Comparison

Explain Everything Whiteboard vs Math VR

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

An interactive whiteboard app for creating and sharing video lessons, notes, and drawings. It offers real-time collaboration, PDF annotation, and engagement tools to enhance teaching and learning.

Highlights
  • Infinite canvas for drawing and notes
  • Record and edit whiteboard video lessons
  • Real-time collaboration
  • PDF annotation
  • Interactive engagement apps (Polling, Timer, Spinner)
  • Import and enrich materials with various media
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

Math VR

This app creates immersive learning experiences using augmented reality to help students grasp complex concepts. It aims to capture attention and foster deeper understanding in educational settings.

Highlights
  • Active learning experiences
  • Augmented reality models
  • Improved concept understanding
  • Captures student attention
  • Redefines learning space
Features
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Creates active learning experiences hitherto inconceivable, and in the process, redefine the learning space! It captures studentsí attention and teachers will have their undivided attention. By viewing augmented models, students gain better understanding of the concepts they are learning.

Screenshots

Explain Everything Whiteboard4 screens
Math VR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Explain Everything Whiteboard at 4.6 against Math VR's 4.0. Explain Everything Whiteboard also leads on ratings volume (8.9K vs 1) and review sentiment (48% vs 33%). Math VR's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 12) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Explain Everything Whiteboard sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Math VR asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Explain Everything Whiteboard holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Explain Everything Whiteboard has 8.9K ratings behind it against 1, 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 33% of Math VR's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Explain Everything Whiteboard ships an update fortnightly, Math VR every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Explain Everything Whiteboard versus Math VR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExplain Everything WhiteboardMath VR
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (8.9K ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews47.9% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings8.9K — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.07.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size312 MB490 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperPromethean Ltd.ACE-Learning Systems Pte. Ltd.

Customer experience

Explain Everything Whiteboard

All ratings8,901 ratings
Positive90.1%
Neutral3.1%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews374 reviews
Positive47.9%
Neutral12.6%
Negative39.6%

Math VR

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

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

Math VR

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

Math VR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Explain Everything Whiteboard free?
Explain Everything Whiteboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Math VR free?
Math VR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Explain Everything Whiteboard or Math VR?
Explain Everything Whiteboard is rated higher. Explain Everything Whiteboard averages 4.6 out of 5 from 8.9K ratings, while Math VR averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Explain Everything Whiteboard or Math VR have ads?
Neither Explain Everything Whiteboard nor Math VR shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Explain Everything Whiteboard or Math VR?
Explain Everything Whiteboard ships an update fortnightly, and Math VR every 5 weeks. Most recently, Explain Everything Whiteboard was updated on November 2, 2026 and Math VR on November 2, 2026.

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