Comparison

HearBuilder Sequencing vs Verb Toolbox

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

Head to head
About

HearBuilder Sequencing

This educational app helps children develop sequencing skills through interactive activities and games. It offers customizable levels and progress tracking for multiple students, progressing from simple 2-step sequences to more complex 6-step tasks.

Highlights
  • Illustrated sequencing activities
  • Progressive difficulty levels (2-6 steps)
  • Reward arcade games
  • Progress monitoring and data tracking
  • Customizable settings and reports
  • Audio and text options
Features
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The award-winning, research and evidence-based software program is now an iPad app! Hearbuilder Sequencing includes the Sequencing Funhouse. First, click the door of the Sequencing Funhouse to practice sequencing activities. Then play a reward game in the arcade. Finally become a Sequencing Superstar! HearBuilder Sequencing features 120 illustrated sequences for targeting comprehension and critical thinking. Start out with simple 2-step sequences and gradually progress to 6 steps! Take a FREE tour and choose your level of play. If you have an online subscription to HearBuilder and a student login, you can access the entire program. HearBuilder Sequencing includes multiple levels of difficulty and 14 different settings variations to target the individual needs of each student. To play, students place events of an everyday activity in a logical order. All you have to do is: 1.Choose a task—either Sequence Stories or Sequence Instructions. 2.Then choose to Show Pictures, Play Audio, and/or Show Text—Turn any of the options on or off to change your treatment goals. 3.Set the range of steps in a sequence (2–6 steps). 4.Click Play Game and ask each student to place the cards in the correct order. When students complete a level with 80% accuracy, they will get to choose 1 of 4 games to play in the arcade. HearBuilder Sequencing allows you to: •Monitor progress and track data for an unlimited number of students. •Individualize each student program. •Set levels of difficulty for each activity. •Add background noise at any level and adjust the volume for each student. •Customize and print reports. •Analyze all responses.

About

Verb Toolbox

This app provides targeted exercises for individuals with comprehension and word-finding challenges. It offers activities focused on understanding verbs, retrieving and naming them, and producing them in sentences, with progress tracking features.

Highlights
  • Verb comprehension exercises
  • Verb retrieval and naming activities
  • Sentence production practice
  • Errorless learning approach
  • Semantic feature analysis
  • Response elaboration therapy
  • Customizable verb testing
  • Progress tracking and reporting
Features
Currently charting
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Verb Toolbox is a professional speech therapy app designed for older children and adults with comprehension and/or word-finding difficulties.  It targets listening and reading comprehension of verbs, verb retrieval and naming as well as verb production in sentences.  Verb Toolbox has 6 activities: Comprehension Listen: In the activity, the person is required to understand the spoken verb and match it to the corresponding picture. There is a choice of 2, 3, 4 or 6 pictures. Read: In this activity, the person is required to read and understand the written verb and match it to the corresponding picture. There is a choice of 2, 3, 4 or 6 pictures. Naming & Sentence Production Repeat: This activity uses an evidence-based treatment approach called Errorless Learning. The app repeats the name of the verb 3 times and asks the user to repeat it 3 times. Describe: This activity uses an evidence-based treatment approach called Semantic Feature Analysis. There are 6 questions designed to prompt the user to describe each feature of the action/verb and ultimately improve their naming/verb retrieval. Elaborate: This activity is based on a treatment approach called Response Elaboration Therapy. It uses 'Wh' questions (Who, What, Where, Why) to help the user to expand their answers when describing the picture. Assessment Verb Test: A fully customisable test which allows you to choose the verbs you wish to include. Keep track of client progress over time by emailing result summaries or by checking the in-built record of scores. The app includes: - Over 100 clear, large, high-quality colour pictures of people doing a range of activities such as eating a hamburger, driving a car, bowling, sight-seeing etc. - Adjustable difficulty levels in comprehension tasks - The option to add multiple users - Results summary that can be emailed - Results tracking and in-built storage - No subscriptions, no monthly bills, no Wi-fi needed All Aptus Speech & Language Therapy apps participate in the 50% off Volume Purchase Program, so talk to your school about buying in bulk!

Screenshots

HearBuilder Sequencing1 screens
Verb Toolbox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Verb Toolbox at 100% against HearBuilder Sequencing's 22%. Verb Toolbox also leads on chart position (#181 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). HearBuilder Sequencing's advantage is price (Free vs $11.99). On update cadence, 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

HearBuilder Sequencing is free to download; Verb Toolbox costs $11.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HearBuilder Sequencing ships an update every 3 months, Verb Toolbox every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and August 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
HearBuilder Sequencing versus Verb Toolbox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHearBuilder SequencingVerb Toolbox
PriceFree — better$11.99
Rating2.9 (17 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews22.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#181 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size328 MB108 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSuper Duper, Inc.Aptus Speech and Language Therapy Limited

Customer experience

HearBuilder Sequencing

All ratings17 ratings
Positive41.2%
Neutral5.9%
Negative52.9%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive22.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative77.8%

Verb Toolbox

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

HearBuilder Sequencing

No in-app purchases

None

Verb Toolbox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HearBuilder Sequencing free?
HearBuilder Sequencing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Verb Toolbox free?
Verb Toolbox costs $11.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do HearBuilder Sequencing or Verb Toolbox have ads?
Neither HearBuilder Sequencing nor Verb Toolbox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HearBuilder Sequencing or Verb Toolbox?
HearBuilder Sequencing ships an update every 3 months, and Verb Toolbox every 5 months. Most recently, HearBuilder Sequencing was updated on September 16, 2026 and Verb Toolbox on August 21, 2026.

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