Promethean vs dim²ension
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"
dim²ension
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Discover dim²ension, the free app that brings real-world sustainability challenges into your mathematics classroom! How can mathematics help us understand climate change, global poverty and responsible consumption? With the free dim²ension app, students explore authentic modelling tasks created by experts in mathematics education. These tasks connect key mathematical concepts to the contemporary challenges of our time. The app supports learners with strategic hints, content scaffolding and curated external resources. In the dim²ension web portal (https://dimension-project.eu/), teachers can choose ready-to-use tasks, create their own and monitor their students’ progress in real time. dim²ension puts everything you need for inquiry-based modelling lessons right at your fingertips. So get started and investigate global challenges through the lens of mathematics
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Promethean at 3 against dim²ension's —. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on August 19, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Promethean | dim²ension |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (59 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 17.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 59 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Promethean | Apparent Media |
In-app purchases
Promethean
No in-app purchases
dim²ension
No in-app purchases









