Edsby vs Darwin Speaks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Edsby
Access key school communication and learning management features on your mobile device. Stay connected with your school community, track progress, and manage assignments. Designed for K-12 education, it offers a streamlined experience for students, parents, and educators.
- On-the-go access to school features
- Community engagement
- Learning management
- Assessment & reporting
- Student well-being tracking
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If your school uses Edsby, this free app lets you access some of its features on the go. The Edsby app has many of the capabilities of the main Edsby web browser interface. Some complex features for certain types of users, such as the Edsby gradebook used by teachers, aren't available on devices with small screen sizes. Edsby is helping education transform to the modern digital era. School districts, states, provinces, and countries adopt Edsby for community engagement, learning management, assessment & reporting, and student well-being. Your education organization manages its own, private Edsby system. To log into it, you’ll need to know its Edsby server address. If you don’t know it, ask your school.
Darwin Speaks
Engage in an interactive interview with a virtual Charles Darwin, brought to life through synthetic interview technology. Explore his life, theories of evolution, and the public's reaction, with modern commentary from experts.
- Interactive interview with virtual Charles Darwin
- Explore evolution principles and Darwin's life
- Modern commentary from biology and other experts
- Answers based on Darwin's writings and letters
- Questions compiled from user interviews
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Charles Darwin, the naturalist, geologist, and leading contributor to the fundamental principles of Evolution, comes alive through synthetic interview technology. Duquesne University biology professor John Pollock collaborated with Carnegie Mellon University's Entertainment Technology Center (creator of the Synthetic Interview technology) to develop an interactive experience in which users to select from a list of questions to ask the virtual Darwin, portrayed by Pittsburgh actor and Carnegie Mellon drama alumnus Randy Kovitz. Questions cover Darwin's adventures, the principles of evolution, the public response to his discovery, his childhood, personal quirks and a number of other topics. More than a dozen modern-day biologists, religious authorities, an ACLU lawyer and other experts provide modern commentary and answer questions beyond Darwin's 19th century knowledge. Questions to be answered by Darwin have been drawn from more than 1,000 interviews with K-12 students and adults that were distilled into the 199 most frequently asked questions. Answers to these questions, compiled by Dr. David Lampe, are in Darwin’s own words; drawn from a considerable body of Darwin’s writings, including his notes, books, autobiography, and the thousands of Darwin’s personal letters available through the Darwin Correspondence Project. Principal Funding from the National Institutes of Health/Science Education Partnership Awards (SEPA) and the John Templeton Foundation. For more information about other evolution education tools visit: www.sepa.duq.edu/darwin/education Please Note: This is a large application. App download may take a few minutes depending on internet speeds. Privacy Policy: https://dynamoid.com/privacy/Darwin+Speaks
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Darwin Speaks at 100% against Edsby's 13%. Darwin Speaks also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.3) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). Edsby's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 51 months) and ratings volume (9 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Darwin Speaks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Edsby's written reviews are positive against 100% of Darwin Speaks's.
Edsby ships an update every 3 months, Darwin Speaks every 51 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Edsby | Darwin Speaks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.3 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 13.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 51 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 1.2 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CoreFour Inc. | Dynamoid, LLC |
Customer experience
Edsby
Darwin Speaks
Bugs and requests
Edsby
Reported bugs
3 issues- Disappearing grades and assignments
- Inability to access certain features or content
- Inconsistent behavior across devices and platforms
Requested features
4 requests- Improved notification system with push alerts
- Better organization and customization options
- Seamless integration with other educational platforms
- Streamlined grading and assignment submission
Darwin Speaks
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Edsby
No in-app purchases
Darwin Speaks
No in-app purchases









