Comparison

Classboard vs Outside

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

Head to head
About

Classboard

This app helps students and teachers organize class activities by creating shared boards for timetables and resources. Users can join or create class boards using unique codes to stay synced with academic information.

Highlights
  • Create and join class boards
  • Share unique board codes
  • Access class timetables
  • View class resources
  • Account creation and sign-in
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Classboard is a simply-designed app to help you keep track of your class activities. The app's main features include: 1. Create an account or sign in to an existing one. 2. Join or create a board for your class. Each board has a unique board code that can be shared and grants access to a board. You can only join one board at a time. 3. Enjoy access to the class board, timetable and resources.

About

Outside

This app delivers a single, focused multidisciplinary idea each morning, encouraging intentional learning and expanding your perspective beyond algorithmic feeds. Build a daily habit of curiosity and access a growing archive of fascinating concepts.

Highlights
  • One daily focused idea
  • Track reading streak
  • Reflect and comprehend
  • Access complete archive
  • Multidisciplinary learning
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Escape the algorithmic echo chamber. Outside is built for the endlessly curious mind seeking focus in a world of endless feeds. Every day, you are bombarded with infinite scrolling, cheap distractions, and tailored algorithms designed to keep you inside a digital bubble. Outside offers a completely different experience: one single, fascinating, multidisciplinary idea delivered to you every morning. No feeds, no noise, no mindless swiping. Just three minutes of intentional learning. By pulling from the vast worlds of science, art, history, and philosophy, Outside expands your perspective and introduces you to concepts you would never naturally stumble upon. It is a daily invitation to step outside what you already know. Core Experience One Daily Idea: Receive a single, focused deep-dive lesson each morning. Read it, absorb it, and move on with your day. Build an Intentional Habit: Track your daily reading streak. Watch your knowledge compound over time as you build a sustainable, calming routine. Reflect and Grow: Take a moment to absorb what you have learned before the next day's concept arrives, fostering genuine comprehension over rapid consumption. The Complete Archive: Unlock the full, ever-growing library of past daily ideas. Revisit your favorite concepts and dive into the multidisciplinary vault whenever inspiration strikes. Outside Pro Access to the daily idea and your ongoing reading streak is free. To unlock the complete historical archive and revisit past lessons, you can upgrade to Outside Pro through an auto-renewing monthly or yearly subscription. Your subscription directly supports an independent platform dedicated to lifelong curiosity and high-quality education. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Classboard4 screens
Outside4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Classboard at none against Outside's 2. Classboard also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Outside sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Classboard asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Classboard against 5.0 for Outside. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Classboard versus Outside: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClassboardOutside
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better2
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB73 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSamuel OlufemiDavid Sokeye

Customer experience

Classboard

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Outside

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Classboard

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Outside

Subscriptions2
  • Outside Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Outside Pro Yearly$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Classboard free?
Classboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Outside free?
Outside is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Classboard or Outside?
Classboard and Outside are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Classboard or Outside have ads?
Neither Classboard nor Outside shows ads.

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