Comparison

Trace & Share vs Clicker Books

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

Head to head
About

Trace & Share

This educational app helps young children, particularly those with autism, develop fine motor and social skills through engaging tracing activities and interactive storytelling. It aims to improve concentration, tracing abilities, and the crucial concepts of taking turns and sharing.

Highlights
  • Fine motor skill development
  • Social skill enhancement
  • Interactive tracing activities
  • Fantasy story integration
  • Turn-taking and sharing lessons
  • Customized learning solution
Features
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"From the same creator of "Daily Tasks" application, Trace & Share offer amazing game play that build young children fine motor and social skill " “Trace & Share” is an application that designed to further enhance Autistic children fine motor and social skill. The goal of this application is to improve tracing skills through compelling fantasy story that are both creative and attention grabbing. Children will have to trace through various lines with increasing difficulty. Part of this application will also teach children to take turn and share which is an important foundation of social skill. This application is not only limited to people with autism. Children with concentration problem, down syndrome and social problem can also benefit from this application. This project is a joint collaboration between True Corporation and Autistic Foundation Thailand. We work closely with autistic teachers, specialists as well as parents and children to craft out a customized learning solution for Autistic Children. By using our applications closely with parents and teachers, it is expected that autistic children will develop essential skills that are important to live a normal life. “Trace & Share” is part of True Autistic application series which also include “Daily Tasks” and “Communications”. Each application focuses on improving different aspect of autistic children skill.

About

Clicker Books

Create personalized books with text, pictures, and sound. Offers customizable reading and writing support for all abilities, with hundreds of ready-made books available. Teachers can create custom content for students to complete.

Highlights
  • Child-friendly book creation tools
  • Customizable reading and writing support
  • Hundreds of ready-made books
  • Teacher-friendly book creation
  • Speech support and word predictor
  • Add pictures and record audio
  • Link pages for interactive stories
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Develop literacy skills and build confidence with Clicker Books – the book making app that includes extensive support for students of all abilities. Continuously developed by Crick Software for over 25 years, the Clicker product range is used in schools around the world. CHILD-FRIENDLY BOOK MAKING Students use the child-friendly tools to add pictures, text and sound to create fantastic looking books. As you’d expect with a Crick Software app, customizable reading and writing support is included to help children of all abilities achieve success. HUNDREDS OF READY-MADE BOOKS Choose from a huge selection of books on LearningGrids, our online library accessed from within the app. Books cover a wide variety of curriculum topics across different levels. TEACHER-FRIENDLY TOOLS Clicker Books enables teachers to quickly and easily create books for students to read, tailoring the content to their learning needs. Create complete books or leave selected parts for students to complete. WRITE WITH CLICKER SUPPORT As they write into their books, children benefit from acclaimed Clicker support features including: • Speech Support – enables students to review what they have written and think carefully about what they are about to write. • Word Predictor – suggests words that fit the context of students’ writing. The predictor can be customized according to reading level, helping students to use good vocabulary and create flowing text with accurate spelling. • Child-Friendly Keyboard & Font – a choice of two lowercase keyboards and the Sassoon font as standard. ADD & DRAW PICTURES Add pictures from your iPad, take photos with the camera, or use the integrated painting tools - you can even paint on top of images. LISTEN AND RECORD Tap the speech button to listen to the text on the page. Or record your own speech – a fantastic way to fully personalize a book, and a great alternative to writing for children with special needs. LINK PAGES Add links wherever you like to create a content page or a choose-your-own-adventure story – the only limit is your imagination! BOOKS TO BE PROUD OF Use a simple tiled layout or customize your page as much as you want. When you’re ready, share your books as a PDF. Watch your students’ confidence grow as they see what they have achieved! PART OF THE CRICK SOFTWARE CLICKER FAMILY Based in the UK and US, Crick Software has a worldwide reputation for quality educational software for students of all abilities. To find more Clicker Apps, search for Crick Software in the App Store. WHAT TEACHERS SAY “This app gives children a structure to work within but also enough flexibility to produce personalized books. I would certainly recommend Clicker Books for use across the whole curriculum.” - Mike Elliott, Teacher and IT Advisor “As brilliant as the PC version of Clicker… take it from me this is an essential app for a special or elementary classroom blessed with iPads.” - Anthony Evans, Assistant Principal "LOVE LOVE LOVE the Clicker support in Clicker Books! I LOVE how the editing functions are so intuitive and self-explanatory and how easy it is to export and share." - Erin Sheldon, parent and AT Consultant

Screenshots

Trace & Share4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Trace & Share at none against Clicker Books's 1. Trace & Share also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 0%) and device support (3 vs 1). Clicker Books's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 15 months). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Clicker Books sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Trace & Share asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Trace & Share ships an update every 15 months, Clicker Books every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Trace & Share versus Clicker Books: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrace & ShareClicker Books
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 15 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB116 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTrue Digital Group Co., Ltd.Crick Software

Customer experience

Trace & Share

All ratings5 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Clicker Books

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Trace & Share

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Clicker Books

One-time1
  • Clicker Books In-App Purchase$350.00

Questions

Is Trace & Share free?
Trace & Share is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Clicker Books free?
Clicker Books is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Trace & Share or Clicker Books have ads?
Neither Trace & Share nor Clicker Books shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Trace & Share or Clicker Books?
Trace & Share ships an update every 15 months, and Clicker Books every 4 months. Most recently, Trace & Share was updated on November 1, 2026 and Clicker Books on November 3, 2026.

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