Comparison

Present Pal vs Project Assist

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

Head to head
About

Present Pal

This app provides interactive flashcards and smart summarization to help users prepare and deliver presentations with confidence. It offers tools for planning, creating notes via speech-to-text, rehearsing, and integrating with presentation software.

Highlights
  • Interactive flashcards
  • Smart flashcard creation
  • Speech-to-text notes
  • Presentation planner
  • Rehearsal recordings
  • PowerPoint/Google Slides integration
  • Accessibility customization
Features
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Present Pal is the only accessible presentation support app that helps you create simple, interactive flashcards that guide you through your presentation. NEW! Let Present Pal do the heavy lifting with Smart Flaschcard Creation. Get your thoughts down, whether spoken or written, and our smart summarisation feature condenses your thoughts into key points, making it even easier for you to focus on what matters most. Did you know? 77% of the population experience presentation anxiety. Present Pal was designed by a dyslexic student during university to alleviate this challenge and build more confident presenters. There are now over 16,000 presenters being supported with Present Pal! Present Pal is guaranteed to help you deliver presentations with confidence. After using Present Pal 2 times, users' confidence doubled! (University of Tennessee Knoxville Student Group). Plan Organise your time and beat presentation procrastination with the presentation planner Enter your presentation date and receive content to support and advise you on your presentation journey Watch tailor-made videos and read our blog content with expert advice on improving your presentations according to your learning style Create Create virtual flashcards seamlessly to guide you during your presentation or communication task Create notes your way, with speech-to-text technology or by inputting text Use the new Smart Flashcard Creation to transform your thoughts into key bullet points Learn Build your confidence and presentation skills with in-app interactive lessons and tutorials Rehearse Rehearse your presentation and listen back to recordings to improve your delivery Easily edit your interactive flashcards after each rehearsal Present Use Present Pal to guide you through your presentation with interactive flashcards Navigate easily and intuitively between flashcards Control your slides as you present with Present Pal’s free Microsoft PowerPoint and Google Slides integrations Whether you are a university or college student, educator, or a professional public speaker, Present Pal will support you every step of the way to help you become a confident, prepared speaker, with enhanced communication skills. This is an A+ App to help you excel in communication tasks in education, the workplace, and beyond. Get ready to deliver presentations with confidence. Say goodbye to public speaking fears and paper flashcards, and take back control of your presentations! Present like a pro with Present Pal! Enhanced accessibility and integrations Customise the app by selecting from expert-chosen colour overlays and fonts WCAG AAA*** Standard and screen reader friendly Fully integrates with Microsoft PowerPoint and Google Slides to sync your notes across devices and control your slides To learn more about Present Pal visit presentpal.co.uk Microsoft’s first European AI for Accessibility partner DSA approved product Supporting over 16,000 students at over 150+ universities across the UK and US Featuring the brand new Smart Flashcard Creation, Present Pal V6 revolutionises the way you create your presentation notes. It’s now easier and quicker to seamlessly create interactive flashcards and ace your presentation.

About

Project Assist

Features
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Project Assist (App) is an extension of Pro-Study and Pro-Workspace (Desktop Versions) enabling you to also use your Smart Phone and/or Tablet to quickly collect, organise and access your research in more places. You can use Project Assist to easily collect important information from multiple sources and store it all in the colour coded categories within your projects. Project Assist also gives you a powerful OCR tool, image capturing and access to over 27 million book references by simply scanning a barcode. All your projects will be synced with the cloud and can therefore be accessed across multiple devices and your computer. Once on your computer you will have access to over 9.5k reference styles. Project Assist allows you to capture research on the go, whilst keeping your research safe and organised. Web-Sources With its inbuilt Web-Browser you are able to highlight and capture information directly from Web-Sources and save the information to your chosen colour coded categories. This feature will also automatically capture any reference information available. Online PDFs Highlight and capture information from online PDFs and save the information directly to your chosen colour coded categories. Upload Images Upload images from your phone or tablet and save them directly to your chosen colour coded categories. Camera Use the camera on your phone or tablet to take pictures and save them directly to your chosen Pro-Study colour coded category. A good example would be to save pictures of text and graphs from within textbooks. Barcode Scanning You can use the camera again to scan the barcode of a book to save all the reference information. Once on the desktop version you will then have access to over 9.5K different reference styles. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Project Assist comes with a powerful OCR feature so you can convert pictures of text into editable text. Synced All the saved information will be synced between the Project Assist App and the Desktop Version so all your priceless research is never too far away.

Screenshots

Present Pal4 screens
Project Assist4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Present Pal at every 3 weeks against Project Assist's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Present Pal ships an update every 3 weeks, Project Assist every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Present Pal versus Project Assist: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPresent PalProject Assist
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB96 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperEstendioPro-Study

In-app purchases

None

Present Pal

No in-app purchases

None

Project Assist

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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