Comparison

Socrative Teacher vs AirServer Connect

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

Head to head
About

Socrative Teacher

This app helps educators conduct real-time formative assessments, allowing them to quiz and grade students instantly from any device. It provides flexible assessment tools, automatic grading, and powerful reporting to identify learning gaps and engage students effectively.

Highlights
  • Real-time formative assessment
  • Create and share quizzes
  • Automatic grading
  • Virtual classroom rooms
  • Instant feedback and reporting
  • Cross-device compatibility
Features
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Socrative is the best classroom app for formative assessment, empowering teachers to quiz and grade at the speed of learning, from any device, in class or remotely. Simple and reliable, Socrative is trusted by millions of educators around the world to deliver effective assessments to learners at every level. With instant feedback, you can identify knowledge gaps, engage your students more effectively, and adjust teaching on-the-fly to close feedback loops faster. - Flexible & engaging assessment tools: quickly create, manage, share a library of activities, and send customized quizzes directly to students, all in one simple platform. - Easy-to-create virtual rooms: easily set up rostered rooms for classes or individual activities, and invite students with simple and secure login options. - Automatic grading: with real-time marking and result reporting, it’s never been easier to visualize student learning so you can engage your learners, quickly adapt lessons or revisit concepts in the moment, and spend less time grading assignments. - Powerful real-time reporting: download detailed student and question-level quiz reports to share with students or colleagues, and make communication a breeze with automatic distribution of quiz results to students. Socrative is available for download on all major digital devices, and for use on all major browsers. You can use Socrative on smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktop computers. Socrative is 100% free for students to use, on all devices.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

Screenshots

Socrative Teacher4 screens
AirServer Connect3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Socrative Teacher at 3.2 against AirServer Connect's 2.2. Socrative Teacher also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 22%). AirServer Connect's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Socrative Teacher holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AirServer Connect has 258 ratings behind it against 29, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Socrative Teacher's written reviews are positive against 22% of AirServer Connect's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Socrative Teacher ships an update every 3 months, AirServer Connect fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Socrative Teacher versus AirServer Connect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSocrative TeacherAirServer Connect
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (29 ratings) — better2.2 (258 ratings)
Positive reviews49.5% of reviews — better21.7% of reviews
Number of ratings29258 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShowbie Inc.App Dynamic

Customer experience

Socrative Teacher

All ratings29 ratings
Positive41.4%
Neutral24.1%
Negative34.5%
Written reviews105 reviews
Positive49.5%
Neutral20.0%
Negative30.5%

AirServer Connect

All ratings257 ratings
Positive28.8%
Neutral5.4%
Negative65.8%
Written reviews138 reviews
Positive21.7%
Neutral5.1%
Negative73.2%

Bugs and requests

Socrative Teacher

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
Show 9 more
  • 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

None

Socrative Teacher

No in-app purchases

None

AirServer Connect

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Socrative Teacher free?
Socrative Teacher is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AirServer Connect free?
AirServer Connect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Socrative Teacher or AirServer Connect?
Socrative Teacher is rated higher. Socrative Teacher averages 3.2 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while AirServer Connect averages 2.2 from 258 ratings.
Do Socrative Teacher or AirServer Connect have ads?
Neither Socrative Teacher nor AirServer Connect shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Socrative Teacher or AirServer Connect?
Socrative Teacher ships an update every 3 months, and AirServer Connect fortnightly. Most recently, Socrative Teacher was updated on November 10, 2026 and AirServer Connect on November 11, 2026.

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