NCEA Study vs SVA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NCEA Study
Access past exam papers for Maths, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology offline on your iPhone and iPad. This educational tool helps students prepare for their NCEA exams anytime, anywhere.
- Offline past papers
- Maths papers
- Physics papers
- Chemistry papers
- Biology papers
- iPhone and iPad support
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NCEA Study provides you with past papers for the following subjects: Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. NCEA Study will also let you access these papers whenever and wherever because the past papers are available offline and on iPhone and iPad. NCEA Study is not affiliated with NCEA or NZQA in any way.
SVA
This app empowers students to identify and organize local community projects, fostering leadership and teamwork. It extends a spirit of volunteerism to primary school classrooms nationwide, encouraging young people to become lifelong volunteers.
- Organize local community projects
- Engage students in volunteerism
- Nationwide school program
- Develop leadership skills
- Teach cooperation
- Report on project achievements
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Student Volunteer Army was formed as a charitable trust which has been continually led by a student executive and guided by a board of trustees. Each year students organise over 50 local projects that engage 3000 students at the University of Canterbury. In 2017 following a request by Primary Schools, SVA launched a nationwide ‘SVA Schools’ programme to extend the SVA spirit to primary school classrooms. In classes, each year 32,000 students identify a local project, build a team, develop a plan, operate their project, and report on what they have achieved. The programme teaches cooperation and leadership skills to young kiwis to become lifelong volunteers!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: NCEA Study at 67% against SVA's 0%. NCEA Study also leads on rating (3.5 vs 1.0). SVA's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. NCEA Study sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SVA asks for nothing beyond the download.
NCEA Study holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of NCEA Study's written reviews are positive against 0% of SVA's.
NCEA Study ships an update every 4 months, SVA every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 23, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NCEA Study | SVA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 413 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | INNOVATIVE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED | Student Volunteer Army Foundation |
Customer experience
NCEA Study
SVA
In-app purchases
NCEA Study
- Remove Ads$0.99
SVA
No in-app purchases
