Comparison

ExplainTime EDU vs EduDots

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

Head to head
About

ExplainTime EDU

Features
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ExplainTime EDU turns dates into a story you can see. Put events on a timeline, show how far apart they really are, and present it to your class, all in a few taps. Made for students and teachers, it works for any subject that happens in time: history, science, art, literature, or your own family. BUILD YOUR TIMELINE • Add events with a date, a description, photos with captions, and links to learn more • Go back as far as you need: dates before Christ are fully supported • Show only the year, or the full date when the day matters • Turn an event into a period, like a war or an empire, and see it as a bar along the timeline • Sort events into categories such as Politics, Science & Technology or Arts & Culture, and show only the ones you need • Draw with Apple Pencil or your finger when a sketch explains it better SEE THE DISTANCE IN TIME • Switch between evenly spaced events and a timeline drawn to scale • Add year markers every 1 to 1,000 years • Zoom in and out, and jump around with the overview map • Search for any event and go straight to it • On iPhone held upright, the timeline runs from top to bottom SET THE SCENE • Choose from 19 backgrounds inspired by history, from Prehistory and Ancient Rome to the Space Age • Or describe your own with Image Playground on supported devices PRESENT AND STUDY • Present your timeline full screen, one event per slide • Test yourself with the order quiz: drag the events into the right order and see your score • Get event ideas for any topic with Apple Intelligence on supported devices, then check them and add the ones you want SHARE AND HAND IN • Export your timeline as an image or a multi-page PDF • Hand in assignments from Schoolwork, with your progress reported to your teacher • Drag events between timelines, or drop photos to start a new event • Timelines are documents you keep in Files or iCloud Drive, with thumbnails in Files and Finder ON EVERY DEVICE ExplainTime EDU runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision Pro. On Mac, use the menu bar and keyboard shortcuts. On Apple Vision Pro, see your timeline in 3D around you. Built with accessibility in mind, with VoiceOver support and Reduce Motion respected. Not sure where to start? Open a new timeline and choose Explore a Sample to see Ancient Rome come to life. ExplainTime EDU collects no data. Your timelines stay on your devices and in your own iCloud.

About

EduDots

Features
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EduDots brings a lot of calculation tools for secondary school together in one app. Mathematics is the foundation, and the same tools work just as well in physics, chemistry, and economics lessons: from the scientific calculator to graphing and function investigation, from statistics to supply and demand. Built by a teacher, with one firm rule: a result is right, or it is not in the app. Everything for class • Simple and scientific calculators with real fractions and radicals • Graphing calculator with function investigation, sliders, tables, and points • Equations and systems of equations, solved exactly • Statistics: from dot plots to box plots, with correlation, regression, and data import for every investigation • Matrices with fraction arithmetic and elementary row operations • Solid geometry: cube buildings, views, cross-sections, nets, and solids of revolution • Graphs for economics: the budget line, supply and demand, costs and revenue • Counting problems with an interactive tree diagram • Computer algebra (beta): expand, factor, and compare, always exact, or honest when it cannot be In the classroom Choose a package the first time you start the app, so only the tools you use in class are on screen. Practice and assessment mode determines which tools are available during an assessment, and the log shows afterward which tools were used. Accessible to every student Accessibility is not an extra in EduDots; it is part of the design. Graphs and charts can be heard with VoiceOver, the entire app works in high contrast and in dark mode, touch targets are generous, dragging is never required, and a hardware keyboard controls everything. Your data stays yours EduDots collects nothing: no accounts, no servers, no ads, and no tracking. All work stays on the device. If you choose, saved work can sync to your other devices within your own Apple Account. That makes the app easy to trust in any classroom. EduDots is fully available in Dutch and English; the decimal separator follows the language automatically. Requires iOS 26 or iPadOS 26.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

ExplainTime EDU and EduDots 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 Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ExplainTime EDU ships an update every 5 days, EduDots weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
ExplainTime EDU versus EduDots: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExplainTime EDUEduDots
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Vision ProiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLORENZO CONFALONIERIProfessional Learning Dots

In-app purchases

None

ExplainTime EDU

No in-app purchases

None

EduDots

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ExplainTime EDU free?
ExplainTime EDU is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is EduDots free?
EduDots is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ExplainTime EDU or EduDots have ads?
Neither ExplainTime EDU nor EduDots shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ExplainTime EDU or EduDots?
ExplainTime EDU ships an update every 5 days, and EduDots weekly. Most recently, ExplainTime EDU was updated on November 4, 2026 and EduDots on October 25, 2026.

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