NWEA Secure Testing vs eALPHA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NWEA Secure Testing
This application allows K-12 students to take standardized assessments on an iPad. It supports various NWEA tests, including MAP Growth and state summative assessments, ensuring a secure testing environment.
- K-12 assessment delivery
- iPad compatibility
- MAP Growth support
- MAP Growth K-2 support
- State summative assessments
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The NWEA™ Secure Testing app provides students the ability to complete our K–12 assessments on an iPad®. The app supports MAP® Growth™, MAP Growth K-2 and NWEA state summative assessments.
eALPHA
Access and download educational content and eBooks from an online learning platform for offline use. Select individual learning objects and assignments, and sync your results once reconnected.
- Download educational content and eBooks
- Offline access to learning materials
- Select individual learning objects
- Download assignments
- Sync results with online account
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eALPHA is a useful app that allows you to download your educational content and eBooks from ealpha website, an online LMS, and use them offline. You can select not only individual Learning Objects from your online courses but also assignments prepared for you by your teacher. After your device is connected again, all your results will be synced with your ealpha account.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: eALPHA at 4.0 against NWEA Secure Testing's 1.5. eALPHA also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 8 months) and device support (3 vs 1). NWEA Secure Testing's advantage is ratings volume (1.4K vs 4). 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.
eALPHA holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NWEA Secure Testing has 1.4K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
NWEA Secure Testing ships an update every 8 months, eALPHA every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NWEA Secure Testing | eALPHA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (1.4K ratings) | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.4K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NWEA | ALPHA EDUCATION FOR PUBLISHING & DISTRIBUTION LIMITED FZ LLC |
Customer experience
NWEA Secure Testing
eALPHA
Bugs and requests
NWEA Secure Testing
Reported bugs
3 issues- Frequent app crashes and freezes
- Compatibility issues with certain devices
- Inconsistent test results
Requested features
3 requests- Allow going back to previous questions
- Provide more detailed feedback on performance
- Adjust question difficulty to grade level
eALPHA
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
NWEA Secure Testing
No in-app purchases
eALPHA
No in-app purchases
Questions
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