Comparison

Explain Everything Whiteboard vs Smart Board

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/

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Smart Board

Features
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- TERMS OF USE - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ - PRIVACY POLICY - https://ixvel.com/app/smartboard/privacy/ - WHO CAN USE - * Schools , Teachers - WHAT IT DOES - * Prevents unauthorized use of smart boards and computers in your school by students * Smart boards and computers can be opened remotely via mobile application - WHAT CAN'T - * Smartboards must be turned on to be managed * The operating system of smart boards cannot be started remotely - HOW TO USE - * Download app and add your school * Install the "Smart Board Desktop" application on the smart boards or computers whose access you want to restrict * Run the "Smart Board Desktop" application you installed on the computer. You should see a QR code on the screen * Click the add button on the smart boards screen in the mobile application * You should see QR code reader * Scan QR code by pointing camera at computer * The smart board should appear within the mobile app * You can manage smart boards with the mobile application - HELP - * You can send a message from the help tab under the main menu on the main screen in the application to convey all your opinions and suggestions or ask questions. * You can review the tutorials by clicking the assistant button next to the screen - FOLLOW US - * Web : www.egitimyazilim.com * Help Videos : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLupkXgJvxV-K8iDrMAwyteG5H9tQcyky0 * Instagram : https://instagram.com/egitim_yazilim * Facebook : https://facebook.com/egitimyazilimlari * Telegram : https://t.me/egitimyazilimlari * Twitter : https://twitter.com/egitim_yazilim * Email: egitimyazilim.com@gmail.com * Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/egitimyazilim/ - PAID FEATURES - * If you pay, all devices throughout the school can perform unlimited transactions during the subscription period without restrictions * When you first install the application, you have 100 transactions per device * You must wait 24 hours after each transaction when your rights expire - FEATURES - * You can add as many users and smartboards as you want * You can open and close the smart board locks remotely with the mobile application. * You can turn smart boards on and off with flash memory * You can turn smart boards on and off with instant password * You can send announcements and messages to smart boards * You can turn the sound of smart boards on and off with the mobile application * You can turn off or restart smart boards remotely with the mobile application

Screenshots

Explain Everything Whiteboard4 screens
Smart Board4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Explain Everything Whiteboard at fortnightly against Smart Board's every 5 weeks. Smart Board's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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 9 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Smart Board sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Explain Everything Whiteboard ships an update fortnightly, Smart Board every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Explain Everything Whiteboard versus Smart Board: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExplain Everything WhiteboardSmart Board
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (8.9K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews47.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings8.9K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size312 MB61 MB
Age rating+417+
DeveloperPromethean Ltd.ceyda bulak

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

Smart Board

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Explain Everything Whiteboard

Subscriptions9
  • 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 Plan7 Days trial$89.991 Year
  • [LEGACY] Individual Annual2 variants$129.991 Year
  • [LEGACY] EDU Group, Annual$129.991 Year
1 purchases

Smart Board

Subscriptions1
  • Standard Subscription$2.991 Month

Questions

Is Explain Everything Whiteboard free?
Explain Everything Whiteboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Smart Board free?
Smart Board is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Explain Everything Whiteboard or Smart Board have ads?
Neither Explain Everything Whiteboard nor Smart Board shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Explain Everything Whiteboard or Smart Board?
Explain Everything Whiteboard ships an update fortnightly, and Smart Board every 5 weeks. Most recently, Explain Everything Whiteboard was updated on November 4, 2026 and Smart Board on October 25, 2026.

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