SecureTestBrowser vs Lexia English
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SecureTestBrowser
This secure mobile browser provides a controlled environment for taking online assessments. It prevents switching to other apps or using hardware functions like screenshots, ensuring a focused testing experience.
- Secure online testing environment
- Prevents app switching
- Disables screenshots
- Controlled hardware functions
- Supports iOS 11.4+
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This mobile secure browser from Cambium Assessment, Inc. ensures a secure online testing experience for students taking online assessments. When the mobile secure browser is launched, users cannot switch to other applications, including other web browsers, nor can they perform certain hardware functions, such as taking screenshots. This application is only supported on devices running iOS 11.4 or higher. The mobile secure browser requires the app self-lock to be enabled either through ASAM or Automatic Assessment Configuration (AAC). About the Cambium Assessment, Inc. CAI, is one of the nation’s leading providers of academic assessments and has been providing accessible, secure online standards-based statewide adaptive testing services since 2007.
Lexia English
This app supports English language development for K-6 students, focusing on academic conversations and oral language skills. It uses speech recognition for feedback and aligns with language proficiency standards, providing educators with real-time data for personalized instruction.
- Academic conversation support
- Oral language and grammar targeting
- Speech recognition feedback
- Progress tracking for students
- Data-informed instruction for educators
- Alignment with language proficiency standards
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Use of this app requires an active account for Lexia® English Language Development™. If you do not have a username and password, please contact your school for more information. About Lexia English Language Development: Designed specifically for Emergent Bilingual students, also known as ELLs, in grades K–6, Lexia English helps learners acquire higher language proficiency levels of English and supports English language development through academic conversations. Founded on the leading-edge expertise of Lexia, the program blends language learning with subject knowledge to improve academic achievement. From Newcomers to Long-Term English Learners, Lexia English meets all students where they are and targets oral language and grammar skills at a level appropriate for each student’s proficiency. Students progress linguistically and academically at their own pace, thanks to the program’s embedded Speech Recognition Technology that provides immediate, guided, corrective feedback against the backdrop of an encouraging and nonjudgmental environment with respect for heritage culture and language. Lexia English’s curriculum is aligned with rigorous language proficiency standards including WIDA, CA ELD, TX ELPS, ELPA 21, and NY ESL. Real-time actionable data empower educators to transform instruction, personalize learning for each student, and make data-informed instructional decisions. The program offers additional instructional resources that reinforce students’ online learnings, target individual needs, support and extend lessons, and provide additional opportunities for practice, including writing activities that focus on the same language frames and grammatical conventions that learners are being taught in the program. Continuous progress monitoring offers visibility into student and teacher success and ongoing needs. About Lexia: Lexia®, a Cambium Learning Group company, is the Structured Literacy expert. For nearly 40 years, the company has focused solely on literacy, and today provides science-of-reading-based solutions for both students and educators. With robust offerings for differentiated instruction, personalized learning, assessment, and professional learning, Lexia helps more learners read, write, and speak with confidence.
Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Lexia English at every 5 weeks against SecureTestBrowser's every 6 months. Lexia English also leads on rating (3.4 vs 3.1) and review sentiment (33% vs 20%). 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.
Lexia English holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lexia English has 83 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of SecureTestBrowser's written reviews are positive against 33% of Lexia English's.
SecureTestBrowser ships an update every 6 months, Lexia English every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SecureTestBrowser | Lexia English |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (14 ratings) | 3.4 (83 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.3% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 83 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 1.2 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cambium Assessment, Inc. | Lexia Learning Systems, LLC |
Customer experience
SecureTestBrowser
Lexia English
Bugs and requests
SecureTestBrowser
Reported bugs
16 issues- Device doesn't turn off, gets stuck
- App crashes and lags
- App freezes, requires restart
- Black screen issues
- App locks iPad, cannot play other games
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- App makes iPad bricked
- App doesn't work, shows 'not supported'
- App doesn't allow grade selection for practice tests
- Grade dropdown does not work
- Navigation freezes, requires hard reset
- Screen jumping, tools not working
- App gets stuck trying to load test
- Voiceover is too fast to understand
- No sound for read-aloud questions
- App doesn't let user use their name properly
- App is 3 iOS updates behind
Requested features
7 requests- Ability to circle angles, underline info, mark out extra info
- Ability to draw lines to count sides on figures
- Ability to write measurements next to objects
- Ability to label graphs
- Incorporate on-screen pencil/drawing tools like Prodigy
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- Assign application to devices, not just users (for Apple Admin)
- Update to support newer iOS versions
Lexia English
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SecureTestBrowser
No in-app purchases
Lexia English
No in-app purchases
Questions
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