Social Norms vs Conversation Starters
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Social Norms
This app helps children learn and practice appropriate social behaviors through clear explanations, visual aids, and interactive exercises. Designed by speech-language pathologists, it covers various everyday situations to build social awareness and confidence.
- Lessons on social norms
- Realistic social stories
- Interactive practice activities
- SLP-designed content
- Easy-to-use interface
- Ideal for home or therapy
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The Social Norms App is designed to help children understand and practice appropriate social behavior in everyday situations. Created by speech-language pathologists, this app uses clear explanations, visual supports, and interactive exercises to teach important social expectations such as sharing, personal space, classroom behavior, and polite communication. Through real-world scenarios, guided questions, and practice activities, learners can build confidence and improve their social awareness at home, in school, and in the community. The app is ideal for children with pragmatic language difficulties, autism spectrum disorders, or anyone who benefits from structured social-skills learning. Features: Lessons covering a wide range of social norms Realistic social stories with comprehension questions Interactive activities to reinforce learning Professional SLP-designed content Easy-to-use interface for children and educators Ideal for home practice or therapy sessions Support your child’s social growth with fun, meaningful practice!
Conversation Starters
This app provides over 200 conversation-starting questions to help children and adults with social skills, particularly those with autism, initiate and maintain conversations on diverse topics. It guides users through skill development steps to foster real conversations.
- 200+ conversation-starting questions
- Skill development steps
- Supports initiating conversations
- Aids in continuing conversations
- Suitable for autism and ESL learners
- No private information collected
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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 Starters” app helps children with autism initiate and maintain conversations on a variety of topics. 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 Starters” provides 200+ conversation-starting questions on a variety of topics. This broad diversity supports your learner in moving from their preferred topics. Build your learner's skills by stepping through the following skill development steps. 1. Get your learner to answer the conversation starter question. 2. Get your learner to ask the question then listen to your answer, then provide an on-topic follow-up question or comment. 3. Take turns starting a conversation and set a goal of 2, 3, or 4 turns each. Guess what... you are now having real conversations on a variety of topics! This app is perfect for learners who: - need support in initiating conversation - need support in continuing a conversation appropriately - need support in moving beyond their own special interest topics. 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 10 conversation starters only. The remaining conversation starters can be accessed with an in-app purchase. If you prefer no in-app purchases, download the paid version of this app, which includes all conversation starters. 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: Social Norms at 57% against Conversation Starters's 0%. Social Norms also leads on rating (3.3 vs 2.0). Conversation Starters's advantage is update cadence (every 15 months vs every 71 months) and price ($7.99 vs $9.99). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Social Norms costs $9.99 and Conversation Starters $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Social Norms holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Social Norms's written reviews are positive against 0% of Conversation Starters's.
Social Norms ships an update every 71 months, Conversation Starters every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Social Norms | Conversation Starters |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $7.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.3 (4 ratings) — better | 2.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 71 months | Every 15 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Virtual Speech Center Inc. | Janine Toole |
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Social Norms
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In-app purchases
Social Norms
No in-app purchases
Conversation Starters
No in-app purchases
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