Socrative Student vs IPPFA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Socrative Student
Engage in formative assessments with interactive quizzes, polls, and games. Students join classrooms using a code to answer questions and track their understanding. No student accounts are required.
- Interactive quizzes and polls
- Open-ended questions with voting
- Exit tickets for end-of-class review
- Space Race game mode
- Class, question, and student reports
- Multiple choice and True/False questions
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Students share their understanding by answering formative assessment questions in a variety of formats: quizzes, quick question polls, exit tickets and space races. Once students launch the Socrative Student App, they'll be prompted to join the teacher's room via the teacher's unique code. No student accounts necessary! Features • Visualize student and whole class understanding • Multiple choice and True/False questions • Open-ended questions and vote on the results • End of class Exit Tickets • Play games with our Space Race! • Class, Question and Student level reports Supported Browsers and Devices • Socrative works on every browser: including Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Internet Explorer. • Use any Web Enabled device: including Smartphones, Tablets, Laptops and Desktops
IPPFA
This app helps active public service professionals track expected pension benefits and access crucial information for financial and tax planning. It is designed for firefighters, law enforcement, emergency services, Chicago teachers, and IMRF employees.
- Track anticipated pension benefits
- Access financial planning information
- Access tax planning information
- Designed for public service professionals
- Information for IMRF employees
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A free new app developed by the Illinois Public Pension Fund Association (IPPFA) allows active firefighters, law enforcement officers, emergency services personnel, Chicago teachers, and employees covered by the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) to track their anticipated pension benefits and receive important information that can help with future financial and tax planning.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: IPPFA at 5.0 against Socrative Student's 2.3. Socrative Student's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (630 vs 1). On price, 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.
IPPFA holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Socrative Student has 630 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Socrative Student ships an update every 5 months, IPPFA every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Socrative Student | IPPFA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (630 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 630 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Showbie Inc. | IPPFA |
Customer experience
Socrative Student
IPPFA
Bugs and requests
Socrative Student
Reported bugs
3 issues- App freezes and crashes frequently
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
- Incorrect grading and score reporting
Requested features
3 requests- Add ability to see missed questions
- Improve support for older devices
- Add more question types beyond multiple choice
IPPFA
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Socrative Student
No in-app purchases
IPPFA
No in-app purchases
