Comparison

Explain Everything Whiteboard vs Spell Grammar

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

Head to head
About

Explain Everything Whiteboard

This interactive whiteboard app allows users to create notes, drawings, and record video lessons. It supports real-time collaboration, PDF annotation, and offers various tools to enrich content, making it ideal for education and presentations.

Highlights
  • Infinite canvas for notes and drawings
  • Record and edit whiteboard video lessons
  • Real-time collaboration
  • PDF annotation
  • Import images, GIFs, 3D models, and more
  • Interactive engagement apps (Polling, Timer, Spinner)
Features
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The iPad App Store Trend of the Year 2020 award-winning interactive whiteboard and note taking app for iPad. With over 25 million downloads across the globe, Explain Everything helps teachers and students with every day learning. Explain Everything Advanced, Promethean's award-winning cloud-based plan, is one of the most dynamic, easy-to-use, and powerful lesson creation and delivery tools on the market today. Explain Everything is an interactive whiteboard, built to create notes and make drawings, explain concepts and share boards anywhere. Make notes and draw together on the infinite canvas. Use sticky notes, work with imported documents, and annotate PDFs. Easily record whiteboard videos and share the entire process of explaining a lesson. Use real-time collaboration to stay on the same page with your students or team. Our customers love using Explain Everything to: • Record and edit whiteboard video lessons, then share them automatically with your preferred cloud drive! • Capture ideas, create interactive presentations, and use PDF annotation for teaching purposes. • Use engagement apps such as Polling, Timer, and Spinner to promote student participation and deep focus. • Draw, write, sketchnote, visualize, and scribble using Apple Pencil then easily present materials both in-classroom or online. • Enrich your materials with images and GIFs, Sticky Notes, Clipart, 3D Models, Shapes, Web Browser, Equations, hyperlinks, text boxes and notes grid. • Digitize and store materials in one place thanks to the Explain Everything Drive cloud; available from any device, anywhere. • Collaborate with students by hosting group assignments in the classroom and in the cloud. • Broadcast through SharePlay or popular conferencing tools, including Zoom or Microsoft Teams. New Activities within Advanced Plan We’re coming with new activities to enhance your lessons and create some fun throughout your classroom. Launch and play activities right from your whiteboard canvas. Crossword – Add a list of words, provide image or text clues, and Explain Everything will generate a crossword for you. Memory game – Turn a set of images into a randomized memory pair-finding game. Matching game – Build a matching game from a collection of images, shapes, and text. Promethean Engagement Apps We’ve enhanced our Explain Everything Advanced plan with other new features, including Promethean’s ever-popular Spinner, Timer, and Polling apps; all to improve your teaching experience in the classroom. Polling – ask questions and receive responses from students instantly. Timer – use clock and stopwatch to measure time and improve executive functioning skills. Spinner – randomly select items from the built-in templates or your own lists to add excitement to any class. If you enjoy using Explain Everything please leave us a review! https://explaineverything.com/terms-of-use/

About

Spell Grammar

Features
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This spell check enables you to automatically correct spelling mistakes and make progress in the way you use English in writing. It delivers high quality auto suggestion very fast. You can also use this spell checker to help your child with their homework. Use this spell checker on the iPhone or iPad and work out how to spell words together. Check and improve your spelling with Spell Checker. Write feedback and comment to make Spell Checker better. *Required Internet Connection.

Screenshots

Explain Everything Whiteboard4 screens
Spell Grammar3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Spell Grammar at none against Explain Everything Whiteboard's 12. Explain Everything Whiteboard's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 61 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Explain Everything Whiteboard sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Spell Grammar asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Explain Everything Whiteboard ships an update fortnightly, Spell Grammar every 61 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Explain Everything Whiteboard versus Spell Grammar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExplain Everything WhiteboardSpell Grammar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (8.9K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews47.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings8.9K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 61 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size312 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPromethean Ltd.Hafiz Musa

Bugs and requests

Explain Everything Whiteboard

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inability to select desired controls
  • Recordings cutting off audio
  • Projects not saving properly
  • Restricted account limits

Requested features

6 requests
  • Toggle option for consistent line width
  • Improved pen and drawing tools
  • Better undo/redo functionality
  • Ability to move audio clips
  • Animated GIF support
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  • Customizable font size

Spell Grammar

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Explain Everything Whiteboard

Subscriptions11
  • Individual Monthly Plan7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • [LEGACY] Individual Monthly$12.991 Month
  • [LEGACY] EDU Group, Monthly$12.991 Month
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  • [LEGACY] Individual Monthly7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Solo Teacher Plan1 Year trial$34.991 Year
  • [LEGACY] Solo Teacher Plan7 Days trial$34.991 Year
  • Advanced Plan7 Days trial$69.001 Year
  • Individual Annual Plan1 Year trial$89.991 Year
  • Individual Annual Plan7 Days trial$89.991 Year
  • [LEGACY] Individual Annual2 variants$129.991 Year
  • [LEGACY] EDU Group, Annual$129.991 Year
None

Spell Grammar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Explain Everything Whiteboard free?
Explain Everything Whiteboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spell Grammar free?
Spell Grammar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Explain Everything Whiteboard or Spell Grammar have ads?
Spell Grammar shows ads; Explain Everything Whiteboard does not.
Which is updated more often, Explain Everything Whiteboard or Spell Grammar?
Explain Everything Whiteboard ships an update fortnightly, and Spell Grammar every 61 months. Most recently, Explain Everything Whiteboard was updated on October 18, 2026 and Spell Grammar on October 5, 2026.

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