Comparison

Pearson e vs FPIC

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

FPIC

Features
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FPIC provides information regarding Free, Prior and Informed Consent in the development process in indigenous peoples communities. This information is provided by Development and Partnership in Action (DPA), a Cambodian non-government organisation (NGO) which localised from an international NGO called CIDSE. The organisation has been active in Cambodia for over 30 years, tackling issues as diverse as building capacity to community leaders, gender equality, natural resource management, health and education, and food security and as well as adapting to address emerging issues such as climate change and extractive industries as these topics became relevant to the Cambodian context.

Screenshots

FPIC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: FPIC at monthly against Pearson e's every 3 months. FPIC also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 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, FPIC monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pearson e versus FPIC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPearson eFPIC
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPearson Education Asia LimitedBenjamin Irani (DK)

In-app purchases

None

Pearson e

No in-app purchases

None

FPIC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pearson e free?
Pearson e is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FPIC free?
FPIC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pearson e or FPIC have ads?
Neither Pearson e nor FPIC shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pearson e or FPIC?
Pearson e ships an update every 3 months, and FPIC monthly. Most recently, Pearson e was updated on September 19, 2026 and FPIC on September 10, 2026.

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