Equity Maps vs Orah Staff App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Equity Maps
This app helps educators visualize and analyze student participation in classroom discussions. It allows teachers to track who speaks, how often, and the nature of their contributions, fostering reflection and equity.
- Visualize student participation
- Instant feedback and analytics
- Animated playback of discussions
- Track contribution types
- Create custom identity markers
- Export audio and analytics (Premium)
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• Elevate the voices in the room -- help students to reflect & grow! • Provide Instant Feedback – Nurture Reflection – Ignite Collaboration – Promote Equity • Created by teachers, for teachers & their students. Ideal for Socratic seminars, Spider Web™ & Harkness® (*) discussions, Literature Circles, Dialogic lesson designs, or anytime students interact. Effortlessly chart & record students’ interactions to graphically illustrate levels & types of participation. Spur deeper reflection with the discussion maps, instant analytics & animated playback at multiple speeds. NEW IN PREMIUM! – Export audio & class analytics – Post in your LMS or email directly to your students along with their talk time, Checknotes of types of contributions, the discussion map, & your personal feedback (beta). STANDARD FEATURES: • Up to 20 participants in any class w/open seating options • Quick edit features to create groups and classes. • Playback the discussion maps in real time or fast forward • Select & listen to any speaker & view notes linked to their participation • Individual/Group analytics – Include/Exclude participants from the data to see how the dynamics change PREMIUM FEATURES available with in-app upgrade or by downloading Premium today: • Up to 40 participants • Add Identity Markers to track data by groups of students • Export Audio or analytics via email to students or post in LMS or export to CSV (beta) • Track student contributions w/ enhanced Checknotes & access the 17 templates ------- CONFERENCE WITH YOUR STUDENTS OR TEACHERS: • Debrief w/students individually! Review contributions of any one student in the improved participant analytics: see each time the student spoke & playback what they said, or play from the person who spoke before/after, review notations for that student, participation data, or Checknotes… all on one screen! • Give better feedback! Take notes or write comments during or after the discussion that link directly to the student speaking and share with them immediately after. • Identify Markers: customize the groups w/n your class that you’d like to measure such as grade level, language level, race, seating area, or anything you’d like to see. ------- REFLECTIVE DATA AT YOUR FINGERTIPS: • Simply tap on the participants’ icons when they speak & Equity Maps will do the rest by visually charting the interactions & calculating levels of participation. • Track the nature of each participant's contributions with Checknotes, choose among the 17 templates or create your own, or take notes during the discussion that attach to the speaker for review afterward. • The “Feedback Frames” provide key statistics for teachers, students or group members: time spoken, times spoken, gender equity, or customize anything you’d like to measure. TEACHERS: • Enhance your Socratic Seminars, Literature Circles, Harkness®(*) discussions, or full classroom discussions • Monitor & assess Common Core Speaking & Listening Standards, ATL, Dialogic lessons, or seminar criteria • Promote student involvement & self-reflection • Perfect for schools with VPP for 50% discount FACILITATORS & GROUP LEADERS: • Encourage deeper reflection of your group’s goals, norms & processes • Give your boss an Equity Check & share how equitable your last meeting was • Critical Friends Group® coaches & facilitators (CFG work) or in PLCs ADMINISTRATORS & INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES: • Provide teachers an “image” of their classroom instruction like they’ve never seen before! • Revitalize reflective practices for teachers, while reducing anxiety of post-observation meetings • Make your classroom observations more meaningful & reflective ------ Equity Maps® is a registered trademark at the USPTO / U.S. Pat. No 10,553,129 *Equity Maps has been developed completely independent of Phillips Exeter Academy & is not affiliated in any way with the academy. Critical Friends Group® is a registered trademark of the National School Reform Faculty (NSRF®)
Orah Staff App
A student management system designed for schools to streamline boarding operations. It allows staff to manage student check-ins, leave requests, and conduct rolls efficiently from any device.
- Student sign in/out
- Leave request management
- Roll calls
- Paperless system
- Cross-device compatibility
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Boardingware is now Orah! This reflects our new commitment to building elegant software experiences for our schools, students and parents - both inside and outside of Residential Life, or boarding. We’re excited to share this moment with you and invite you to experience Orah. Orah is a safe and simple student management system for schools. Forget clipboards, and tedious paper based systems, Orah lets staff manage their boarders effortlessly from their iPad, mobile phone, or computer. With our iOS app you can sign students in and out, accept and decline leave requests, perform rolls and much more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Equity Maps at 100% against Orah Staff App's 17%. Equity Maps also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (82 vs 16). Orah Staff App's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads 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
Orah Staff App is free to download; Equity Maps costs $1.99 up front. Equity Maps sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Orah Staff App asks for nothing beyond the download.
Equity Maps holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Equity Maps has 82 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Equity Maps's written reviews are positive against 17% of Orah Staff App's.
Equity Maps ships an update every 3 months, Orah Staff App every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Equity Maps | Orah Staff App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (82 ratings) — better | 3.0 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 16.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 82 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Nelson | Boardingware |
Customer experience
Equity Maps
Orah Staff App
In-app purchases
Equity Maps
- Equity Maps Premium v5.3$7.99
Orah Staff App
No in-app purchases
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