Comparison

Skills® LogBook vs ABA Data Notebook

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

Head to head
About

Skills® LogBook

This application facilitates real-time data collection for applied behavior analysis (ABA) and tracks teaching outcomes. It offers seamless integration with a comprehensive ABA assessment tool, simplifying implementation for professionals and learners. The tool helps maximize clinical time by eliminating manual data collection and streamlining workflow.

Highlights
  • Real-time data collection
  • Instant progress tracking
  • Integration with Skills® For Autism
  • Evidence-based methodology
  • Offline work with auto-sync
  • Eliminates manual data collection
Features
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Skills® LogBook is a companion to Skills® For Autism web application. Skills® LogBook is a comprehensive state-of-the-art mobile application for efficient and accurate real-time data collection from applied behavior analysis (ABA) treatment and teaching outcomes, and instant progress tracking. With a clean, simple and intuitive design and complete integration with the most comprehensive ABA assessment and curriculum for autism treatment in the world, Skills® For Autism, implementation and adoption becomes easy for professionals and seamless to learners. On the floor treating your kiddo or in the office reporting progress to funding sources, Skills® is your end-to-end online solution for skills acquisition and behavior reduction. • Evidence-based • Skills acquisition and behavior reduction • Created by experts – by Board Certified Behavior Analysts • Session transparency • Instant programming updates • Maximize clinical time by eliminating manual data collection and graphing • Streamline workflow by avoiding typing or uploading of activities and targets into other generic data collection software • Work offline with automatic synching whenever you reach a WiFi signal

About

ABA Data Notebook

This app allows educators and therapists to track student skills and behaviors. It provides tools for defining behaviors, monitoring interventions, and generating reports. Data can be synced across devices and includes curriculum alignment with common assessment tools.

Highlights
  • Concurrent data collection for multiple students
  • Skills and behavior management
  • Graph and report generation
  • Define behaviors, antecedents, and consequences
  • Monitor interventions and assessments
  • Curriculum alignment with ABLLS, VB_MAPP
  • Cross-device data syncing
Features
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Description - ABA Data Notebook - Full Feature, provides the capability to collect concurrently for multiple students both skills and behavior management data. Graphs and reports are both on the device and web. Operationally define behaviors, antecedents, consequences, prompt levels, settings, levels of intensity for each student. View the effects of interventions and monitor your Functional Behavior Assessment and Behavior Intervention Plans. Create new targets and Phase Change Lines which are synched with the web. Use a curriculum aligned with common assessment tools, e.g. ABLLS, VB_MAPP, or create your own. Share data amongst different devices and start a session from where you left off.

Screenshots

Skills® LogBook1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ABA Data Notebook at 57% against Skills® LogBook's 14%. ABA Data Notebook also leads on rating (3.3 vs 1.9). Skills® LogBook's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ABA Data Notebook holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Skills® LogBook's written reviews are positive against 57% of ABA Data Notebook's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Skills® LogBook ships an update every 2 months, ABA Data Notebook monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Skills® LogBook versus ABA Data Notebook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSkills® LogBookABA Data Notebook
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.9 (7 ratings)3.3 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews14.3% of reviews57.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings79 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS9.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSKILLS Global LLCOperant Systems Inc.

Customer experience

Skills® LogBook

All ratings7 ratings
Positive14.3%
Neutral14.3%
Negative71.4%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative85.7%

ABA Data Notebook

All ratings9 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%

In-app purchases

None

Skills® LogBook

No in-app purchases

None

ABA Data Notebook

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Skills® LogBook free?
Skills® LogBook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ABA Data Notebook free?
ABA Data Notebook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Skills® LogBook or ABA Data Notebook?
ABA Data Notebook is rated higher. Skills® LogBook averages 1.9 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while ABA Data Notebook averages 3.3 from 9 ratings.
Do Skills® LogBook or ABA Data Notebook have ads?
Neither Skills® LogBook nor ABA Data Notebook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Skills® LogBook or ABA Data Notebook?
Skills® LogBook ships an update every 2 months, and ABA Data Notebook monthly. Most recently, Skills® LogBook was updated on September 25, 2026 and ABA Data Notebook on September 27, 2026.

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