Examplify vs Compass Tutor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Compass Tutor
Manage student programs, schedules, and availability on the go. Receive instant notifications for new offers and request practice test spaces. Access student profiles, test scores, and communication tools.
- Receive new offer notifications
- Manage student profiles and scores
- Schedule and update lessons
- Request practice test spaces
- View calendar and announcements
- Communicate with students/parents
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Compass Tutor provides tools for tutors of Compass Education Group to manage their students, programs, and schedules on the go! Enable Push Notifications to immediately receive your new program offers. Use the calendar to review your current availability while scheduling new lessons. Request practice test spaces for your students and see which students are already signed up! The Compass Tutor app provides a streamlined mobile access to your workflow. Important! The Compass Tutor app requires valid and previously assigned login credentials. These are the same credentials you would use to log into Compass Points. If you aren’t sure of your username or password, please reach out to the Compass office for assistance. App Features - Immediately receive notifications of new offers with the option to accept or decline - View student profiles and test scores - View and update the programs, lessons, and activities of your past and present students - View a student’s address in your maps app - Initiate a phone call or text message to a student/parent - View your Compass Calendar, including lessons, practice tests, and test dates - Schedule new lessons - View which of your students are on a given test day roster - View upcoming practice tests by date and location - Request practice test spaces for your students - View Compass announcements and recent student activities - Instantly view any document within the Compass Document Library
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Compass Tutor at 5.0 against Examplify's 1.6. Compass Tutor also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). Examplify's advantage is ratings volume (638 vs 7). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Compass Tutor holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Examplify has 638 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Examplify | Compass Tutor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (638 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 9.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 638 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ExamSoft Worldwide, Inc. | Compass Education Group, LLC |
Customer experience
Examplify
Compass Tutor
Bugs and 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
Compass Tutor
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Examplify
No in-app purchases
Compass Tutor
No in-app purchases
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