Early Scholars vs thingz
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
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.
- 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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Early Scholars | thingz |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better | 4.8 (810 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 57.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 810 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 283 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Early Scholars Inc. | Likepost |
Customer experience
Early Scholars
thingz
In-app purchases
Early Scholars
No in-app purchases
thingz
No in-app purchases









