Steplab Record vs Tes Magazine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Steplab Record
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The Steplab Record app lets you securely record professional development videos and photos of teaching, coaching and conversations in your school. Once you've captured, your media will be uploaded to Steplab where you can share with your school and add to your content library. To use Steplab Record, you'll need a Steplab account.
Tes Magazine
Stay informed about the latest education news, trends, and insights. This app provides award-winning journalism covering school happenings, leadership strategies, and practical teaching advice. Access essential articles on pedagogy and research anytime, anywhere.
- Education news updates
- School leadership trends
- Teaching and learning articles
- Latest research and pedagogy
- Practical advice for educators
- Award-winning journalism
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The Tes magazine app brings you an essential guide to what’s happening in schools, both in and out of the classroom. Keep up to date with education’s biggest news stories and must-read analysis, discover key leadership trends and strategic insights, and dive into teaching and learning articles covering the latest research, pedagogy and practical advice. The Tes magazine app is free to download and enables you to read our award-winning journalism for schools wherever and whenever it suits you.
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Verdict
Steplab Record and Tes Magazine are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Steplab Record ships an update every 10 days, Tes Magazine every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Steplab Record | Tes Magazine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Steplab Ltd | TES Global |
In-app purchases
Steplab Record
No in-app purchases
Tes Magazine
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Steplab Record free?
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Do Steplab Record or Tes Magazine have ads?
Which is updated more often, Steplab Record or Tes Magazine?
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