Comparison

Social Story Creator Educators vs FirstWork

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

Head to head
About

Social Story Creator Educators

Create, share, and print visual stories, schedules, and prompts for educational purposes. This app offers pre-made stories and tools to customize content with pictures, recordings, and text for children needing support with social skills.

Highlights
  • Create stories with pictures, recordings, and text
  • Share and receive stories with other users
  • Print PDF versions of stories
  • Stories can be made in any language
  • Organize stories into categories
  • Create and play stories offline
Read full description

This app is the fully unlocked pro version of our "Social Stories Creator and Library" app. To try out the app for free check out "Social Stories Creator and Library." An amazing app for easily creating, sharing and printing educational social stories, visual schedules, and beautiful memories. The app also comes with over 20 pre-made social stories that cover a variety of social and behavioral skills. This is a very valuable tool for any teacher, SLP, OT, direct care staff or parent! Children with special needs often need more direct instruction of social skills. Teaching social skills to any child may be easier and less stressful when visual supports, like social stories are used. The social stories found in this app explain accurate social information and ensures that your child will know what to expect in different situations. Features: • Easily create stories with pictures, recordings and text. • Share and receive created stories with other users. • Print PDFs of stories to have paper copies. • Stories can be made in any language. • Ability to purchase an entire library of over 20 pre-made social stories at one discounted price. • Organize stories into categories for particular skills, students or classrooms. • Lock students into categories or apps to limit access. • Create and play stories offline (with no internet connection). • Easy to use, intuitive format. • Can be used to make visual schedules or other types of visual prompts. Social stories are an important type of visual support often used with children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, Down syndrome or other special need. This social stories found in this app use simple text and descriptive pictures to explain the why and how of different social skills. Social interactions may be especially difficult for children with an autism spectrum disorder, adhd, or other social delay. Many children, especially those diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, Down syndrome and other special need, often fail to pick up on social cues, making learning a social skill especially difficult. Social stories may increase awareness and maintenance of social skills. Social stories were first defined by Carol Gray in 1991 and are commonly used to break down a task or social situation into small and easy to understand steps, often accompanied by descriptive pictures. Social stories are incredibly easy to implement and are used by many professionals for a wide range of behaviors. See what our reviews are saying about us! “Wonderful app!! I am able to upload my own photos, record my own voice, and design however the story for my child! I can also upload pre-made stories. Other apps cast $30-50 for the same awesome app! Thank you so much!!” –family games “This was a great story app for my child” – Kennedml “This app is great for my nephew who has autism, thank you!” – ImaniZG “This app is really awesome” – yoursakar “This app gives an excellent opportunity for a low price” –Sean Quigg “I love the fact that you can customize this app to target a specific social skill.” – VPEslp25

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

Social Story Creator Educators4 screens
FirstWork4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: FirstWork at 100% against Social Story Creator Educators's 50%. FirstWork also leads on price (Free vs $29.99) and rating (4.7 vs 3.5). Social Story Creator Educators's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). On 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

FirstWork is free to download; Social Story Creator Educators costs $29.99 up front. FirstWork sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $12.99 per month. Social Story Creator Educators asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FirstWork holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FirstWork has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Social Story Creator Educators's written reviews are positive against 100% of FirstWork's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Social Story Creator Educators ships an update every 3 weeks, FirstWork every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Social Story Creator Educators versus FirstWork: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSocial Story Creator EducatorsFirstWork
Price$29.99Free — better
Rating3.5 (2 ratings)4.7 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings214 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size155 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTouch AutismFirstWork LLC

Customer experience

Social Story Creator Educators

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

FirstWork

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

In-app purchases

None

Social Story Creator Educators

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

FirstWork

Subscriptions1
  • Base$12.991 Month

Questions

Is Social Story Creator Educators free?
Social Story Creator Educators costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is FirstWork free?
FirstWork is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Social Story Creator Educators or FirstWork?
FirstWork is rated higher. Social Story Creator Educators averages 3.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while FirstWork averages 4.7 from 14 ratings.
Do Social Story Creator Educators or FirstWork have ads?
Neither Social Story Creator Educators nor FirstWork shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Social Story Creator Educators or FirstWork?
Social Story Creator Educators ships an update every 3 weeks, and FirstWork every 8 days. Most recently, Social Story Creator Educators was updated on October 13, 2026 and FirstWork on October 6, 2026.

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