Comparison

Amco CS vs DocenteMx

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

DocenteMx

Access important notifications and free downloadable textbooks for basic education levels. Stay updated with the school calendar and access offline resources, especially beneficial for rural communities with limited internet access.

Highlights
  • Teacher notifications
  • Free downloadable textbooks
  • Offline book access
  • Updated school calendar
  • Basic education resources
Features
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En esta App encontrarás: - Notificaciones: para que estes informado de lo mas relevante del mundo de los maestros - Libros: descarga de forma gratuita y consulta en cualquier momento los libros de texto de nivel básico de primero a sexto grado para alumnos y maestros - Calendario escolar: consulta el calendario escolar actualizado Nos preocupamos por las comunidades rurales donde es difícil contar con conexión a internet por lo que si ya descargaron los libros, podrán seguir consultándolos en cualquier momento DocenteMx Team

Screenshots

Amco CS4 screens
DocenteMx4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Amco CS at 4.4 against DocenteMx's 2.0. Amco CS also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). DocenteMx's advantage is review sentiment (53% vs 32%). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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

Amco CS holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Amco CS has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 32% of Amco CS's written reviews are positive against 53% of DocenteMx's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Amco CS ships an update monthly, DocenteMx every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Amco CS versus DocenteMx: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAmco CSDocenteMx
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (7 ratings) — better2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews31.6% of reviews52.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size228 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInternational Education ServicesJose Rojo

Customer experience

Amco CS

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

DocenteMx

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive52.9%
Neutral17.6%
Negative29.4%

In-app purchases

None

Amco CS

No in-app purchases

None

DocenteMx

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Amco CS free?
Amco CS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DocenteMx free?
DocenteMx is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Amco CS or DocenteMx?
Amco CS is rated higher. Amco CS averages 4.4 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while DocenteMx averages 2.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Amco CS or DocenteMx have ads?
DocenteMx shows ads; Amco CS does not.
Which is updated more often, Amco CS or DocenteMx?
Amco CS ships an update monthly, and DocenteMx every 3 weeks. Most recently, Amco CS was updated on October 6, 2026 and DocenteMx on September 16, 2026.

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