Comparison

Social Quest vs Conversation Planner

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

Head to head
About

Social Quest

This gamified intervention tool helps tweens and teens master social-emotional and problem-solving skills through engaging narratives and real-life scenarios. It offers evidence-based strategies, progress tracking, and IEP-ready reporting for educational and therapeutic settings.

Highlights
  • Evidence-based social-pragmatic intervention
  • Over 800 high-interest narratives with images
  • Gamified learning with quest theme
  • Personalized student profiles and rewards
  • Automated data collection and IEP-ready reports
  • Real-world contexts and flexible social scripts
  • Available in English and Spanish
Features
Read full description

The Definitive Social-Pragmatic Intervention for Teens & Tweens Winner: Best Educational App by Teachers with Apps Social Quest is the premier, evidence-based gamified intervention tool developed by a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) to help tweens and teens (Ages 8-17) master crucial pragmatic language, social-emotional, and problem-solving skills. Stop searching for relevant, age-appropriate materials. Social Quest provides over 800 high-interest narratives paired with real-life contextual images set in everyday locations like home, school, and the community. This app transforms abstract social concepts into a motivating, customizable quest, providing the vital "jumping-off" points for deep therapeutic discussion. Why Professionals and Families Choose Social Quest: 1. Evidence-Based & Curriculum-Ready Story-Based Intervention: Aligned with evidence-based practices found effective for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and social communication disorders. Targeted Pragmatic Skills: Explicitly addresses perspective-taking, conversational maintenance, gauging reactions, problem-solving, and developing self-talk for anxiety reduction. Focus on Generalization: Features separate Receptive (multiple choice) and Expressive (open-ended) activities to promote the generalization of skills beyond the therapy room and into real-world settings. 2. Motivating Quest Theme & Personalized Profiles Gamified Learning: Students navigate a "Tele-Transporter Machine" to visit different locations and solve social challenges. Hall of Heroes: Easily manage multiple student profiles with customizable avatars or real photos to build ownership of progress. The Hall of Rewards: Reinforce growth with skill-linked tokens—such as a "Saddle" for asserting control or a "Prism" for perspective—providing tangible anchors for discussing social success. 3. Critical Data Tracking & IEP-Ready Reporting Automated Data Collection: Effortlessly track student accuracy across activities, specific locations, and individual sessions. Student Progress Report: See progress over time, accuracy on their own and with help, social skills, places, and the situations to practice next, with summaries written for the IEP and for families. Seamless Sharing: Share an IEP-ready progress report or a family summary as a PDF, simplifying record-keeping and enhancing parent-professional communication. The Social Quest Advantage Real-World Contexts: Scenarios are set in the kitchen, library, supermarket, mall, doctor’s office, and more to ensure high ecological validity. Flexible Social Scripts: Customize Receptive activities to require one or two correct answers, reflecting the nuanced and flexible nature of social rules. English and Spanish: Every situation is available in English and Spanish (Mexico), with recordings in both languages. Switch anytime in Settings. Multi-Sensory Support: Every question includes high-quality contextual images, text, and accompanying audio to support diverse learning needs and literacy levels. Bring the quest for social competence into your practice or home today!

About

Conversation Planner

This app teaches children a step-by-step method to prepare for conversations and social situations. It focuses on perspective-taking and uses over 150 real-world scenarios to build social skills. It offers independent and therapist modes, with progress tracking and a reward center.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step conversation preparation
  • Perspective-taking focus
  • 150+ real-world scenarios
  • Progress tracking
  • Reward Center
  • Independent and therapist modes
Features
Read full description

** Happy Frog Apps is a Mom’s Choice Award Winner! Also featured on FunEducationalApps.com, TeachersWithApps.com, and more! ** Conversation Planner teaches your child a step-by-step method to prepare for any conversation or social situation. Kids learn to think about who they are talking to, what that person will expect, when to know the person is ready for the conversation, etc. Conversation Planner gives your child the tools to complete successful conversations. What parents say about our awesome apps: *** 5 stars! Brilliant! An app that understands how kids actually learn. Thank you!
 *** 5 stars! This app totally engaged my 8 year old resistant reader! He keeps asking for it! I'll be checking out your other apps for sure!
 Conversation Planner provides: - A step-by-step introduction to all the key components of a conversation: how to start, how to finish, how to repair conversation problems, how to know your talking partner is ready, etc. - A focus on perspective-taking. Learners identify the conversation goals for themselves, their talking partners as well as the expectations of other people around them. - Students learn and practice their skills using more than 150 real-world, age-appropriate scenarios. - Students progress 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 mode 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 free version, which has one free book. Additional levels and additional players can be accessed with in-app purchases. (All levels can be purchased for $2.99 -- price may change.)

If you prefer no in-app purchases, download the School Edition 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.  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.

Screenshots

Conversation Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Conversation Planner at Free against Social Quest's $29.99. Conversation Planner also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 10 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). Social Quest's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On rating, ratings volume and 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Social Quest against 4.3 for Conversation Planner. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 4 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Social Quest's written reviews are positive against 100% of Conversation Planner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Social Quest ships an update every 10 months, Conversation Planner weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Social Quest versus Conversation Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSocial QuestConversation Planner
Price$29.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (6 ratings)4.3 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.012.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size328 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSmarty EarsJanine Toole

Customer experience

Social Quest

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

Conversation Planner

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Social Quest

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Conversation Planner

One-time3
  • 2 Users$1.99
  • All Levels$2.99
  • 10 Users$3.99

Questions

Is Social Quest free?
Social Quest costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Conversation Planner free?
Conversation Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Social Quest or Conversation Planner?
Conversation Planner is rated higher. Social Quest averages 4.2 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Conversation Planner averages 4.3 from 4 ratings.
Do Social Quest or Conversation Planner have ads?
Neither Social Quest nor Conversation Planner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Social Quest or Conversation Planner?
Social Quest ships an update every 10 months, and Conversation Planner weekly. Most recently, Social Quest was updated on November 10, 2026 and Conversation Planner on November 2, 2026.

Other comparisons