TED Talks vs SmartFour
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TED Talks
Access thousands of inspiring and informative videos on a wide range of topics. Get personalized recommendations, watch with subtitles in over 100 languages, and download content for offline viewing. Stay curious and informed with this educational resource.
- Personalized recommendations
- Subtitles in over 100 languages
- Browse by topic or curator picks
- Stream to Apple TV with AirPlay
- Download videos for offline viewing
- Watchlist for later
- Surprise Me! feature
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Get personalized recommendations that match your unique interests, or browse TED’s library of thousands of inspiring, informative, transformational videos for free. Features on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch: ・Sign in to get personalized recommendations and sync videos across all your devices ・Watch videos with subtitles in over 100 languages ・Check out the newest and trending videos, browse by topic, or select from our curators’ picks ・Stream videos to your Apple TV with AirPlay ・Download videos to watch offline ・Add talks your list to watch later ・Toggle between dark mode or light modes ・Get instant inspiration with the “Surprise Me!” feature Get the TED app to stay curious, informed and inspired.
SmartFour
This AI-powered 3D board game requires connected hardware to play. Engage in head-to-head matches, challenge an adaptive AI, or compete with players globally. Track your progress with advanced statistics and replays.
- AI training
- Online competition
- Global leaderboard
- Advanced stats
- Replay functionality
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GiiKER's Smart Four Connected hardware is required to use this app. Smart Four Connected is an AI featured 3D board game. With the integrated referee, the board records your moves and gives flashing indications where the goal is reach. You can fire up a head to head competition, challenge against the infused robot or play the mini game designed unique to the board. Connect with the Smart Four app, users can play against the adaptive AI and improve from the advanced stats, battle with players from around the world! Features: 1. AI trainning 2. Online competition 3. Global leaderboard 4. Advanced stats and replay
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TED Talks at 4.6 against SmartFour's 4.0. TED Talks also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (10K vs 4). SmartFour's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (57% vs 44%). 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.
TED Talks holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TED Talks has 10K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 44% of TED Talks's written reviews are positive against 57% of SmartFour's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
TED Talks ships an update fortnightly, SmartFour every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TED Talks | SmartFour |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (10K ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 43.7% of reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 178 MB | 151 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TED Conferences LLC | FS GIIKER TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD |
Customer experience
TED Talks
SmartFour
Bugs and requests
TED Talks
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes frequently
- Videos fail to load or play
- Saved talks disappear from user's list
- Syncing issues with user accounts
- Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to create and manage playlists
- Implement background audio playback
- Improve Chromecast support
- Add more customization options (e.g., video playback speed, dark mode)
- Enhance discoverability of new and relevant content
SmartFour
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TED Talks
No in-app purchases
SmartFour
No in-app purchases
