Comparison

ELSB Lite vs See.Touch.Learn. Site Edition

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

Head to head
About

ELSB Lite

This app provides systematic instruction for print and phonemic awareness, featuring seven levels and ongoing assessments for personalized student progress. Research supports its effectiveness as a literacy program.

Highlights
  • Systematic print and phonemic awareness instruction
  • Seven distinct learning levels
  • Ongoing student assessments
  • Personalized progress tracking
  • Research-backed effectiveness
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The Early Literacy Skills Builder app incorporates systematic instruction to teach both print and phonemic awareness. ELSB is a multi-year program with seven distinct levels and ongoing assessments so students progress at their own pace. Note: This free version comes with level 1 - Lesson 1 and Level 5 - lesson 1. Full levels can be purchased from the in-app store. Five years of solid research have been completed through the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, proving ELSB to be a highly effective literacy program and more effective than a sight-word only program. ELSB is based upon the principles of systematic and direct instruction. It incorporates scripted lessons, least-prompt strategies, teachable objectives, built-in lesson repetition, and ongoing assessments. The seven ELSB levels contain five structured lessons each. All students begin at Level 1. Instruction is one-on-one or in small groups. Teach scripted lessons daily in two 30-minute sessions. On the completion of each level, formal assessments are given. ELSB includes everything you need to implement a multi-year literacy curriculum.

About

See.Touch.Learn. Site Edition

This app provides a visual learning system for special needs and autism students, replacing physical flashcards. It offers a vast library of real pictures and professionally designed lessons, with features for creating custom content and tracking student data. It's designed for organizations with existing service agreements.

Highlights
  • 4,400+ high-resolution real pictures
  • 2,200+ ABA-certified exercises
  • Customizable lesson creation
  • Unlimited student data tracking
  • Private organizational community
  • Access to shared community lessons
Features
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Visual Instruction for special needs, autism students - replaces your flash cards. Over 4,400 pictures, and 4,000+ lessons in our community. NOTE: See.Touch.Learn. SITE Edition requires an existing account with Brain Parade. Designed for agencies, schools, districts and therapy centers, providing teachers and therapists with the power and flexibility to create fully customized visual lessons – all within one standardized app. Easily deliver effective, custom instruction to each student. The SITE Edition tracks student data from each lesson for an unlimited number of students. Only SITE Edition Users have access to their own private community where they can share and exchange peer-reviewed activities and lessons. SITE Edition customers also receive premium levels of support and additional training options to ensure your team is best equipped to deliver optimal instruction. Features include: - 4,400 stunning, hi-resolution pictures covering a wide variety of topics and situations. Real pictures, Not Illustrations. - 2,200 exercises designed by ABA certified Brain Parade professionals - Access to a Brain Parade Community where thousands of users share lessons and libraries so you can find exactly what you are looking for. - A private community, just for your organization, where you can develop shared content for use among your colleagues only. This makes it very easy to get a new staff member started with familiar content - Data collection for an unlimited number of students. Automatically collect data on each lesson that a student works on. You can even export the data to your favorite spreadsheet or reporting tool. - An interactive help wizard within the app that you can use to answer your specific question right when and where you need it. - Access to priority Brain Parade service and support - Training from Brain Parade See.Touch.Learn. Site Edition is a Picture Card Learning System that replaces all your physical flash cards. Award winning, easy to use and chosen by over 500,000 people in 104 countries! Create custom lessons using the starter library, or purchase any of 50 individual libraries with over 4,400 pictures and 2,200 exercises developed by professionals. Subscribe to the Brain Parade Community for access to thousands more lessons shared by your peers around the globe. * See.Touch.Learn. Site Edition is for organizations with existing service agreements with Brain Parade.

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ELSB Lite at 50% against See.Touch.Learn. Site Edition's 0%. See.Touch.Learn. Site Edition's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence, 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. ELSB Lite sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. See.Touch.Learn. Site Edition asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ELSB Lite versus See.Touch.Learn. Site Edition: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterELSB LiteSee.Touch.Learn. Site Edition
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS13.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size236 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAttainment CompanyBrain Parade

Customer experience

ELSB Lite

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

See.Touch.Learn. Site Edition

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

ELSB Lite

One-time7
  • Level 1$21.99
  • Level 2$21.99
  • Level 3$21.99
Show 4 more
  • Level 4$21.99
  • Level 5$21.99
  • Level 6$21.99
  • Level 7$21.99
None

See.Touch.Learn. Site Edition

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ELSB Lite free?
ELSB Lite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is See.Touch.Learn. Site Edition free?
See.Touch.Learn. Site Edition is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ELSB Lite or See.Touch.Learn. Site Edition have ads?
Neither ELSB Lite nor See.Touch.Learn. Site Edition shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ELSB Lite or See.Touch.Learn. Site Edition?
ELSB Lite ships an update every 2 months, and See.Touch.Learn. Site Edition every 2 months. Most recently, ELSB Lite was updated on November 1, 2026 and See.Touch.Learn. Site Edition on November 1, 2026.

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