Comparison

Sumdog vs Scot Ed

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Sumdog

This app offers personalized math and spelling practice for children aged 5-14 through engaging games and adaptive learning. It uses diagnostic tests to tailor learning journeys and provides virtual rewards to motivate students. Parents can set up accounts for home use or connect to school-assigned work.

Highlights
  • Personalized adaptive learning
  • Engaging single and multiplayer games
  • Thousands of standards-aligned questions
  • Virtual coin rewards system
  • 3D avatar and house personalization
  • Diagnostic assessment
Features
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Make learning fun with Sumdog! Sumdog delivers highly engaging personalized practice for math and spelling, both in-school and at home. Suitable for children aged 5-14, our adaptive learning games and online rewards motivate children to learn and encourages regular practice. When children first use Sumdog, we run a short diagnostic test to provide a snapshot of their learning and areas for development. Our adaptive learning engine then uses the outcomes of the diagnostic to ensure each child’s starting point on Sumdog is at the right level. From this point, our sophisticated adaptive algorithms create a personalized learning journey based for each child based on their progress. - Over 30 engaging single and multiplayer games - Thousands of standards-aligned questions designed to consolidate and extend in-class learning - Virtual coin rewards to motivate children to learn - A 3D avatar, house and garden for children to personalize “I never thought an online program could do so much in such short bursts of time.” D. Hendershot, West Elementary, Kansas, US. Account set-up If your child has an account from school: Your child can log in with their details from their school. They’ll then be able to access any work that has been set by their teachers. If your child does not have an account from school: In the Sumdog app, parents can purchase a family plan covering up to 3 children. Once you’ve done this, you’ll create logins for your child to use the app. This gives them access to Sumdog’s games, and thousands of math, spelling and grammar questions. Subscription details: Your subscription starts with a free trial period and then changes to a subscription from $8.99 per month. No commitment period. Download the app and get started today! The amount will be deducted automatically every month via your Apple account. As long as the "Automatic renewal" feature is not disabled via the Apple account settings on your device, the subscription will automatically renew every month no later than 24 hours before your subscription period expires. Sumdog Terms: https://learn.sumdog.com/en-us/about-us/terms-of-use Sumdog Privacy: https://learn.sumdog.com/en-us/about-us/privacy-policy

About

Scot Ed

This app provides a direct channel for schools to share rich, timely information with students and parents. It consolidates news, events, alerts, photos, videos, and essential school documents in one accessible location.

Highlights
  • Consolidated school news and blogs
  • Up-to-date events calendar with add to calendar option
  • Customizable alerts and group notifications
  • Photo and video sharing from school
  • Centralized access to key school information
  • In-app forms and surveys
Features
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Welcome to Scot Ed - the education app for Scotland for iPhone and iPad! This is the most direct way for your school to provide you with rich, timely and relevant information. You can read it there and then, browse it later, respond if necessary, or simply use it as a reference source when out and about. All straight from your phone. News Blogs, website news, newsletters, Twitter, video, pics of the pupils at work and play and key documents are all collected in one place on the app. They will be sent to you by push notification alert so you won’t miss them. Events Calendar Having the school calendar on your phone is a lot more accessible than the one pinned to the fridge and more accurate too as it’s automatically updated regularly. Use the Add To Calendar feature to add priority events for you to your personal calendar. Alerts Select yourself into whichever groups you most want to hear from to ensure you receive letters home, reminders, late bus announcements, forms, accounts of the day, newsletters and much more. You are in control so there’s no more being bombarded with everything or feeling left out of the loop. Photos and Video Pictures tell a thousand words and video a million. Watch them when the school sends them out, then again with relatives next time you see them. Key Information All the everyday school information you need to know collected in one place - menus, contacts details, timetables, uniform requirements, key dates, who’s who, curriculum information, exam timetables, legal policies, procedures documents, handbooks - all easily accessible in one place. What can’t be housed on the app can be easily reached from it via embedded links to further reading or copyright or password-protected sites or apps. Forms and surveys No more need for paper or emailed forms which are a bore to fill out and return. Now you can reply directly on the app in 10 seconds if you’re in a hurry or at more length if not. Snap surveys are shorter and more to the point than online ones and equally easy to fill out and return. This app is designed so that you will not share any personal data or manufacturer or network unique device identifiers with us when you download it. There is no advertising on the app. We do not use cookies to track you before or after you have left the app. We will never sell or share any data about users of this app with any commercial third parties. For full details, see the listing details below for links to our Privacy and Data policies.

Screenshots

Sumdog4 screens
Scot Ed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sumdog at 64% against Scot Ed's 22%. Scot Ed's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sumdog sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $8.99 per month. Scot Ed asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sumdog ships an update every 2 months, Scot Ed every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Sumdog versus Scot Ed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSumdogScot Ed
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (1.6K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews64.0% of reviews — better22.2% of reviews
Number of ratings1.6K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size134 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSumdog Ltd.Schappit Ltd

Customer experience

Sumdog

All ratings1,553 ratings
Positive78.3%
Neutral4.9%
Negative16.8%
Written reviews353 reviews
Positive64.0%
Neutral10.2%
Negative25.8%

Scot Ed

Written reviews9 reviews
Positive22.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative77.8%

Bugs and requests

Sumdog

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Flower Defenders game not working properly
  • Goalz game not registering shots correctly
  • Sudden logout issues
  • Incompatibility with certain devices or browsers

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more free games
  • Bring back old 2D games
  • Allow interaction with house and garden items
  • Improve multiplayer functionality
  • Add more customization options for avatar and house

Scot Ed

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Sumdog

Subscriptions1
  • Family Membership7 Days trial$8.991 Month
None

Scot Ed

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sumdog free?
Sumdog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scot Ed free?
Scot Ed is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sumdog or Scot Ed have ads?
Neither Sumdog nor Scot Ed shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sumdog or Scot Ed?
Sumdog ships an update every 2 months, and Scot Ed every 3 months. Most recently, Sumdog was updated on September 22, 2026 and Scot Ed on June 1, 2026.

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