Sora, by OverDrive Education vs IMPACTY
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sora, by OverDrive Education
Access and borrow ebooks and audiobooks from your school's digital library. Enjoy a built-in reader and player, track your reading progress, and export notes. Discover assigned titles and personal favorites with ease.
- Borrow ebooks and audiobooks
- Built-in eBook reader
- Audiobook player
- Track reading time and books read
- Create and export notes/highlights
- Define words and review vocabulary
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Borrow eBooks and audiobooks from your school's library with Sora. Setup is simple - just find your school and sign in. Then download or stream your assignments and favorite books to your device. Sora includes: • A ground-breaking built-in eBook reader • A beautiful audiobook player • Easy access to assigned titles • A running tally of time spent reading and numbers of books read With Sora you can: • Borrow a book and start reading with a single tap • Create and export notes and highlights • Define words - and review a list of all the words that you've looked up • Earn achievements for reading, and for completing certain tasks in Sora • Enjoy reading eBooks and audiobooks!
IMPACTY
This app fosters family discussions about world-changing ideas with engaging prompts. Every conversation contributes to a community fund, and users vote on which charities receive the donations. A subscription is required for full content access.
- Interactive discussions on impact topics
- Earn contributions to a community fund
- Vote for supported charities
- Weekly topic voting
- Family-friendly engagement
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IMPACTY is designed for families who want to make a difference. This engaging app encourages kids and families to discuss world-changing ideas through open-ended questions on various impact-related topics. Each discussion contributes $0.01 to the Community Piggy Bank, supporting real-world causes. Features: Interactive Discussions: Explore world-changing topics that inspire meaningful and impact-related discussions Earn and Give Back: Every idea discussed adds to the Community Piggy Bank. Vote for Causes: Active users vote on which charity receives the piggy bank funds each month. Weekly Topic Voting: Vote on new topic ideas weekly. ** Please note that it requires a subscription to access the app's full content. ** $4.99 — monthly $49.99 — annual Terms of Use and Privacy Policy: https://learn.appdocumentation.com/en/collections/1618556-terms-conditions-and-privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: IMPACTY at 5.0 against Sora, by OverDrive Education's 3.8. IMPACTY also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). Sora, by OverDrive Education's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. IMPACTY sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Sora, by OverDrive Education asks for nothing beyond the download.
IMPACTY holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sora, by OverDrive Education has 622 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Sora, by OverDrive Education ships an update monthly, IMPACTY every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sora, by OverDrive Education | IMPACTY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (622 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 622 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OverDrive, Inc. | IMPACTY APP INC. |
Customer experience
Sora, by OverDrive Education
IMPACTY
Bugs and requests
Sora, by OverDrive Education
Reported bugs
4 issues- Pages freeze or don't load properly
- Reading progress not tracked accurately
- Inability to renew books
- Accounts randomly logged out
Requested features
4 requests- More manga and graphic novels
- Ability to join more reading challenges
- Increase loan/hold limits
- Better notification system for available holds
IMPACTY
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sora, by OverDrive Education
No in-app purchases
IMPACTY
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Annual Subscription7 Days trial$49.991 Year
Questions
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