Comparison

VideoLectures.NET vs Illuminant Schoolhouse

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

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VideoLectures.NET

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VideoLectures.NET is an award-winning free and open access educational video lectures repository. The lectures are given by distinguished scholars and scientists at the most important and prominent events like conferences, summer schools, workshops and science promotional events from many fields of Science. The portal is aimed at promoting science, exchanging ideas and fostering knowledge sharing by providing high quality didactic contents not only to the scientific community but also to the general public. All lectures, accompanying documents, information and links are systematically selected and classified through the editorial process taking into account also users' comments.

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Illuminant Schoolhouse

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Illuminant Schoolhouse is the office staff for your homeschool. Enter each course as a list of lessons, check things off every day, and the attendance, hours, portfolio, and the papers your state asks for are already done. PLAN ONCE • Photograph a curriculum's table of contents and it becomes a course. Or paste a list, import a spreadsheet, or generate numbered lessons. • Pick how each course meets: every school day, Monday-Wednesday-Friday, three times a week, two lessons a day, one term only, or as a loop (art, music, poetry, handicrafts: whatever is next happens next). • School years from templates with holidays and terms. Family courses shared by every child. Fixed events for co-op, tutors, and sports. THE PLAN SURVIVES REAL LIFE • Missed a day? Bump. Unfinished lessons move forward; finished and pinned lessons stay put. • Every course shows Ahead, On pace, Behind, or Won't finish, with the date it ends at the current rate. • Pin a lesson to the day it has to happen. Change a rule or a day off and only future dates move. CHECK THINGS OFF EVERY DAY • Each student's list is waiting on the Home tab. Tap the circle when something is done. That one tap is the attendance record, the hours record, and the lesson log. • Partial, skip, notes, timers, and photos of the work, right on the lesson. • Routines for memory work, read-aloud, and practice. A morning summary and a Sunday reminder. Home Screen widgets. Siri and Shortcuts. THE RECORDS WRITE THEMSELVES • Attendance with half days, away days, and a full-day rule. • Hours by subject, core and non-core, at home and away. • A portfolio of photos and notes filed by student and subject. A reading log with barcode scan. Assessments and activities. EVERY STATE, IN PLAIN WORDS • All 50 states and Washington, D.C. Pick your state and how you homeschool there, and the year is set up to match: school days, hours, and required subjects. • A plain guide to your state's notice, days or hours, subjects, tests, and records, with this year's dates and links to the law. Free. • Reminders before each notice, test, and report is due, and a "Coming up" card on Home. Free. • A compliance check for each student measures the year so far against your state's rules: met, on track, behind, or due soon. PRINT WHAT YOUR STATE ASKS FOR • The papers your state asks for, filled in from your records: notice of intent letters, the answers for your state's form, requirement logs, progress reports, test records, evaluator letters, and withdrawal letters. • Attendance calendar, hours by subject, lesson log, reading list, and portfolio book, for any state. • New York quarterly report and IHIP. Pennsylvania evaluator summary. Missouri hours log. • Share, print, or save as PDF, on US Letter or A4. STUDENT MODE • Hand over the iPad. Your child gets a locked checklist with big check circles, timers, and a small celebration when the day is done. Leaving takes the family PIN, or your Face ID if you turn it on. YOUR RECORDS ARE YOURS • No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Records sync through your own iCloud across your iPhone and iPad. • One-file backup and restore, free on every plan. Nothing you enter is ever locked away. FREE AND PRO Free is the whole planner for one student, forever. Schoolhouse Pro adds every student in the family, printable reports and state documents, the compliance check, student mode, camera import with Apple Intelligence cleanup on supported devices, and an unlimited portfolio. Choose monthly, yearly with a 7-day free trial, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Family Sharing is on, so both parents' devices are covered. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel them in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://illuminantschoolhouse.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://illuminantschoolhouse.com/privacy/

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VideoLectures.NET4 screens
Illuminant Schoolhouse4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: VideoLectures.NET at none against Illuminant Schoolhouse's 3. VideoLectures.NET also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Illuminant Schoolhouse sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. VideoLectures.NET asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
VideoLectures.NET versus Illuminant Schoolhouse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVideoLectures.NETIlluminant Schoolhouse
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIJSIlluminant Inc

In-app purchases

None

VideoLectures.NET

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Illuminant Schoolhouse

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$149.99

Questions

Is VideoLectures.NET free?
VideoLectures.NET is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Illuminant Schoolhouse free?
Illuminant Schoolhouse is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do VideoLectures.NET or Illuminant Schoolhouse have ads?
Neither VideoLectures.NET nor Illuminant Schoolhouse shows ads.

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