Comparison

HearBuilder Sequencing vs Listening Power Advanced

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

Listening Power Advanced

This app offers practice for auditory and language processing skills, covering grammar, vocabulary, comprehension, and memory. It features five activities with over 1200 questions, adjustable difficulty, and customizable story options.

Highlights
  • Language processing practice
  • Auditory processing tasks
  • Over 1200 questions
  • Adjustable difficulty levels
  • Customizable story selection
  • Optional text display for reading comprehension
Features
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Listening Power Advanced Skills is a groundbreaking app that provides practice for users anywhere from late elementary school age through adults. Designed by Patti Hamaguchi, MA, CCC-SLP, a licensed speech-language pathologist who has written books on the treatment of auditory processing and is a co-author of the TAPS4 test, this app focuses on language processing (grammar, vocabulary, narrative and question comprehension) and auditory processing tasks (auditory memory auditory closure, auditory figure-ground). This is a great choice to supplement speech-language therapy and those who are strengthening central auditory processing skills. This app was previously titled "Listening Power Grades 4-8+" but we found that it was also an excellent choice for students in high school and even adults, so it has a new title! Put the "text on" and narration off to turn it into a reading comprehension app! There are 5 activities in this app and over 1200 questions in the following categories: Listening for Grammar (Which sentence sounds right?) Listening for Meaning (What does that mean? Building vocabulary!) Listening for Fast Sentences (What did I say? Time-compressed sentences) Listening for Missing Sounds (What did I say? Auditory clozure) Listening for Stories (Narrative language): Various questions about the story-includes optional visual and/or background noise distraction) Now the user can also custom-select the stories too! An auto advance/drop setting automatically adjusts the level of difficulty of the app. Text can be turned on (for reading decoding and comprehension practice) or left off. Within the Settings, you can select 2, 3 or 4 choices as well as the Easy, Intermediate, or Advanced level. A perfect app for speech therapy! Questions? Contact our tech support at: info@hamaguchiapps.com Check our website at www.hamaguchiapps.com

Screenshots

HearBuilder Sequencing1 screens
Listening Power Advanced4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: HearBuilder Sequencing at Free against Listening Power Advanced's $19.99. HearBuilder Sequencing also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 28 months) and ratings volume (17 vs 3). Listening Power Advanced's advantage is review sentiment (67% vs 22%) and rating (4.3 vs 2.9). On 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; Listening Power Advanced costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Listening Power Advanced holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HearBuilder Sequencing has 17 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of HearBuilder Sequencing's written reviews are positive against 67% of Listening Power Advanced's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HearBuilder Sequencing ships an update every 3 months, Listening Power Advanced every 28 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
HearBuilder Sequencing versus Listening Power Advanced: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHearBuilder SequencingListening Power Advanced
PriceFree — better$19.99
Rating2.9 (17 ratings)4.3 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews22.2% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 28 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size328 MB1.2 GB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSuper Duper PublicationsHamaguchi Learning & Development, LLC

Customer experience

HearBuilder Sequencing

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

Listening Power Advanced

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

HearBuilder Sequencing

No in-app purchases

None

Listening Power Advanced

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HearBuilder Sequencing free?
HearBuilder Sequencing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Listening Power Advanced free?
Listening Power Advanced costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HearBuilder Sequencing or Listening Power Advanced?
Listening Power Advanced is rated higher. HearBuilder Sequencing averages 2.9 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Listening Power Advanced averages 4.3 from 3 ratings.
Do HearBuilder Sequencing or Listening Power Advanced have ads?
Neither HearBuilder Sequencing nor Listening Power Advanced shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HearBuilder Sequencing or Listening Power Advanced?
HearBuilder Sequencing ships an update every 3 months, and Listening Power Advanced every 28 months. Most recently, HearBuilder Sequencing was updated on October 30, 2026 and Listening Power Advanced on October 24, 2026.

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