Examplify vs BU Reserve
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.
BU Reserve
This application allows users to make reservations for various resources. It simplifies the booking process for available items and services.
- Resource reservation
- Booking system
- Simplified process
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BU Reserve at 3.9 against Examplify's 1.3. BU Reserve also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and device support (3 vs 1). Examplify's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price 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.
BU Reserve holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 1.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 49 and 11 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 8% of Examplify's written reviews are positive against 0% of BU Reserve's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Examplify ships an update every 2 months, BU Reserve weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Examplify | BU Reserve |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.3 (49 ratings) | 3.9 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 8.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 49 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.5 | 14.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ExamSoft Worldwide, Inc. | Chase Lenhart |
Customer experience
Examplify
BU Reserve
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
BU Reserve
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Examplify
No in-app purchases
BU Reserve
No in-app purchases
Questions
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