Comparison

Emprove vs Span

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

Head to head
About

Emprove

This platform offers comprehensive educational support, including test preparation, tutoring, and academic services. Students can practice exams, identify weaknesses, and access study resources. Teachers and institutions can track student progress, while service providers can offer lessons and consultations.

Highlights
  • Real practice exams with analytics
  • Customizable tests for weak areas
  • Progress tracking and mistake review
  • Recorded and live online classes
  • Curated study resources
  • Application support
Features
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Emprove is your all-in-one smart educational platform—combining real test prep with tutoring, video lessons, and academic services. Whether you're preparing for an exam, improving your skills, or applying to university, Emprove brings everything into one powerful app. For Students: - Take real practice exams with detailed performance analytics. - Identify weak areas and build custom tests to improve faster. - Review answers, track progress, and learn from mistakes. - Learn through recorded and live classes - online or in-person. - Access curated notes, study resources, and application support. For Teachers & Institutions: - Track each student’s performance and pinpoint gaps. - Analyze class performance with smart group statistics. - Offer lessons, consultations, and tutoring to earn income. For Educational Service Providers: - Register as a vendor and reach thousands of students. - Offer video courses, live sessions, tutoring, or study materials. - Manage bookings, collect reviews, and grow your brand. With Emprove, students improve faster, teachers expand their impact, and service providers scale their services. Download now and experience education without limits!

About

Span

Test your cognitive abilities with a series of engaging challenges designed to measure reaction time, focus, speed, and memory. Compare your performance to others your age and track your progress through various games and levels.

Highlights
  • 4-minute attention span test
  • Reaction time, focus, speed, and memory challenges
  • Compare scores to age group
  • 21 games with 30 levels each
  • Multiplayer and local co-op modes
  • Progress tracking and skill mapping
Features
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Can you beat a chimp? Span is a 4-minute attention span test built on classic lab tasks: reaction time, a go/no-go focus stream, symbol–digit speed and the chimp memory test. Your score is free. See where you rank against people your age, share your card, then play 21 games with 30 levels each and track every best. For fun and general wellness. Span is not a medical test and can't diagnose anything. THE TEST: 4 ROUNDS, ABOUT 4 MINUTES • Spark: tap when the circle lights up. Your reaction time in milliseconds (shown, not scored). • Lock-in: numbers flash for about 60 seconds. Tap for every number except 3. • Cipher: turn symbols into numbers, as many as you can in 45 seconds. • Chimp: numbers appear on a grid. Tap 1 and the rest hide. Tap them in order from memory. YOUR SPAN AGE • An age you can lower: it starts at your age group and moves younger or older by how you play against people your age. A game score, not a medical test. • Under it, your Span Score from 1 to 99: the share of people your age we expect you to beat, on provisional age norms, with an honest ± range. • Your archetype and three brag receipts (longest Lock-in streak, numbers held in Chimp, reaction time) on a card sized for stories. • How it works is free to read, with the studies behind it. THE CHIMP TEST In 2007, a young chimpanzee named Ayumu recalled five numbers flashed for 210 ms about 80% of the time; university students tested alongside him managed about 40%. Ayumu had many practice sessions, the students none. Take the 5-round dare. (Inoue & Matsuzawa, Current Biology, 2007) DAILY SPAN: FREE, ABOUT A MINUTE • One challenge a day, the same for everyone: the 60-second chimp climb or Ayumu 210, five flashes at 210 ms each. • One counted run a day. Share your grid without giving the board away. • A forgiving streak: rest days are banked, and you can repair a broken streak once every 30 days. 21 GAMES, 30 LEVELS EACH • Earn 1 to 3 stars a level. Stars earn each game's mastery badges, Bronze to Diamond. • Playing earns XP toward your rank, Rookie to Legend. Your skill map shows Speed, Memory, Focus, Logic and Spatial. • Every 5th level is a boss that takes 2 stars, and each game changes as you climb. PLAY TOGETHER • Duel, Tempo Duel, Shade Race and Number Race: two players, one phone. Memory Pairs for up to 4. • Play any level with friends on one phone, or send a link: your friend plays the same board. FREE, FOREVER • The chimp test, the 4-minute test, your Span Age and Span Score, archetype and share card • A free retest the day after your first test, then every 7 days • Daily Span, your streak and your personal bests • XP, rank, skill map and mastery badges • Play together, Chimp at all 30 levels, and every other game up to level 5 SPAN PLUS • Your 4-week plan: after your test, Span builds 4 weeks around your weakest of focus, speed and memory. Three games a day, about 5 minutes, each at your next level. Each week ends with an optional check-in retest; week 4 is the retest week. • All 30 levels of every game • Your full breakdown: focus, speed and memory, each ranked for your age, with your weakest area named • Your trend: every check and every Daily Span on one chart • A retest once a day NO ADS. NO ACCOUNT. NO TRACKING. Nothing to sign up for and nothing to log in to. Reminders are optional. Span Plus is an optional auto-renewing subscription — Annual ($39.99/year, with a 14-day free trial for new subscribers) or Weekly ($4.99/week). Prices vary by country. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase (after the free trial, if any). Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; renewal is charged within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings › Apple Account › Subscriptions. Terms of Use (Apple EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://spanapp.pages.dev/privacy

Screenshots

Emprove4 screens
Span4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Span at none against Emprove's shown. Span also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 5 weeks). Emprove's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Emprove sells 13 one-off in-app purchases and Span sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Emprove against 5.0 for Span. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Emprove ships an update every 5 weeks, Span daily. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Emprove versus Span: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmproveSpan
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size285 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTalal AlotaibiAbdullah Almethen

Customer experience

Emprove

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Span

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

13 purchases

Emprove

One-time13
  • Comprehensive Prep. Focus$29.99
  • English for Diploma Programs$34.99
  • English for Bachelor's Program$34.99
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  • Mathematics (In En) - Premium$49.99
  • Accounting Test - Oil- Premium$49.99
  • Edu and Head of Dep – Arabic F$51.99
  • English for Diploma Programs$51.99
  • English for Bachelor's Program$51.99
  • Comprehensive Package-Premium$59.99
  • English for Bach. Updated 2 in 1$79.99
  • English for Diploma (2 in 1)$79.99
  • English for Bach. (2 in 1)$79.99
  • Edu and Head of Dep – Arabic D$126.99
4 purchases

Span

Subscriptions3
  • Span Plus Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Span Plus Annual (offer)14 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Span Plus Annual14 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Span Plus Lifetime$149.99

Questions

Is Emprove free?
Emprove is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Span free?
Span is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Emprove or Span?
Emprove and Span are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Emprove or Span have ads?
Emprove shows ads; Span does not.
Which is updated more often, Emprove or Span?
Emprove ships an update every 5 weeks, and Span daily. Most recently, Emprove was updated on October 17, 2026 and Span on October 29, 2026.

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