Comparison

ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard vs Chou Chou Teach

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Voice-record tutorials
  • Import images and documents
  • Draw and erase tools
  • Unlimited lesson length
  • Share recordings online
  • Create student groups
  • Organize lessons into courses
Features
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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

About

Chou Chou Teach

This app helps teachers positively reinforce desired behaviors in the classroom by awarding points. Students can then spend these points on rewards, fostering motivation. It includes several classroom management tools to streamline daily tasks.

Highlights
  • Award points for positive behavior
  • Students spend points on custom rewards
  • Confetti and sound celebrations
  • Includes timer, noise meter, and name picker
  • Co-teaching and attendance modes
  • Privacy-focused with no student accounts
  • Syncs across devices and web app
Features
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Chou Chou Teach is a positive classroom points app for teachers. Award points for the behavior you want to see, celebrate with confetti and sound, and keep your class motivated from your phone, your iPad, or the classroom screen. Students never need accounts. Made by a teacher, for teachers. AWARD POINTS IN ONE TAP • Create your own behaviors and point values, or start from the ready-made set • Award one student, several, a table group, or the whole class at once • Confetti, sounds, and woodland creature avatars make every point feel like a win • Points only go up. There are no deductions and no public shaming • Students spend their points on classroom rewards you define • Tapped the wrong name? Take back that one award without resetting anyone • Choose the sound for each moment, from points given to time's up SEE WHAT'S WORKING • Class Stats breaks points down by day, behavior, and student, for this week, the last four weeks, or all time • Print or email a report for any student • Print a points board for the wall, or put it up on the projector • Show live points on Classroom Screen with a see-through display EIGHT CLASSROOM TOOLS, BUILT IN • Timer and Stopwatch for transitions and clean-up • Noise Meter that keeps an eye on volume for you • Name Picker for fair cold calls and classroom jobs • Group Maker for random teams in seconds • Directions, Reward Picker, and Game Picker for the big screen MADE FOR REAL CLASSROOMS • Attendance mode and table groups • Co-teach: invite another teacher to share a class • All classrooms ranks every student you teach or co-teach on one page • Works on iPhone and iPad, and syncs with the web app on any computer or smartboard PRIVACY FIRST Students never need accounts, emails, or photos. Chou Chou stores only what the class screen needs: a first name or nickname, a chosen avatar, and a point tally. No parent contacts, no last names, no ads, and no student data sold or shared, ever. Built FERPA-minimal from day one. SIMPLE, HONEST PRICING Try everything free. Keep it for less than a coffee a month, or save with the yearly plan. One subscription covers all your classes and all your devices. Give your class something to cheer about. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS • Chou Chou Monthly: $2.99 per month • Chou Chou Yearly: $29.99 per year • Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://chouchouteach.com/privacy

Screenshots

Chou Chou Teach4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard at free with in-app purchases against Chou Chou Teach's subscription. ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard also leads on ratings volume (14K vs 3). Chou Chou Teach's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 70%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Chou Chou Teach sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Chou Chou Teach holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard has 14K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard's written reviews are positive against 100% of Chou Chou Teach's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard versus Chou Chou Teach: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShowMe Interactive WhiteboardChou Chou Teach
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (14K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14K — better3
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLearnbat, Inc.JEFFERY ROBERT KARBOWSKI

Customer experience

ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard

All ratings13,579 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral4.2%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews489 reviews
Positive69.5%
Neutral7.4%
Negative23.1%

Chou Chou Teach

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

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

Chou Chou Teach

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard

Subscriptions5
  • Groups$9.991 Month
  • ShowMe Premium$9.991 Month
  • ShowMe Premium$13.991 Month
Show 2 more
  • ShowMe Premium$89.991 Year
  • ShowMe Premium$129.991 Year
One-time5
  • Color Pack - Goldfish$0.99
  • Color Pack - Cake Shop$0.99
  • Color Pack - Plum basket$0.99
Show 2 more
  • Color Pack - Shades of blue$0.99
  • Save Private ShowMes$2.99
2 purchases

Chou Chou Teach

Subscriptions2
  • Chou Chou Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Chou Chou Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard free?
ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chou Chou Teach free?
Chou Chou Teach is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard or Chou Chou Teach?
Chou Chou Teach is rated higher. ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard averages 4.6 out of 5 from 14K ratings, while Chou Chou Teach averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard or Chou Chou Teach have ads?
Neither ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard nor Chou Chou Teach shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard or Chou Chou Teach?
ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard ships an update monthly, and Chou Chou Teach monthly. Most recently, ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard was updated on November 2, 2026 and Chou Chou Teach on October 31, 2026.

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