FirstWork vs Token Board ABA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FirstWork
This platform offers digital Discrete Trial Instruction (DTI/DTT) with thousands of ABA and SPED learning goals. It provides innovative rewards and deep customization for personalized learning programs, trusted by professionals.
- Thousands of ABA and SPED learning goals
- Matching, Receptive Identification, FFC
- Expressive Language and Phonics activities
- Customizable spelling and counting exercises
- Progress monitoring and export features
- Focus Mode to limit distractions
- Digital reward system with app access
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FirstWork is the most popular digital Discrete Trial Instruction(DTI/DTT) platform featuring the most common ABA and SPED learning goals, thousands of targets, innovative rewards, and deep customization options. FirstWork is trusted by thousands of ABA and SPED professionals for their personalized learning programs. Our Learning Categories - featuring thousands of targets for: Matching: Boost cognitive skills by pairing related items. Receptive Identification: Enhance understanding through auditory and visual prompts. Feature, Function, and Class (FFC): Develop categorization and critical thinking skills by identifying objects based on their attributes, roles, and classifications. Expressive Language: Practice vocal responses with instructor-scored expressive language lessons. Letter Sound Matching: Strengthen phonics with interactive letter-sound activities. Spelling: Improve spelling with dynamic and customizable exercises. Counting: Build foundational math skills through counting tasks. Arithmetic: Advance numeracy with a variety of arithmetic challenges. Key Features: Progress Monitoring: Easily graph and monitor learning progress with our intuitive view and export features, helping you stay informed of your learner’s development. Customizable Lessons: Adapt the app to suit your learner’s specific needs with various lesson modifications. Lesson Sharing: Send a copy of your lesson to other FirstWork users, such as colleagues. Focus Mode: During lessons, you can limit access to distracting apps on your device making it an environment more suitable for learning. Reward System: You can grant time on your learner’s favorite apps as a reward, after their time is up, they’ll be brought back to FirstWork for another lesson. It’s ideal for remote learning, learning at home, or learners who enjoy digital rewards. Whether you're a parent, teacher, or ABA professional, FirstWork makes learning easy and enjoyable. Terms of Use: https://firstworkapp.com/terms-of-service/ Privacy Policy: https://firstworkapp.com/privacy-policy/
Token Board ABA
This digital token system helps children visually track progress and stay motivated on goals. It's a customizable tool for parents, teachers, and therapists to support positive behavior reinforcement. Ideal for home, classroom, or therapy settings, it replaces the need for paper rewards.
- Digital token board
- Customizable token count
- User-defined reward text
- One-tap board reset
- Supports home, classroom, therapy
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Help Students Stay Motivated and On Task The Token Board app is a simple and customizable tool designed to support positive behavior reinforcement. It is perfect for parents, teachers, and therapists. This digital token system helps children visually track their progress and stay focused on goals. Created by an RBT Paraprofessional for use during Discrete Trial Training in his ASD classroom. Features: • Easy to use digital token board • Customizable number of tokens • Add your own reward text • Reset board with a single tap • Ideal for home, classroom, or therapy settings Whether you are working on routines, transitions, or behavior goals, Token Board makes motivation fun and visual without the need for paper or stickers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Token Board ABA at none against FirstWork's 1. Token Board ABA also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). FirstWork's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 4 weeks) and ratings volume (14 vs 2). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. FirstWork sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $12.99 per month. Token Board ABA asks for nothing beyond the download.
Token Board ABA holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FirstWork has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
FirstWork ships an update every 8 days, Token Board ABA every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and August 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FirstWork | Token Board ABA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FirstWork LLC | Justin Ledvina |
Customer experience
FirstWork
Token Board ABA
In-app purchases
FirstWork
- Base$12.991 Month
Token Board ABA
No in-app purchases
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