Comparison

Showbie vs COBA Campus

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

Head to head
About

Showbie

This app facilitates paperless learning by allowing teachers to personalize assignments and provide detailed feedback on student work. It supports various feedback methods, including digital ink, text, and voice annotations, and enables the creation of digital portfolios for students. Parents can also be invited to view student progress.

Highlights
  • Personalize assignments and feedback
  • Digital ink, text, and voice annotations
  • Create digital student portfolios
  • Share work from compatible apps
  • Real-time class assessment
  • Private student chat
  • Parental access to student work
Features
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Used by over 3 million teachers and students worldwide, Showbie is the easiest and most effective digital learning app to personalise assignments and feedback on iPad. DNA of Learning: Your Foundation for Student Success Showbie supports the improvement of everyday teaching and learning by elevating four essential strands of effective classroom practice - direct instruction, independent practice, personalised feedback and real-time assessment - all in one platform. Find out how easy it is to assign, collect and review student work from thousands of compatible iPad apps, or have your students complete assignments with Showbie’s built in tools. Provide rich feedback using digital ink, text and voice annotations right on images and PDFs, and then add your students’ best work to personalized digital portfolios that can be securely shared with parents. WHAT EDUCATORS ARE SAYING “Showbie is my number one can't live without app! It makes the iPad workflow process a breeze! I especially love how it works seamlessly with so many other apps.” — Kristen Paino, Lead Technology Integrator at Avenues: The World School “I don't need to convince my colleagues that they need to use this app — it sells itself. I like that it gives me the flexibility in how I choose to grade my student's work, especially with the voice notes feature. There is no single third party app that I would rather champion.” — Suzanne Lustenhouwer, Teacher and iPad Coordinator, Apple Distinguished Educator “I love that Showbie is so versatile that the youngest of students can use it independently, yet it is appropriate for older grades as well. The ease of use makes it a great workflow solution for classes with iPads.” — Kristi Meeuwse, Kindergarten Teacher, Apple Distinguished Educator KEY FEATURES FOR TEACHERS & STUDENTS • Share work from thousands of compatible iPad apps in a few taps • Use the pen tool and pin text notes directly on any PDF or image • Gauge class understanding in real-time with minute-by-minute assessment • Instantly differentiate assignments and materials to specific students • Quickly distribute instructions and materials to your whole class • Chat privately with individual students to provide timely feedback • Record voice notes for verbal feedback or language exercises • Quickly review and assess batches of student work and provide rich, valuable feedback • Add student work to individual digital portfolios, or enable students to curate their own portfolios • Invite parents to view their student’s work and keep them informed of classroom activity • Can be used with any classroom subject • Available in 18 languages ENHANCED SHOWBIE PRO FEATURES • Record and track grades as numeric scores or letter grades, along with qualitative feedback • Provide richer feedback with more pen colours and line thicknesses, by typing on the page, or by pinning voice notes directly to student work • Record longer voice notes and videos and upload larger files • Lock assignments to control student access to documents and feedback • Give parents complete access to assignments in the classes you choose

About

COBA Campus

Access your academic schedule, grades, and communicate with classmates and teachers. Receive notifications for messages, evaluation results, and teacher absences. Manage your student identity card and view attendance records.

Highlights
  • My Agenda (schedule, calendar, appointments)
  • My Classes (registration, evaluation results)
  • My Mailbox (communication with teachers/classmates)
  • Identity Card
  • Teacher Absences notifications
  • Attendance and Delays
  • Disciplinary Follow-up
Features
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Introduction COBA Campus is intended to Educational establishment students and teachers. This mobile application provides instant access to the most commonly used online services of the ColNET and PedNET portal. Collegial Features-Student My Agenda, you can access your planned activities (course schedule, school calendar, appointments, exam requests, due evaluations, etc.) My Classes, you can access your registration status and evaluation results. My mailbox, you can directly communicate with your teachers and classmates. Identity Card, you can view your student card of the current semester. Teachers Absences, you are informed of the absences of your teachers. With this application you can be notified when receiving a message or an evaluation result, when one of your teachers is absent, and more—according to your preferences. Features-Teacher My Agenda, you can access your planned activities (course schedule, school calendar, appointments, etc). My Classes, you can access current semester and registered students for the course. For each student, teachers can check evaluations and supplementary information. My mailbox, you have access to a toll for sharing messages with students and other teachers of your educational establishment. My Absences, you can check your absences. With this application you can be notified when receiving a message and more. Requirement Have an active account during the current semester at Educational establishment for the ColNET portal. Primary and Secondary COBA Campus is intended to Educational establishment responsibles, students and teachers. This mobile application provides instant access to the most commonly used online services of the PedNET portal. Features-Student My Agenda, you can access to your planned activities (course schedule, school calendar, appointments, exam requests, due evaluations, etc.) My courses, you can access your courses, your evaluations and the results of them. My mailbox, you can directly communicate with your teachers, responsibles and classmates. Identity Card, you can view your student card. Attendance, you can consult your absences and delays. Follow-up, you can consult disciplinary interventions and their consequences in you school results With this application you can be notified when receiving a message and more. Features-Responsible My mailbox, you can directly communicate with your children, his teachers and school staff members. My Agenda, you can access to all the planned activities of your children (course schedule, school calendar, appointments, exam requests, due evaluations, etc.) My Courses, you can view your child's courses, his evaluations and the results of them. Attendance, you can consult your child's delays and absences. Follow-up, you can consult your child's disciplinary interventions and their consequences. With this application you can be notified when receiving a message and more. Features-Teacher My Agenda, you can access to your planned activities (course schedule, school calendar, appointments, etc.) My courses, you can consult your classes and your students. My mailbox, you can directly communicate with your students, their responsibles and other teachers. Attendance role, you can declare your student's delays and absences. Search for students, you can search a student and consult informations in his academic records. With this application you can be notified when receiving a message and more. Requirement Have an active account in the current year at Educational Establishment for the PedNET portal.

Screenshots

Showbie4 screens
COBA Campus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: COBA Campus at 5.0 against Showbie's 3.7. COBA Campus also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (14 vs 18.0). Showbie's advantage is review sentiment (36% vs 2%) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 months). On price, ads 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. Showbie sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. COBA Campus asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

COBA Campus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Showbie has 238 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 36% of Showbie's written reviews are positive against 2% of COBA Campus's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Showbie ships an update every 8 days, COBA Campus every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Showbie versus COBA Campus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShowbieCOBA Campus
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (238 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews36.1% of reviews — better1.8% of reviews
Number of ratings238 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.014 — better
Further details — not scored
Size297 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShowbie Inc.COBA Logiciels de gestion

Customer experience

Showbie

All ratings238 ratings
Positive65.5%
Neutral4.6%
Negative29.8%
Written reviews466 reviews
Positive36.1%
Neutral5.4%
Negative58.6%

COBA Campus

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews55 reviews
Positive1.8%
Neutral5.5%
Negative92.7%

Bugs and requests

Showbie

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Text boxes disappearing or moving unexpectedly
  • Notifications not working correctly
  • Assignments not uploading or disappearing
  • Compatibility issues on older devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Calendar view for assignments
  • More annotation tools and customization
  • Offline mode for accessing content
  • Better integration with other apps

COBA Campus

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Showbie

One-time1
  • Showbie Pro$239.99
None

COBA Campus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Showbie free?
Showbie is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is COBA Campus free?
COBA Campus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Showbie or COBA Campus?
COBA Campus is rated higher. Showbie averages 3.7 out of 5 from 238 ratings, while COBA Campus averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Showbie or COBA Campus have ads?
Neither Showbie nor COBA Campus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Showbie or COBA Campus?
Showbie ships an update every 8 days, and COBA Campus every 3 months. Most recently, Showbie was updated on October 21, 2026 and COBA Campus on October 20, 2026.

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