Pearson e vs Catholic DSI
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
Catholic DSI
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The Official App of the Catholic Education Office, the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong, aims to provide information, news, event enrolment and surveys to kindergartens, government-aided primary schools and government-aided secondary schools sponsored by the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong. 天主教香港教區教育事務處的手機應用程式。主要向教區屬下政府津貼中學、小學及幼稚園提供資訊、學校消息、活動報名及問卷調查。
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pearson e at every 3 months against Catholic DSI's every 8 months. Catholic DSI's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Pearson e ships an update every 3 months, Catholic DSI every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pearson e | Catholic DSI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pearson Education Asia Limited | eClass Limited |
In-app purchases
Pearson e
No in-app purchases
Catholic DSI
No in-app purchases
Questions
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