversationBuilderTeen

This app helps teenagers practice multi-exchange conversations in various social settings. It uses a visual format to teach conversational flow, including initiating, responding, and handling difficult topics like bullying and sarcasm. Users can record and review their conversations to improve social skills.

Highlights
  • Virtual conversation simulator
  • Multi-exchange conversations
  • Visual conversation flow
  • Handling bullying and sarcasm
  • Record and review conversations
  • 8 conversation themes
  • Group and one-on-one settings
Features
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Winner - Best Middle School App of 2012 - Best App Ever Winner - 2012 Best Teaching App by TeachHub.com Winner - 2012 4th Best Speech Therapy App by Let's Talk SLP Winner - 2012 Best Social Skills App by Tech in Special Ed Winner - 2012 Best Special Needs App by Teachers With Apps Finalist - 2012 Best Special Needs App by SmartAppsForKids ConversationBuilderTeen is a teen version of the popular and award winning ConversationBuilder virtual conversation simulator. It is designed to help teenaged children learn how to have multi-exchange conversations with their peers in a variety of social settings. The auditory pattern of conversation is presented in a visual format to help students recognize and master the flow of conversation. Students learn when it is appropriate to introduce themselves, ask questions, make observations and change the subject of the conversation. They will also learn how to recognize sarcasm and how to respond when someone is bullying them or someone around them. The student will be asked to initiate conversation, respond to conversations initiated by others or participate in group conversations. Students will be guided through conversations and allowed to record and save their conversations for later playback and study. Conversations are grouped into eight themes. The themes are school, relationship, sports, entertainment, bullying, sarcasm, clothes, and summer. Being able to converse with peers is the cornerstone of developing relationships, and ConversationBuilderTeen™ promotes development of this skill in a fun and engaging way. Features - Over 300 conversations - 8 conversation themes - School, Relationship, Sports, Entertainment, Bullying, Sarcasm, Clothes, and Summer - Visual interface to learn the pattern of conversation - Students record their half of the conversation - Group and one-on-one conversation settings - Student may import photos into the group conversations - Student can initiate or respond to conversations - Student recordings are interlaced with pre-recorded audio to create complete conversations - Real time history allows student to replay every segment of a conversation - Conversations may be archived and emailed - Parental controls to lock out some conversations LANGUAGES - English REQUIREMENTS - Compatible with iPad - Requires 5.1 software update ConversationBuilderTeen is part of "The Builder Series" of award winning education apps. Mobile Education Store has won over 40 app awards and has been named educational developer of the year in 2011 and 2012. Mobile Education Tools is a member of Moms with Apps, a collaborative group of family-friendly developers seeking to promote quality apps for kids and families. Recommended Ages: 10-17 Categories: Special Needs

About

Conversation Skills

This app helps children with autism practice essential conversation skills in a supportive, stress-free environment. It offers interactive scenarios, progress tracking, and a reward system to build confidence for real-life social interactions. Designed for children and adults with social learning needs.

Highlights
  • Practice identifying interests
  • Choose appropriate topics
  • Join and continue conversations
  • Over 140 practice situations
  • Progressive skill mastery
  • Reporting and reward center
  • Independent and therapist modes
Features
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** Happy Frog Apps is a Mom’s Choice Award Winner! Also featured on FunEducationalApps.com, TeachersWithApps.com, and more! ** The “Conversation Skills” app helps children with autism practice key steps in conversation: - Identifying a friend's interests, - Choosing an appropriate topic, - Figuring out what topic is already being talked about, - Joining a conversation, - Continuing a conversation with appropriate follow-up questions and comments. This app provides kids the chance to practice and get supportive feedback in a calm, stress-free environment where they can consider their options. Once kids build the skills of how to choose topics and continue conversations, they'll be able to bring these skills to real-life situations. The “Conversation Skills” app gives your learner the social conversation skills they need to better manage social situations at home, school and in the community. What parents say about our awesome apps: *** 5 stars! Brilliant! An app that understands how kids actually learn. Thank you. *** 5 stars! Your social skill apps are excellent! “Conversation Skills” provides: - More than 140 situations for a wide variety of practice. - Students progress to the next level only when mastery of the current skill is demonstrated. - 'At a glance' reporting shows you instantly how your learner is progressing. - The fun Reward Center motivates even hesitant learners. Most exciting, this app offers independent AND therapist mode. In independent mode, answers are displayed and the learner taps the correct answer. In therapist mode, no answers are displayed. For each question, the student answers orally and the therapist taps whether the learner's oral answer was correct or incorrect. Both modes earn coins for the Reward Center. Our apps are designed for and tested by typical and special needs children. Testers include children with Autism and other special needs. Our apps work for them! Our apps are also suitable for adults dealing with aphasia or learning English as a Second Language. To evaluate the app, download the lite version, which has 1 free level. Additional levels and additional players can be accessed with in-app purchases. If you prefer no in-app purchases, download the paid version of this app, which includes all levels and up to 10 players. We take customer service very seriously! If you ever have a problem or find that we've missed something, contact us at our website and we will do our best to fix the problem.  www.HappyFrogApps.com Our apps are safe for kids. We collect NO private information in our app. None! Our apps do not allow unrestricted web or social media access. We conform to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.

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Conversation Skills4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Conversation Skills at Free against ConversationBuilderTeen's $29.99. Conversation Skills also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and device support (3 vs 1). ConversationBuilderTeen's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 9 months vs every 86 months). On ads and iOS requirement 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

Conversation Skills is free to download; ConversationBuilderTeen costs $29.99 up front. Conversation Skills sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. ConversationBuilderTeen asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Conversation Skills holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ConversationBuilderTeen has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ConversationBuilderTeen ships an update every 9 months, Conversation Skills every 86 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
ConversationBuilderTeen versus Conversation Skills: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterConversationBuilderTeenConversation Skills
Price$29.99Free — better
Rating4.1 (8 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.5% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 months — betterEvery 86 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.2
Further details — not scored
Size370 MB26 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMobile Education Store LLCJanine Toole

Customer experience

ConversationBuilderTeen

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive92.5%
Neutral5.0%
Negative2.5%

Conversation Skills

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ConversationBuilderTeen

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Conversation Skills

One-time3
  • 2 Users$1.99
  • 10 Users$4.99
  • Access All Levels$5.99

Questions

Is ConversationBuilderTeen free?
ConversationBuilderTeen costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Conversation Skills free?
Conversation Skills is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ConversationBuilderTeen or Conversation Skills?
Conversation Skills is rated higher. ConversationBuilderTeen averages 4.1 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Conversation Skills averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do ConversationBuilderTeen or Conversation Skills have ads?
Neither ConversationBuilderTeen nor Conversation Skills shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ConversationBuilderTeen or Conversation Skills?
ConversationBuilderTeen ships an update every 9 months, and Conversation Skills every 86 months. Most recently, ConversationBuilderTeen was updated on September 21, 2026 and Conversation Skills on September 19, 2026.

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