Comparison

PE Passport vs now>press>play

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — 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

now>press>play

Features
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A now>press>play Experience is normally delivered by a primary school teacher to a class, as part of classroom lessons. Our library of Experiences covers a wide array of curriculum topics, teaching the central learning objectives and providing rich follow-on activities for afterwards. This app forms part of a school’s access package or free trial to now>press>play services. HOW IT WORKS In a now>press>play Experience every child is given a pair of wireless headphones. Immersed in sound, they become the main character in a story, meeting people, discovering places and solving problems on an educational adventure they’ll never forget. From climbing through layers of rainforest canopy in the Amazon, to fighting a woolly mammoth in the Stone Age, these audio-only adventures are uniquely designed to stimulate children’s imaginations. now>press>play can be used as a whole class activity or with smaller groups for intervention work. Through a child-centred approach to learning, they extend children’s life experiences and are a fun and inclusive way to engage children in the curriculum. CONTENT There are currently 80 curriculum-based Experiences for EYFS, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 (i.e. 3 to 11 years old) covering a broad range of subjects across literacy, maths, history, geography, science, PSHE/SEL, religious education and foreign languages. The app gives you access to all our immersive audio adventures in one place, along with their follow-on resources: every Experience includes SATs-style Reading Comprehensions, Writing Opportunities, Quizzes, Storyboards and Discussion Questions, making it simple to plan and deliver quality lessons. WHAT EACH SCHOOL GETS Access to 80 immersive audio Experiences for EYFS, KS1 and KS2 Topics include Maths, Science, History, Geography, PSHE, RE, MFL, and Literacy Follow-on resources for each Experience: Glossary, Storyboard, Quiz, Reading Comprehension, Writing Opportunities, and post-Experience Discussion Questions ‘How It Works’ guides to get the best out of now>press>play for your class Opportunity to access all now>press>play content offline for use in various settings REVIEWS 'now>press>play is an experience the children will never forget; it brings to life for them the topic work, in a way which quite frankly I could never have achieved, in such a direct and engaging manner.' Year 6 Teacher, West Drayton Primary School ‘I was blown away by how the pupils in Year 5 responded to this magnificent Experience. They were plunged into the middle of World War 2, and embraced and internalised every second without question! It has had such an incredible impact on their learning. This is a resource we will continue to utilise at every opportunity.’ Year 5 Teacher, Marshfield School RATINGS & AWARDS ***** 4.9/5 EdTech Impact rating ERA 2020 Winner Bett Awards 2019 Winner

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: now>press>play at 3 against PE Passport's 1. On price, update cadence, 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

PE Passport ships an update every 6 weeks, now>press>play every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
PE Passport versus now>press>play: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPE Passportnow>press>play
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPE Passportnow>press>play

In-app purchases

None

PE Passport

No in-app purchases

None

now>press>play

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PE Passport free?
PE Passport is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is now>press>play free?
now>press>play is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PE Passport or now>press>play have ads?
Neither PE Passport nor now>press>play shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PE Passport or now>press>play?
PE Passport ships an update every 6 weeks, and now>press>play every 2 months. Most recently, PE Passport was updated on September 15, 2026 and now>press>play on September 13, 2026.

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