Promethean vs TSIC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Wireless screen sharing
- Panel management for IT admins
- Access to training materials
- Student-teacher interaction
- Panel enrollment and naming
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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"
TSIC
This app connects mentors with students for academic support and guidance. Mentors can log sessions and communicate, while students can confirm schedules, share progress, and chat securely. It facilitates goal management and video calls to foster student success and scholarship opportunities.
- Log mentor sessions
- Communicate with students/mentors
- Confirm session dates
- Upload and share progress
- Manage goals and tasks
- Video chat
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Mentor App: Description: Take Stock in Children’s premier mentor app allows mentors to log sessions and communicate with their students. Students can confirm session dates and interact with their mentor and TSIC Affiliate Program in a secure and live environment. Mentee App: If you’re ready to take control of your future, Take Stock in Children can help by providing you with the motivation, support, and academic assistance you need in order to achieve success. This rewarding opportunity provides the promise of a college scholarship, a caring mentor committed to the development of your gifts, and continuous involvement from skilled student advocates who engage in educational /career counseling. Because we are a grass-roots operation under the direction of local school systems, we are able to deliver an immensely personal program to students like you, who are seeking a better life. TSIC presents the mentee iOS app with following feature: 1: Meeting schedule with mentors 2: Upload your progress and share with mentors 3: Chat with mentors and TSIC staff 4: Manage your goals, tasks and challenges assigned to you by mentors 5.Video chat with Mentor and Mentee
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: TSIC at fortnightly against Promethean's every 4 months. TSIC also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.5 for Promethean against 2.5 for TSIC. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 59 and 114 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 18% of Promethean's written reviews are positive against 11% of TSIC's.
Promethean ships an update every 4 months, TSIC fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on August 19, 2026 and August 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Promethean | TSIC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (59 ratings) — better | 2.5 (114 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 17.6% of reviews — better | 10.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 59 | 114 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 132 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Promethean | TSIC, INC |
Customer experience
Promethean
TSIC
In-app purchases
Promethean
No in-app purchases
TSIC
No in-app purchases









