Examplify vs Elsevier eBooks+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Examplify
This secure, offline testing application allows educational institutions to deliver assessments to students on iPads. It restricts access to other apps and the internet during exams, ensuring a controlled testing environment. It supports accessibility requirements and offers various exam features.
- Offline exam delivery
- Restricted access to other applications
- 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.
Elsevier eBooks+
Access your medical textbooks offline and enhance your learning with tools for note-taking, highlighting, and flashcard creation. Sync your progress and annotations across devices for a seamless study experience.
- Offline book access
- Note-taking and highlighting
- Flashcard creation
- Cross-device syncing
- In-book search
- Figure viewing and zooming
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The Elsevier eBooks+ Bookshelf companion app provides on and offline access to the books in your eBooks+ account on the Content Library page. Enhance your reading experience with tools designed to build and improve your medical knowledge; making and sharing notes, highlighting key text, and creating flashcards. 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 eBooks+ apps. Requirements: • Elsevier eBooks+ account • One or more books available in your eBooks+ Bookshelf account • iOS 17+
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Elsevier eBooks+ at 4.7 against Examplify's 1.4. Elsevier eBooks+ also leads on review sentiment (43% vs 8%) and ratings volume (1.9K vs 30). Examplify's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium). 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.
Elsevier eBooks+ holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Elsevier eBooks+ has 1.9K ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 8% of Examplify's written reviews are positive against 43% of Elsevier eBooks+'s.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Examplify | Elsevier eBooks+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.4 (30 ratings) | 4.7 (1.9K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 8.3% of reviews | 42.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 | 1.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.5 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 183 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ExamSoft Worldwide, Inc. | Elsevier Inc. |
Customer experience
Examplify
Elsevier eBooks+
User reviews
Examplify
From 30 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
Elsevier eBooks+
From 1.9K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Student / Study friendly
- 🚀 Enhances content
- 👍 Ebooks from Elsevier
- 👍 Great app
Room to improve
- 🐛 Unable to view images/tables
- 🐛 Useless for medical textbooks
- 🐛 Positioning issues
- 🐛 Scrolling and zooming problems
- 🐛 Slow loading times
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
Elsevier eBooks+
Reported bugs
5 issues- Figures placed at the end of chapters
- Search function only works for single words
- Inability to clear search history
- Freezing and crashing issues
- Incompatibility with older devices
Requested features
8 requests- More highlighting and note-taking options
- Ability to write, draw, or paste images on pages
- Separate flashcard option integration with Anki/Quizlet
- More font size options
- Streamlined text selection for voiceover
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- Page turning instead of scrolling
- Ability to write on pages
- Interactive features
In-app purchases
Examplify
No in-app purchases
Elsevier eBooks+
No in-app purchases
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