Comparison

Early Scholars vs thingz

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

Head to head
About

Early Scholars

This app connects students and parents with debate program information, class enrollment, and direct communication tools. It offers event reminders, a news feed for highlights, and exclusive resources. Users can also contact support directly within the application.

Highlights
  • Browse debate offerings
  • Enroll for classes
  • One-on-one and group communication
  • Event reminders and push notifications
  • News feed for event highlights
  • Access special resources and videos
Features
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The ES App provides all pertinent debate information for Early Scholars students right at your fingertips. This easy to use app allows you to browse through a selection of our debate offerings and enroll for classes right from the app. The ES App also allows students and parents to communicate with one another one-on-one or in groups. Share your speech & debate questions or highlights with other Early Scholars parents and students. Get reminders and push notifications about upcoming tournaments. Simply sync the ES calendar to your phone and never miss another event. Browse through our news feed to get the highlights from past events and share status updates of your own! Tap into special resources and videos that you won’t find anywhere else. Have a question? Contact us right from within the app for a speedy response.

About

thingz

Organize and rediscover your saved content from various apps and websites. Easily share recommendations with friends and discover what they're saving. Never forget a great find again.

Highlights
  • Centralized saving from multiple sources
  • Automatic organization of saved content
  • Content resurfacing at opportune times
  • Easy sharing of recommendations
  • Discover friends' saved content
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Welcome to thingz. Most of what you save gets lost. That restaurant you wanted to try. That product you meant to buy. That idea you swore you'd remember. Buried in screenshots, saved posts, and browser tabs. Rediscover what you save with thingz. Find it when it matters and recommend what works with the people you trust. How it works: — Save from anywhere: Capture places, products, videos, links, and ideas from the apps you already use — Stay organized automatically: Saves are sorted into searchable collections, no filing required — Create from real experiences: Turn a place, product, or moment you've actually tried into a recommendation worth sharing — Add context: Save notes, photos, and details so you remember why something mattered when you come back to it — Find it when you need it: Your Loop resurfaces what you saved at the right time — Recommend what works: Share places, products, and experiences you've tried and loved Save it. Try it. Recommend it. Built on real experiences, ready when you need them.

Screenshots

Early Scholars3 screens
thingz4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Early Scholars at 100% against thingz's 58%. Early Scholars also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). thingz's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (810 vs 8). 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Early Scholars holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: thingz has 810 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Early Scholars's written reviews are positive against 58% of thingz's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Early Scholars ships an update every 2 months, thingz every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Early Scholars versus thingz: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEarly Scholarsthingz
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings) — better4.8 (810 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better57.9% of reviews
Number of ratings8810 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB283 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperEarly Scholars Inc.Likepost

Customer experience

Early Scholars

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

thingz

All ratings768 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral2.0%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive57.9%
Neutral15.8%
Negative26.3%

In-app purchases

None

Early Scholars

No in-app purchases

None

thingz

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Early Scholars free?
Early Scholars is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is thingz free?
thingz is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Early Scholars or thingz?
Early Scholars is rated higher. Early Scholars averages 5.0 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while thingz averages 4.8 from 810 ratings.
Do Early Scholars or thingz have ads?
Neither Early Scholars nor thingz shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Early Scholars or thingz?
Early Scholars ships an update every 2 months, and thingz every 8 days. Most recently, Early Scholars was updated on October 7, 2026 and thingz on October 30, 2026.

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