Comparison

Skies Learn vs FirstWork

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

Head to head
About

Skies Learn

Create and deliver collaborative lessons with an interactive bulletin board. Easily add rich content, questions, and quizzes to foster discussion and group work. Ideal for teachers and students to build and contribute to lessons together.

Highlights
  • Collaborative lesson creation
  • Interactive bulletin board
  • Rich content cards
  • Discussion questions
  • Quiz integration
  • Student presentations
Features
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SKIES is the easiest way to create and deliver collaborative lessons. It's like a class bulletin board, but bigger, and everyone can branch off each others' ideas endlessly. Add informational cards containing rich text, photos, drawings, web links, and more. Slip in questions to kick off a discussion. Attach quiz questions to discover what everyone else knows. Teachers, it's never been easier to make a lesson -- and students, it's never been easier to add to one! Great for formative assessment, labs, discussions, group work, and student presentations.

About

FirstWork

This platform offers digital Discrete Trial Instruction (DTI/DTT) with thousands of ABA and SPED learning goals. It provides innovative rewards and deep customization for personalized learning programs, trusted by professionals.

Highlights
  • Thousands of ABA and SPED learning goals
  • Matching, Receptive Identification, FFC
  • Expressive Language and Phonics activities
  • Customizable spelling and counting exercises
  • Progress monitoring and export features
  • Focus Mode to limit distractions
  • Digital reward system with app access
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FirstWork is the most popular digital Discrete Trial Instruction(DTI/DTT) platform featuring the most common ABA and SPED learning goals, thousands of targets, innovative rewards, and deep customization options. FirstWork is trusted by thousands of ABA and SPED professionals for their personalized learning programs. Our Learning Categories - featuring thousands of targets for: Matching: Boost cognitive skills by pairing related items. Receptive Identification: Enhance understanding through auditory and visual prompts. Feature, Function, and Class (FFC): Develop categorization and critical thinking skills by identifying objects based on their attributes, roles, and classifications. Expressive Language: Practice vocal responses with instructor-scored expressive language lessons. Letter Sound Matching: Strengthen phonics with interactive letter-sound activities. Spelling: Improve spelling with dynamic and customizable exercises. Counting: Build foundational math skills through counting tasks. Arithmetic: Advance numeracy with a variety of arithmetic challenges. Key Features: Progress Monitoring: Easily graph and monitor learning progress with our intuitive view and export features, helping you stay informed of your learner’s development. Customizable Lessons: Adapt the app to suit your learner’s specific needs with various lesson modifications. Lesson Sharing: Send a copy of your lesson to other FirstWork users, such as colleagues. Focus Mode: During lessons, you can limit access to distracting apps on your device making it an environment more suitable for learning. Reward System: You can grant time on your learner’s favorite apps as a reward, after their time is up, they’ll be brought back to FirstWork for another lesson. It’s ideal for remote learning, learning at home, or learners who enjoy digital rewards. Whether you're a parent, teacher, or ABA professional, FirstWork makes learning easy and enjoyable. Terms of Use: https://firstworkapp.com/terms-of-service/ Privacy Policy: https://firstworkapp.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Skies Learn4 screens
FirstWork4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: FirstWork at 100% against Skies Learn's 43%. FirstWork also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 6 weeks). Skies Learn's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (91 vs 14). 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. FirstWork sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $12.99 per month. Skies Learn asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FirstWork holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Skies Learn has 91 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Skies Learn's written reviews are positive against 100% of FirstWork's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Skies Learn ships an update every 6 weeks, FirstWork every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on June 9, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Skies Learn versus FirstWork: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSkies LearnFirstWork
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (91 ratings)4.7 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings91 — better14
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.3 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSu-Kam Intelligent Education Systems IncFirstWork LLC

Customer experience

Skies Learn

All ratings91 ratings
Positive48.4%
Neutral5.5%
Negative46.2%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive43.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative56.5%

FirstWork

All ratings14 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Skies Learn

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

FirstWork

Subscriptions1
  • Base$12.991 Month

Questions

Is Skies Learn free?
Skies Learn is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FirstWork free?
FirstWork is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Skies Learn or FirstWork?
FirstWork is rated higher. Skies Learn averages 3.0 out of 5 from 91 ratings, while FirstWork averages 4.7 from 14 ratings.
Do Skies Learn or FirstWork have ads?
Neither Skies Learn nor FirstWork shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Skies Learn or FirstWork?
Skies Learn ships an update every 6 weeks, and FirstWork every 8 days. Most recently, Skies Learn was updated on June 9, 2026 and FirstWork on September 19, 2026.

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