Elsevier eBooks on VitalSource vs Examplify
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Elsevier eBooks on VitalSource
Access and read Elsevier textbooks on your iOS device. Download books for offline study, search your entire library, and add notes and highlights. Sync your progress across devices for a seamless learning experience.
- Download books for offline reading
- Search entire library
- Create notes and highlights
- Sync across devices
- Pinch to zoom figures
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Use Elsevier® eBooks to download and access Elsevier textbooks on your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch. Read your books online or offline, search across your full library, and create notes and highlights to help you study. Elsevier eBooks Features: • Download books to your iOS device for easy online or offline reading. • Simple, user-friendly navigation and a clean reading experience. • Search inside your current book or across your full library. • Select text to create notes or highlights from your mobile device. • Tap to open figures, view captions and pinch to zoom. • Sync your bookmarks, last page read and all of your notes and highlights between your iOS device and our desktop or web-based Elsevier eBooks apps. Requirements: • Elsevier eBooks account • Access to one or more Elsevier textbooks • iOS 17+
Examplify
Securely deliver and take exams on your iPad without internet access. This app prevents access to other applications and the internet during tests, supporting accessibility requirements and offering various testing tools.
- Offline exam delivery
- Restricted access to other apps
- Activity tracking
- Zoom in/out on multimedia
- Answer choice elimination
- Customizable mid-exam alarms
- Question filtering and flagging
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Examplify is the world’s only secure, offline testing application for iPad. With Examplify from ExamSoft, assessments can be delivered to students securely via iPad, without the concern of exam takers accessing other apps or the Internet during the exam. More than 1,200 educational programs worldwide use Examplify as an easy-to-use exam platform that supports the American Disability Act’s testing requirements and offers a robust lineup of testing-environment features and options including: ● Offline exam delivery, eliminating connectivity issues during the exam ● Restricted access to other applications ● Activity tracking throughout the exam ● Zoom in/out on attached multimedia ● Answer choice elimination ● Customizable mid-exam alarms ● Question filtering and flagging ● Basic and scientific calculator options This application is free to download. Students who attend schools/universities who have licensed the use of ExamSoft, with iPad accessibility enabled, may use the application.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Elsevier eBooks on VitalSource at 4.7 against Examplify's 1.6. Elsevier eBooks on VitalSource also leads on ratings volume (9.2K vs 638). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Elsevier eBooks on VitalSource holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Elsevier eBooks on VitalSource has 9.2K ratings behind it against 638, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of Elsevier eBooks on VitalSource's written reviews are positive against 9% of Examplify's.
Elsevier eBooks on VitalSource ships an update every 3 months, Examplify every 2 months. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Elsevier eBooks on VitalSource | Examplify |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (9.2K ratings) — better | 1.6 (638 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 16.4% of reviews — better | 9.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9.2K — better | 638 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 188 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Elsevier Inc. | ExamSoft Worldwide, Inc. |
Customer experience
Elsevier eBooks on VitalSource
Examplify
User reviews
Elsevier eBooks on VitalSource
From 9.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Convenient digital access
- 📚 Helpful study tools (e.g., flashcards)
- 👍 User-friendly interface
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent login issues
- 📱 Poor mobile app experience
- 🔍 Difficult navigation and book access
- 🔊 Subpar text-to-speech quality
- 💻 Compatibility problems across devices
Examplify
From 638 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🤔 Well-designed app
- 💻 Works well on iPad
- 📝 Exam history and score tracking
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
- 🤯 Frustrating user interface
- 🤖 Unreliable software updates
- 🕰️ Slow and unresponsive
- 🔒 Security and privacy concerns
Bugs and requests
Elsevier eBooks on VitalSource
Reported bugs
3 issues- Repeated sentence/paragraph playback
- Highlighted text disappearing across devices
- Inability to download or access purchased books
Requested features
5 requests- Allow handwritten notes and annotations
- Improve page-turning and scrolling functionality
- Enhance diagram and image viewing experience
- Integrate seamless cross-device synchronization
- Provide more customization options (e.g., font, layout)
Examplify
Reported bugs
4 issues- Exam upload failures
- Capitalization issues when editing text
- Inability to log in on certain devices
- Exam questions not displaying properly
Requested features
4 requests- Allow clearing of completed exams list
- Add highlighting and annotation features
- Integrate exam scores directly into the app
- Improve calculator functionality
In-app purchases
Elsevier eBooks on VitalSource
No in-app purchases
Examplify
No in-app purchases
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