Comparison

iBrainstorm vs Socrative Teacher

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

iBrainstorm

This app allows users to capture and organize creative ideas on a digital canvas. Easily add notes, drawings, and arrange them visually. Share your brainstormed content seamlessly across devices.

Highlights
  • Multi-device collaboration
  • Add and drag-and-drop notes
  • Assign colors to notes
  • Digital drawing board
  • Zoom functionality
  • Capture and share ideas
Features
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Capturing and sharing your inner most creative genius has never been easier. Introducing the first multi-device collaboration tool from Universal Mind. From iPad to iPad with just a flick of the finger, iBrainstorm has set the bar and has redefined the very nature of collaboration. Add a note, then drag and drop it anywhere on the iPad's screen to create any desired order or pattern. Assign colors to give additional meaning or priority. Provide clarity to your students or classmates through simple organization. The iPad canvas also serves as a drawing board. Draw, erase or zoom in for tighter control. Everything is then captured for later. Show relationships between ideas or just capture your best stickman - it's easy. Think it. Share it. Love it!

About

Socrative Teacher

This app helps educators conduct real-time formative assessments, allowing them to quiz and grade students instantly from any device. It provides flexible assessment tools, automatic grading, and powerful reporting to identify learning gaps and engage students effectively.

Highlights
  • Real-time formative assessment
  • Create and share quizzes
  • Automatic grading
  • Virtual classroom rooms
  • Instant feedback and reporting
  • Cross-device compatibility
Features
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Socrative is the best classroom app for formative assessment, empowering teachers to quiz and grade at the speed of learning, from any device, in class or remotely. Simple and reliable, Socrative is trusted by millions of educators around the world to deliver effective assessments to learners at every level. With instant feedback, you can identify knowledge gaps, engage your students more effectively, and adjust teaching on-the-fly to close feedback loops faster. - Flexible & engaging assessment tools: quickly create, manage, share a library of activities, and send customized quizzes directly to students, all in one simple platform. - Easy-to-create virtual rooms: easily set up rostered rooms for classes or individual activities, and invite students with simple and secure login options. - Automatic grading: with real-time marking and result reporting, it’s never been easier to visualize student learning so you can engage your learners, quickly adapt lessons or revisit concepts in the moment, and spend less time grading assignments. - Powerful real-time reporting: download detailed student and question-level quiz reports to share with students or colleagues, and make communication a breeze with automatic distribution of quiz results to students. Socrative is available for download on all major digital devices, and for use on all major browsers. You can use Socrative on smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktop computers. Socrative is 100% free for students to use, on all devices.

Screenshots

Socrative Teacher4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: iBrainstorm at 3.7 against Socrative Teacher's 3.2. iBrainstorm also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (7.1 vs 11.0). Socrative Teacher's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iBrainstorm holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 29 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 46% of iBrainstorm's written reviews are positive against 50% of Socrative Teacher's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iBrainstorm ships an update every 4 months, Socrative Teacher every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on August 16, 2026 and August 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
iBrainstorm versus Socrative Teacher: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriBrainstormSocrative Teacher
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (25 ratings) — better3.2 (29 ratings)
Positive reviews45.6% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2529 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS7.1 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperErik LoehfelmShowbie Inc.

Customer experience

iBrainstorm

All ratings25 ratings
Positive64.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative28.0%
Written reviews149 reviews
Positive45.6%
Neutral25.5%
Negative28.9%

Socrative Teacher

All ratings29 ratings
Positive41.4%
Neutral24.1%
Negative34.5%
Written reviews104 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral20.2%
Negative29.8%

Bugs and requests

iBrainstorm

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Sticky notes sometimes disappear after reopening the app
  • Drawing tools can be laggy or unresponsive
  • Difficulty connecting devices for collaboration

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add undo/redo functionality
  • Allow resizing and formatting of sticky notes
  • Implement multi-page or infinite workspace
  • Enable collaboration between multiple devices
  • Add support for inserting images and documents
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  • Improve eraser and drawing tools

Socrative Teacher

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

iBrainstorm

No in-app purchases

None

Socrative Teacher

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iBrainstorm free?
iBrainstorm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Socrative Teacher free?
Socrative Teacher is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iBrainstorm or Socrative Teacher?
iBrainstorm is rated higher. iBrainstorm averages 3.7 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while Socrative Teacher averages 3.2 from 29 ratings.
Do iBrainstorm or Socrative Teacher have ads?
Neither iBrainstorm nor Socrative Teacher shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iBrainstorm or Socrative Teacher?
iBrainstorm ships an update every 4 months, and Socrative Teacher every 3 months. Most recently, iBrainstorm was updated on August 16, 2026 and Socrative Teacher on August 21, 2026.

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