Clever vs Natived Spaces
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Clever
Provides secure access to digital learning resources for students through a single sign-on portal. Enables easy access to classroom tools and applications on iOS devices, requiring school or district setup.
- Single sign-on for digital learning
- Secure access to classroom resources
- Student portal on iOS devices
- Login via Clever Badge or credentials
- Powers digital learning experiences
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Clever powers secure digital learning experiences for more than 100,000 schools worldwide. Clever’s single-sign on portal makes it easy for teachers and students to securely access all classroom resources from a single place. This application enables students to access digital learning via Clever Portal on iOS devices. Students will be able to login to a dedicated Clever student portal within the application by scanning their Clever Badge or signing in with their Clever credentials. Using this application requires that your school or district is set up with Clever. If you don't have Clever, ask your school or district technology team to sign up at clever.com/signup.
Natived Spaces
Organize all your course materials, notes, and deadlines in one place. Create dedicated spaces for each class to keep everything together, from lecture slides to reminders, making studying and exam preparation more effective throughout the semester and beyond.
- Dedicated spaces for each course
- Note-taking and recording
- Review slide cards
- Integrated reminders and calendar
- Import and store course materials
- Customizable study sessions
- AI-powered content generation
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Natived Spaces solves the problem of never being sure where your course materials, written notes, and due dates live. By categorizing your classes into Spaces, everything you need stays together throughout the semester for you to study effectively. We are a workspace built to support students through every step of the semester, from day one through their final exams. Create a space for each course, then fill it with your notes, reminders, decks, and the materials you import - lecture slides, readings, PDFs, anything you keep for that class. Reminders from all spaces come together in one Calendar, making it easy to see what's coming up. The more you use it, the more it holds, so by finals week you're not starting from scratch. When the semester ends, nothing disappears. Go back to any class, any time - the workspace you built is still there to view. WHAT'S INSIDE: Spaces - a dedicated home for every course Canvas - customize your study environment however you'd like with useful widgets Notes - type, record, capture and keep the idea and lecture in one note Decks - turn what you're learning into quick review cards Reminders & Calendar - keep track of events, to-dos, assignments, deadlines, and what’s coming up Materials - import and store your course files right alongside your work Study - pull items from across any of your spaces and study exactly what you choose Natived Spaces can use AI to quickly generate helpful items for any of our features. Prefer a hands-on approach? Every core feature can be used manually. Made for college students who want one place for everything. This term and every term after. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Natived Spaces at 100% against Clever's 33%. Natived Spaces also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.7) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 weeks). Clever's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (10K vs 4). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Natived Spaces sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Clever asks for nothing beyond the download.
Natived Spaces holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clever has 10K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Clever's written reviews are positive against 100% of Natived Spaces's.
Clever ships an update every 5 weeks, Natived Spaces every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Clever | Natived Spaces |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (10K ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #59 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Clever Inc. | Tyler Wang |
Customer experience
Clever
Natived Spaces
Bugs and requests
Clever
Reported bugs
2 issues- App crashes or freezes frequently
- Compatibility issues with older devices or operating systems
Requested features
3 requests- Allow login without badge
- Improve mobile functionality and app experience
- Provide more engaging and customizable learning content
Natived Spaces
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Clever
No in-app purchases
Natived Spaces
- Natived Spaces Premium Monthly$7.991 Month
- Natived Spaces Premium Annual$39.991 Year
- Natived Spaces Premium Semester$19.99









