XandY vs Criterion
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
XandY
This app offers a foundation program for competitive exams like JEE, NEET, NTSE, and Olympiads. It provides video lectures, live classes, hands-on activities, study materials, and test series for students in grades 8-10.
- Foundation program for competitive exams
- Video lectures and live classes
- Hands-on activities for concept understanding
- Expert-prepared study materials
- Test series for exam preparation
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XandY Learning provides an exclusive foundation program for JEE, NEET, NTSE, and Olympiads designed and executed by IITians, NITians, and Medical Graduates. The course aims at equipping the students of 8th, 9th and 10th grades to face a highly competitive world, with a strong foundation that will enhance their skills and understanding of the subjects at an early stage. The course includes video lectures and live classes imparted to the students through a blended learning approach, hands-on activities to easily understand the concepts, study materials prepared by experts, and test series to gear up students for the actual exams. We are a group of highly passionate IIT, NIT, and Medical graduates whose ultimate aim is to motivate young students, furnish their skills, and prepare them for competitive exams. We put forward the idea of starting early preparations with strong foundation!
Criterion
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Criterion is an AI-powered copilot for debate, designed to help you continually improve. Manage your debate rounds, preparation files, and other materials all in one place. It supports all 5 of the major debate events: Lincoln-Douglas, Public Forum, Policy Debate, Big Questions, and Congress. Features of Criterion include: - Rounds: Keep detailed records of your rounds. Record the speeches in your rounds and tournaments, and AI will help by flowing and generate rebuttal ideas and cross-examination questions (“hints”) based on your prep. It can even judge practice rounds by generating a ballot so that you can improve before tournaments. - Preparation: Create and manage your prep, which can include cases, cards, blockfiles, cross questions, and other resources. You can access these easily in round, and these resources will be used in your hints. As a bonus, we have an automatic card cutter, so you can find great evidence tailored to your cases. - Profile & Stats: Your Criterion profile is focused on improvement. You can see your statistics from your previous rounds (win rate, average speaker points), and your profile uses AI to analyze your feedback to generate actionable items to help you improve. - Quality of Life: Criterion stores data in iCloud, allowing you to access your debate information on your iPhone when you’re on the go, or your iPad and Mac when you’re in front of your desk. Rounds are also connected with Apple Calendar so you’re always on top of your schedule. - AI-Powered Assistance: Criterion integrates with Gemini 3 to provide assistance with preparation and rounds. You can find this AI in several places, like generating flows and hints in-round, creating a ballot post-round, giving feedback on your preparation, cutting cards, and analyzing your judge feedback to help you improve your debate skills. If you have any questions or feedback, or want to join our mailing list, don’t hesitate to email us at criterionhelp@gmail.com. To download our beta from TestFlight, go to https://testflight.apple.com/join/C5XUzHhe.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: XandY at 13.0 against Criterion's 26.0. 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | XandY | Criterion |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 206 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Testpress Tech Labs LLP | Anar Anand |
In-app purchases
XandY
No in-app purchases
Criterion
No in-app purchases









