Osprey vs Progress Desk

Osprey connects planning, session data collection and progress documentation for teams working with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs). Practitioners can use AI to turn a written goal or lesson description into an IEP-aligned activity, then accept or edit it. Session tools cover DTT trials, interval recording, frequency observation, articulation probes and rubric scoring. Progress views include independence across sessions, curriculum-based measurement against an aimline and combined progress across active IEP goals. Practices and centers can share learner records with supervisor oversight and cross-discipline visibility. School and district workflows include IDEA-aligned documentation, generalization tracking across settings and a connected FBA/BIP workflow. The individual practitioner app is described as offline-capable for places with unreliable Wi-Fi. It is available on Android, iOS, web and Windows. Individuals can use a free plan with a live web demo; paid pricing is on request, and formal plan names and prices are not published. AI processing of identifiable learner data requires recorded learner-level consent.

Progress Desk is a case management application for special education professionals, including case managers. It creates 18 documents, such as PLAAFPs, quarterly progress reports, family summaries, prior written notices, and meeting invitations. For goal measurement, it offers 15 methods and shows the baseline, target, data points, and trend on a goal card. Its schedule brings sessions, meetings, deadlines, and class availability into one view; moving sessions recalculates make-up time and service-minute totals. Student records are stored and processed locally, and the maker says the software does not collect, access, transmit, store, or process student data through the software. The Mac app needs internet for a one-time license check, then can work offline. The iPad edition costs $59, paid once, billed one-time per iPad, and requires iPadOS 16 or later. The Mac edition costs $99, paid once, billed one-time for up to two Macs, and requires macOS 12 or later. A 14-day trial and 30-day money-back guarantee are advertised.