Comparison

Auditory Memory Quick Stories vs Describing Skills

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

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About

Auditory Memory Quick Stories

This app uses narrated, illustrated stories to help students enhance their auditory memory and listening comprehension. It offers four difficulty levels and tracks progress for multiple players, making learning engaging for individuals or groups.

Highlights
  • 30 narrated stories with 6 scenes
  • Four difficulty levels
  • Customizable features
  • Quick Play option
  • Data tracking and graphing
  • Data export via email/print
Features
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Our best-selling Auditory Memory for Quick Stories Interactive CD-ROM is now available as a fun and engaging app! This colorful app for the iPad® uses the same illustrated, narrated stories from the Auditory Memory for Quick Stories Interactive CD-ROM to help students improve their auditory memory and listening comprehension skills. Students can play alone or in a group. Students will have a blast listening to 30 exciting stories and answering the questions that follow. Choose from four levels of play: • Level 1 – This is the easiest level. The narration pauses after each of the six pictures to allow the player to answer a question about the portion of the story that he/she just heard. • Level 2 – This level is a little more difficult. The narration pauses after reading one half of the story (three pictures) and presents three questions. Then the narration finishes the rest of the story followed by three more questions. • Level 3 – This level is even more difficult. The narration reads the entire story (six pictures) without any pauses. The student answers all six questions at the end of the story. • Level 4 – This level is the most difficult. The narration reads the entire story without any pictures visible on the screen. The student answers all six questions at the end of the story. The Auditory Memory for Quick Stories app includes • 30 narrated stories, each with six colorful scenes • Four levels of difficulty • Customizable features • Quick Play option • Data tracking and graphing for an unlimited number of players • Ability to email, print, or export your data

About

Describing Skills

Features
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Does your learner struggle with describing objects, people and events? These expressive language skills can be challenging for children with Autism/Aspergers and for adults with aphasia or other cognitive issues. The Describing Skills app provides step-by-step activities to quickly build the ability to describe objects, people and events in detail. What parents say about our awesome apps: *** 5 stars! Brilliant! An app that understands how kids actually learn. Thank you!
 *** 5 stars! My kids love this app because of the fun, silly sentences. I love it because it works! 
 Describing Skills provides: - Graduated practice at describing objects, people and events. Skills are built one descriptor at a time and gradually combined until they can easily describe an item using 6-10 sentences. - Audio support for weak readers. - 'At a glance' reporting shows your child's progress instantly. The ability to verbalize and describe their world is vital for all learners.   Whether it is describing an item they are looking for, recounting an incident that occurred to them, this app will ensure your learner has the ability to express their needs, concerns and interests. Other benefits: - FRUSTRATION FREE: Your learner builds skills incrementally and only progresses when mastery is shown. - REWARD CENTER: The fun and engaging Reward Center increases motivation. - EXTENSIVE REPORTING: for up to 10 players to suit the needs of parents, teachers and therapists.
 Please note: Except for very independent students, this app requires the support of a parent or therapist to evaluate a child's responses. Commit five minutes per day and you will see astounding progress! 
To evaluate the app, download the free version, which has four free levels for a single player. Additional levels and additional players can be accessed with in-app purchases. 

If you prefer no in-app purchases, download this version of this app, which includes all levels and up to 10 players. 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. 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 call

The clearest difference is price: Describing Skills at $9.99 against Auditory Memory Quick Stories's $24.99. Describing Skills also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Auditory Memory Quick Stories's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.2). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Auditory Memory Quick Stories costs $24.99 and Describing Skills $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Auditory Memory Quick Stories ships an update every 20 months, Describing Skills every 34 months. Both last shipped on October 6, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Auditory Memory Quick Stories versus Describing Skills: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAuditory Memory Quick StoriesDescribing Skills
Price$24.99$9.99 — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 20 months — betterEvery 34 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.2
Further details — not scored
Size113 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSuper Duper PublicationsJanine Toole

In-app purchases

None

Auditory Memory Quick Stories

No in-app purchases

None

Describing Skills

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Auditory Memory Quick Stories free?
Auditory Memory Quick Stories costs $24.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Describing Skills free?
Describing Skills costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Auditory Memory Quick Stories or Describing Skills have ads?
Neither Auditory Memory Quick Stories nor Describing Skills shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Auditory Memory Quick Stories or Describing Skills?
Auditory Memory Quick Stories ships an update every 20 months, and Describing Skills every 34 months. Most recently, Auditory Memory Quick Stories was updated on October 6, 2026 and Describing Skills on October 6, 2026.

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