Comparison

PE Passport vs Impero Backdrop

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

Head to head
About

PE Passport

This tool helps school teachers plan, monitor, and assess physical education for students from Reception to Year 6. It offers a full curriculum with engaging lessons, progressive objectives, and video examples, allowing for easy tracking of individual student progress in both curriculum and extracurricular activities.

Highlights
  • Physical Education planning
  • Student assessment and tracking
  • Full curriculum access
  • Engaging, interactive lessons
  • Progressive learning objectives
  • Video demonstration links
  • Differentiated activities
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The PE Passport is an online Physical Education planning, assessment and tracking tool designed to enable School teachers to deliver, monitor and assess high quality, enjoyable and effective PE. The passport is child centred and allows pupils' PE provision to be planned, tracked and recorded from Reception to Year 6 It gives schools access to a full curriculum of engaging, interactive P.E lessons for each year group and each lesson contains clear, progressive learning objectives, differentiated activities, video links to example delivery ideas and a competitive element. Alongside this teachers can assess and monitor the progress of each individual easily not only within the curriculum but throughout the extra curricular and competitive activities the pupils take part in. The PE Passport is created by PE specialists for teachers, with a shared passion for delivering PE provision which is challenging, progressive and memorable.

About

Impero Backdrop

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Allows iOS devices to connect to Impero’s cloud-based classroom management solution Impero Classroom, supporting all major operating systems. Enable teachers to deliver digital learning anywhere, on any device. This client does not work with Impero's Education Pro or Edlink platforms.

Screenshots

Impero Backdrop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Impero Backdrop at 3 against PE Passport's 1. Impero Backdrop also leads on iOS requirement (12.1 vs 14.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PE Passport ships an update every 6 weeks, Impero Backdrop every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 6 level
PE Passport versus Impero Backdrop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPE PassportImpero Backdrop
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks β€” betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeβ€”
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” better
Requires iOS14.012.1 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size80 MB63 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPE PassportImpero Solutions Ltd

In-app purchases

None

PE Passport

No in-app purchases

None

Impero Backdrop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PE Passport free?
PE Passport is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Impero Backdrop free?
Impero Backdrop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PE Passport or Impero Backdrop have ads?
Neither PE Passport nor Impero Backdrop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PE Passport or Impero Backdrop?
PE Passport ships an update every 6 weeks, and Impero Backdrop every 2 months. Most recently, PE Passport was updated on September 15, 2026 and Impero Backdrop on September 8, 2026.

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