Balance It vs enCourage UW
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Balance It
This app transforms physical education by gamifying balance skill development. It offers individual, partner, and group challenges, progress tracking, and a routine maker. Interactive games and curriculum-aligned resources enhance engagement for students and educators.
- Individual, partner, and group balance challenges
- XP tracking and achievement milestones
- Custom routine creation tool
- Interactive balance games
- Curriculum-aligned lesson plans
- Printable teaching resources
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Balance It is the balance-skills platform for PE: 67 hand-drawn balance challenges, games, a routine maker and curriculum-aligned lesson plans, now with live class sessions that connect every student device to the teacher. BALANCE IT IS NOW A PLATFORM (PHASE 1) One teacher account, one Class Pack and live sessions that work in the app and on the web: - Teachers run live sessions from the app or from balanceit.app: start a class, show a six-character code, and students join on their own devices. No student accounts. - One Class Pack (30 or 100 student seats) unlocks everything for the teacher and for every joined student, in the app and on the web. - The same account works everywhere. Buy on the App Store or at balanceit.app; your classes, sessions and pack stay in sync. FREE FOR EVERYONE - Individual and Pairs balance challenges - XP, levels and progress tracking - Students join any live class free with their teacher's code, with every pose and game unlocked while the class runs THE CLASS PACK (ONE-TIME PURCHASE) - All 67 balances: Individual, Pairs, Small Groups, Medium Groups, Extra Large and Other Activities - Balance Flip, Balance Timer and Balance Battle games - Routine Maker: build and perform custom balance sequences - Teacher Tools: curriculum-aligned lesson plans, printable balance cards and a routine assessment sheet - Live class sessions with 30 or 100 concurrent student seats - Web dashboard for teachers at balanceit.app/app Already bought the Teacher Pack? Everything stays unlocked and you are grandfathered a 30-seat Class Pack. HOW A CLASS SESSION WORKS 1. The teacher taps Run a class and starts a session. 2. The code appears full screen (mirror it to a projector if you like). 3. Students open Balance It, tap I'm a student and enter the code. 4. Every pose and game unlocks on their devices until the teacher ends the session. CURRICULUM Mapped to PE curricula in Australia, the UK, USA, New Zealand, Canada and the IB. See the full mapping at https://www.balanceit.app/curriculum-mapping Built for PE teachers, coaches and classroom teachers who want balance activities that are engaging, measurable and easy to run.
enCourage UW
This application facilitates the creation of supportive and genuine learning environments. It is designed to foster authentic communities for educational purposes in various settings.
- Create supportive learning communities
- Foster authentic educational environments
- Applicable in any learning situation
- Designed for community building
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This app is designed to help you create supportive, authentic learning communities in any situation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: enCourage UW at 5.0 against Balance It's 4.0. enCourage UW also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). Balance It's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 28 months). On price, ratings volume, device support and iOS requirement 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. Balance It sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. enCourage UW asks for nothing beyond the download.
enCourage UW holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively.
Balance It ships an update every 5 months, enCourage UW every 28 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Balance It | enCourage UW |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 28 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ConnectedPE Pty ltd | University of Wisconsin-Madison Shared Apps |
Customer experience
Balance It
enCourage UW
In-app purchases
Balance It
- Teacher Pack$12.99
- Class Pack - 30 seats$29.00
- Class Pack - 100 seats$49.00
enCourage UW
No in-app purchases
