Comparison

AVerTouch vs Promethean

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

AVerTouch

This app enhances lessons by integrating live video from a wireless camera with annotation tools. It allows for recording entire lessons and automatically saving them to the cloud for easy sharing and review. When used without a camera, it functions as a PDF viewer for lesson creation and presentation.

Highlights
  • Live video streaming with wireless camera
  • In-video annotations and notes
  • One-click lesson recording
  • Automatic cloud saving (Google Drive, YouTube, OneDrive)
  • Split-screen mode for live video and cloud materials
  • PDF viewer for lesson creation
Features
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AVerTouch iOS App when used in conjunction with the AVer wireless camera is the iPad solution that integrates live video with lesson creation tools. You can even record AVerTouch lessons direct to the cloud. When used without the camera, the App provides PDF view for lesson creation and presentation. - Live streaming of artifacts, experiments, etc. directly to AVerTouch iOS App using AVer's wireless camera stream - Enhance live video with annotations, notes, and images to convey important aspects - Record entire lessons, including videos, notes and more with a single click - Automatically recorded videos to the cloud (Google Drive®, YouTube®, OneDrive®.) for delivery to absent students, substitute teachers or review - Support split screen mode which can display live streaming and cloud materials at the same time for teaching.

About

Promethean

This app facilitates classroom collaboration by allowing students and teachers to interact with interactive panels wirelessly. IT administrators can also manage panel enrollment and updates. It offers screen sharing and access to training resources.

Highlights
  • Wireless screen sharing
  • Panel management for IT admins
  • Access to training materials
  • Student-teacher interaction
  • Panel enrollment and naming
Features
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Put classroom collaboration into the hands of students and teachers and panel management into the hands of school IT administrators. The Promethean mobile app is designed for teachers and students to interact with Promethean ActivPanels from anywhere in the classroom. Teachers have the ability to sign in and access their Promethean profile. For IT administrators, the Promethean mobile app helps to enroll ActivPanels into their panel management to make updates easier. Students can • Wirelessly share the screen from their mobile device to ActivPanels with Screen Share or Screen Share in Promethean ActivSuite. • No sign-in required. Teachers can • Wirelessly share the screen from their mobile device to ActivPanels with Screen Share or Screen Share in Promethean ActivSuite. • Access Promethean user tutorials and training materials on Learn Promethean directly through the app.* • Sign in to their Promethean account to access Promethean ActivSuite and sign in to their ActivPanel 9. IT Administrators can • Sign in to their Promethean account. • Wirelessly share the screen from their mobile device to ActivPanels with Screen Share or Screen Share in Promethean ActivSuite. • Access Promethean user tutorials and training materials on Learn Promethean directly through the app* • Enroll ActivPanels into a school organization, name the panel, associate it with groups and verify that it was enrolled successfully. NOTES: • The Promethean app requires a device where a Promethean account can be accessed or Promethean ActivPanel Elements (Nickel, Cobalt, Titanium) series panels with Software Release (SR) 3.2 or newer. • Panel sign in is only available for ActivPanel 9 series. • Screen Share must be enabled on ActivPanel to utilize Screen Share from the Promethean app. * Dependent upon language"

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: AVerTouch at 100% against Promethean's 18%. AVerTouch also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.5) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Promethean's advantage is ratings volume (59 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). 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

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

AVerTouch holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Promethean has 59 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of AVerTouch's written reviews are positive against 18% of Promethean's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
AVerTouch versus Promethean: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAVerTouchPromethean
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better2.5 (59 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better17.6% of reviews
Number of ratings159 — better
Update frequency—Every 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAVer Information Inc.Promethean

Customer experience

AVerTouch

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Promethean

All ratings59 ratings
Positive33.9%
Neutral8.5%
Negative57.6%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive17.6%
Neutral2.9%
Negative79.4%

In-app purchases

None

AVerTouch

No in-app purchases

None

Promethean

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AVerTouch free?
AVerTouch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Promethean free?
Promethean is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AVerTouch or Promethean?
AVerTouch is rated higher. AVerTouch averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Promethean averages 2.5 from 59 ratings.
Do AVerTouch or Promethean have ads?
Neither AVerTouch nor Promethean shows ads.

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