Free · iPhone & iPad · Education
Token Board ABA is a digital token board for the moment right before that sentence pays off. Set the goal, pick the tokens, hand over the device, and let a learner watch their own progress fill in.
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Work toward earning your 5 minutes of iPad time
Alex’s 5-minute break
Live demo: tap the tokens. Tap an earned one to take it back.
Token Board ABA was built by a paraprofessional for use during Discrete Trial Training in his ASD classroom, because the laminated board kept losing its velcro, the tokens kept ending up under the table, and every learner wanted a different reinforcer.
So the design goal was narrow and practical: everything a session actually needs, reachable in one thumb-tap, and nothing else on screen competing for the learner's attention. No dashboards to fill out. No login to remember at 8:05 in the morning.
It works the same whether you're an RBT running discrete trials, a teacher managing a transition, a parent getting through a haircut, or a therapist building tolerance for a non-preferred task.
Justin Ledvina · Developer, paraprofessional
What's inside
A token only works as a reinforcer if it means something to the person earning it. That's the whole reason this app has as many knobs as it does.
Stars, hearts, soccer balls, smiley faces, superheroes, trucks, animals, and abstract shapes, plus crowns, gems, and bolts. If none of them land, snap a photo or pull one from your library and that becomes the token.
Type the reinforcer ("5 minutes iPad time," "trampoline," "one Skittle") and add a picture of it. Save the ones you use often to a reward library and pull them back up in two taps next session.
Filling the board hands off straight to a countdown timer, so break time has a visible end and an alarm, not a negotiation. Change the length mid-break without leaving the screen.
Save each learner with their own reward, token count, token style, background, and break length, then switch between them in a tap. Token progress saves per student, so a session survives a bell, a fire drill, or a locked screen.
Three tokens for a shaky morning, nine for a learner who's building stamina. Change the count any time. The board redraws instantly, and you can pull a token back off if one was delivered by mistake.
Each token pops in with a sound and a bounce. Fill the board and you get confetti, spinning tokens, and a congratulations chime. Sound is a single switch away if you're in a quiet room or it's the wrong kind of input for your learner.
Pick a solid color for a low-distraction board, or drop in a photo: a favorite character, a calming scene, a picture of the actual reward. High-contrast dark is the default because it keeps the tokens loud.
On iPad the tokens scale up to a size that's easy for a learner to reach and press, like a real board on the table between you. On iPhone it's the version that lives in your lanyard pocket.
Student names, reward photos, and progress are stored on the device and nowhere else. No account, no sync, no server, which also means it works with the Wi-Fi off.
How a session runs
Name, reinforcer, and a photo of it. Save it as a profile and you never do this part again.
Choose a token they'll actually work for, a color, a background, and how many it takes.
Deliver a token with a tap. It pops, it sounds, and the board visibly gets closer to done.
Confetti, then straight into the break timer. When it rings, reset and go again.
Who it's for
RBTs & BCBAs
Run discrete trials with a clean reinforcement schedule and a board you can reconfigure between programs.
Teachers & paras
A token economy for transitions, work completion, and behavior goals, with one profile per student on your caseload.
SLPs & OTs
Keep a child engaged through a non-preferred drill with a visual that shows exactly how much is left.
Parents & caregivers
Carry the same system home from school so getting dressed, brushing teeth, and haircuts follow familiar rules.
“The developer does not collect any data from this app.” App Store privacy label, Token Board ABA
Questions
Yes. No price, no ads, no subscription, and no in-app purchases. Every feature, including unlimited student profiles, is available to everyone.
Neither. Download it, open it, set up a board. It runs entirely on the device, so it works in a therapy room with no signal, on a plane, or on a school iPad with restricted Wi-Fi.
Yes. Save as many student profiles as you need. Each one keeps its own reward, token style, background, token goal, and break length.
Token progress saves per student too, so you can switch learners mid-day and come back to a board exactly where you left it.
Yes, in three places: as the token itself, as the picture of the reward, and as the board background. Take a photo in the moment or pick one from your library.
Yes, and it's the better experience for table-top sessions: tokens scale up to a much larger target so a learner can press them independently.
Yes. Sound is a single toggle in Setup. With it off you still get the visual feedback: the token pop, the animation, and the confetti at the end.
Tap an earned token to take it back, or reset the whole board at once. Nothing is permanent and nothing needs to be undone through a menu.
No, and it isn't trying to. This is the reinforcement side of a session: the visual board the learner interacts with. Trial-by-trial data still belongs in whatever system your team already uses.
Not right now. Token Board ABA is available on the App Store for iPhone and iPad.
Free on the App Store for iPhone and iPad. Setup takes about a minute, and you'll only do it once per learner.
