Pearson e vs English Benchmark
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
English Benchmark
This app uses AI to automatically score English language skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. It provides detailed reports for educators and certificates for parents, making assessments engaging and stress-free for young learners.
- AI-powered scoring
- Speaking, listening, reading, writing assessment
- Detailed reports for teachers
- Certificates for parents
- Global Scale of English scoring
- Engaging graphics and fun activities
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Developed by experts, English Benchmark uses sophisticated artificial intelligence to automatically score students’ abilities in speaking, listening, reading and writing. It delivers results in minutes, with detailed reports for teachers and certificates for parents. Using engaging graphics and fun activities, English Benchmark helps students feel relaxed when they take their English test, ensuring assessment doesn’t become a stressful part of life for young learners. Scored on the Global Scale of English, English Benchmark integrates with any English course and gives detailed recommendations for how to use your Pearson course to help students improve.
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: English Benchmark at 5.0 against Pearson e's 3.0. English Benchmark also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
English Benchmark holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively.
Pearson e ships an update every 3 months, English Benchmark every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pearson e | English Benchmark |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pearson Education Asia Limited | Pearson Education, Inc. |
Customer experience
Pearson e
English Benchmark
In-app purchases
Pearson e
No in-app purchases
English Benchmark
No in-app purchases
Questions
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