ERSB Lite vs CoughDrop Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ERSB Lite
This app builds early reading skills for students progressing from foundational literacy. It uses systematic instruction and assessments to help individuals read independently, proving effective for those with intellectual disabilities and autism.
- Early literacy skill development
- Systematic instruction
- Ongoing assessments
- Progress to 2nd-grade reading level
- Effective for intellectual disabilities
- Effective for autism
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Note: This is the Free version of ERSB. Level 1 with 5 lessons is Free! The rest of the levels are available through the in-app store. Early Reading Skills Builder™(ERSB) curriculum, based on a multi-year research project from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, is a stepping stone for graduates of Attainment’s ELSB Curriculum. ERSB takes students who mastered these early literacy skills to a 2nd grade reading level. It incorporates systematic instruction and ongoing assessments to teach students to read independently. It’s been proven effective for students with moderate to severe intellectual disability and/or autism, including those with complex communication needs.
CoughDrop Pro
This communication tool supports individuals with complex communication needs, offering customizable boards with symbols, images, and audio. It allows for personalized communication strategies and provides reporting features for support teams across multiple devices.
- Customizable communication boards
- Rich symbol set and image support
- Speech synthesis
- Cross-device synchronization
- Team collaboration and modeling
- Built-in reporting and messaging
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CoughDrop is a simple, modern AAC communication and support tool that empowers individuals and the teams around them. It is a full-featured communication app built for individuals with autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, Angelman syndrome, Rett syndrome, or other complex communication needs. CoughDrop is flexible and configurable enough to accommodate the access and comprehension needs of many communicators. CoughDrop users can install this app to access CoughDrop's communication and reporting features on their mobile device. The app includes starter boards for different levels of communication, and boards with large or small buttons can be personalized using the rich symbol set, user-provided images or camera photos, user-recorded audio, speech synthesis, etc. CoughDrop runs on multiple devices, so you can log in on your tablet, phone and computer and have access to the same communication tools and interface. In addition, users can be linked so parents, therapists and supervisors can access a communicator's boards from their own devices to better facilitate modeling, and to make it easier to modify boards without taking away the communicator's device. The built-in reporting and messaging tools also help the support team have a consistent strategy and know what's working across locations and times.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ERSB Lite at 4.0 against CoughDrop Pro's 3.7. CoughDrop Pro'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
Both are free to download. ERSB Lite sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and CoughDrop Pro sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ERSB Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively.
ERSB Lite ships an update every 2 months, CoughDrop Pro every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 2, 2026 and August 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ERSB Lite | CoughDrop Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 253 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Attainment Company, Inc. | MAVWARE, LLC |
Customer experience
ERSB Lite
CoughDrop Pro
In-app purchases
ERSB Lite
- Levels 12-16$29.99
- Levels 17-21$29.99
- Levels 22-26$29.99
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- Levels 2-6$29.99
- Levels 7-11$29.99
CoughDrop Pro
- Supporter Access$29.99
- Evaluator Access$29.99
- Communicator Access$294.99
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