Comparison

NEU vs CPD Platform

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

Head to head

About

NEU

Access publications from Europe's largest education union, including Educate Magazine and Lead Magazine. This app serves 500,000 education professionals across UK schools and colleges.

Highlights

Access Educate Magazine
Access Lead Magazine
Publications from education union
For UK education professionals
Digital magazine access

Features

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Access publications, including Educate Magazine and Lead Magazine, from Europe's largest education union. The NEU represents 500,000 education professionals in schools and colleges throughout the UK.

About

CPD Platform

Features

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We have created a dedicated app to access the IRIS Connect Web Platform, making it even easier to reflect on your practice, collaborate with your peers, receive coaching and mentoring and access our teaching and learning content libraries.

Screenshots

NEU4 screens

CPD Platform3 screens

Verdict

The call

NEU and CPD Platform are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

NEU ships an update every 6 months, CPD Platform every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on July 7, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences

NEU versus CPD Platform: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	NEU	CPD Platform
Price	Free	Free
Positive reviews	20.0% of reviews	—
Update frequency	Every 6 months	Every 3 months — better
Ads	No	No
In-app purchases	No	No
Monetization	Free	—
Devices	iPhone, iPad, iPod	iPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS	14.0 — better	15.6
Further details — not scored
Size	23 MB	19 MB
Age rating	12+	4+
Developer	National Education Union	IRIS Connect Ltd

In-app purchases

None

NEU

No in-app purchases

None

CPD Platform

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NEU free?

NEU is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Is CPD Platform free?

CPD Platform is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Do NEU or CPD Platform have ads?

Neither NEU nor CPD Platform shows ads.

Which is updated more often, NEU or CPD Platform?

NEU ships an update every 6 months, and CPD Platform every 3 months. Most recently, NEU was updated on July 7, 2026 and CPD Platform on September 14, 2026.