Journals alive vs Elevate Your Classroom
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Journals alive
This app enhances printed journals for early learners, bringing letters, numbers, and shapes to life with interactive zoo animals. It offers an engaging way to master foundational educational concepts at home or in the classroom.
- Interactive learning experience
- Master alphabet letters
- Learn numbers 0-20
- Explore basic geometric shapes
- Augmented reality zoo animals
- Engaging for home and classroom
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This app makes our printed journals (My Letters alive Journal and My Math alive Journal) come alive for an interactive learning experience. Early learners can master the 26 letters of the English alphabet, numbers 0 to 20 (0 to 10 for Pre-K), and basic geometric shapes. Watch our zoo animals come alive for an engaging experience in the classroom or at home!
Elevate Your Classroom
Access educational videos and receive timely updates through push notifications. Save favorite content for easy retrieval and enjoy a streamlined experience without needing to remember passwords.
- Access all videos in one app
- Push notifications for news
- Password-free video access
- Save favorite posts
- Easy to use interface
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Inside the Elevate Your Classroom app, you can: Access all of your videos in one easy to use app Receive push notifications with the latest news and updates Access to all of your videos without having to remember your password Save your favorite posts so you can quickly find them later END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Journals alive at 4.3 against Elevate Your Classroom's 3.7. Journals alive also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 3) and iOS requirement (8.1 vs 16.6). Elevate Your Classroom's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Journals alive holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 3 respectively.
Journals alive ships an update every 6 months, Elevate Your Classroom every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Journals alive | Elevate Your Classroom |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (10 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.1 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 273 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alive Studios, LLC | Elevate Your Classroom, LLC |
Customer experience
Journals alive
Elevate Your Classroom
In-app purchases
Journals alive
No in-app purchases
Elevate Your Classroom
No in-app purchases
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