Comparison

ExamView Student vs Examplify

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

Head to head
About

ExamView Student

This app enables students to participate in online assessments and polling sessions using their web-enabled smartphones. It works in conjunction with desktop software to collect student responses and assess understanding in real-time.

Highlights
  • Respond to online assessment questions
  • Join polling sessions
  • Teacher-led assessments
  • Student-managed assessments
  • Real-time understanding assessment
Features
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The ExamView Student app allows students to use their web-enabled smartphone to respond to questions. Student responses are collected in ExamView Assessment Suite desktop software. The ExamView Student app allows students to - Access and respond to questions in an online assessments - Join a polling session and engage in either teacher-led or student-managed assessments The ExamView Student app allows instructors to - Engage students with various question types including multiple choice, true/false, yes/no, multiple response, numeric response, completion, matching, and short answer - Assess student understanding in real-time - Engage students in teacher-led and student-managed knowledge check sessions The ExamView Student app works exclusively with ExamView Assessment Suite v11 and ExamView Premium license. The ExamView Student app also requires the installation of ExamView Assessment Suite v11 on the instructor’s desktop computer. Combined with ExamView Assessment Suite, instructors can ensure that content is resonating and objectives are met.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Examplify at 638 against ExamView Student's 30. Examplify also leads on review sentiment (9% vs 0%). ExamView Student's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.5 for ExamView Student against 1.6 for Examplify. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Examplify has 638 ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of ExamView Student's written reviews are positive against 9% of Examplify's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ExamView Student ships an update every 3 weeks, Examplify every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ExamView Student versus Examplify: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExamView StudentExamplify
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.5 (30 ratings)1.6 (638 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews9.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings30638 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEcho360ExamSoft Worldwide, Inc.

Customer experience

ExamView Student

All ratings30 ratings
Positive13.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative86.7%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative83.3%

Examplify

All ratings616 ratings
Positive12.0%
Neutral3.2%
Negative84.7%
Written reviews100 reviews
Positive9.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative87.0%

Bugs and requests

ExamView Student

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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

None

ExamView Student

No in-app purchases

None

Examplify

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ExamView Student free?
ExamView Student is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Examplify free?
Examplify is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ExamView Student or Examplify?
Examplify is rated higher. ExamView Student averages 1.5 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while Examplify averages 1.6 from 638 ratings.
Do ExamView Student or Examplify have ads?
Neither ExamView Student nor Examplify shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ExamView Student or Examplify?
ExamView Student ships an update every 3 weeks, and Examplify every 2 months. Most recently, ExamView Student was updated on September 30, 2026 and Examplify on October 11, 2026.

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