Comparison

Pearson e vs RainbowOne

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Pearson e

Access and download Pearson textbooks for offline study on tablets. Features include note-taking, voice recording, digital exercises, and classroom management tools for teachers.

Highlights
  • Download e-Textbooks for offline use
  • Note-taking with text, voice, and drawings
  • Digital exercises with auto-marking
  • Interactive tools for peer evaluation
  • Classroom management for teachers
  • Synchronize notes across devices
Features
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Pearson e-bookshelf enables students and teachers to access Pearson textbooks on the go. These e-Textbooks can be downloaded onto any tablet devices for offline usage, enabling users to access them in the classroom or at home, with or without Internet connection. Pearson e-bookshelf provides users with various effective teaching and learning tools such as note-taking, voice recording and digital exercises with auto-marking function. It is also equipped with interactive tools that promote peer evaluation and collaborative learning. What’s more, Pearson e-Textbook comes with the handy classroom management function that enables teachers to monitor, supervise and guide students’ learning and use of tablet devices in the classroom. Features: • Download e-Textbooks for offline usage • Add, edit, highlight and share notes (text, voice, drawings, weblinks) • Access effective learning and teaching tools specially designed for e-Textbooks • Manage students’ usage of tablet devices in the classroom • Synchronise your notes added to the e-Textbooks across different supported devices

About

RainbowOne

Create and deliver interactive e-learning materials with a powerful e-book editor. Engage students through cross-platform lessons, auto-corrected exercises, and instant learning data analysis. Share and discover educational content in a dedicated bookstore.

Highlights
  • Innovative e-book editor with 80+ tools
  • Cross-platform interactive lessons
  • Auto-corrected exercises
  • Instant learning data analysis
  • Bookstore for sharing and editing e-books
  • Class management tools
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Your e-books, your pedagogy. Cater your student's need. RainbowOne lets you create your own e-Learning materials and hold a truly interactive and engaging e-lesson. E-books can be easily created and adjusted freely to suit your needs. Our interactive e-lesson equipped with functions which helps you to save time. Exercises can be auto-corrected, and the learning data are analyzed to let you know more about your students’ ability. And the most important is, it is fun! Innovative e-Book Editor: Total Design Freedom We offer 80+ comprehensive tool and 10000+ images for you to tailor-make your e-books. You can start with a free canvas or choose from our templates. With easy drag and drop you can customize anything. Cross-platform lesson: Interact with your students Lesson can be held in a cross-platform environment. You can group your students and hold a competition, voting or discussion. We also provide page-sync, black-out screen and other functions that helps you manage your class. Instant Charts: Know your students well All questions with pre-set answers are instantly corrected. Learning data are automatically collected and analyzed. You can easily find out the learning difficulties of your students. Bookstore with editable e-books Share your knowledge! Here we have a bookstore for you to share your materials in public, and you can read the e-books from the bookstore to get some inspiration, or even download and edit it to suit your needs.

Screenshots

RainbowOne4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: RainbowOne at 100% against Pearson e's 0%. RainbowOne also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.0) and device support (3 vs 1). Pearson e's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. RainbowOne sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Pearson e asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RainbowOne holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Pearson e's written reviews are positive against 100% of RainbowOne's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pearson e ships an update every 3 months, RainbowOne every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pearson e versus RainbowOne: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPearson eRainbowOne
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (3 ratings)4.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB287 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPearson Education Asia LimitedOpen Knowledge Association Ltd.

Customer experience

Pearson e

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

RainbowOne

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pearson e

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

RainbowOne

One-time6
  • 8個金幣$0.99
  • 48個金幣$5.99
  • 98個金幣$12.99
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  • 218個金幣$27.99
  • 368個金幣$46.99
  • 688個金幣$89.99

Questions

Is Pearson e free?
Pearson e is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RainbowOne free?
RainbowOne is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pearson e or RainbowOne?
RainbowOne is rated higher. Pearson e averages 3.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while RainbowOne averages 4.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Pearson e or RainbowOne have ads?
Neither Pearson e nor RainbowOne shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pearson e or RainbowOne?
Pearson e ships an update every 3 months, and RainbowOne every 2 months. Most recently, Pearson e was updated on October 7, 2026 and RainbowOne on October 29, 2026.

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