I have no experience with the other program, but we are in CTD right now and we really love it. It is pretty expensive though and wish we didn't have to shell out that kind of cash to get something worthwhile. They do have other locations besides Evanston. We have to drive 40 minutes, but we go to the Naperville location(closest one to us). It is a haul every Saturday morning, but my dd6 is very eager to get out of bed and go. Next week is the last class in the session and she is very disappointed. She starts soccer in the spring and even though we gave her the choice between CTD and soccer I don't think she realized that she couldn't really do both. We plan to do a week of the summer session though. I know they do offer financial aid and payment plans if you need them. They talked about options at one of the parent seminars.