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Apps Listed By Areas of Occupational Performance
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I recently had an opportunity to write an article for AOTA’s Technology Special Interest Section Quarterly “What’s in Your Occupational Therapy Mobile Tool Kit?” published this June 2013. Limitations of the length of the article did not allow inclusion of names of apps. The following is a brief list of apps by areas of occupational performance. More apps can be found on the menu link to the OT’s with Apps mTool Kit List, and of course there are many more that could be listed! |
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| Note: App prices are subject to change. | ||||
| ADL’s | ||||
| iDress for Weather | iPhone/iPad | Seasons, clothing selection and weather concepts | Child | 1.99 |
| Visual Impact Pro | iPad | Create multi media instruction for social stories, instruction and video modeling . | Adult / Teen | 49.99 |
| Shoe Tying 1 | iPhone/iPad | DTT app with discrete training, video on shoe tying; appropriate for all ages; many supporting materials. | Adult /Child |
4.99 |
| 1,2 Shoe Tying | iPhone/iPad | Basic step by step images of shoe tying | Adult / Child |
0.99 |
| IADL’s | ||||
| Cash-Strapped | iPhone/iPad | Budget apps; Takes your expendable $$ and helps keep track of how much you have spend and have available. | Adult | |
| PicList | iPhone/iPad | To do manager allowing pictures, lists of tasks to complete | Adult / Teen | 1.99 |
| Shopping List Generator | iPhone/iPad | Create shopping lists with pictures, text to speech, item prices are totaled; Connor Company app | Adult / Teen | 4.99 |
| Functional Planning System | iPhone/iPad | Scheduling and video prompting option to support daily tasks. Customizable. | Adult / Child | 4.99 |
| One Tap Dial | iPhone/iPad | Customize with faces of contact phone number | Adult / Teen | .99 |
| Unus Tactus | iPhone/iPad | Provides images associated with phone numbers for contacting others; provides ability to track users with GPS | Adult / Child | 9.99 |
| GPS Alarm | iPhone/iPad | Set GPS location and alarm; alerts user when close to destination | Adult / Teen | .99 |
| GPS Alarm | Android | Set GPS location and alarm; alerts user when close to destination | Adult / Teen | free |
| FaceDialer | iPhone/iPad | Create home screen pictures of phone contacts | Adult / Teen | .99 |
| I Get Cooking Vocabulary | iPhone/iPad | Visual sequence apps for cooking. Provides visual task analysis and vocabulary for equipment, ingredients, and steps of mixing and cooking. | Adult / Teen | 4.99 |
| Pillboxie | iPhone/iPad | Medication reminder app; on going reminders of medication regime; unable to set short term med administration | Adult | 1.99 |
| Pictello | iPad | Create picture/story sequences with images and video for ADL and iADL tasks | Adult / Child | 18.99 |
| Story Creator | iPad | Create picture/story sequences for ADL and iADL tasks | Adult / Child | Free/ .99 Pro |
| Counting Money | iPhone/iPad | Practice of counting money for all ages | Adult / Child | .99 |
| Qcard | iPhone/iPad | Text based reminders for appointments, reminders and guided task allowing multiple step directions. | Adult / Teen | 4.99 |
| Picture Scheduler | iPhone/iPad | Visual planner with images, video, audio, alarms, repeating functions. | Adult / Child | 2.99 |
| Visual Picture Planner (Good Karma) | iPad | Picture based planning system with audio and video capabilities. Provides day and weekly calendar features. | Adult / Child | 14.99 |
| First Then Visual Schedule | iPhone/iPad | Visual schedule app providing customizable visual schedule | Adult / Child |
9.99 |
| First Then Visual Schedule | Android | Visual schedule app providing customizable visual schedule | Adult / Child |
9.99 |
| Answer Yes/No | iPhone/iPad | Create simple customizable buttons with voice and text for pre-verbal or non-verbal individuals. Provides choice of two with up to 30 pages of choices. | Adult / Child |
free/1.99 for more options |
| Point to Pictures | iPad | AAC app capable of providing images and prompts; created by RJ Cooper | Adult / Child |
free/29.99 |
| Proloquo2Go | iPhone/iPad | AAC app providing customization of communication choices by pictures, symbols and well as words. | Adult / Child |
189.99 |
| Scene & Heard | iPhone/iPad | Contextual based AAC app allowing hot spots of communication choices and expression. Lite version available. | Adult / Child |
49.99 |
| Sounding Board | iPhone/iPad | AAC app with up to 9 cells ; switch accessible with Blue2 by Ablenet | Adult / Child |
free |
| GoTalk Now | iPad | AAC app | Adult / Child |
79.99 |
| Go Talk Now Free | iPad | AAC app | Adult / Child |
Free |
| My Talk Mobile | iPhone/iPad | AAC app | Adult / Child |
49.99 |
| Autismate | iPad | Contextual based AAC app allowing hot spots of communication choices and expression. | Adult / Child |
49.99 |
| Tablet Talk | iPhone/iPad | AAC App, similar in features to iProloquo2go. | Adult / Child |
79.99 |
| VoCal | iPhone/iPad | App creating reminders and alerts with voice recording capabilities. | Adult / Teen |
5.99 (full) |
| ToDo | iPhone/iPad | Manage tasks with audio alerts, subtasks and checklists; syncs with iCal and Outlook | Adult / Teen |
4.99 |
| It’s Done! | iPhone/iPad | To do list of daily tasks that needs to be done | Adult / Teen |
2.99 |
| Rest and Sleep | ||||
| SOSH Relax | iPhone/iPad | SOSH app with relaxation and shredder components only. | Adult / Teen | 4.99 |
| Breath2Relax | iPhone/iPad | Instruction and practice of breathing exercises to manage stress | Adult / Teen | free |
| eCBT Mood | iPhone/iPad | Provides Strategies for identifying and dealing with mood disorders | Adult / Teen | .99 |
| eCBT Calm | iPhone/iPad | App to help learn relaxation techniques | Adult / Teen | .99 |
| Relax Melodies | Android | Provides a variety of sounds and mixes of sounds and ability to save for review | Adult / Child | free |
| Relax Melodies | iPhone/iPad | Provides a variety of sounds and mixes of sounds and ability to save for review | Adult / Child | free |
| Chillax | iPhone/iPad | Simple, easy to use app with relaxing sounds and music | Adult / Child | free |
| Autism 5 Point Scale | iPhone/iPad | Customizable 5 point scale to assist with awareness of emotions and self- regulation | Adult / Child | free |
| Pocket Pond | iPhone/iPad | App featuring a virtual koi pond. Splashing sounds provided when fish and water is touched. Relaxation app | Adult / Child | free |
| Pocket Pond 2 | iPhone/iPad | Virtual koi pond app. Relaxation app | Adult / Child | free |
| BrainWorks | iPhone/iPad | Sensory diet app, customizable, unlimited users | Adult / Child |
11.99 |
| Zones of Regulation | iPad | Game app to teach self regulation. Uses Red, yellow, green and blue zones to describe sensory alert levels. | Adult / Child |
4.99 |
| Autism Tracker Pro (also see Data Collection section) | iPhone/iPad | Data collection app; customizable, Pro version allows tracking 1 Person, in app purchase ($5.)provides 2-3 Persons; $10 for unlimited Persons; graphs and email data capabilities | Adult / Child |
9.99 |
| Education | ||||
| Read2Go | iPhone/iPad | Bookshare.org app providing text to speech, highlighting and customization of font size and type for user. | Adult / Child | 19.99 |
| Go Read | Android | Bookshare.org app providing text to speech, highlighting and customization of font size and type for user. | Adult / Child | free |
| iReadWrite | iPad | Text to speech, word prediction, phonetic spell checking, highlighting tools are available in this app. | Adult / Child | 19.99 |
| EZ PDF Reader | iPad | PDF reader, TTS, annotation, highlighting, typing; Swiss knife of readers | Adult / Child | 1.99 |
| AppWriter English | iPhone/iPad | Word processing app with text to speech, word prediction, OCR generator and file management support | Adult / Child | 19.99 |
| Voice Dream Reader | iPhone/iPad | App with text to speech for imported file, PDF, web based text | Adult / teen | 9.99 |
| ClaroSpeak | iPhone/iPad | App with text to speech, options to change background, high lighting, text and font size; reflows text on screen with zoom | Adult / child | 5.99 |
| Abilipad | iPad | Customizable keyboard and word processor with word prediction capabilties. Also allows images to be featured in the writing environment. | Adult / child |
19.99 |
| Typ-O | iPad/iPhone | Word prediction with text to speech and phonetic assistance | Adult / child |
14.99-iPad |
| Write&Say | iPhone/iPad | Text editor with Text to Speech, translator, exports to email dropbox, converts documents to MP3 | Adult / child |
9.99 |
| ZenTap Pro | iPad/iPhone | Word prediction/word completion app | Adult / child |
free/2.99 |
| Sentence Maker | iPad/iPhone | Create customized sentence tiles for students to sequence | Adult / child |
0.99 |
| Type on PDF Pro | iPad | Type into text boxes in PDF files | Adult / child |
free/9.99 |
| Panther Writer | iPad | Five trackpad configurations. One-touch clicks for most mouse controls. Touch icons to open files and manage applications. Features for individuals with motoric disabilities. | Adult / child |
14.99 |
| Clicker Sentences | iPad | Provides picture supports and word banks for emerging writer. Text to speech, customizable. | Adult / child |
20.99 |
| Clicker Docs | iPad | Provides writing supports: word prediction, word banks and tabs for customized banks of words, text to speech. Customizable writing environment. Developed by Clicker | Adult / child |
25.99 |
| Dexteria | iPad | Fine motor/visual motor skill development and handwriting readiness | Child |
4.99 |
| iWriteWords | iPhone/iPad | Letter/number identification and formation app. | Child |
Lite/2.99 |
| Letter School | iPhone/iPad | Highly interactive letter formation app providing numerous different animations to show direction of letter formation. | Child |
Lite/2.99 |
| Panther Math Paper | iPad | Math equation writing keyboards for mobility impaired | Adult / Child | 14.99 |
| Panther Calculator | iPad | Accessible calculator | Adult / Child | 6.99 |
| My HomeWork | Android | Track classes, assignments, homework, tests; Sync with paid online option | Teen |
free |
| myHomeWork | iPad | Track classes, assignments, homework, tests; Sync with paid online option | Teen |
1.99 |
| Astrid | iPhone/iPad | Calendar and assignment app for elementary/middle school students | Teen | free |
| 4KidCal | iPhone/iPad | Primary aged calendar with stickers to mark events | Child | .99 |
| Work | ||||
| Notability | iPad | Binder note book app; Manages PDF, docs, images; records voice files; syncs with Dropbox, | Adult / Teen |
0.99 |
| PaperPort | iPad | Note taking app featuring voice recognition in the app on iPad2. | Adult / Teen |
Free |
| Evernote | iPhone/iPad | Note taking, organization apps; syncs with many apps | Adult / Teen |
Free |
| iAnnotate | iPad | Note taking, organization apps; drawing, highlighting options with file management system | Adult / Teen |
9.99 |
| iAnnotate | Android | Note taking, organization apps; drawing, highlighting options with file management system | Adult / Teen |
free limited time |
| Calengoo | iPhone/iPad | Syncs Google calendar with iPad | Adult / Teen | 6.99 |
| GeeTask Lite | iPhone/iPad | Manage to do tasks with Google calendar; easy sync’g | Adult / Teen | free |
| Play | ||||
| Barnyard Mahjong | iPhone/iPad | Barnyard animals in a Mahjong (matching) activity. | Adult |
free (.99) |
| Fantastic Four in a Row | iPhone/iPad | Four in a row activity. Free allows one player. Purchase allows two players. | Adult / child |
Free (.99) |
| EnsenaSoft games | iPhone/iPad | EnsenaSoft provides both online and tablet apps. | Adult / child |
NA |
| Action Bowling | iPhone/iPad | Bowling app. Lite provides single player, purchased app allows 2 player mode for turn taking. Easy to use for wide variety of players. | Adult / child |
Lite/2.99 |
| Leisure | ||||
| Fluidity | iPhone/iPad | Create fluids of different colors on the screen by touching and drawing. | Adult / child |
Free |
| Fluid | iPhone/iPad | Interact with water flowing over rocks. Calming | Adult / child |
Free |
| Fluid Monkey | iPhone/iPad | Colorful fluid you can interact with on the iPod | Adult / child |
Free |
| Monster Chorus | iPhone/iPad | Monsters create tones and tunes when touched. Calming, sweet sounds created. | Adult / child |
Free |
| Social Participation | ||||
| The Social Express | iPad | Teaches users how to think about and manage social situations, helping them to develop meaningful social relationships; suited to elementary to high school levels; 16 lessons | Teen / Child |
89.99 |
| Social Skill Builder | iPhone/iPad | Interactive videos to teach social thinking, language and behavior skills | Teen / Child |
Free; In app purchases |
| The Electric Company – Feel Electric | iPhone/iPad | Focuses on awareness and identification of feelings and emotions with games, story creation and vocabulary building in a fun, age appropriate way. Appropriate for elementary, middle and high school | Teen / Child |
free |
| Osnap! | iPhone/iPad | Video and photo time lapse and editing app | Adult / Child | free |
| iMovie | iPad | Movie editing app | Adult / Child | 4.99 |
| Toca Boca Hair Salon | iPad | Interactive app focusing on cutting hair | Child | 2.99 |
Many thanks to Jan and Gavin for their patience and assistance with the article! It is amazing what time and support they give to generate articles.
Do you have favorite apps in any of the occupational performance areas that you have used with clients? Please share!
Carol
OT's with Apps & Technology 