HearBuilder Sequencing vs Conversation Skills
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Conversation Skills
This app helps children and adults practice essential conversation skills in a stress-free environment. It offers over 140 practice situations with supportive feedback and progress tracking. Designed for children with autism, it's also suitable for adults learning English or dealing with aphasia.
- Practice identifying interests
- Choose appropriate topics
- Join and continue conversations
- Over 140 practice situations
- Progress tracking and reporting
- Reward Center for motivation
- Independent and therapist modes
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** Happy Frog Apps is a Mom’s Choice Award Winner! Also featured on FunEducationalApps.com, TeachersWithApps.com, and more! ** The “Conversation Skills” app helps children with autism practice key steps in conversation: - Identifying a friend's interests, - Choosing an appropriate topic, - Figuring out what topic is already being talked about, - Joining a conversation, - Continuing a conversation with appropriate follow-up questions and comments. This app provides kids the chance to practice and get supportive feedback in a calm, stress-free environment where they can consider their options. Once kids build the skills of how to choose topics and continue conversations, they'll be able to bring these skills to real-life situations. The “Conversation Skills” app gives your learner the social conversation skills they need to better manage social situations at home, school and in the community. What parents say about our awesome apps: *** 5 stars! Brilliant! An app that understands how kids actually learn. Thank you. *** 5 stars! Your social skill apps are excellent! “Conversation Skills” provides: - More than 140 situations for a wide variety of practice. - Students progress to the next level only when mastery of the current skill is demonstrated. - 'At a glance' reporting shows you instantly how your learner is progressing. - The fun Reward Center motivates even hesitant learners. Most exciting, this app offers independent AND therapist mode. In independent mode, answers are displayed and the learner taps the correct answer. In therapist mode, no answers are displayed. For each question, the student answers orally and the therapist taps whether the learner's oral answer was correct or incorrect. Both modes earn coins for the Reward Center. Our apps are designed for and tested by typical and special needs children. Testers include children with Autism and other special needs. Our apps work for them! Our apps are also suitable for adults dealing with aphasia or learning English as a Second Language. To evaluate the app, download the lite version, which has 1 free level. Additional levels and additional players can be accessed with in-app purchases. If you prefer no in-app purchases, download the paid version of this app, which includes all levels and up to 10 players. We take customer service very seriously! If you ever have a problem or find that we've missed something, contact us at our website and we will do our best to fix the problem. www.HappyFrogApps.com Our apps are safe for kids. We collect NO private information in our app. None! Our apps do not allow unrestricted web or social media access. We conform to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Conversation Skills at 100% against HearBuilder Sequencing's 22%. Conversation Skills also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.9) and chart position (#192 vs unranked). HearBuilder Sequencing's advantage is price (Free vs $11.99) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 43 months). 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
HearBuilder Sequencing is free to download; Conversation Skills costs $11.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Conversation Skills holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HearBuilder Sequencing has 17 ratings behind it against 1, 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 100% of Conversation Skills's.
HearBuilder Sequencing ships an update every 3 months, Conversation Skills every 43 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and June 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HearBuilder Sequencing | Conversation Skills |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $11.99 |
| Rating | 2.9 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 43 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #192 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 328 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Super Duper, Inc. | Janine Toole |
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HearBuilder Sequencing
Conversation Skills
In-app purchases
HearBuilder Sequencing
No in-app purchases
Conversation Skills
No in-app purchases
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