Comparison

Skillberry Visuals vs First Then Board

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

Head to head
About

Skillberry Visuals

Create personalized visual token boards to encourage positive behavior and achieve goals. This tool supports routines, transitions, and daily tasks with custom images and rewards, making reinforcement simple for parents, educators, and therapists.

Highlights
  • Customizable token boards
  • Personalized photos and tokens
  • Flexible token counts
  • Built-in and custom rewards
  • Account synchronization
  • Ready-made board templates
Features
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Help make the next step clear and celebrate progress along the way. Skillberry Visuals gives parents, teachers, and therapists practical visual tools to support daily routines, transitions, and learning. From getting dressed to following classroom activities, create visual supports that fit the person you’re helping. MAKE ROUTINES EASIER TO FOLLOW Turn everyday tasks into clear, manageable steps. Use visual schedules, First Then boards, and step by step routines to show what’s happening now and what comes next. CELEBRATE EVERYDAY PROGRESS Use token boards and personalized rewards to recognize effort and keep goals visible. Small accomplishments deserve to be noticed. MAKE IT PERSONAL Choose images from your library, add your own pictures, and customize labels to make activities familiar and meaningful. SUPPORT DIFFERENT NEEDS Bring together visual timers, choice boards, visual cues, and other tools to support communication and participation. Build routines around each learner’s preferences and pace. KEEP SUPPORTS ORGANIZED Use profiles and folders to organize visuals for different children, students, clients, or activities. Print visual boards to keep familiar supports within reach beyond the screen. BUILT FOR EVERYDAY MOMENTS Support morning routines, classroom transitions, therapy activities, chores, and bedtime with visuals you can return to again and again. Whether you’re introducing a new routine or encouraging greater independence, Skillberry Visuals helps you make each next step easier to understand. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

First Then Board

This visual scheduling tool helps children and individuals who benefit from structure understand sequences of activities. It uses custom photos to create clear, calming visual schedules for daily routines and transitions. Progress can be logged and exported for care teams or educational updates.

Highlights
  • Customizable photo panels for routines
  • Multi-step routine creation
  • Photo import from camera or library
  • Progress logging and export
  • Ad-free premium experience
  • Unsplash photo integration
  • Scheduled boards
Features
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First Then Board is a visual schedule tool that helps children, and anyone who benefits from structure, understand what comes now and what comes next using their own photos or visual supports. Whether you're a parent, teacher, therapist, or caregiver, First Then Board provides a clear, calming way to communicate daily activities, transitions, and expectations without relying on words. With Premium, log each completed routine or note when more time was needed, then export a progress report to share with your care team. This began as a personal project to help my daughter with autism navigate daily routines, and it has grown into a tool designed to support other families facing the same challenges. FREE FEATURES • Free version supported by ads • Simple First and Then photo board • Add up to 5 middle steps for multi-step routines • Use photos from your camera or photo library • Add text labels under each image • Pinch to zoom and reposition photos • Drag to swap panels • Switch between vertical and side-by-side layouts • Reset boards quickly • English and Spanish • Step-by-step tutorial • Contact support from the menu PREMIUM FEATURES • Ad-free experience • Unsplash photo search • Activity timer with automatic celebration • Screen lock • Dark and light mode • Task completion overlays • Custom panel titles and header colors • Quick Boards to save and reuse routines • Scheduled routine reminders • Child profiles with separate photos, saved boards and history • Optional per-child PIN protection • Record completed activities and activities that needed more time • Reload boards from history • Export history to CSV • 90-day completion history • Saved photo library, favorites and search Premium is available through a yearly subscription or a lifetime purchase. Prices and any eligible offers are shown before purchase. Redeem App Store offer codes from the menu. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Skillberry Visuals4 screens
First Then Board4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Skillberry Visuals at none against First Then Board's shown. Skillberry Visuals also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (16 vs 3). First Then Board's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Skillberry Visuals sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and First Then Board sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

First Then Board holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Skillberry Visuals has 16 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Skillberry Visuals ships an update every 11 days, First Then Board every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Skillberry Visuals versus First Then Board: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSkillberry VisualsFirst Then Board
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (16 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings16 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size129 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRenee Gomez AlvarezAngelo Cipollaro

Customer experience

Skillberry Visuals

All ratings16 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

First Then Board

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Skillberry Visuals

Subscriptions2
  • Token Board Clubhouse1 Month trial$5.991 Month
  • Token Board Clubhouse1 Year trial$44.991 Year
One-time1
  • Clubhouse Lifetime$29.99
2 purchases

First Then Board

Subscriptions1
  • First Then Premium Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • First Then Premium Lifetime$34.99

Questions

Is Skillberry Visuals free?
Skillberry Visuals is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is First Then Board free?
First Then Board is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Skillberry Visuals or First Then Board?
First Then Board is rated higher. Skillberry Visuals averages 4.8 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while First Then Board averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Skillberry Visuals or First Then Board have ads?
First Then Board shows ads; Skillberry Visuals does not.
Which is updated more often, Skillberry Visuals or First Then Board?
Skillberry Visuals ships an update every 11 days, and First Then Board every 5 weeks. Most recently, Skillberry Visuals was updated on October 14, 2026 and First Then Board on October 18, 2026.

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