7 of the Most Comprehensive Social Skills Apps

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!

Ages 4+
$29.99
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.

Conversation Builder

Ages 4+
$24.99
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.

Conversation Builder Teen

Ages 12+
$29.99
An app geared towards teens! There are 8 themes: school, relationship, sports, entertainment, bullying, sarcasm, clothes, and summer. It focuses on introducing, asking questions, making observations, changing subjects, and recognizing sarcasm. You can record and save conversations.

Model Me Going Places 2

Ages 4+
Free
Choose from six locations: hairdresser, mall, doctor’s office, playground, grocery store, and restaurant. Each includes a set of 12 photographs with a child modeling the expected and appropriate behaviors for each setting.

Choiceworks

Ages 4+
$24.99
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+
$19.99
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.

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.

Everyday Speech

Although technically a website, you can use much of the material on your device, similar to an app! It is a membership site for social language materials. It has an extensive and comprehensive library for social skills and social-emotional learning skills, including curriculum, videos, interactive games, and printable worksheets.