Comparison

Slate Whiteboard vs myViewBoard

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

Head to head
About

Slate Whiteboard

A minimalist digital whiteboard for creating diagrams and sketches. It offers a clean interface without overwhelming toolbars, allowing for quick and easy drawing.

Highlights
  • Minimalist drawing interface
  • Easy diagram creation
  • Sketching functionality
  • Clean user experience
  • Intuitive tools
Features
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Slate is a powerful yet simple and elegant whiteboard app. Slate gives you a straightforward way to quickly and easily draw beautiful diagrams and sketches without confusing arrays of toolbars, color palettes, and widgets.

About

myViewBoard

This interactive whiteboard app transforms traditional lessons into dynamic, multimedia-rich experiences. It allows educators to create, present, and collaborate with features like AI drawing, embedded browser, and interactive polls. Supports various import and export formats for seamless lesson sharing.

Highlights
  • Multi-tab whiteboarding
  • Participate Mode for student collaboration
  • AI Pen for instant drawing transformation
  • Magic Box with widgets and quizzes
  • Embedded browser for web content integration
  • Slide import (PPT, PDF, Google Slides)
  • Inclusive teaching tools
Features
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myViewBoard – Interactive Whiteboarding for Education and Collaboration myViewBoard is a core component of ViewSonic’s education and collaboration ecosystem, built to transform traditional teaching and presenting into dynamic, interactive experiences. Designed for both educational and professional use, it empowers users to create, present, and collaborate—anytime, anywhere. Start transforming your static slides into interactive, multimedia-rich lessons that dynamically evolve with your class’s comprehension. Seamlessly import PowerPoint, Google Slides, and PDF files from the cloud and begin editing right within myViewBoard. Enhance your sessions further with integrated tools such as YouTube viewer, animated widgets, accessibility tools, ViewSonic Originals content, pop quizzes, polls, math utilities, and customizable 3D dice. Download myViewBoard now and start whiteboarding today! A Tool for Every Educator • Multi-tab Open and toggle between multiple whiteboards within a single session. The new tabbed layout makes it easy to organize content, manage activities, and switch lessons on the fly • Participate Mode Start with a blank canvas or add a custom background, then split the screen into smaller canvases—giving each student their own space to contribute on the big screen. Once finished, use the annotation overlay to grade and save everything in one place. • AI Pen Transform your drawings into stunning visuals instantly with the AI Pen. Say goodbye to those “I’m no artist“ moments on the whiteboard—just sketch an image and choose from a gallery of perfect matches. • Magic Box Visualize ideas using the document camera and image search, bring subjects to life with the YouTube viewer and animated widgets, and get interactive with ViewSonic Originals content, pop quizzes, polls, math tools, and customizable 3D dice. • Embedded Browser Explore, mark up, and easily import YouTube videos, ViewSonic Originals content, images, and text from any webpage to the myViewBoard canvas with the Embedded Browser. Plus, save your top resources as widgets for easy access during lessons, keeping them right at your fingertips. • Slide Import Transform boring, static slides into interactive, multimedia-rich lessons that dynamically evolve with your class’s comprehension. Simply load your PowerPoint, Google Slides, and PDF lesson materials from the cloud directly into myViewBoard and start editing them! • Lesson Export Export your lesson materials to various formats like PDF, PNG, and PPTX using the Export feature in File Manager—perfect for uploading to shared cloud drives or emailing to students and colleagues. Alternatively, let students scan a QR code to instantly access a PDF of the lesson material for home study. Made for Inclusive Teaching Support all learners with built-in features like Immersive Reader, Irlen background, Spotlight, Live captions, and Speech-to-text—ready to use with no extra setup. myViewBoard EULA: https://myviewboard.com/legal/eula

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Slate Whiteboard at none against myViewBoard's 1. Slate Whiteboard also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). myViewBoard's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 3). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. myViewBoard sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $58.99 per year. Slate Whiteboard asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Slate Whiteboard against 4.8 for myViewBoard. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 13 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Slate Whiteboard ships an update weekly, myViewBoard every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Slate Whiteboard versus myViewBoard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlate WhiteboardmyViewBoard
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings)4.8 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings313 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB255 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperNick GeigerViewSonic_International

Customer experience

Slate Whiteboard

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

myViewBoard

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Slate Whiteboard

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

myViewBoard

Subscriptions1
  • Pro3 Months trial$58.991 Year

Questions

Is Slate Whiteboard free?
Slate Whiteboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is myViewBoard free?
myViewBoard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Slate Whiteboard or myViewBoard?
myViewBoard is rated higher. Slate Whiteboard averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while myViewBoard averages 4.8 from 13 ratings.
Do Slate Whiteboard or myViewBoard have ads?
Neither Slate Whiteboard nor myViewBoard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Slate Whiteboard or myViewBoard?
Slate Whiteboard ships an update weekly, and myViewBoard every 3 weeks. Most recently, Slate Whiteboard was updated on October 24, 2026 and myViewBoard on October 24, 2026.

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