Comparison

Pearson e vs Catholic DSI

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

Catholic DSI

Features
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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。

Screenshots

Catholic DSI4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pearson e versus Catholic DSI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPearson eCatholic DSI
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPearson Education Asia LimitedeClass Limited

In-app purchases

None

Pearson e

No in-app purchases

None

Catholic DSI

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pearson e free?
Pearson e is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Catholic DSI free?
Catholic DSI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pearson e or Catholic DSI have ads?
Neither Pearson e nor Catholic DSI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pearson e or Catholic DSI?
Pearson e ships an update every 3 months, and Catholic DSI every 8 months. Most recently, Pearson e was updated on September 19, 2026 and Catholic DSI on September 15, 2026.

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