Comparison

Explain Everything Whiteboard vs iDoceo Grade Scanner

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

iDoceo Grade Scanner

Automate the grading of bubble sheet assessments with this powerful and intuitive app. Create classes and assessments, then scan completed sheets to get real-time scores. Export data and sync with other platforms for comprehensive analysis.

Highlights
  • Automatic bubble sheet grading
  • Real-time score display
  • Unlimited classes and assessments
  • Data export to XLS/CSV
  • Sync with Google Classroom
  • Detailed score statistics and graphs
  • Password protection with PIN/Touch ID
Features
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Grade Scanner is a powerful and easy to use app that grades bubble sheet assessments automatically. Create your classes in no time, configure the answers to your assessments and start scanning once your students have filled the bubble sheets. Grade Scanner will show your student's score in real time. You may export your data to XLS,CSV, to iDoceo, sync with Google Classroom or review stats from the app. These are its main features: - Universal app, works on iPhone and iPad. Syncs between devices. - Password protect GradeScanner with Pin or Touch Id • Create unlimited classes - Import XLS files or templates from iDoceo - Add students from your contacts list - Add students from Google Classroom - Add students thumbnails • Create unlimited assessments - Up to 100 questions, configurable choices 2 to 5 per question - One or several correct answers per question - Use 20,50 or 100 questions sheets - Print sheets directly from the app or download from our web - You may change an assessment configuration on the fly without having to rescan sheets. • Easily scan all your sheets - View the score for each student in real time, as you scan. - Detailed view of sheet analysis • Review scores and stats - Average, Median, Std. Deviation, Max. and Min. score - Graph by answers/questions/tags - Spider chart by tag - Sort by result - Export to XLS/CSV - Export to iDoceo - PDF report with summary, score and tags for each student - Sync scores with Google Classroom Do not hesitate to contact us if you miss any feature! From the app, tap on Help > Support&Suggestions

Screenshots

Explain Everything Whiteboard4 screens
iDoceo Grade Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Explain Everything Whiteboard at Free against iDoceo Grade Scanner's $9.99. Explain Everything Whiteboard also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.6) and ratings volume (8.8K vs 12). iDoceo Grade Scanner's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 17.0). On review sentiment, update cadence, ads and device support 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

Explain Everything Whiteboard is free to download; iDoceo Grade Scanner costs $9.99 up front. Explain Everything Whiteboard sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. iDoceo Grade Scanner asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Explain Everything Whiteboard holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Explain Everything Whiteboard has 8.8K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Explain Everything Whiteboard's written reviews are positive against 44% of iDoceo Grade Scanner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Explain Everything Whiteboard ships an update every 2 weeks, iDoceo Grade Scanner every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Explain Everything Whiteboard versus iDoceo Grade Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExplain Everything WhiteboardiDoceo Grade Scanner
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating4.6 (8.8K ratings) — better3.6 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews48.2% of reviews — better43.8% of reviews
Number of ratings8.8K — better12
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.012.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size312 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPromethean Ltd.iDoceo Studios Ltd.

Customer experience

Explain Everything Whiteboard

All ratings8,841 ratings
Positive90.1%
Neutral3.1%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews371 reviews
Positive48.2%
Neutral12.7%
Negative39.1%

iDoceo Grade Scanner

All ratings12 ratings
Positive58.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews112 reviews
Positive43.8%
Neutral12.5%
Negative43.8%

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

iDoceo Grade Scanner

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Explain Everything Whiteboard

Subscriptions10
  • 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
  • [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

iDoceo Grade Scanner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Explain Everything Whiteboard free?
Explain Everything Whiteboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is iDoceo Grade Scanner free?
iDoceo Grade Scanner costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Explain Everything Whiteboard or iDoceo Grade Scanner?
Explain Everything Whiteboard is rated higher. Explain Everything Whiteboard averages 4.6 out of 5 from 8.8K ratings, while iDoceo Grade Scanner averages 3.6 from 12 ratings.
Do Explain Everything Whiteboard or iDoceo Grade Scanner have ads?
Neither Explain Everything Whiteboard nor iDoceo Grade Scanner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Explain Everything Whiteboard or iDoceo Grade Scanner?
Explain Everything Whiteboard ships an update every 2 weeks, and iDoceo Grade Scanner every 4 weeks. Most recently, Explain Everything Whiteboard was updated on September 24, 2026 and iDoceo Grade Scanner on September 24, 2026.

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