Comparison

HB Auditory Memory vs Conversation Planner

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

Head to head
About

HB Auditory Memory

This educational app helps students improve auditory memory, closure, and comprehension skills through engaging, multi-level missions. Players assist characters in saving MemoryTown from a forgetful villain by completing various listening activities.

Highlights
  • Auditory memory training
  • Auditory closure exercises
  • Comprehension skill development
  • Memory for Numbers
  • Memory for Words
  • Memory for Details
  • Auditory Closure
  • Memory for WH Information
Features
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HearBuilder is available for all users—families, educators, therapists, schools, and districts. Anyone witha HearBuilder subscription can access the full program. Join Recall Agents Kim and Joey as they race to save MemoryTown from the mischievous Dr. Forgetsit. Students strengthen auditory memory, closure, and comprehension skills through engaging missions that make learning feel like an adventure. Each multi‑level task in HearBuilder Auditory Memory sends students on a new challenge to outsmart Dr. Forgetsit. The humorous storylines and interactive activities keep learners motivated while they build essential skills for recalling verbal information. Program Features HearBuilder Auditory Memory teaches key strategies for remembering important information and includes five essential listening activities: • Memory for Numbers (3–7 digits) • Memory for Words (3–5 words organized by syllable) • Memory for Details (1–4 details) • Auditory Closure (Sentence Completion) • Memory for WH Information (2–3 sentences / 2–4 questions) 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

Conversation Planner

This app teaches children a step-by-step method to prepare for conversations and social situations. It focuses on perspective-taking and uses over 150 real-world scenarios to build social skills. It offers independent and therapist modes, with progress tracking and a reward center.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step conversation preparation
  • Perspective-taking focus
  • 150+ real-world scenarios
  • Progress tracking
  • Reward Center
  • Independent and therapist modes
Features
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** Happy Frog Apps is a Mom’s Choice Award Winner! Also featured on FunEducationalApps.com, TeachersWithApps.com, and more! ** Conversation Planner teaches your child a step-by-step method to prepare for any conversation or social situation. Kids learn to think about who they are talking to, what that person will expect, when to know the person is ready for the conversation, etc. Conversation Planner gives your child the tools to complete successful conversations. What parents say about our awesome apps: *** 5 stars! Brilliant! An app that understands how kids actually learn. Thank you!
 *** 5 stars! This app totally engaged my 8 year old resistant reader! He keeps asking for it! I'll be checking out your other apps for sure!
 Conversation Planner provides: - A step-by-step introduction to all the key components of a conversation: how to start, how to finish, how to repair conversation problems, how to know your talking partner is ready, etc. - A focus on perspective-taking. Learners identify the conversation goals for themselves, their talking partners as well as the expectations of other people around them. - Students learn and practice their skills using more than 150 real-world, age-appropriate scenarios. - Students progress 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 mode 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 free version, which has one free book. Additional levels and additional players can be accessed with in-app purchases. (All levels can be purchased for $2.99 -- price may change.)

If you prefer no in-app purchases, download the School Edition 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.  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.

Screenshots

HB Auditory Memory4 screens
Conversation Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Conversation Planner at 4.3 against HB Auditory Memory's 3.6. Conversation Planner also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 64%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). HB Auditory Memory's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (35 vs 4). On price, ads 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. Conversation Planner sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. HB Auditory Memory asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Conversation Planner holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HB Auditory Memory has 35 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of HB Auditory Memory's written reviews are positive against 100% of Conversation Planner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HB Auditory Memory ships an update every 3 months, Conversation Planner weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
HB Auditory Memory versus Conversation Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHB Auditory MemoryConversation Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (35 ratings)4.3 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings35 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size242 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSuper Duper, Inc.Janine Toole

Customer experience

HB Auditory Memory

All ratings34 ratings
Positive58.8%
Neutral11.8%
Negative29.4%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral9.1%
Negative27.3%

Conversation Planner

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

HB Auditory Memory

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Conversation Planner

One-time3
  • 2 Users$1.99
  • All Levels$2.99
  • 10 Users$3.99

Questions

Is HB Auditory Memory free?
HB Auditory Memory is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Conversation Planner free?
Conversation Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HB Auditory Memory or Conversation Planner?
Conversation Planner is rated higher. HB Auditory Memory averages 3.6 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while Conversation Planner averages 4.3 from 4 ratings.
Do HB Auditory Memory or Conversation Planner have ads?
Neither HB Auditory Memory nor Conversation Planner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HB Auditory Memory or Conversation Planner?
HB Auditory Memory ships an update every 3 months, and Conversation Planner weekly. Most recently, HB Auditory Memory was updated on September 16, 2026 and Conversation Planner on September 19, 2026.

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