Comparison

Explain Everything Whiteboard vs WMAttendance

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

WMAttendance

Features
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Mobile App for Parents/Guardians: The WMAttendance Mobile App enables parents/guardians to actively participate in their child’s school attendance. By using the app, guardians can securely check their child in or out, receive real-time updates on attendance, and ensure proper monitoring. Benefits: QR Code Check-In/Out: Simplify the check-in/out process with the built-in QR code scanner, ensuring accurate and secure attendance logging. Real-Time Tracking: Get live updates on your child’s attendance, with instant visibility for check-ins and check-outs. Secure and User-Friendly: Designed with an intuitive interface, the app offers guardians a secure and easy-to-use platform for managing school attendance.

Screenshots

Explain Everything Whiteboard4 screens
WMAttendance4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WMAttendance at none against Explain Everything Whiteboard's 12. WMAttendance also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 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. WMAttendance asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Explain Everything Whiteboard versus WMAttendance: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExplain Everything WhiteboardWMAttendance
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (8.9K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews47.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings8.9K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size312 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPromethean Ltd.Willowmore Pte Ltd

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

WMAttendance

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

WMAttendance

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Explain Everything Whiteboard free?
Explain Everything Whiteboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WMAttendance free?
WMAttendance is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Explain Everything Whiteboard or WMAttendance have ads?
Neither Explain Everything Whiteboard nor WMAttendance shows ads.

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