Comparison

Explain Everything Whiteboard vs GloNote

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

GloNote

This app helps international students and others learning in a second language to truly understand lectures. It goes beyond simple translation by providing real-time lecture translation, context-aware note-taking, and AI-powered review tools to build comprehension.

Highlights
  • Real-time lecture translation
  • Context-aware note-taking
  • Lecture recording and playback
  • AI-powered quiz generation
  • Syllabus keyword preview
  • Organized notebooks for review
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* Beyond translation. Where understanding begins — GloNote "A study partner for international students, so you never lose track of a fast lecture or an unfamiliar technical term." * What GloNote does Study in the language you're comfortable in Korean, English, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional) — set the app to the language that suits you. Build your timetable Create your class schedule and see when each lecture starts. Preview the key terms Upload your syllabus and skim the key terms before class begins. Record the lecture Tap record when class starts. Whatever you miss, you can listen to again — any time. Live lecture translation Your professor's words are translated on screen as they speak. No more falling behind on a missed sentence or a fast talker. A review note built from the lecture When the recording ends, GloNote turns it into a single note that keeps the flow of the class. Even a dense lecture is reorganized around its core ideas — so reviewing is far faster and easier than before. Notebooks that distill the essentials Notes from lectures on different days are gathered into one place, with only the most important points pulled out. Quizzes Turn a notebook into a quiz and review in a way that actually sticks. AI chat Not sure about something? Ask the AI right there while you read the note. * Who it's for International and exchange students taking lectures in a second language Students who struggle with technical vocabulary and fast-paced classes Students who want to record lectures and review them later Students who get a translation but still lose the thread of the argument Terms of Service: https://glosori.com/glonote-terms-of-service-en Privacy Policy: https://glosori.com/glonote-privacy-policy-en

Screenshots

Explain Everything Whiteboard4 screens
GloNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: GloNote at 5.0 against Explain Everything Whiteboard's 4.6. GloNote also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Explain Everything Whiteboard's advantage is ratings volume (8.9K vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and GloNote sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

GloNote holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Explain Everything Whiteboard ships an update fortnightly, GloNote every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Explain Everything Whiteboard versus GloNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExplain Everything WhiteboardGloNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (8.9K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings8.9K — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size312 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPromethean Ltd.Glosori Inc.

Customer experience

Explain Everything Whiteboard

All ratings8,863 ratings
Positive90.1%
Neutral3.1%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews374 reviews
Positive47.9%
Neutral12.6%
Negative39.6%

GloNote

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

GloNote

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
4 purchases

GloNote

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
  • Max Monthly Subscription$14.991 Month
One-time2
  • Pro Semester Pass$29.99
  • Max Semester Pass$44.99

Questions

Is Explain Everything Whiteboard free?
Explain Everything Whiteboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GloNote free?
GloNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Explain Everything Whiteboard or GloNote?
GloNote is rated higher. Explain Everything Whiteboard averages 4.6 out of 5 from 8.9K ratings, while GloNote averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Explain Everything Whiteboard or GloNote have ads?
Neither Explain Everything Whiteboard nor GloNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Explain Everything Whiteboard or GloNote?
Explain Everything Whiteboard ships an update fortnightly, and GloNote every 5 days. Most recently, Explain Everything Whiteboard was updated on October 26, 2026 and GloNote on October 25, 2026.

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