Comparison

Amco CS vs Castillo Digital

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

Head to head
About

Amco CS

Transform your iPad into an interactive smartboard for dynamic lesson presentations. Easily screencast books, annotate content, and manage student participation with tools like attendance tracking and a random student picker. This app enhances educational content delivery for subscribing schools.

Highlights
  • Screencast books and resources
  • Interactive annotations on pages
  • Playback audio/video clips
  • Create custom resources
  • Random student picker
  • Attendance and participation tracking
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Bring Amco’s unique content to life using Classroom Solution. Easily screencast your books right to any screen or projector using the Amco Skybox and call up any of your saved resources, bookmarks, or complementary audio and video clips. All of this without needing a permanent internet connection. Create new and engaging ways of presenting our content to your class. With our interactive teacher tools you can transform your iPad into a smartboard tablet and screencast whatever you draw on your own screen or make annotations right on any content you are projecting. Classroom Solution (CS) also includes powerful tools to help you manage your class. Keep track of your student's attendance and participation, create class engagement using our random student picker, or use our timer tool to create fun new challenges for your class. This application is only available to schools subscribing to Amco Educational Services. Features • Screencast and navigate easily through your Amco books. • Make text or freehand annotations right on the page, visible to students and saved for repeated viewings. • Playback complementary audio and video clips included in our books. • Create and save your own custom PDF, image, audio, video, or URL resources to be used at any time. These can be attached to specific pages in any book to enhance lesson plans. • Use “Sparks” to enrich and enhance your lessons. These are Amco-created multimedia materials included with our books. • Customize your lessons using “Flares” by adding any of your resources to specific book pages. • Create engaging time-based challenges using the included Timer tool. • Use our grid, lined, or blank views to turn your iPad into a smartboard tablet and screencast anything you draw on your screen. • Student pickers give you an easy way to engage specific or random students into participation. • Keep track of your classes attendance and participation. • Stay up to speed by viewing all your Web Solution Activities right in CS. • CS works perfectly without a permanent internet connection to display any books and resources you download ahead of time.

About

Castillo Digital

Access digital textbooks and teacher guides for students. Enhance lessons with interactive activities, videos, and exam generators. Available offline on all devices.

Highlights
  • Digital student books
  • Teacher guides
  • Interactive activities
  • Video resources
  • Exam generator
  • Editable planner
  • Offline access
Features
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Castillo le permite al docente la descarga de los libros de alumnos y las guías del maestro en versión digital. Cada serie está personalizada con diferentes recursos como actividades interactivas, videos, enlaces a sitios web, generador de exámenes, planificador editable y solucionarios para enriquecer su propuesta de clase. En todos los dispositivos. Podrá acceder a los recursos desde cualquier tableta o Smartphone. Offline. Una vez instalada la aplicación, podrá acceder a nuestros libros y otros recursos sin conexión a Internet. http://www.edicionescastillo.com/politicas-de-privacidad

Screenshots

Amco CS4 screens
Castillo Digital3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Amco CS at monthly against Castillo Digital's every 5 months. Amco CS also leads on review sentiment (32% vs 13%). Castillo Digital's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Amco CS ships an update monthly, Castillo Digital every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Amco CS versus Castillo Digital: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAmco CSCastillo Digital
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews31.6% of reviews — better13.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.69.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size228 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInternational Education ServicesMacmillan Administracion Corporativa, S.A. de C.V.

Customer experience

Amco CS

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive31.6%
Neutral7.9%
Negative60.5%

Castillo Digital

Written reviews23 reviews
Positive13.0%
Neutral8.7%
Negative78.3%

In-app purchases

None

Amco CS

No in-app purchases

None

Castillo Digital

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Amco CS free?
Amco CS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Castillo Digital free?
Castillo Digital is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Amco CS or Castillo Digital have ads?
Neither Amco CS nor Castillo Digital shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Amco CS or Castillo Digital?
Amco CS ships an update monthly, and Castillo Digital every 5 months. Most recently, Amco CS was updated on October 6, 2026 and Castillo Digital on October 2, 2026.

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