ORB Participant vs Edredo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ORB Participant
Track your progress for The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award. Log activities, manage your sections, and submit them to your Assessor and Award Leader for completion, all from your mobile device.
- Manage Award progress
- Set up activities
- Create progress logs
- Submit Award sections
- Assessor and Leader approval
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This application was developed by The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Foundation as a simple and fast tool to assist Award participants in completing their Award, anytime anywhere. The participant is able to manage their Award progress using the App. They can set up activities, create logs for their progress and also send their Award sections to their Assessor and Award Leader for completion. Your Award must be using the latest version of the Online Record Book system (sometimes known as "ORB Next Generation") and have a valid participant login to the system in order to be able to use this App.
Edredo
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Edredo is a free educational app for social learning and career evolution. Edredo provides you with easy-to-use social learning communities that help you connect with educators, peers, and opportunities aligned with learning and career goals. Whether you want to learn or to educate what you know - Edredo is the right place. Edredo combines the passion of teaching with the curiosity of learning to serve both the teachers and the students in their aspirations of building reputations and seizing opportunities. With advanced features and AI at our back, we offer you the most intuitive e-learning and teaching experience. Features for Students: Free Courses: Choose from a number of free courses to get started in achieving your learning goals. Interactive Classrooms : Exemplary learning experience with courses, live classes and assignments. Quizzes : Gain access to quizzes available in public and private classrooms and get evaluated from the classroom teachers. Attempt and submit quizzes without internet connectivity. Social Media : Experience the strengths of a community driven platform. Have real-time discussion with your fellow scholars and teachers within the classroom or the entire community. Create posts, broadcasts, polls, and questions from your profile and engage with the community by liking sharing, commenting and much more. For Educators Easy to Set Up Classrooms : Set up interactive classrooms with a few clicks in within a few minutes. Public & Private classrooms : Make the session private, by only inviting specific learners deliver a public class for everyone to gain from. Multimedia Content Delivery : Deliver course materials with interactive videos, quizzes, assignments and doubts. Automated Gradebooks : Get evaluations with just one-click with our automated gradebooks. Fair Evaluations : With screen monitoring and proctor, get the fairest evaluations for every quiz. Member Management : Invite students, create teams, assign tutors and develop better connections. Course Analytics : Use course analytics for better understanding of student progress. Organisation Spaces : Give your organisation an individuality by dedicating a section for its classrooms. Community : Get enhanced engagement as the perk of a community based around teaching and learning. To experience many more features, download Edredo app and create a free account now. We are continuously growing and evolving our platform. If you have any suggestion of feedback, let your words speak to us at support@edredo.com. Our team is working round the clock to build a high quality community focused on learning and teaching. https://www.edredo.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Edredo at every 3 weeks against ORB Participant's every 4 months. On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ORB Participant ships an update every 4 months, Edredo every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ORB Participant | Edredo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (66 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 31.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 66 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Foundation | OpenSense Labs Private Limited |
Bugs and requests
ORB Participant
Reported bugs
18 issues- Hours not accumulating correctly - logs multiple hours as single hour
- Progress bar not increasing when adding logs
- Network error messages appearing despite valid connection
- App crashes when entering journey observations
- App crashes when editing and resubmitting assessments
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- Login logout issues preventing re-access
- Payment details field not accepting input during registration
- Award leader change not persisting after switching schools
- Confirmation buttons not scaling properly on mobile screens
- Photo/link attachment not saving on iPhone
- Copy-paste functionality only adding partial text
- Long text input being deleted when submitting
- Cannot delete additional activities even without logs
- Approval emails not being received by assessors
- Assessments getting stuck in 'waiting for approval' state
- App not loading after login despite successful authentication
- Persistent notification bubble that won't disappear
- Inconsistent hour calculations across activities
Requested features
17 requests- Ability to edit activities and submissions after approval
- Resend assessment/approval functionality
- Message/comment system between users and leaders
- View approved evidence and journey details after submission
- Edit activity names if misspelled
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- Support for 5-minute time intervals instead of 15-minute
- Delete authorized awards option
- Change major activity selection
- Upload photos from files instead of gallery only
- Edit overview and plan sections of adventurous journey
- Clearer information about hour reset timing
- Include Duke of Ed information within the app
- Support for sub-submissions in log details
- Resend assessment button on mobile app (exists on website)
- Larger description text box with line break support
- Countdown percentage for remaining award completion
- Remove persistent notification badges
Edredo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ORB Participant
No in-app purchases
Edredo
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is ORB Participant free?
Is Edredo free?
Do ORB Participant or Edredo have ads?
Which is updated more often, ORB Participant or Edredo?
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