Blanks vs ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blanks
Learn new English words with this interactive app. It presents definitions and multiple-choice answers, allowing you to drag and drop the correct word. Receive immediate feedback with visual cues for correct or incorrect selections.
- Learn new English words
- Word definitions provided
- Multiple-choice answers
- Drag-and-drop interaction
- Visual feedback (green check/red cross)
- Wordnet-based definitions
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Blanks shows you a definition and four words. Drag the right word into the hole in the paper. Get it right and a tick appears; get it wrong and you try again. After every right answer, Blanks shows what all four words mean, so the wrong choices teach you something too. Hold any of them to look it up in the dictionary on your iPhone or iPad. • Over 8,000 English words, with definitions from WordNet • No repeats until you have seen the whole list; words you miss come back sooner • Drag the words, or switch to tapping them • Your best streak is kept • No ads and no account; your progress stays on your device Want more practice with the words you get wrong? More Blanks adds a review mode for your mistakes, a list of your recent words, and your progress. Word definitions from WordNet 3.0, Princeton University. The developer is not associated with WordNet or Princeton.
ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard
Create and share voice-over whiteboard tutorials with this intuitive app. Easily record lessons, import images and documents, and share your creations with a global community or privately with students. Ideal for educators and anyone wanting to explain concepts visually.
- Voice-record tutorials
- Import images and documents
- Draw and erase tools
- Unlimited lesson length
- Share recordings online
- Create student groups
- Organize lessons into courses
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Turn your iPad into your personal interactive whiteboard! ShowMe allows you to record voice-over whiteboard tutorials and share them online. It’s an amazingly simple app that anyone can use, no matter how young or old! INTUITIVE AND POWERFUL - Record your ShowMe tutorial right away — no manuals or complicated menus needed - Drop in images onto the whiteboard - Easily switch between drawing and erasing (as well as pausing and playing) to make your ShowMe flow from concept to concept - You can make your ShowMe as long or as short as it needs to be, and record as many ShowMe’s as you want. Go nuts! - Once you’re finished recording, upload your ShowMe to share with the community (or keep it private if you prefer) - Discover awesome tutorials created by other members of the ShowMe community A VARIETY OF USES - Easily explain a range of topics from math to chemistry to music theory to basket weaving. - Add ShowMe’s to your Do-It-Yourself blog - Attach a personal message to any travel photos you want to share - Diagram offensive and defensive strategies for sports - Grade student work with commentary explaining the reasoning behind their performance - Use ShowMe as an interactive whiteboard substitute Implement a “flipped classroom” - Showcase your ShowMes online and share your knowledge with your students, friends, family, or the world! FEATURES - Voice-record - Multiple brush colors - Enter text - Pause and erase - Import pictures from your photo library, built-in camera, or web image search - Import documents as pictures from Dropbox, or Google drive - Create video from any document - Unlimited lesson length - Free to upload and share your recordings with friends - Easy embedding for sharing anywhere - Manage students with Groups USING GROUPS "Groups" allows teachers to share their ShowMes and interact with students privately. A teacher with ShowMe Premium subscription can create an unlimited amount of groups and invite their students. Students can join groups for free! SHOWME PREMIUM ShowMe Premium is an auto-renewing monthly or yearly subscription which unlocks all ShowMe features. For just $9.99 a month or $89.99 a year: - Upload up to 300 hours of ShowMes - Post privately - Create study groups - Markup and share any documents in groups - Import documents into ShowMe - Search and import images from the web - Download your video files - Create student accounts - Create courses COURSES With "Courses" ShowMe creators can organize multiple ShowMe lessons and tutorials into one comprehensive lesson plan. PAID COURSES The ShowMe Marketplace allows premium users to earn extra income by posting paid premium courses for other educators or students within the ShowMe community. AS SEEN ON - TechCrunch - Business Insider - Numerous teacher blogs and educational blogs WE’RE HERE FOR YOU The ShowMe team is small, nimble, and quick to respond to suggestions/requests. Follow us on twitter at @showmeapp. Or feel free to drop us a line at support@showme.com with any questions, concerns, or stories about how you’re using ShowMe. LEGAL Privacy Policy: http://www.showme.com/privacy Terms & Conditions: http://www.showme.com/termsofuse - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase - No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard at 14K against Blanks's 7. ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard also leads on review sentiment (70% vs 57%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Blanks's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). On price, rating, 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. Blanks sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 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 — 4.6 for Blanks against 4.6 for ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard has 14K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 57% of Blanks's written reviews are positive against 70% of ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard's.
Blanks ships an update every 10 days, ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Blanks | ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (7 ratings) | 4.6 (14K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.6% of reviews | 69.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 14K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kai Kunze | Learnbat, Inc. |
Customer experience
Blanks
ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard
User reviews
Blanks
From 7 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Fun vocabulary builder
- 👍 Educational and engaging
- 💰 Free to use
- 🚀 Simple and easy interface
- 🧠 Stimulates deductive reasoning
Room to improve
- 🐛 Word repetitions
- 🐛 Poor or inaccurate clues
- 🐛 Answer often in the question/definition
- 🐛 Lack of ability to review mistakes
- 🐛 Too easy/commonplace words
ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard
From 14K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Helpful for teaching and learning
- 💡 Great for creating instructional videos
- 🎨 Allows for creative expression
- 🤩 Loved by students and teachers
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and glitches
- 💰 Expensive subscription model
- 🔒 Lack of offline functionality
- 🔍 Limited search and organization features
- 🖌️ Could use more drawing/editing tools
Bugs and requests
Blanks
Reported bugs
9 issues- Correct word marked as incorrect
- Answer in definition/question
- Repeats words too often
- Starts on same word every time
- Word repetitions
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- Poor clues
- Doesn't show correct answer
- Definitions can be inaccurate
- Answer in the question
Requested features
24 requests- Tap to go to next definition
- See percentage of correct answers
- Ability to review mistakes
- Option to see correct answer
- Game modes (word count, time limit)
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- Review correct words/definitions after game
- Create own word bank/flashcard feature
- Shuffle words each time
- More challenging words/levels
- Leaderboard
- Track progress (saved scores)
- Use word in a sentence
- Different users
- Sync new words
- Remove words learned
- Tap instead of drag
- More extensive vocabulary
- Improve definitions
- Report stats (avg time, total correct/incorrect)
- Timed game option
- Combine with flashcard feature
- Different difficulty levels
- More similar alternate words
- Update app icon
ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard
Reported bugs
4 issues- Unexpected loss of work and unsaved drafts
- Syncing issues between recorded audio and drawings
- Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
- Inconsistent performance on different devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to rearrange and delete slides
- Improve video editing capabilities
- Integrate with more cloud storage services
- Optimize interface for larger iPad screens
- Allow offline access and local file storage
In-app purchases
Blanks
- Coffee$1.99
- Lunch$5.99
- Pizza$9.99
ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard
- Groups$9.991 Month
- ShowMe Premium$9.991 Month
- ShowMe Premium$13.991 Month
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- ShowMe Premium$89.991 Year
- ShowMe Premium$129.991 Year
- Color Pack - Goldfish$0.99
- Color Pack - Cake Shop$0.99
- Color Pack - Plum basket$0.99
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- Color Pack - Shades of blue$0.99
- Save Private ShowMes$2.99
Questions
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