Comparison

Teach iLit 9 vs PhoneIoT

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

Head to head
About

Teach iLit 9

Features
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iLit is available for grades 6 through 12. Savvas Learning Company is a comprehensive literacy solution designed to produce two or more years of reading growth in a single year. The iLit student app contains everything a student needs to participate in an iLit class: interactive assignments, a digital notebook, and an e-library with over (2,500+) fiction and nonfiction titles. Recent additions include co-teacher functionality and student grouping throughout the app. iLit supports offline mode when the Internet isn’t available and a comprehensive automated rostering solution. The program was carefully crafted to meet the rigors of the Common Core State Standards as well as California, Florida, Texas, Nebraska, Ohio, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and WIDA standards, and prepares students for success on the new Next Generation assessments. Individual, small group, and whole-class instruction is personalized based on a constant stream of data from a wide range of embedded assessments, including text-based performance tasks. iLit engages students like no other reading program through its vast library of high-interest nonfiction, instant support, engaging activities, and built-in reward systems that motivate students and track their progress. The iLit 20/45/90/ELL, Teacher and Student apps are all components of the iLit instructional product.

About

PhoneIoT

This app connects to a block-based programming environment, enabling remote access to your device's sensors and display. Students can create interactive projects, like using their device as a remote control for robots.

Highlights
  • Connects to NetsBlox educational programming environment
  • Remotely access iOS device sensors
  • Control device display from code
  • Create engaging programming projects
  • Enable device as robot remote control
Features
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PhoneIoT allows you to connect to NetsBlox (https://editor.netsblox.org/?), a block-based educational programming environment, and remotely access your iOS device's sensors and display from code. Along with some of the other distributed computing services available through NetsBlox, this allows students to create highly engaging projects, such as turning your iOS device into an accelerometer-enabled remote control driving a virtual or physical robot rolling around on the ground (via the pre-existing RoboScape service on NetsBlox).

Screenshots

PhoneIoT3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PhoneIoT at every 2 weeks against Teach iLit 9's every 4 months. PhoneIoT also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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

Teach iLit 9 ships an update every 4 months, PhoneIoT every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Teach iLit 9 versus PhoneIoT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTeach iLit 9PhoneIoT
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSavvas Learning Company LLCDevin Jean

In-app purchases

None

Teach iLit 9

No in-app purchases

None

PhoneIoT

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Teach iLit 9 free?
Teach iLit 9 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PhoneIoT free?
PhoneIoT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Teach iLit 9 or PhoneIoT have ads?
Neither Teach iLit 9 nor PhoneIoT shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Teach iLit 9 or PhoneIoT?
Teach iLit 9 ships an update every 4 months, and PhoneIoT every 2 weeks. Most recently, Teach iLit 9 was updated on November 3, 2026 and PhoneIoT on November 3, 2026.

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