Comparison

ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard vs Planboard

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

Planboard

This app helps educators create, edit, and organize lesson plans with curriculum standards and attachments. It features a beautiful timetable view and syncs across devices, allowing teachers to plan on the go and reduce prep time.

Highlights
  • Create, edit, and share lesson plans
  • Organize timetable, subjects, and semesters
  • Manage curriculum standards
  • Add attachments to lesson plans
  • Syncs with web version
  • Easy setup
Features
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Plan lessons on the go in an easy-to-use editor with curriculum standards and attachments. Planboard organizes your lessons, subjects, and semesters in a beautiful timetable that is with you everywhere. Join over 250,000 teachers around the world who are already using Planboard to cut down their classroom prep time and spend more time with students! —————————————————————————————— FEATURES • 100% free for teachers! • Create, edit, and share lesson plans • Organize your timetable, subjects, and semesters • Manage curriculum standards • Take photos and add files to lesson plans • Syncs with Planboard on the web • Fast and easy to get set up WHAT TEACHERS ARE SAYING “A fantastic app that has transformed my lesson planning...I have dumped my old paper planner for good. This is an excellent app.” - benjro “I love this program! I can create my lessons in a jiffy- dare I say lesson planning is almost *fun* now?! I can even do lesson planning while on the go because the program now syncs with the app- SCORE! I love being able to be out and about and not have to be tied to my computer, but if I think of something for a lesson, I can just plug it right in!...And all of this awesomeness is on the FREE version. I love this software!!!” - Tater and her tots “I have been looking for a planning and attendance app for so long! This app is absolutely perfect, whether you’re using it on your iPad, iPhone or using the online site on your computer it works flawlessly! Thank you so much!” - Ethie56 “This app is exactly what I was looking for! I have tried many digital planning options and this is by far the best. Being able to change my planner easily on my iPad or computer makes it so easy to change plans and have them there ready to go...Great app!” - J.Lee.17 “So much better than planning in a paper based planner. I like being able to check my lessons or add to them as ideas occur to me using my phone on the go.” - KT28363838 “Will render you pencil & paper daybook obsolete. It is fantastic for your day to day planning and makes printing off a paper copy for a supply teacher super easy” - Mr.Esss “I have been using it for three years now and love the planning/assessment tools. My principal asked me to inform the rest of the staff about this program. It has helped me make my teaching more organized.” - Stolenfeather “I feel as though I would not be as organized without Chalk! And the fact that it’s free makes it even more amazing! As we know as teachers we spend a lot of our own money on supplies for our students and having a program this amazing for free means I can spend more on my students so thank you!” - btpuggy “I wish I had found Planboard years ago! It has changed my entire approach to planning lessons! I cannot recommend this app enough” - BryarsMom SUPPORT The Chalk Team can be reached anytime by email at support@chalk.com, or during the day by live chat to assist you with getting the most out of Planboard.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Planboard at none against ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard's 10. Planboard also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard's advantage is ratings volume (14K vs 1.9K). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Planboard asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard against 4.7 for Planboard. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard has 14K ratings behind it against 1.9K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard's written reviews are positive against 62% of Planboard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard ships an update monthly, Planboard every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard versus Planboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShowMe Interactive WhiteboardPlanboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (14K ratings)4.7 (1.9K ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.5% of reviews — better62.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14K — better1.9K
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLearnbat, Inc.PowerSchool Group LLC

Customer experience

ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard

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

Planboard

All ratings1,863 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral2.0%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews187 reviews
Positive62.0%
Neutral6.4%
Negative31.6%

User reviews

ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard

From 14K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Helpful for teaching and learning
  • 💡 Great for creating instructional videos
  • 🎨 Allows for creative expression
  • 🤩 Loved by students and teachers

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and glitches
  • 💰 Expensive subscription model
  • 🔒 Lack of offline functionality
  • 🔍 Limited search and organization features
  • 🖌️ Could use more drawing/editing tools

Planboard

From 1.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Convenient for planning on the go
  • 💡 Customizable templates
  • 🚀 Flexible scheduling
  • 👍 Helpful for organization

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and glitches
  • 🐛 Scheduling issues
  • 🐛 Inability to add classes or subjects
  • 🐛 Incompatibility with Apple Pencil
  • 🐛 Lack of offline functionality

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

Planboard

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Crashes when adding classes
  • Scheduling issues with non-standard time slots
  • Inability to log in or create account
  • Syncing problems between devices
  • Lesson plan data loss

Requested features

7 requests
  • Month view option
  • Unit planning view
  • Ability to add events/meetings
  • Google Calendar integration
  • Behavior tracking/logging
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  • More curriculum standard options
  • Offline access

In-app purchases

10 purchases

ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard

Subscriptions5
  • Groups$9.991 Month
  • ShowMe Premium$9.991 Month
  • ShowMe Premium$13.991 Month
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  • 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
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  • Color Pack - Shades of blue$0.99
  • Save Private ShowMes$2.99
None

Planboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard free?
ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Planboard free?
Planboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard or Planboard?
Planboard is rated higher. ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard averages 4.6 out of 5 from 14K ratings, while Planboard averages 4.7 from 1.9K ratings.
Do ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard or Planboard have ads?
Neither ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard nor Planboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard or Planboard?
ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard ships an update monthly, and Planboard every 6 weeks. Most recently, ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard was updated on November 7, 2026 and Planboard on November 6, 2026.

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