Mentava Reading vs Smile Zemi Progress Report
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mentava Reading
This app guides children through the entire reading journey, from basic phonics to independent reading. It is designed to foster self-sufficiency and confidence in young learners. Contact your teacher for login details.
- Step-by-step reading guidance
- Zero to independent reading
- Fosters self-sufficient learners
- Designed for children
- iPad compatible
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Mentava is now available as an iPad app! Contact your teacher for login instructions. Mentava guides students step-by-step along the entire reading journey from zero to independent reading. It's designed from the ground up to help students become self-sufficient, independent learners.
Smile Zemi Progress Report
This app allows parents to monitor their child's educational progress and communicate with them. Parents can view learning results, send messages, and manage tablet settings for a home learning service.
- View learning progress and results
- Communicate with child via Daily Note
- Receive instant notifications
- Manage child's tablet settings
- Access Daily Report
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Smile Zemi Progress Report is a dedicated app for parents that enhances the usability of the Daily Note and Daily Report of Smile Zemi. Available for Smile Zemi, Home Learning Service. What can you do with this app? - Check your child's learning progress and results from the Daily Report. - Communicate with your child through Daily Note. - Receive notifications as soon as your child sends the Daily Note! - Manage settings on your child's tablet.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mentava Reading at 55% against Smile Zemi Progress Report's 25%. Mentava Reading also leads on rating (3.8 vs 3.4) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Mentava Reading holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Mentava Reading's written reviews are positive against 25% of Smile Zemi Progress Report's.
Mentava Reading ships an update fortnightly, Smile Zemi Progress Report every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mentava Reading | Smile Zemi Progress Report |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (28 ratings) — better | 3.4 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 54.5% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 374 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mentava | JUSTSYSTEMS AMERICA, INC. |
Customer experience
Mentava Reading
Smile Zemi Progress Report
In-app purchases
Mentava Reading
No in-app purchases
Smile Zemi Progress Report
No in-app purchases
Questions
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