Comparison

Autism iHelp vs Co

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

Head to head
About

Autism iHelp

This educational app helps children with Autism Spectrum Disorder build fundamental vocabulary skills. It uses real-life photos and interactive games to teach concepts like matching and identifying differences. Progress reports track learning gains.

Highlights
  • Vocabulary building with real-life photos
  • Matching and discrimination skills
  • Identifying differences
  • Progress tracking reports
  • Three interactive games
Features
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Autism iHelp is a vocabulary teaching aid developed by parents of a child with Autism and a speech-language pathologist. Autism iHelp was inspired by the need for specific language intervention tools for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder focusing on their unique strengths and difficulty with expressive vocabulary. Autism iHelp SAME and DIFFERENT targets fundamental vocabulary building concepts in a variety of formats. While utilizing real-life photographs, this app requires the learner to demonstrate discrimination skills in addition to direct and indirect matching. These skills are crucial for receptive and expressive language as it relates to comparing and contrasting concepts, as well as aiding in just noticing environmental changes. The three games that are included in this app are: finding a matching picture, finding a shadow that matches the picture, and finding the one that is different in a field of 4. Additionally, you are able to track your child's gains through progress reports that average the last 3 performances of each learning enhancement activity. “with Autism iHelp…..it gets better.”

About

Co

This app provides advanced word prediction and spelling support for students. It offers grammar-smart suggestions and access to millions of topic-specific dictionaries to aid in writing. Built-in text-to-speech functionality helps users review their work.

Highlights
  • Grammar-smart word prediction
  • Millions of topic-specific dictionaries
  • Flexspell™ technology for spelling errors
  • Built-in text-to-speech
  • Personalized vocabulary and settings
Features
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Co:Writer® Universal app and third-party keyboard gives students easy access to word prediction on iPad, iPad Pro, iPhone, and iPod Touch. Students simply sign in to their Co:Writer Universal accounts to write with their personal settings and vocabulary. ABOUT CO:WRITER UNIVERSAL This version is for schools with a Co:Writer Universal license only. Users without a Co:Writer Universal license must purchase the Co:Writer app. HOW DOES CO:WRITER WORK? As letters are typed, Co:Writer predicts the intended word with a selection of word suggestions using powerful grammar-smart word prediction. These suggestions can be read aloud with a swipe. Selecting the intended word places it into the writing document. For feedback while writing (and after writing) built-in text to speech can be used to read letters, words, sentences, and the entire document. 4+ MILLION TOPIC-SPECIFIC DICTIONARIES Co:Writer has access to a main prediction dictionary (that includes core words) and Topic Dictionaries (that includes topic specific words). Co:Writer can access over 4 million topic-specific dictionaries which are activated based on the writing task. A small sampling of the variety of topic dictionaries: - America's Cup - Apple II - Compare and Contrast - Dinosaurs - Grumpy Cat - History of the Peloponnesian War - Mahatma Gandhi - My Dog - Pig Latin - Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost - SpongeBob SquarePants - Tommy (album) - Wonders of the World SPELLING SUPPORT Co:Writer handles the widest range of spelling mistakes through its Flexspell™technology including phonetic spelling and inventive spelling errors (letter omissions, word ending omissions, letter reversals, etc). Examples of how Co:Writer aides with phonetic and/or inventive spelling: Before Co:Writer The blk jargon flu over the bra lfnt. R u hpy to ce me? I no hw to nor the fone. After Co:Writer The black dragon flew over the gray elephant. Are you happy to see me? I know how to answer the phone. GRAMMAR SUPPORT Co:Writer bases its prediction off of proper grammar, and uses its understanding of grammar to accurately predict words within the framework of valid sentence structures. Examples of how Co:Writer aides with grammar: Dogs are furry. (noun, verb, adj.) - When you typed d-o, you get plural noun choices Three very mangy dogs ran down the street. (adj., adv., adj., noun, verb… etc.) - After typing three, very, mangy, you get plural noun choices, then you get plural verb tenses. OTHER FEATURES - Built-in Text to Speech - Export

Screenshots

Autism iHelp4 screens
Co4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Autism iHelp at 3.5 against Co's 2.6. Autism iHelp also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (8.2 vs 10.0). Co's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (8% vs 0%). On price, ratings volume, ads 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

Both are free to download. Autism iHelp sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Co asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Autism iHelp holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 17 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Autism iHelp's written reviews are positive against 8% of Co's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Autism iHelp ships an update every 3 weeks, Co every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Autism iHelp versus Co: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAutism iHelpCo
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (15 ratings) — better2.6 (17 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews8.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1517 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.2 — better10.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohn TalaveraDon Johnston Incorporated

Customer experience

Autism iHelp

All ratings15 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative75.0%

Co

All ratings17 ratings
Positive29.4%
Neutral23.5%
Negative47.1%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive8.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative75.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Autism iHelp

One-time1
  • ALL SAME and DIFFERENT SETS$4.99
None

Co

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Autism iHelp free?
Autism iHelp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Co free?
Co is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Autism iHelp or Co?
Autism iHelp is rated higher. Autism iHelp averages 3.5 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Co averages 2.6 from 17 ratings.
Do Autism iHelp or Co have ads?
Neither Autism iHelp nor Co shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Autism iHelp or Co?
Autism iHelp ships an update every 3 weeks, and Co every 4 months. Most recently, Autism iHelp was updated on November 2, 2026 and Co on November 1, 2026.

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