Comparison

Bitsboard Flashcards PRO vs HB Following Directions

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

Head to head
About

Bitsboard Flashcards PRO

This interactive learning app offers over 35 educational games and activities for students and teachers. Create custom lessons, track progress, and master subjects like languages and spelling through engaging mini-games. It supports multiple users and syncs content across devices.

Highlights
  • 35+ educational games and study modes
  • Create custom lessons with images and audio
  • Track individual user progress
  • Supports multiple users and accounts
  • Sync content across devices
  • Private classroom features
  • Accessibility options including switch control
Features
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A top 5 education game in the U.S.  2021 Academic Choice Awards Winner Spark excitement for learning with Bitsboard – an interactive learning app trusted by over 5 million parents, teachers and students worldwide. Create your own learning experience with 35+ educational activities, join a private classroom or dive into thousands of hand-curated flashcard decks – whatever you want to learn, Bitsboard is here to make it fun and make it stick! What you can do with the Bitsboard app: Teachers • Create lessons in minutes with beautiful images and clear audio • Adapt lessons to an individual user’s learning speed • Encourage higher level thinking with fun single/multiplayer mini-games • Keep track of individual progress • Automatically back up and sync data across devices Students • Turn boring assignments into addictive mini-games • Master languages, vocab, reading, spelling and more • Compete in multiplayer games with classmates • Study at your own pace or with others OVER 35+ POWERFUL MINI GAMES / STUDY MODES IN 1 APP INCLUDING • Flashcards • Photo Touch • Memory Cards (1-4 players) • Pop Quiz • Match Up • Word Builder • Sentence Builder • Spelling Bee • BINGO (1-4 players) • Letter Tracing • Sequencing • Related Items • Word Search • Crosswords • Letter Match • Odd One Out • What Comes Next? • Side by Side • Word Chunks • Communicator • Reader • Questions Game • Photo Hunt (1-4 players) • Racing Rivals (2 players) • Battle Time (2 players) • Say It Game TRACKS YOUR PROGRESS • Bitsboard keeps track of every answer for every game, user, and board SUPPORTS MULTIPLE USERS • Bitsboard makes it easy to add multiple users and switch between user accounts • You can now instantly review the detailed progress for each user • Automatically saves game settings at the user level ACCESSIBILITY OPTIONS • Bitsboard fully supports switch control to make all of the games accessible for users with disabilities ORGANIZE YOUR BOARDS • You can now group your boards into classes. • Each board can fit into as many classes as you like. • Organize your boards by class, user, subject, and more. ACCELERATE YOUR LEARNING • Bitsboard's learning algorithm automatically personalizes each game based on the players skills. • Bitsboard knows your problem words and when you are ready to move on to your next challenge. SHARE AND SYNC CONTENT ACROSS DEVICES • With Bitsboard, you can share and sync your custom lessons across devices with just one click • With user based cloud sync you can automatically backup all of your students, boards, and user stats and sync everything across devices BITSBOARD CLASSES • Share and automatically sync all of your content with other users / students on other devices • Bitsboard classes are private - only you and the students you approve see your content CLOUD SYNC • With cloud sync all of your boards, students, classes, and settings are automatically backed up and sync across all of your devices QR LOGIN CARDS • To protect student’s privacy you can generate student accounts without any email or password. Once created, you can share the login details of each student account via a simple QR login card. Just email the QR code to your student and they will be able to download the free Bitsboard app and log into their Bitsboard account. Have questions? We are here to help. Email us at support@happymooseapps.com Privacy Policy: http://bitsboard.com/privacy-policy Subscription Terms: http://bitsboard.com/subscription-terms

About

HB Following Directions

This educational app helps children improve auditory processing and following directions skills through a fun game format. It systematically teaches basic concepts and listening skills essential for reading, adapting to different learning levels.

Highlights
  • Follows increasingly difficult directions
  • Teaches 40 basic concepts
  • Improves listening and sound awareness
  • Fun game format
  • Monitors progress and provides feedback
  • Adapts to different skill levels
Features
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Our award-winning, research-based and evidence-based software program is now an iPad app! HearBuilder Following Directions gives students a systematic way to improve their auditory and following directions skills! At the same time, students will learn how to become Master Toy Makers while building their own Toy Central factories. App features: • Follow increasingly difficult directions • Demonstrate knowledge of 40 basic concepts in five areas: Basic Directions, Sequential Directions, Quantitative & Spatial Directions, Temporal Directions, and Conditional Directions • Teaches children important listening and sound awareness for reading • Uses a fun game format to teach children better auditory processing and listening skills • Meets the needs of children with different skill levels • Monitors progress and provides frequent feedback With HearBuilder Online at my.hearbuilder.com you can: • Access all four HearBuilder programs – Following Directions, Phonological Awareness, Auditory Memory and Sequencing • Monitor progress and track student data • Individualize each student’s program settings • Set levels of difficulty for each activity • Add background noise at any level and adjust the volume for each student • Customize and print reports

Screenshots

Bitsboard Flashcards PRO4 screens
HB Following Directions1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: HB Following Directions at Free against Bitsboard Flashcards PRO's $42.99. Bitsboard Flashcards PRO's advantage is rating (4.2 vs 3.3) and review sentiment (65% vs 38%). 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

HB Following Directions is free to download; Bitsboard Flashcards PRO costs $42.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bitsboard Flashcards PRO holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bitsboard Flashcards PRO has 400 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Bitsboard Flashcards PRO's written reviews are positive against 38% of HB Following Directions's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bitsboard Flashcards PRO ships an update every 2 weeks, HB Following Directions every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Bitsboard Flashcards PRO versus HB Following Directions: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBitsboard Flashcards PROHB Following Directions
Price$42.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (400 ratings) — better3.3 (24 ratings)
Positive reviews65.1% of reviews — better37.5% of reviews
Number of ratings400 — better24
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size136 MB295 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHappy Moose AppsSuper Duper Publications

Customer experience

Bitsboard Flashcards PRO

All ratings400 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral5.3%
Negative14.8%
Written reviews126 reviews
Positive65.1%
Neutral9.5%
Negative25.4%

HB Following Directions

All ratings24 ratings
Positive54.2%
Neutral4.2%
Negative41.7%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Bitsboard Flashcards PRO

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inability to access user statistics and data
  • Disappearing user boards and content
  • Incompatibility issues with newer iOS versions
  • Repeated crashes during use

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to back up and restore user boards
  • More customization options for games and activities
  • Improved user interface and navigation
  • Offline access to content

HB Following Directions

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Bitsboard Flashcards PRO

No in-app purchases

None

HB Following Directions

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bitsboard Flashcards PRO free?
Bitsboard Flashcards PRO costs $42.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is HB Following Directions free?
HB Following Directions is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bitsboard Flashcards PRO or HB Following Directions?
Bitsboard Flashcards PRO is rated higher. Bitsboard Flashcards PRO averages 4.2 out of 5 from 400 ratings, while HB Following Directions averages 3.3 from 24 ratings.
Do Bitsboard Flashcards PRO or HB Following Directions have ads?
Neither Bitsboard Flashcards PRO nor HB Following Directions shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bitsboard Flashcards PRO or HB Following Directions?
Bitsboard Flashcards PRO ships an update every 2 weeks, and HB Following Directions every 2 months. Most recently, Bitsboard Flashcards PRO was updated on November 1, 2026 and HB Following Directions on November 2, 2026.

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