Comparison

Promethean vs Life_Clock

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

Head to head
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"

About

Life_Clock

Features
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The "Life Clock" app offers more than 10 interesting screens about life, lifespan, time, population, etc. with more content to come in the future. The app stands out through the use of clean design and interesting facts about the life and time.

Screenshots

Promethean4 screens
Life_Clock3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Life_Clock at every 2 weeks against Promethean's every 4 months. Life_Clock also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Promethean ships an update every 4 months, Life_Clock every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Promethean versus Life_Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrometheanLife_Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (60 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews17.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings60 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPrometheanTheodor Hartleitner

In-app purchases

None

Promethean

No in-app purchases

None

Life_Clock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Promethean free?
Promethean is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Life_Clock free?
Life_Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Promethean or Life_Clock have ads?
Neither Promethean nor Life_Clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Promethean or Life_Clock?
Promethean ships an update every 4 months, and Life_Clock every 2 weeks. Most recently, Promethean was updated on November 2, 2026 and Life_Clock on October 30, 2026.

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