Comparison

Random Name Selector Pro vs TBoard

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

Head to head
About

Random Name Selector Pro

This app helps teachers manage classrooms by randomly selecting students for participation. It allows for group creation, exclusion of specific students, and customization of selection parameters. Features like animated graphics, sound effects, and data backup enhance engagement and usability.

Highlights
  • Random student selection
  • Create and manage student groups
  • Exclude students from selection
  • Import student lists
  • Customizable selection limits
  • Cloud backup and sync
  • Animated graphics and themes
Features
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A Fun, classroom management tool, designed for Teachers, that will engage and entertain students. Simply create one or more groups (a Class or Group of Students). Add students to those groups. The App will then randomly select students from the highlighted group. All names will be displayed before a name is displayed for a second time. Features: • Call on your students in a different order every time. • If you want to exclude a Student/s from the selection, simply turn them off in the settings screen. This can be particularly useful for any absentees. • You can delete and edit Groups / Group member names easily inside the app. • The number of Students / Groups is limited only by the amount of free space on your device. • Use a FREE Dropbox account to backup and “Sync” your Groups/Group members with your other devices. You can even use the same Groups/Group members in our “Random Team Selector Pro” app (separate purchase). • If you have a lot of Groups/Group Members to define you can even import them from a text or CSV file. • The teacher can determine how many times any single name can be displayed. This avoids the problem of students “switching off” once their name has been selected once. • This is a Universal App for iPhone and iPad. • The Animated Graphics and multiple themes make the whole experience a pleasure and keep things fresh for the students. You can even create your own backgrounds. • Sound effects and background music help make the app more engaging but can also be switched ON/OFF individually as required. • You can apply a “Passcode” to access the settings screen. • Need to know where you are in the selection process. We have added a display option that shows the number of names drawn and the number of names remaining in the particular selection process. • Provide Feedback to the Developers directly from within the App….let us know how we can make it better. • Share with your friends on Facebook or Twitter from within the App. We value your feedback. Many of the features above are the direct result of Teacher feedback. If you have any ideas of ways the app can be improved we would love to hear them. Also, if you want to report a bug please use the “Email Support” button inside the app, or email us directly at support@edtechmonster.com We will always get back to you.

About

TBoard

This app provides a typing-first communication tool for individuals who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). It offers customizable letterboards, word selection, and text-to-speech capabilities, along with integrated learning modules and progress tracking for educational support.

Highlights
  • Customizable letterboards and layouts
  • Text-to-speech with Personal Voice support
  • Photograph and digitize existing boards
  • Daily spelling lessons and practice worksheets
  • Gradebook with exportable reports
  • Messaging Lite for communication partners
  • Motor lessons and graded worksheets
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TBoard is a typing-first AAC communication app for iPad. Select letters, words or pictures and hear them spoken aloud. Use a built-in letterboard, photograph a printed board, or build your own. Parents, family members and practitioners can use daily spelling lessons, worksheets and a gradebook on the same device. The full landscape AAC experience—letterboards, custom boards, lessons, worksheets, Practice, and Stats—runs on iPad and iPhone. Invited communication partners use Messaging Lite to stay connected with a speller's circle. TBoard carries the mechanics of a session—each step, the spelling, the board swaps and resets—so parents, family members, and practitioners can stay focused on the person, not the process. COMMUNICATE - The full 26-letter board, 3-stencil, QWERTY, and number layouts—big, steady keys designed for communicators with apraxia or motor differences. - Choose how the board responds: On Touch registers a key the moment a finger lands, visual, spoken, or haptic feedback confirms every selection, and Tap Guard ignores accidental double-taps. - Make the board you already use speak: photograph a printed core board, a picture board, or a paper letterboard and the photo itself becomes a board. Frame it, check the keys it read, fix a word or add a key, and every cell says its word when pressed. - Or build your own in the Board Builder with icons, labels, and your own photos—your layout, colors, and key sizes. - Read selected letters, words and typed messages aloud with text-to-speech, including Personal Voice on supported Apple devices. LEARN AND PRACTICE - Three new lessons every day—one per difficulty tier, formatted the way a spelling session flows. Read together, then answer questions, spelling, and math on the board; every answer is checked in real time as it's spelled, and the board can swap and reset for you. - My Lessons holds three kinds of work: Motor Lessons spelled on the board, Practice Worksheets with try-again support, and Graded Worksheets that land in the gradebook. Nine answer types—multiple choice, select all that apply, true or false, answer on the board, number, matching, ordering, open answer, and spelling—in the order you wrote them. - Build a worksheet by hand, or photograph one and highlight it—the passage, each question, its answer—and it plays as a lesson. Import from a photo, a PDF, or a file; text recognition stays on your device, and you review everything before saving. - A gradebook a teacher will recognize: one row per attempt, full, half, or no credit on written answers, notes, and an exportable report. The answer key stays hidden from the student unless you switch it on. - Warm up with Practice—short rounds that keep moving on their own and add help when the typing gets hard. - Progress you can trust: first-try answers, hints, retries, and per-letter accuracy. STAY CONNECTED - Exchange private messages with invited family members and practitioners in a communicator's circle. - Report a received message or block its sender from the conversation. - No public profiles, no feeds, no stranger discovery. TRY IT FREE, THEN BUY IT ONCE Try everything free for 7 days. Then one purchase unlocks TBoard for good—nothing renews, nothing to cancel. One purchase covers every communicator profile in a household and restores on any device signed in with the same Apple Account. Nothing is deleted while the app is locked. PRIVACY BY DESIGN TBoard has no ads and does not track you across apps or websites. Diagnostics are off until you opt in. Photos and documents you import stay on your device—only the lesson text you approve is saved to your account. Signed-in profile data is backed up so it can be restored, and you can delete your account and its data from inside the app. TBoard is a communication and educational tool. It is not a medical device or a substitute for professional care or speech therapy. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Random Name Selector Pro4 screens
TBoard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: TBoard at Free against Random Name Selector Pro's $4.99. TBoard also leads on rating (4.2 vs 3.6) and ads (none vs shown). Random Name Selector Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (30 vs 5). On review sentiment 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

TBoard is free to download; Random Name Selector Pro costs $4.99 up front. TBoard sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Random Name Selector Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TBoard holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Random Name Selector Pro has 30 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Random Name Selector Pro's written reviews are positive against 50% of TBoard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Random Name Selector Pro ships an update every 5 months, TBoard every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Random Name Selector Pro versus TBoard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRandom Name Selector ProTBoard
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating3.6 (30 ratings)4.2 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.4% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings30 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size190 MB127 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperEDTECH MONSTER LIMITEDMuted Labs LLC

Customer experience

Random Name Selector Pro

All ratings30 ratings
Positive53.3%
Neutral20.0%
Negative26.7%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive42.4%
Neutral15.2%
Negative42.4%

TBoard

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Random Name Selector Pro

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

TBoard

Subscriptions2
  • TBoard Monthly$9.991 Month
  • TBoard Annual$79.991 Year
One-time1
  • TBoard Premium$49.99

Questions

Is Random Name Selector Pro free?
Random Name Selector Pro costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is TBoard free?
TBoard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Random Name Selector Pro or TBoard?
TBoard is rated higher. Random Name Selector Pro averages 3.6 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while TBoard averages 4.2 from 5 ratings.
Do Random Name Selector Pro or TBoard have ads?
Random Name Selector Pro shows ads; TBoard does not.
Which is updated more often, Random Name Selector Pro or TBoard?
Random Name Selector Pro ships an update every 5 months, and TBoard every 2 days. Most recently, Random Name Selector Pro was updated on November 6, 2026 and TBoard on November 5, 2026.

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