Shakespeare vs Educreations Whiteboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shakespeare
Access the complete works of Shakespeare, including plays, sonnets, and poems. Features include a powerful search, integrated glossary, note-taking, and customization options for a rich reading experience.
- Complete works of Shakespeare
- Powerful search and concordance
- Integrated glossary with definitions
- Add and share personal notes
- Customizable reading experience
- Scene breakdowns and character descriptions
- Modern translations and lexicons
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“It’s really great!” —Kenneth Branagh, actor and director “I can't remember a time it wasn't on my iPhone. So feature rich!" —Stephen Fry, actor and writer “‘The app’s the thing.’ Hamlet was almost right. Great to see Shakespeare Pro superplaying with Shakespeare’s plays.” —David Crystal, linguist and author of Shakespeare's Words “The Shakespeare Pro app is simply terrific and filled with loads of wonderful information!” —Ken Ludwig, Tony and Olivier Award Winning Playwright Shakespeare Pro® includes the complete works of Shakespeare (41 plays, 154 sonnets and 6 poems, including apocrypha) and search the concordance to find the exact word or phrase you’re looking for (with “relaxed” searching to find words close to your search term). Shakespeare Pro is packed with these impressive features: ••• QUALITY TEXTS are a top priority and our team spent years compiling and editing the best references available. In the updated editions, the text is even more clear and each individual character is uniquely identified. ••• FIRST FOLIOS AND QUARTOS in original spelling show the works as they were originally published in Shakespeare’s time. ••• AN INTEGRATED GLOSSARY, based on the bestselling lexicon by David & Ben Crystal, Shakespeare’s Words™ is included. Simply tapping on a word will display its definition in context (not just a general definition). ••• ADD YOUR OWN NOTES AND SHARE THEM with your students, classmates, friends, and colleagues. Organize your notes into notebooks for use in the classroom, theatre, or just to remember key facts. Then share them via email or AirDrop. ••• POWER SEARCH THE WORKS by customizing multiple parameters like gender, genre, work, language, line form, soliloquies, and more. ••• CUSTOMIZE YOUR READING EXPERIENCE by choosing from a variety of color themes, change the font family and size, display long or short character names, jump around to different scenes, and view line numbers (*read the note below about line numbering). ••• BOOKMARK YOUR FAVORITE PARTS in addition to remembering the last page you viewed. Even copy/paste that great line. ••• DETAILED SCENE BREAKDOWNS give you an overview of the scenes within each play, their locations, and the characters present in each. ••• CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS help you better understand the actions and motivations of every character—all 1,155 of them. ••• MODERN TRANSLATIONS and lexicons to help you better understand Elizabethan English (extra add-ons). ••• GET THE FACTS by reading up on Shakespeare’s life, view data and chronology about his works, and an overview of scansion terminology or rhetoric. Character Arc Visualizers show individual character arcs or allow for comparison of multiple characters. ••• SHAKE YOUR DEVICE for Shakespeare himself to display a random memorable quote or insult. Or get a new random quote every day. ••• BROWSE THE GALLERY of famous Shakespeare portraits. ••• TEACHER CURRICULUM makes it easy for teachers to introduce students to Shakespeare's works. ••• COMPLETE APOCRYPHA is the most comprehensive breakdown of 14 plays Shakespeare may have had a hand in. ••• BARDFIND™ is the easiest way to find a Shakespeare theatre or venue anywhere in the world. These are just a few highlights of the great things in Shakespeare Pro. If you’re a student, professor, actor, or just plain love the Bard, this must-have app ensures you have the complete works at your fingertips. Like the new features? Having trouble and need support? Let us know at support@playshakespeare.com or at http://support.playshakespeare.com.
Educreations Whiteboard
This interactive whiteboard and screencasting tool allows users to create and share video lessons. Annotate, animate, and narrate content to explain concepts, with lessons securely stored online and accessible across devices. Students can join classes within the app or access content via the website.
- Interactive whiteboard
- Screencasting
- Video lesson creation
- Annotation and animation
- Voice and handwriting recording
- Cloud storage
- Class management
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Educreations is a unique interactive whiteboard and screencasting tool that's simple, powerful, and fun to use. Annotate, animate, and narrate nearly any type of content as you explain any concept. Teachers can create short instructional videos and share them instantly with students, or ask students to show what they know and help friends learn something new. INSTRUCTION THAT'S READY WHENEVER YOU ARE Finished lessons are stored securely in your online Educreations account, so they're available whenever and wherever you need them. You control who sees what. Even if something happens to your iPad, all of your videos are safe. DESIGNED FOR THE DIGITAL CLASSROOM Create classes that students can join right within the app. Lessons sync automatically between teacher and student iPads, so it's easy for students to access teacher instruction and for teachers to monitor student work. Students without iPads can access classes and lessons on the Educreations website. SHARE INSTANTLY Lessons can also be shared via link, email, Messages, Facebook, Twitter, or by embedding them on your blog or website. Upgrade to Pro to export your videos to the Camera Roll, open them in other apps, and use them in other video projects. SUPPORT AND ENGAGE STUDENTS • Offer students additional instruction outside the classroom • Enable students to control the pace of their learning • Provide rich audio/video feedback on student work • Gain deep insights into student comprehension • Free up class time for hands-on learning and projects • Tutor someone remotely INCREDIBLE FREE FEATURES • Record and replay your voice, handwriting, and drawings • Snap a photo or import images from Photos, Dropbox, Google Drive, or the Web • Add typed text in a variety of colors and sizes • Draw on top of everything with brilliant colors of beautifully rendered digital ink • Animate images and text by tapping and dragging while recording • Edit out any recording mistakes with the built-in video editor • Scroll pages up or down when you need extra space • Save a draft of your work and finish it later on other devices • Store your lessons securely in the cloud and control who can see what • Create and manage classes that students can join • Share your lessons with your classes, or via link, email, Messages, Facebook, or Twitter • Embed your lessons on your blog or website EVEN MORE WITH PRO • Export videos to the Camera Roll or open in other apps • Import documents, presentations, webpages, and custom maps • Whiteboard pointer tool • Save unlimited drafts so you can work on multiple projects at once • 5GB of cloud storage, enough to store over 150 hours of lessons • Share Pro benefits with your entire class (up to 40 students) Educreations offers the following Pro subscriptions: 1 month: $11.99 (auto-renewing) 1 year: $99.99 (not auto-renewing) These prices are for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on your country of residence. If you purchase a monthly plan, your Educreations Pro subscription will automatically renew at the end of each period unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your iTunes account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can turn off auto-renew at any time from your iTunes account settings, but refunds will not be provided for the unused portion of the current period. Yearly plans do not auto-renew. Privacy Policy: https://www.educreations.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.educreations.com/terms/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Shakespeare at 3 against Educreations Whiteboard's 1. Educreations Whiteboard's advantage is ratings volume (12K vs 3.5K). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Shakespeare sells 27 one-off in-app purchases and Educreations Whiteboard sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Shakespeare against 4.8 for Educreations Whiteboard. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.5K and 12K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Shakespeare's written reviews are positive against 76% of Educreations Whiteboard's.
Shakespeare ships an update every 3 weeks, Educreations Whiteboard monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shakespeare | Educreations Whiteboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.5K ratings) — better | 4.8 (12K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 74.1% of reviews | 75.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.5K | 12K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 416 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PlayShakespeare.com | Educreations, Inc |
Customer experience
Shakespeare
Educreations Whiteboard
User reviews
Shakespeare
From 3.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Best app out there
- 👍 Excellent app
- 👍 Terrific app for Shakespeare lovers
- 👍 Remarkable level of detail and care
- 👍 Invaluable for actors and students
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes, buggy, unstable
- 💰 Nickel-and-diming for features
- 💰 Upgrade to pro is misleading
- 💰 Constant nagging to upgrade
- 🤔 Abbreviated character names
Educreations Whiteboard
From 12K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Smooth recording experience
- 💡 Helpful for remote/online teaching
- 👍 Great for creating instructional videos
- 👍 Useful for flipped classroom and catchup lessons
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and glitches after updates
- 🔒 Limited editing capabilities
- 💡 Inability to delete or edit recordings
- 💡 Lack of pen size/thickness customization
- 💡 Difficulty organizing/managing saved lessons
Bugs and requests
Shakespeare
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on launch or opening plays
- Scrolling and UI issues
- Incompatible with latest iOS versions
Requested features
5 requests- Add modern translations
- Include line numbers
- Improve search and navigation
- Add more content like sonnets
- Sync purchases across devices
Educreations Whiteboard
Reported bugs
4 issues- Recordings getting deleted unexpectedly
- Typing issues and cursor movement problems
- Compatibility issues with older devices
- Inconsistent performance across platforms
Requested features
7 requests- Add video editing tools
- Implement undo/redo functionality
- Allow deleting or rearranging pages
- Provide more pen/brush customization options
- Improve file organization and management
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- Expand language support
- Offer more affordable pricing options
In-app purchases
Shakespeare
- Modern Translation (AYLI)$1.99
- Modern Translation (Sonnets)$1.99
- Modern Translation (AWEW)$1.99
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- Modern Translation(Coriolanus)$1.99
- Modern Translation (CoE)$1.99
- Modern Translation (WT)$1.99
- Modern Translation (Othello)$1.99
- Modern Translation (Much Ado)$1.99
- Modern Translation (LLL)$1.99
- Modern Translation (Hamlet)$2.99
- Modern Translation (Macbeth)$2.99
- Modern Translation (R&J)$2.99
- Modern Translation (King Lear)$2.99
- Glossary by Alexander Dyce$3.99
- Glossary by C. T. Onions$3.99
- Schmidt's Lexicon$3.99
- Glossary by C. T. Onions$4.99
- All Apocrypha$7.99
- Course: Intro to Shakespeare$9.99
- All Apocrypha$9.99
- All Lexicons$9.99
- Course Shakespeare for Kids$9.99
- Upgrade to Shakespeare Pro$12.99
- All Lexicons$12.99
- Modern Translation (All Works)$14.99
- Modern Translation (All Works)$19.99
- Shakespeare Ultimate$59.99
Educreations Whiteboard
- Pro Classroom Edition$11.991 Month
- Pro Classroom Edition (1 year)$99.99
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