SPEDup Education vs Blume Method
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SPEDup Education
This platform helps educators and administrators efficiently record and analyze student behavioral data using the ABC system. It offers a digital alternative to paper records, saving valuable time for teachers and improving data accuracy.
- Record behavioral data
- Real-time data analysis
- ABC data system
- Digital alternative to paper
- Time-saving for teachers
- Improved data accuracy
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SpedUp is behavior documentation built for the people doing the documenting. Teachers record what happened, when, and what came before and after, using the ABC format districts already expect. Administrators see the patterns across a classroom, a building, or a whole district, without chasing paper. WRITE THE REPORT IN THE ROOM, NOT AFTER SCHOOL The ABC report is six short steps in plain language. Pick the student, set the time, then choose what happened before the behavior, what the behavior was, and how staff responded. Drafts save as you go and work offline, so a dead spot in a portable classroom does not cost you the report. ASK FOR HELP WITHOUT LEAVING THE ROOM One tap sends a support request to your response team with the student and a short description. Your team gets a push notification, and a text message if they have added and verified their own number. Everyone can see whether it has been picked up, acknowledged, or resolved. SEE THE PATTERN, NOT JUST THE INCIDENT Every student has an analytics view: incident trend over time, which behaviors come up most, the antecedents that keep reappearing, and the times of day things tend to happen. It updates as reports come in. SHARE A PDF IN SECONDS Pick a time period, choose which sections to include, and generate a behavior report to hand to a parent, an IEP team, or a consultant. FOR EVERY TEACHER, NOT ONLY SPECIAL EDUCATION SpedUp started in special education and those tools still fit that work. It is not limited to it. Any teacher documenting behavior, in any classroom, can use it, and general education staff can work alongside SPED teams on the same student. FOR ADMINISTRATORS A dashboard for your school or district: who is reporting, which students need attention, how adoption is going across buildings, and exports when you need the underlying data. GETTING IN Sign in with an email and password, or with ClassLink if your district uses it. Join your school with a six digit code, or accept an invitation from an administrator and skip setup entirely. HOW SCHOOLS GET SPEDUP SpedUp is licensed to schools and districts. There are no in-app purchases. Talk to us at www.spedupeducation.com. Support: support@spedupeducation.com Privacy Policy: https://www.spedupeducation.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://www.spedupeducation.com/terms
Blume Method
This app provides training and tools to help school districts write IEPs that are consistent, objective, and legally sound. It aims to standardize the IEP writing process for educators.
- IEP writing training
- Objective IEP development
- Defensible IEP documentation
- District-wide consistency
- IEP tools
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The Blume Method mobile app helps make your district's IEP writing consistent, objective and defensible with The Blume Method training & tools.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Blume Method at none against SPEDup Education's 2. SPEDup Education's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. SPEDup Education sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Blume Method asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SPEDup Education against 5.0 for Blume Method. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
SPEDup Education ships an update every 4 weeks, Blume Method every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SPEDup Education | Blume Method |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SPEDUP LLC | BlumeIEP LLC |
Customer experience
SPEDup Education
Blume Method
In-app purchases
SPEDup Education
- Premium Month1 Month trial$5.991 Month
- Premium Year1 Month trial$59.991 Year
Blume Method
No in-app purchases
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