Comparison

ePathshala vs ClassMadam

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

Head to head
About

ePathshala

Access a wide range of educational e-resources, including textbooks, audio, and video content. This platform aims to provide equitable, quality, and inclusive education for all, bridging the digital divide. Users can interact with digital books through various features like highlighting, note-taking, and text-to-speech.

Highlights
  • Access to textbooks, audio, and video resources
  • Digital book interaction (pinch, zoom, bookmark)
  • Digital note-taking and highlighting
  • Text-to-speech functionality
  • Cross-platform accessibility (mobile, web)
  • Offline book storage
Features
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The ePathshala, a joint initiative of Ministry of Education & NCERT. The digital India campaign has promoted extensive use of ICTs in the teaching learning process. The ePathshala, a joint initiative of Ministry of Education(MoE), Govt. of India and National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has been developed for showcasing and disseminating all educational e-resources including textbooks, audio, video, periodicals, and a variety of other digital resources. The ePathshala Mobile app is designed to achieve the SDG Goal no. 4 as well i.e. equitable, quality, inclusive education and lifelong learning for all and bridging the digital divide. Students, Teachers, Educators and Parents can access eBooks through multiple technology platform that is mobile phones and tablets (as epub) and from the web portal through laptops and desktops (as Flipbook). ePathshala also allows users to carry as many books as their device supports. Features of these books allow users to pinch, select, zoom, bookmark, highlight, navigate, share, listen to text using text to speech (TTS) apps and make notes digitally.

About

ClassMadam

Features
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Classmadam is a smart, easy-to-use communication and academic management app designed specifically for coaching institutes, teachers, students, and parents. The app brings all important classroom updates into one centralized platform, ensuring smooth communication, better organization, and real-time information sharing. With Classmadam, teachers can easily share notes and study materials with students through dedicated streams. Coaching institutes can send notices and announcements, share updates, track fees, manage attendance, handle complaints, and keep everyone informed effortlessly. Students and parents stay connected with classroom activities, schedules, and important announcements anytime, anywhere. Classmadam reduces communication gaps and helps institutes focus more on quality education rather than manual coordination. Whether it’s daily updates, academic records, or important alerts, Classmadam keeps everything simple, transparent, and efficient.

Screenshots

ePathshala4 screens
ClassMadam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ClassMadam at fortnightly against ePathshala's every 11 months. ePathshala's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ePathshala ships an update every 11 months, ClassMadam fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ePathshala versus ClassMadam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterePathshalaClassMadam
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews41.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNCERTZaid Rahman

In-app purchases

None

ePathshala

No in-app purchases

None

ClassMadam

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ePathshala free?
ePathshala is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ClassMadam free?
ClassMadam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ePathshala or ClassMadam have ads?
Neither ePathshala nor ClassMadam shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ePathshala or ClassMadam?
ePathshala ships an update every 11 months, and ClassMadam fortnightly. Most recently, ePathshala was updated on October 14, 2026 and ClassMadam on October 5, 2026.

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