TouchVIC vs DERS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TouchVIC
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TouchVic is a mobile application that has been designed to be used as a support tool in Early attention of visually impaired children. It includes nine kinds of different activities for iPad, which are intended to stimulate cognitive, emotional, sensorial and motor aspects: 1. Memory association 2. Search 3. Recognize 4. Playing with space 5. Discover sounds 6. Music 7. Classify 8. Story 9. Prebraille + It is an autor tool which allows the customization and configuration of exercises in order to adapt them to the child’s interests, needs and abilities at all times. + It is possible to create customized agendas,, where activities and evaluation sessions can be sequenced. + Evaluation of the child’s progress with the use of real time data of their interaction, and comparative graphics. TouchVic is one of the first Aps of it’s kind, which are really inclusive and accessible for professionals or family members who are visually impaired.
DERS
This tool assesses the quality of learning environments for children aged 2.5 to 12. It measures environmental design and implementation against desired developmental outcomes, focusing on executive functions, literacy, and social-emotional growth.
- Measures learning environment quality
- Focuses on executive functions
- Assesses literacy development
- Evaluates social-emotional growth
- Research-based environmental attributes
- Classroom observation tool
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The DERS iOS app has been deprecated. New web based DERS is now available. http://www.ders-app.org for more info. The Developmental Environmental Rating Scale (DERS) measures the quality of learning environments offered in classrooms serving children between the ages of 2.5 and 12. It aligns environmental design and implementation with desired outcomes related to executive functions, literacy, and social-emotional development. The DERS consists of 60 research-based environmental attributes or observable behaviors (child and adult) aligned with five broad aspects of human development: initiation and concentration, inhibitory control, working memory, linguistic and cultural fluency, and social fluency and emotional flexibility. The assessment is administered in a 60-minute classroom observation, during which the assessor records the presence, magnitude, and/or frequency for each item. Schools can use the DERS internally to identify priorities for continuous improvement or externally as an assessment of environmental quality. The DERS was developed by researchers at the National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector.
Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: TouchVIC at 13 against DERS's 17.6. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TouchVIC ships an update every 6 months, DERS every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TouchVIC | DERS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 243 MB | 0 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Everyware Apps | National Centre for Montessori in the Public Sector, Inc. |
In-app purchases
TouchVIC
No in-app purchases
DERS
No in-app purchases
