MyPortico vs eHelm
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MyPortico
This education app supports students from enrollment to graduation. It allows for attendance tracking, participation in assessments, progress monitoring, and communication with instructors and peers across various learning formats.
- Attendance check-in/out
- Participate in assessments
- Track academic progress
- Interact with instructors
- Connect with classmates
- Supports online, in-person, blended learning
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Portico is an education app that will support you from day one of class all the way through graduation. Through the platform, you can check yourself in and out of attendance sessions, participate in assessments, track your progress, and interact with your instructors and classmates. Thousands of students use Portico every day in online, in-person, and blended learning classes. We're excited that you're next!
eHelm
This app presents various learning content, allowing users to add notes and bookmarks. It tracks usage to optimize the learning experience and content.
- Present learning content
- Add notes and bookmarks
- Track usage and learning experiences
- Facilitate content optimization
- Legacy content support
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eHelm is a mobile app for presenting various forms of learning content. eHelm allows the use of legacy “as-is” and/or new content with added capabilities such as notes and bookmarks. eHelm can be used to track usage and learning experiences to facilitate content optimization and learning.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MyPortico at 93% against eHelm's 20%. MyPortico also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.9) and ratings volume (11K vs 42). eHelm's advantage is iOS requirement (9.2 vs 15.5). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MyPortico holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MyPortico has 11K ratings behind it against 42, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of MyPortico's written reviews are positive against 20% of eHelm's.
| Parameter | MyPortico | eHelm |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (11K ratings) — better | 2.9 (42 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.6% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11K — better | 42 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #185 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 9.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 106 MB | 329 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CourseKey, Inc. | Naval Air Systems Command |
Customer experience
MyPortico
eHelm
Bugs and requests
MyPortico
Reported bugs
2 issues- Inconsistent check-out notifications
- Login issues for some users
Requested features
3 requests- Alarm/reminder feature
- Improved location tracking accuracy
- More flexible check-in/out policies
eHelm
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MyPortico
No in-app purchases
eHelm
No in-app purchases
