BrainPOP vs NewsMaker
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/
NewsMaker
Create and share your own video news with this comprehensive tool. Features include a teleprompter, voiceover capabilities, animated intros, and virtual accessories. Collaborate with friends remotely and host your videos on a personal news channel.
- Teleprompter for scripts
- Voiceover for videos and images
- Animated trailer library
- Background music overlay
- Virtual accessories
- Remote collaboration
- Personal news channel
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NewsMaker is a tool that lets you create video news. It is also an online platform that lets you share your videos in your very own NewsMaker channel. As a video-creation tool, NewsMaker provides a rich set of features: 1. You can read your script from the teleprompter. 2. You can voiceover videos and images. 3. You can use the animated trailer videos in the library as an opening to your video. 4. You can overlay background music in your news segments. 5. You can put virtual glasses and hat on yourself. 6. You can collaborate remotely with your friends to produce your video news together, regardless of where they are located. And many more… As an online platform, NewsMaker allows you to have your own news channel to share your video news privately with your friends or followers. NewsMaker is ideal to be used in schools, as a tool to allow any student to create school morning news easily. It can also be used as a tool to improve language and presentation skills as NewsMaker is neither grade-level or content specific. If you have any queries, please contact us at support@teevers.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BrainPOP at 93% against NewsMaker's 33%. BrainPOP also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.6) and ratings volume (34K vs 14). NewsMaker's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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. BrainPOP sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and NewsMaker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BrainPOP holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BrainPOP has 34K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of BrainPOP's written reviews are positive against 33% of NewsMaker's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | BrainPOP | NewsMaker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (34K ratings) — better | 3.6 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.5% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 34K — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BrainPOP® | Teevers Pte. Ltd. |
Customer experience
BrainPOP
NewsMaker
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
NewsMaker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
NewsMaker
- 1-Year NewsMaker Subscription$19.99
Questions
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