Comparison

OLAS vs Promethean

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

OLAS

This official school app provides essential information for students, parents, and staff. Access school news, contact details, and an 'About Us' section. Receive important updates directly through push notifications.

Highlights
  • School news updates
  • Contact information
  • About the school
  • Push notifications
Features
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This is the official app for O.L.A.S school: Features: - News - Contact Us - About Us - Push Notification

About

Promethean

This app facilitates classroom collaboration by allowing students and teachers to interact with interactive panels wirelessly. IT administrators can also manage panel enrollment and updates. It offers screen sharing and access to training resources.

Highlights
  • Wireless screen sharing
  • Panel management for IT admins
  • Access to training materials
  • Student-teacher interaction
  • Panel enrollment and naming
Features
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Put classroom collaboration into the hands of students and teachers and panel management into the hands of school IT administrators. The Promethean mobile app is designed for teachers and students to interact with Promethean ActivPanels from anywhere in the classroom. Teachers have the ability to sign in and access their Promethean profile. For IT administrators, the Promethean mobile app helps to enroll ActivPanels into their panel management to make updates easier. Students can • Wirelessly share the screen from their mobile device to ActivPanels with Screen Share or Screen Share in Promethean ActivSuite. • No sign-in required. Teachers can • Wirelessly share the screen from their mobile device to ActivPanels with Screen Share or Screen Share in Promethean ActivSuite. • Access Promethean user tutorials and training materials on Learn Promethean directly through the app.* • Sign in to their Promethean account to access Promethean ActivSuite and sign in to their ActivPanel 9. IT Administrators can • Sign in to their Promethean account. • Wirelessly share the screen from their mobile device to ActivPanels with Screen Share or Screen Share in Promethean ActivSuite. • Access Promethean user tutorials and training materials on Learn Promethean directly through the app* • Enroll ActivPanels into a school organization, name the panel, associate it with groups and verify that it was enrolled successfully. NOTES: • The Promethean app requires a device where a Promethean account can be accessed or Promethean ActivPanel Elements (Nickel, Cobalt, Titanium) series panels with Software Release (SR) 3.2 or newer. • Panel sign in is only available for ActivPanel 9 series. • Screen Share must be enabled on ActivPanel to utilize Screen Share from the Promethean app. * Dependent upon language"

Screenshots

OLAS3 screens
Promethean4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: OLAS at every 2 weeks against Promethean's every 4 months. OLAS also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). Promethean's advantage is ratings volume (59 vs 3). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

OLAS holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Promethean has 59 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OLAS ships an update every 2 weeks, Promethean every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
OLAS versus Promethean: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOLASPromethean
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (3 ratings) — better2.5 (59 ratings)
Positive reviews—17.6% of reviews
Number of ratings359 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOSITCOM ltdPromethean

Customer experience

OLAS

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

Promethean

All ratings59 ratings
Positive33.9%
Neutral8.5%
Negative57.6%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive17.6%
Neutral2.9%
Negative79.4%

In-app purchases

None

OLAS

No in-app purchases

None

Promethean

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OLAS free?
OLAS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Promethean free?
Promethean is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, OLAS or Promethean?
OLAS is rated higher. OLAS averages 2.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Promethean averages 2.5 from 59 ratings.
Do OLAS or Promethean have ads?
Neither OLAS nor Promethean shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OLAS or Promethean?
OLAS ships an update every 2 weeks, and Promethean every 4 months. Most recently, OLAS was updated on September 28, 2026 and Promethean on October 4, 2026.

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