BrainPOP vs Acellus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BrainPOP
This app offers award-winning animated educational videos, interactive activities, and quizzes designed by educators. It aims to transform passive screen time into active, enriched learning experiences for children in grades 3-8 across all subjects.
- Animated educational movies
- Interactive activities
- Quizzes
- Content for grades 3-8
- All subjects covered
- Research-backed learning platform
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Access BrainPOP’s award-winning animated movies, activities and quizzes made by educators and replace your kids’ passive screen time with active, enriched learning. Start your free trial today to access content for grades 3-8 across all subjects. BrainPOP is a research-backed learning platform created by educators that know how kids learn best, and perfect for age-appropriate, independent learning. Start watching, learning, playing and growing with us! Terms of Use: https://www.brainpop.com/about/terms_of_use/ Privacy Policy: https://www.brainpop.com/about/privacy_policy/ User Agreement: https://www.brainpop.com/about/user_agreement/
Acellus
This online learning system offers a dynamic and interactive educational experience for K-12 students. It uses short video lessons and practice problems to assess understanding, with personalized instruction and real-time progress monitoring available.
- Self-paced learning
- Personalized instruction
- Live progress monitoring
- Automatic record-keeping
- Data-driven instruction
- Comprehensive K-12 curriculum
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Every student learns differently. Acellus meets them where they are — with personalized, video-based K-12 instruction used by over one million students across every U.S. state. Short video lessons introduce each concept, followed by practice problems that adapt to how your student is progressing. The result: a dynamic learning experience built around the individual, not the classroom average. Learn at Their Own Pace Students work independently through concepts, with personalized instruction that helps them truly master each one before moving on. Stay in the Loop Monitor your student's progress in real time from any device. Scores, hours worked, and course progress are automatically compiled into printable reports. Always Improving Student responses are continuously analyzed and used to refine course content — so courses get more effective over time, updated daily. A Complete K-12 Curriculum Acellus covers all core subjects K-12, plus Advanced Placement (AP), Exceptional Education, Career & Technical Education, and Exam Preparation — over 470 courses in total. Learning That Goes Anywhere At school, at home, or on the go — Acellus picks up exactly where your student left off, on any device with an internet connection. Give your student the personalized education they deserve. Download Acellus today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BrainPOP at 93% against Acellus's 36%. BrainPOP also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5). Acellus's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. BrainPOP sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Acellus asks for nothing beyond the download.
BrainPOP holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 34K and 32K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of BrainPOP's written reviews are positive against 36% of Acellus's.
BrainPOP ships an update every 2 months, Acellus every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 14, 2026.
| Parameter | BrainPOP | Acellus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (34K ratings) — better | 4.5 (32K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.7% of reviews — better | 35.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 34K — better | 32K |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BrainPOP® | GoldKey Security Corporation |
Customer experience
BrainPOP
Acellus
User reviews
BrainPOP
From 34K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and educational
- 🚀 Helpful for learning
- 👍 Great for kids
- 👍 Funny and entertaining
- 👍 Informative videos
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes
- 💰 Expensive subscription
- 💰 Limited free content
- 🙄 Biased or one-sided content
- 🙄 Lacks detail in some topics
Acellus
From 32K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to navigate classes
- 👍 Engaging and interactive lessons
- 👍 Flexible and self-paced learning
- 👍 Helpful and fun teachers
- 👍 Ability to track progress and compete with friends
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes and freezes
- 🐛 Incorrect answers marked as wrong
- 🐛 Lessons not always aligned with assessments
- 🐛 Boring or gimmicky teaching styles in some courses
- 🐛 Lack of live teacher interaction and support
Bugs and requests
BrainPOP
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login issues
- Playback problems
- Syncing issues across devices
Requested features
5 requests- More topics and content
- Lower subscription cost
- Better organization of content
- More character diversity
- Support for older devices
Acellus
Reported bugs
4 issues- Videos randomly restarting or freezing
- Incorrect grading of written assignments
- Inability to review past lessons and videos
- Courses not properly syncing progress across devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add subtitles or transcripts for videos
- Allow skipping of videos if content is already understood
- Improve mobile app usability and stability
- Provide more hands-on and interactive learning experiences
- Offer more personalized learning paths and feedback
In-app purchases
BrainPOP
- BrainPOP Explorer Subscription$3.991 Month
- BrainPOP Full Access14 Days trial$15.991 Month
- BrainPOP Combo Monthly14 Days trial$19.991 Month
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- BrainPOP Full Access Yearly14 Days trial$129.991 Year
- BrainPOP Combo Yearly14 Days trial$159.991 Year
Acellus
No in-app purchases









