ActivCast Sender vs OnCourse Systems
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.
OnCourse Systems
Access student information, record attendance, and manage lesson plans and evaluations from your mobile device. This app requires an active license to the OnCourse Systems platform to log in and utilize its features.
- Student Information System access
- Discipline record management
- Attendance recording
- Lesson plan creation and review
- Evaluation and walkthrough tools
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OnCourse Systems new combined mobile app provides licensed OnCourse users access to their data on their iPhone or iPad. Work with Student Information System data (including Discipline records), record attendance, create and review lesson plans, and work with evaluations and walkthroughs. Note that an active license to the above applications is required to log in to the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: OnCourse Systems at 4.0 against ActivCast Sender's 3.0. OnCourse Systems also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 13%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 9 months). ActivCast Sender's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
OnCourse Systems holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of ActivCast Sender's written reviews are positive against 50% of OnCourse Systems's.
ActivCast Sender ships an update every 9 months, OnCourse Systems monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ActivCast Sender | OnCourse Systems |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (12 ratings) | 4.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.5% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Promethean | OnCourse Systems For Education |
Customer experience
ActivCast Sender
OnCourse Systems
In-app purchases
ActivCast Sender
No in-app purchases
OnCourse Systems
No in-app purchases
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