OT’s with Apps Customizable Apps List

Judi Sweeney’s customizable apps list is a great resource for apps that can be modified to support the unique needs of individuals with disabilities for work task at school or independent living or work skills. With thousands of apps available and new apps continually developed, there are always more emerging with customizing features. Here is another app list with more possible customizable apps:

	Book Making / Social Story Creating Apps
	Story Creator – Use pictures, videos, add text, highlighted text and audio recording to book making app. Work flow is limited to Facebook. Lock feature	Free
	Tapikeo HD – Uses pictures, audio, text to create stories, vocabulary supports or sequenced instruction. Lock feature	2.99
	Bookabi – Create books in 2D or 3D with backgrounds, characters, objects, stickers or your photos. Call outs for text.	Free
	My Pictures Talk – Create stories with your photos and audio recording features.	4.99
	Storyboards – Create 2D story boards with stock images.	Free
	Creative Book Builder – Create ePub books or text books. Work flows to PDF, ePub and iBooks.	4.99
	Fine Motor – Prewriting
	Ready to Print – Allows customization of features within the pre-writing activities.	9.99
	Functional Life Skills
	Functional Planning System – Scheduling and video prompting options support daily tasks. Customizable	4.99
	Shopping List Generator – Create a picture list of shopping items	4.99
	Visual Impact Pro – Video, text, audios supports provide cognitive supports for community and daily living tasks.	49.99
	PicList – Create to do list. Provides image support	1.99
	Instructional Apps
	Bitsboard – Combines many Grasshopper apps for customizing instruction for emergent learning tasks.	Free
	Sentence Maker – Create your own sentences for students.	.99
	Make a Dice – Create your own dice for classroom tasks.	.99
	Little Puzzles– Use your own pictures to customize puzzles with 4-9 pieces.	Free
	Image Spinner – Create your own spinner	.99
	A + Pro – Flash cards created with text, audio, image. Syncs with Quizlet collection of flashcards	Free
	Tiny Tap – Take pictures and create choice game for young students.	Free
	Choice Board Creator – Create choice board of 2 to 8 pictures to choose from	Free
	Word Slapps – Customize and categorize vocabulary with images, audio.	4.99
	Math
	Teaching Table – Provide a variety of widgets to create math activities.	2.99
	Self-Regulation
	Sosh – Provides supports for 5 R’s of social skills and self-regulation (relate, relax, regulate, reason, recognize). Appropriate for individuals with self-awareness.	39.99
	Sosh Relax – Relaxation component only of the Sosh app. Add your own images, sounds, songs to create customized self-regulation tool.	5.99
	Autism Tracker Pro – Tracks moods, emotions, activities. Customizable	9.99
	Brain Works –  Sensory diet app, customizable, unlimited users	11.99
	Autism 5 Point Scale – Five point rating. Allows customization of each point.	free
	Visual Communication Apps
	Now What? – Text based visual schedule app for higher functioning individuals	free
	iSequence – Basic visual schedule app appropriate for young students	2.99
	Writing/ Handwriting
	Clicker Sentences – For emergent writer supplies images, word bank and text to speech. Customizable	20.99
	Clicker Docs – For developing writer, provides word prediction, word banks, text to speech, tabbed word banks. Customizable	25.99
	Write My Name – Features ability to create customized user name activity.	3.99
	Write for School – Choose school fonts. Customize the instruction and verbiage of letter formation within app.	6.49

Another fabulous resource is Lauren Enders Pinterest pins of customizable apps. Lauren’s Pinterest is absolutely awesome! An exceptional resources for special education teachers, therapists and AT’s.

Also thank you to Lisa Olsen for sharing her favorite customizable apps! What are your favorite apps that can create customized content for your students or clients occupation?

Carol