8 of the Most Comprehensive Social Skills Apps for Speech Therapy

Social communication apps for speech therapy!

There are tons of social skills apps available. I narrowed it down to more comprehensive and in-depth apps that target a variety of social skills. Here are my favorites and ones most recommended when asking hundreds of educators!

Social Story Creator and Library

Ages 4+
$9.99
This app contains 20+ social stories. You can create your own, share, receive, or print stories as well. You have the option to purchase social stories individually.

Autism and PDD Picture Stories and Language Activities

Ages 4+
$19.99
There are 5 different themed apps: Friends, School, Community, Home, Family. They contain functional stories depicting children behaving in various situations. At the end of the story select WH questions, yes/no questions, or text match language activities. Answers are automatically scored and the student receives immediate feedback!

Choiceworks

Ages 4+
$6.99
Create visual schedules with this app! Make schedule, task, waiting, feeling, or coping boards. The app comes preloaded with 180 visuals with prerecorded audio. Upload your own pictures or videos and print!

Between the Lines Advanced HD

Ages 4+
$15.99
There are 3 apps for different levels. The main focuses are: listening skills, body language, and expressions. The app uses real videos, pictures, and voices for a variety of social situations.

Social Detective

Ages 7-12
$9.99 or $23.99 for all 3 levels
This app is a companion to the “You are a Social Detective” book in Michelle Garcia Winner’s Social Thinking curriculum. It covers expected and unexpected behavior, understanding others’ comfortable and uncomfortable thoughts, social toolbox items, and smart guesses.

Conversation Builder

Ages 6-10
Teen Conversation Builder ages: 10-17
$19.99 or $31.00 for both
A great app for conversation skills: turn taking, initiating conversation, and staying on topic. Use in one-on-one sessions or in group therapy. There are 160 conversations to choose from and the student can either initiate or respond to conversations.

Let’s Be Social

Ages 4+
FREE – $9.99 upgrade
Includes 20 social skills lessons with the ability to create your own lessons as well. The topics include personal interactions, navigating the community, school behavior, handling change, and social relationships.

Emotions: Flashcards to Learn to Recognize Feelings and Emotions

Ages 4+
$1.99
This app has over 500 real emotions photos grouped by babies, kids, and adults. A great variety of feelings are included to work on expressively and receptively. A great feature is everything in the app is customizable. You can hide certain emotions or add your own photos and voice recordings.