Choiceworks is a visual support app that helps make the day easier to understand.
Based on Bee Visual's patented Choiceworks system, the app is designed for children who benefit from visual structure, clear routines, and support with transitions, waiting, and feelings.
Families, teachers, and therapists can create customized visual boards using pictures, text, and recorded audio. Boards can be used at home, at school, in therapy, during appointments, while traveling, or anywhere a visual plan helps.
Choiceworks includes four board types:
• Schedule boards show what is happening now and what comes next
• Waiting boards help make waiting more concrete and manageable
• Feelings boards support communication about emotions, choices, and next steps
• Feelings Scale boards help children show how big a feeling is and what can help at each level
Because Choiceworks is customizable, you can add real photos of familiar people, places, routines, and activities, such as a classroom, doctor's office, bus, teacher, therapist, family member, or favorite activity.
Features include:
• Visual schedule, waiting, feelings, and feelings scale boards
• Visual timers for schedules and waiting
• Custom pictures and text
• Recorded audio
• Backup, import, and export of Choiceworks board files
• Sharing by AirDrop, Files, or email
• iCloud sync across your own devices using the same Apple ID
• Fully available in Spanish
Choiceworks has no ads, no tracking, and no accounts to create. Your boards, photos, and recordings stay on your device and in your own iCloud.
One purchase includes everything. No subscriptions.
My son has moderate autism. I homeschool him because I don't feel he would thrive in a classroom. We do a lot of life lessons. I have his school day broken into lessons. Each lesson has a few activities, most have photographs I have taken of the actual materials we use and I record my voice to tell him what we are doing. You could even add videos if you use it for things like brushing teeth. He gets a verbal "All Done" and a check mark when he completes each task. It is so easy to customize if we change the tasks from day to day. It is engaging and I don't have to write out a schedule anymore! I love this app!!!
Drains Battery
-Familyof5-
There is no way to allow the app to go into autolock within the apps settings. Right now if we have Choiceworks open, our device does not go into sleep mode, which is draining our battery pretty significantly. I spoke with Apple and there isn't anything we can do on our side the app setting overrides the general iPad settings. When I reached out to the developer regarding this setting they believe it is a visual schedule and should always be in view for the user and would only look into addressing it if they received volumes of concern. When utilizing digital supports battery life should always be considered. These are a lot of individuals lifeline. If they removed this override setting from the app, individual users could adjust and choose their own setting for auto lock features, like TouchChat and other digitalsupports allow. Its upsetting that Choiceworks does not see this as an issue to be addressed in their app. Unfortunately, I cannot utilize this app and all its great qualities because it will drain the device that usually holds a charge for days within hours.
Developer Response
Hello, Family of Five. I am the developer of Choiceworks. You have never contacted me, so I’m unclear about this review. Our app is certainly not a one-star app. We have been highly dedicated to its evolution for over 20 years.Regarding draining the iPad battery, in the last 10 years, we’ve received three users identifying this as an issue, including your review on the App Store. I’m unclear why, if you’re using a visual schedule, you would not want the visual schedule visible to the user at all times since that is best practice, not just belief. However, you can swipe out of the app when you don’t want it visible to the user. If you are using a timer, the timer will still work effectively this way. I have to charge my iPad at least 4 times daily, and I don’t run Choiceworks on it. I wish you had contacted us directly because I don’t even know who I’m speaking to, and it’s unfortunate that you felt the need to leave this negative one-star review. We are a very approachable, small family business. I hope you find what you are searching for. Michele Walker, MS
Transformed our children's lives
KellySudoku
This app has positively changed the quality of our family time management during school days. We mostly use the schedule boards. The kids each have their own iPad with the app (although there is a feature to have multiple profiles, the timer feature does not work when switching between profiles). They retrieve it in the morning and begin completing their tasks. They are significantly more independent in transitioning from task to task than when they did not have this app. It's a huge relief. I'm actually setting up schedule boards for myself!
Former ESE (special education) teacher approved
red_1123
My daughter is a level one autistic with adhd and severe dyslexia. This application is so customizable, you can attach audio, pictures and video to the schedule. There’s also “if…. Then….”, wait timers with choices, emotional regulation charts with choices and social stories. I cannot speak highly enough of this application that gives my child the ability to regulate and be independent.
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Version 18.6
The developer, Bee Visual, LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Supported Features
VoiceOver
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Information
Seller
Bee Visual LLC
Size
83 MB
Category
Education
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.6 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.6 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.6 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.6 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.5 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
Languages
English and Spanish
Age Rating
4+
4+
This app has an age rating of 4+ with content restrictions.
Some content may be rated higher, and may therefore be restricted and managed by the developer through in-app controls.