Comparison

Social Quest vs All Critical Thinking

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 app uses gamified scenarios to help tweens and teens develop essential social-emotional and problem-solving skills. It offers over 800 narratives with real-life images to facilitate therapeutic discussions and skill generalization. Features include automated data collection and IEP-ready reporting for progress tracking.

Highlights
  • Evidence-based social-pragmatic intervention
  • Over 800 real-life scenarios with images
  • Gamified learning with quest theme
  • Personalized student profiles and rewards
  • Automated data collection and reporting
  • Focus on generalization of skills
Features
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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. Detailed Report Cards: Generate comprehensive session reports highlighting accuracy, items presented, and most/least successful locations. Seamless Sharing: Print or email reports directly to parents and case managers, 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. 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

All Critical Thinking

Enhance problem-solving, reasoning, and critical thinking skills through engaging activities. This app is designed for therapeutic use with children and adults facing cognitive or language challenges.

Highlights
  • Problem identification and analysis
  • Cause and effect reasoning
  • Item generation and listing
  • Prioritization and sequencing
  • Moral dilemma resolution
  • Creative product advertising
  • Absurdity identification
Features
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The All Critical Thinking app targets problem solving, reasoning, and critical thinking and can be used in language or cognitive therapy sessions with children ages 10 and up and adults with cognitive or language deficits and disorders. Tasks included in the Critical Thinking app allow the users to analyze, evaluate, create, and problem solve. The Critical Thinking app includes the following activities: • Identifying and stating main problems • Identifying and stating multiple causes • Generating lists of items • Generating multiple uses of objects • Prioritizing what should be done in what order • Solving moral dilemmas • Stating what one is thinking • Generating an ad for a product • Solving absurdities

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Social Quest at 86% against All Critical Thinking's 0%. Social Quest also leads on rating (4.2 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 14 months vs every 101 months). All Critical Thinking's advantage is price ($12.99 vs $29.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Social Quest costs $29.99 and All Critical Thinking $12.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Social Quest holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Social Quest has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Social Quest's written reviews are positive against 0% of All Critical Thinking's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Social Quest ships an update every 14 months, All Critical Thinking every 101 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Social Quest versus All Critical Thinking: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSocial QuestAll Critical Thinking
Price$29.99$12.99 — better
Rating4.2 (6 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 14 months — betterEvery 101 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size215 MB95 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSmarty EarsVirtual Speech Center Inc.

Customer experience

Social Quest

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

All Critical Thinking

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

In-app purchases

None

Social Quest

No in-app purchases

None

All Critical Thinking

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Social Quest free?
Social Quest costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is All Critical Thinking free?
All Critical Thinking costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Social Quest or All Critical Thinking?
Social Quest is rated higher. Social Quest averages 4.2 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while All Critical Thinking averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Social Quest or All Critical Thinking have ads?
Neither Social Quest nor All Critical Thinking shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Social Quest or All Critical Thinking?
Social Quest ships an update every 14 months, and All Critical Thinking every 101 months. Most recently, Social Quest was updated on October 20, 2026 and All Critical Thinking on October 6, 2026.

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