Comparison

HB Phonological Awareness vs ABB

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

Head to head
About

HB Phonological Awareness

This educational app helps students improve listening and phonological awareness skills through interactive sound-based activities. Students learn to segment, blend, and manipulate sounds to build a virtual rock band, with a multi-level program that gradually increases in difficulty.

Highlights
  • Targets nine phonological awareness skills
  • Systematic sound segmentation and blending
  • Multi-level program with increasing difficulty
  • Monitors progress and provides feedback
  • Teaches listening skills for reading
  • Customizable program settings
Features
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HearBuilder is available for all users—families, educators, therapists, schools, and districts. Anyone with a HearBuilder subscription can access the full program. HearBuilder Phonological Awareness gives students a systematic, engaging way to build phonological awareness and listening skills. As they learn to segment, blend, and manipulate sounds, students earn instruments and band members to form the rock group The Phonemix, turning skill practice into a fun musical adventure. Program Features • Targets nine essential phonological awareness skills: Sentence Segmentation, Syllable Blending, Syllable Segmentation, Rhyming, Phoneme Blending, Phoneme Segmentation & Identification, Phoneme Deletion, Phoneme Addition, and Phoneme Manipulation • Multi level activities that gradually increase in difficulty • Builds foundational listening and sound awareness skills needed for early reading • Supports learners at a wide range of skill levels • Tracks progress and provides frequent feedback to keep students motivated HearBuilder Online (my.hearbuilder.com) • Access all four HearBuilder programs: Following Directions, Phonological Awareness, Auditory Memory, and Sequencing • Monitor progress and track student performance • Individualize each student’s settings and difficulty levels • Add adjustable background noise to increase challenge • Customize and print detailed reports

About

ABB

Features
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Numbers is an educational game that promotes counting skills in English and Spanish. A password is required to play this game.

Screenshots

HB Phonological Awareness4 screens
ABB4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ABB at 13.0 against HB Phonological Awareness's 15.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
HB Phonological Awareness versus ABB: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHB Phonological AwarenessABB
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (24 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings24 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size239 MB661 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSuper Duper PublicationsEducation Service Center, Region 20

In-app purchases

None

HB Phonological Awareness

No in-app purchases

None

ABB

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HB Phonological Awareness free?
HB Phonological Awareness is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ABB free?
ABB is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HB Phonological Awareness or ABB have ads?
Neither HB Phonological Awareness nor ABB shows ads.

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