Socrative Student vs CmapTools
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
CmapTools
Create and share concept maps and knowledge models directly on your iPad. Easily build complex diagrams with drag-and-drop functionality and a full style palette. Synchronize your work with the Cmap Cloud for seamless access across devices.
- Concept map construction
- Knowledge model building
- Drag-and-drop interface
- Full style palette
- Cmap Cloud synchronization
- Cross-device access
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CmapTools for iPad is the perfect tool to rapidly construct concept maps and knowledge models on your iPad and share them on the Cmap Cloud. Following the same simple user interface for concept construction as CmapTools, CmapTools for iPad enables the full construction of Knowledge Models, with drag-and-drop capabilities of resource and Cmaps, full style palette, combined with the direct manipulation of the iPad. Through the synchronization feature, Cmaps on your iPad are automatically synchronized with your account on the Cmap Cloud, which can be accessed easily from CmapTools. Automatically move Cmaps between your iPad and CmapTools. Expand your use of the CmapTools suite and take advantage of the integration of the programs to graphically express your understanding and ideas on all domains of knowledge. CmapTools for iPad is ideal for students and teachers, for Cmapping while traveling, for brainstorming during meetings and notetaking. CmapTools for iPad can be downloaded for free from the iTunes Store, and requires an iPad with iOS 7 or above. The synchronization with the Cmap Cloud and export and import features are an In-App purchase. Synchronization requires an Internet connection.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CmapTools at 2.8 against Socrative Student's 2.3. CmapTools also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 12.0). Socrative Student's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (630 vs 16). On price, review sentiment 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. CmapTools sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Socrative Student asks for nothing beyond the download.
CmapTools holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Socrative Student has 630 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 41% of Socrative Student's written reviews are positive against 36% of CmapTools's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Socrative Student ships an update every 5 months, CmapTools monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Socrative Student | CmapTools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (630 ratings) | 2.8 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.6% of reviews — better | 35.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 630 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Showbie Inc. | Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition |
Customer experience
Socrative Student
CmapTools
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
CmapTools
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Socrative Student
No in-app purchases
CmapTools
- Enable Sync to Cmap Cloud and Sharing Options$4.99









