Comparison

Wixie vs BookRoom!

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

Head to head
About

Wixie

This app provides access to an online authoring tool for students to create and share projects. It offers tools for drawing, writing, and recording audio, fostering creativity and communication skills. Projects are stored in the cloud for easy sharing.

Highlights
  • Open, edit, and share projects
  • Paint tools, text options, clip art
  • Voice recording
  • Cloud storage
  • Real-time collaboration
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Use the Wixie app to access your existing Wixie subscription. Open, edit, and share your Wixie projects Wixie is the award winning online authoring tool students can use to construct knowledge and communicate ideas. Students can use Wixie’s paint tools, text options, clip art, and voice recording to develop storybooks, curriculum projects, and so much more. - Wixie is a great tool for self-expression Combining artwork with text and voice recording makes Wixie the perfect canvas for today’s digital learners. - Wixie motivates a wide range of learners Wixie helps all students produce high-level work, providing a sense of pride in their abilities and fostering the determination to achieve. - Wixie helps students learn Creating with technology encourages thinking, creativity, and communication skills. - Wixie helps students develop collaboration skills Wixie supports team-building and organization skills through real-time collaborative projects. - Wixie supports strong school-to-home connections Everything created in Wixie is stored in the cloud and can be shared as easily as sending a URL by email.

About

BookRoom!

Access decodable readers for students to support reading programs. Books can be added by scanning a barcode or entering a code, and are then available for rereading on a device. Multiple students can share a device by easily loading and removing books.

Highlights
  • Access decodable readers
  • Supports reading programs
  • Add books via barcode scan
  • Add books via code entry
  • Offline rereading access
  • Manage book library
Features
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Access Collaborative Classroom's decodable readers for students through the BookRoom! app. The readers available support Being a Reader Small-Group Reading Sets 1–6 and SIPPS. Books are loaded into the app by scanning the barcode on the back of the print book, or entering a code provided via our Learning Portal. Once a book is loaded, students have access to it on their device for rereading at a later time. Books can easily be loaded and removed in case multiple students need to share one device.

Screenshots

Wixie4 screens
BookRoom!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Wixie at 46% against BookRoom!'s 0%. Wixie also leads on rating (3.8 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (72 vs 2). BookRoom!'s advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium). 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

Wixie holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wixie has 72 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of Wixie's written reviews are positive against 0% of BookRoom!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wixie ships an update every 5 weeks, BookRoom! every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Wixie versus BookRoom!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWixieBookRoom!
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (72 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews46.4% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings72 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.1 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTech4Learning, Inc.Center for the Collaborative Classroom

Customer experience

Wixie

All ratings65 ratings
Positive69.2%
Neutral1.5%
Negative29.2%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive46.4%
Neutral10.7%
Negative42.9%

BookRoom!

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Wixie

No in-app purchases

None

BookRoom!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wixie free?
Wixie is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BookRoom! free?
BookRoom! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Wixie or BookRoom!?
Wixie is rated higher. Wixie averages 3.8 out of 5 from 72 ratings, while BookRoom! averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Wixie or BookRoom! have ads?
Neither Wixie nor BookRoom! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wixie or BookRoom!?
Wixie ships an update every 5 weeks, and BookRoom! every 4 months. Most recently, Wixie was updated on October 23, 2026 and BookRoom! on October 24, 2026.

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