Comparison

Explain Everything Whiteboard vs Hessa

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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Hessa

Features
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مرحبًا بك في منصة قبة التعليمية (Hessa App) – المنصة التعليمية الرائدة والمصممة خصيصاً لتقديم تجربة تعلم تفاعلية وممتعة للطلاب والأطفال في مختلف المراحل الدراسية. تهدف منصة قبة إلى جعل رحلة التعلم أكثر سهولة وتشويقاً من خلال تنظيم المحتوى الدراسي وفق تسلسل تعليمي منهجي يربط بين المراحل، الصفوف، المواد، الوحدات، والدروس في بيئة تفاعلية آمنة وسهلة الاستخدام. أهم مميزات منصة قبة التعليمية: تنظيم تعليمي شامل ومتكامل: - تصفح سهل ومنظم للمراحل الدراسية والصفوف المختلفة. - تقسيم المواد الدراسية إلى وحدات ودروس واضحة ومحددة لتسهيل المتابعة والاستيعاب. دعم الأنشطة التفاعلية وحزم (SCORM / HTML5): - تشغيل المحتوى التفاعلي التعليمي وحزم SCORM بسلاسة تامة لتعزيز الفهم والتطبيق العملي. مشغل وسائط متطور: - مشاهدة شروحات الفيديو والدروس المرئية بجودة عالية. - الاستماع إلى المقاطع الصوتية والتسجيلات التعليمية بوضوح. استعراض المستندات والكتب الرقمية: - قارئ PDF مدمج وسريع لتصفح المذكرات، الكتب، وأوراق العمل دون الحاجة لتطبيقات خارجية. واجهة عصرية وسهلة الاستخدام: - تصميم أنيق وجذاب مخصص للأطفال والطلاب. - دعم كامل للغة العربية. - دعم الوضع الليلي (Dark Mode) والوضع النهاري (Light Mode) لراحة العين أثناء المذاكرة. بيئة آمنة وموثوقة: - حماية متقدمة للمحتوى التعليمي وتجربة مستخدم مستقرة تضمن استمرار العملية التعليمية دون انقطاع. لماذا تختار منصة قبة؟ نجمع بين سهولة الوصول للمعلومة ومتعة التفاعل الرقمي، لنمنح أبناءنا وبناتنا تجربة دراسية ممتعة تواكب أحدث أساليب التعليم الحديث.

Screenshots

Explain Everything Whiteboard4 screens
Hessa3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hessa at none against Explain Everything Whiteboard's 10. Hessa also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Explain Everything Whiteboard sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Hessa asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Explain Everything Whiteboard ships an update fortnightly, Hessa every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Explain Everything Whiteboard versus Hessa: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExplain Everything WhiteboardHessa
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (8.9K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews47.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings8.9K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size312 MB44 MB
Age rating+412+
DeveloperPromethean Ltd.Yomna Alsayegh

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

Hessa

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
None

Hessa

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Explain Everything Whiteboard free?
Explain Everything Whiteboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hessa free?
Hessa is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Explain Everything Whiteboard or Hessa have ads?
Neither Explain Everything Whiteboard nor Hessa shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Explain Everything Whiteboard or Hessa?
Explain Everything Whiteboard ships an update fortnightly, and Hessa every 3 weeks. Most recently, Explain Everything Whiteboard was updated on November 8, 2026 and Hessa on November 6, 2026.

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