Comparison

ARK vs The Intellectual classes

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

Head to head
About

ARK

This platform connects STEM enthusiasts, innovators, and educators globally. Share ideas, showcase projects, and collaborate with experts. Buy and sell creations in an integrated marketplace to foster innovation and learning.

Highlights
  • Connect with STEM enthusiasts
  • Collaborate on projects
  • Showcase innovations
  • Buy and sell creations
  • Access learning resources
  • Join discussions on tech topics
Features
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ARK is the project-sharing platform for makers, engineers, students, and creators who want to build real things and help others do the same. The new ARK experience goes deeper into the create-project flow, making it easier to document your work with detailed instructions, structured steps, materials, files, and notes so other people can understand your process and give the project a crack themselves. The app now features a sleeker, cleaner UI built around discovering and sharing projects more easily. Projects can be tagged directly in Explore, with difficulty tags like Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced, as well as category tags such as Robotics, AI, 3D Printing, Electronics, and more. Users can also headline their posts with intent-based tags like Help Needed, Shameless Promotion, Build Log, Showcase, or Question, making it easier for the community to know what kind of feedback, support, or attention a post is looking for. ARK is becoming more than a place to post what you made. It is a place to document how you made it, help others recreate it, and build a living library of real-world STEM projects.

About

The Intellectual classes

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Get Personalized Learning Outcomes for everyone. An in-depth performance analysis, where you can know your strong and weak points, your all India rank, your state rank etc. You will also get a virtual tutor who is completely dedicated to bringing out the best in you. It will prioritize your concepts, chapters, topics, and questions through machine learning. Get this innovative learning experience only on The Intellectual classes Test Series!!

Screenshots

ARK4 screens
The Intellectual classes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ARK at none against The Intellectual classes's 10. ARK also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 8 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. The Intellectual classes sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. ARK asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ARK ships an update fortnightly, The Intellectual classes every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ARK versus The Intellectual classes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterARKThe Intellectual classes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB147 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperIMMACULATA TECHNOLOGIES LLCOnline Learning

In-app purchases

None

ARK

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

The Intellectual classes

One-time10
  • Package - BD$39.99
  • Package - AY$39.99
  • Package - BA$39.99
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  • Package - AZ$39.99
  • Package - BC$39.99
  • Package - BB$39.99
  • Package - BE$44.99
  • Package - BF$49.99
  • Package - BG$49.99
  • Package - BH$49.99

Questions

Is ARK free?
ARK is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Intellectual classes free?
The Intellectual classes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ARK or The Intellectual classes have ads?
Neither ARK nor The Intellectual classes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ARK or The Intellectual classes?
ARK ships an update fortnightly, and The Intellectual classes every 8 months. Most recently, ARK was updated on November 4, 2026 and The Intellectual classes on October 28, 2026.

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