ActivCast Sender vs myViewBoard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ActivCast Sender
This app allows teachers and students to wirelessly share their device screens with the entire class. It facilitates the display of content, ideas, and applications for collaborative learning.
- Wireless content mirroring
- Share ideas and apps
- Classroom display
- Device to projector/screen
- Educational collaboration
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Teachers and students can use ActivCast to wirelessly mirror their content, ideas and apps on their device to the entire class.
myViewBoard
This interactive whiteboard app transforms traditional lessons into dynamic, multimedia-rich experiences. It allows educators to create, present, and collaborate with features like AI drawing, embedded browser, and interactive polls. Supports various import and export formats for seamless lesson sharing.
- Multi-tab whiteboarding
- Participate Mode for student collaboration
- AI Pen for instant drawing transformation
- Magic Box with widgets and quizzes
- Embedded browser for web content integration
- Slide import (PPT, PDF, Google Slides)
- Inclusive teaching tools
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myViewBoard – Interactive Whiteboarding for Education and Collaboration myViewBoard is a core component of ViewSonic’s education and collaboration ecosystem, built to transform traditional teaching and presenting into dynamic, interactive experiences. Designed for both educational and professional use, it empowers users to create, present, and collaborate—anytime, anywhere. Start transforming your static slides into interactive, multimedia-rich lessons that dynamically evolve with your class’s comprehension. Seamlessly import PowerPoint, Google Slides, and PDF files from the cloud and begin editing right within myViewBoard. Enhance your sessions further with integrated tools such as YouTube viewer, animated widgets, accessibility tools, ViewSonic Originals content, pop quizzes, polls, math utilities, and customizable 3D dice. Download myViewBoard now and start whiteboarding today! A Tool for Every Educator • Multi-tab Open and toggle between multiple whiteboards within a single session. The new tabbed layout makes it easy to organize content, manage activities, and switch lessons on the fly • Participate Mode Start with a blank canvas or add a custom background, then split the screen into smaller canvases—giving each student their own space to contribute on the big screen. Once finished, use the annotation overlay to grade and save everything in one place. • AI Pen Transform your drawings into stunning visuals instantly with the AI Pen. Say goodbye to those “I’m no artist“ moments on the whiteboard—just sketch an image and choose from a gallery of perfect matches. • Magic Box Visualize ideas using the document camera and image search, bring subjects to life with the YouTube viewer and animated widgets, and get interactive with ViewSonic Originals content, pop quizzes, polls, math tools, and customizable 3D dice. • Embedded Browser Explore, mark up, and easily import YouTube videos, ViewSonic Originals content, images, and text from any webpage to the myViewBoard canvas with the Embedded Browser. Plus, save your top resources as widgets for easy access during lessons, keeping them right at your fingertips. • Slide Import Transform boring, static slides into interactive, multimedia-rich lessons that dynamically evolve with your class’s comprehension. Simply load your PowerPoint, Google Slides, and PDF lesson materials from the cloud directly into myViewBoard and start editing them! • Lesson Export Export your lesson materials to various formats like PDF, PNG, and PPTX using the Export feature in File Manager—perfect for uploading to shared cloud drives or emailing to students and colleagues. Alternatively, let students scan a QR code to instantly access a PDF of the lesson material for home study. Made for Inclusive Teaching Support all learners with built-in features like Immersive Reader, Irlen background, Spotlight, Live captions, and Speech-to-text—ready to use with no extra setup. myViewBoard EULA: https://myviewboard.com/legal/eula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: myViewBoard at 100% against ActivCast Sender's 13%. myViewBoard also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 9 months). ActivCast Sender's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume and 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
Both are free to download. myViewBoard sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $58.99 per year. ActivCast Sender asks for nothing beyond the download.
myViewBoard holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of ActivCast Sender's written reviews are positive against 100% of myViewBoard's.
ActivCast Sender ships an update every 9 months, myViewBoard every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ActivCast Sender | myViewBoard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (12 ratings) | 4.8 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 255 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Promethean | ViewSonic_International |
Customer experience
ActivCast Sender
myViewBoard
In-app purchases
ActivCast Sender
No in-app purchases
myViewBoard
- Pro3 Months trial$58.991 Year
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