ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard vs AirServer Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Voice-record tutorials
- Import images and documents
- Draw and erase tools
- Unlimited lesson length
- Share recordings online
- Create student groups
- Organize lessons into courses
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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
AirServer Connect
Easily discover and connect to AirServer on complex networks. This app simplifies screen mirroring by scanning QR codes or automatically detecting devices, making it ideal for educational and business environments.
- Discover AirServer on busy networks
- Connect across subnets/VLANs
- QR code scanning for easy setup
- Automatic device detection
- Simplified screen mirroring
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AirServer Connect assists you in discovering AirServer on a busy network or when you have multiple subnets / VLANs (but connectivity) on your network. This is especially handy for schools and businesses with more complex network environments. Connecting is simple: 1. On the computer side, open AirServer* settings and click the QR code button. 2. On the iOS device side, open AirServer Connect and click the Scan button. AirServer Connect will read the QR code and will automatically add your computer name to the AirPlay list in your iOS device. To mirror your display to your computer running AirServer, simply tap on this new entry and enable mirroring. *AirServer must be installed and running on your computer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard at 66% against AirServer Connect's 22%. ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.2) and ratings volume (14K vs 257). AirServer Connect's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). On price and ads 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. ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. AirServer Connect asks for nothing beyond the download.
ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard has 14K ratings behind it against 257, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard's written reviews are positive against 22% of AirServer Connect's.
ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard ships an update monthly, AirServer Connect fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard | AirServer Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (14K ratings) — better | 2.2 (257 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.0% of reviews — better | 21.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14K — better | 257 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Learnbat, Inc. | App Dynamic |
Customer experience
ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard
AirServer Connect
User reviews
ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard
From 14K App Store ratingsWhat 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
AirServer Connect
From 257 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Necessary and stable
- 🚀 Perfect for iPad lectures
- 🚀 Does what it's supposed to do
- 🚀 Great companion app
- 🚀 Brilliant
Room to improve
- 🐛 Only audio working. No video
- 🐛 Goes black when watching movies
- 🐛 Absolute garbage
- 🐛 Scam
- 🐛 doesn't work
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
AirServer Connect
Reported bugs
14 issues- Newest update seems to have broken things
- Just stopped working
- Newest Update Issue
- For latest version
- Doesn't Work Anymore
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- It used to work...
- Sound doesn't work
- Doesn't connect..
- Doesn't work
- WHAT THE HELL!!!
- Unstable, buggy, and ultimately unusable
- Couldn't scan QR code
- IOS 10.3 crashes AirServer
- QR Connect to fast
Requested features
2 requests- Needs updating
- Fix the where you swipe up on iPhone X
In-app purchases
ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard
- 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
- 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
AirServer Connect
No in-app purchases
Questions
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