Comparison

MyU vs SafeExamBrowser

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

Head to head
About

MyU

This interactive learning platform organizes educational content and communication for schools and classrooms. It provides tools for educators to manage classes, engage students, and track progress. Users can create discussions, share materials, and manage assignments within a secure environment.

Highlights
  • Organize classes
  • Post learning materials
  • Create discussions
  • Manage attendance
  • Track grading
  • Private messaging
  • Post analytics
Features
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MyU is an award-winning interactive learning management system (LMS) that organizes learning and communication in any school or classroom. The platform creates a safe and controlled environment for educators to manage classes, engage with learners, organize content, and create discussions inside and outside the classroom. Educators using MyU report a 55% higher student engagement, a 63% richer teaching experience, and a 61% higher productivity over legacy LMS platforms (According to a 2019 survey with 900 educator respondents) Simple steps to registering on MyU: Download the app from the store Create an account (Instructor, Student, Management or Parent) If you couldn’t find your school during registration, you can manually add it from the app Instructors and schools use MyU to: Organize all classes in one place Post learning material in different formats (PDF, Word, Excel, links and PPT) Send announcements, reminders, and create discussions in different formats (photos, videos, voice notes) Manage daily class attendance, and generate reports Manage grading, and generate reports Post graded and ungraded questions to receive private responses and provide feedback Check post analytics and find out who viewed your post and who missed it Chat with students privately in one-on-one conversations or in groups Find other instructors teaching the same topic and share knowledge Set privacy and visibility preferences for profile and posts MyU offers a standard free tier providing 100MB of document space, 8 classes, 3-minute videos, 4-images on each post, and 90-day private messaging storage. An upgrade to MyU Prime is available for instructors where they will be provided with an additional 100GB of document upload space, 12 extra classes, uploading up-to 8 images on each post, sharing up-to 30-minute long video and voice notes, and unlimited storage of all private messages. Users can subscribed for a 1 week free trial, after which they will be auto-billed monthly. After any subscription has been stopped, users will have the option to renew their subscription on a monthly, or annual basis. Subscriptions are auto-renewed before expiry. Users can turn off auto-renewal at least 24 hours prior to the end of the billing period. Link to our MyU privacy policy: https://app.myu.co/privacypolicy

About

SafeExamBrowser

This app creates a secure browser environment for online exams, preventing students from accessing other apps or websites. It locks down devices into an assessment kiosk mode, ensuring exam integrity on both personal and institutional iOS devices.

Highlights
  • Secure kiosk browser environment
  • Prevents app switching and website access
  • Assessment kiosk mode
  • Supports unmanaged and managed iOS devices
  • Configurable via API, files, links, and QR codes
  • Integrates with LMS and exam systems
  • Optional Dock and slider menu for commands
Features
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SafeExamBrowser (SEB) is a secure kiosk web browser environment used to carry out e-assessments that run on exam servers. SEB opens a web browser without an address and search bar, loads a pre-configured webpage and locks an iPad (or iPhone or iPod Touch) into an assessment kiosk mode. This mode prevents students from switching to other apps (unless additional permitted apps are configured), accessing websites and communicating with other students during an exam. SEB enables secure exams on unmanaged iOS devices like students' own iPads as well as on iOS devices owned and managed by an institution. SEB doesn't use a centralized server or cloud service; it can be configured with an API, configuration files, links and QR codes. It can be used with most web-based quiz and e-assessment systems. For improved security and usability, some exam systems provide additional built-in support for SEB. Currently, SEB integrates especially well with learning management systems (LMS) such as Moodle, OpenOlat, ILIAS and with several non-commercial and commercial exam systems, such as Inspera Assessment, Dugga, Exam.net, EvaExam and Ans. SEB uses one of the single app modes provided by iOS. After an exam is submitted, SEB can automatically end the app self-lock assessment mode (an exam invigilator could also use a quit password to end the SEB exam session and unlock the device if necessary). SEB features an optional Dock displaying buttons for various commands. Instead or in addition, a left slider menu shows a list of open browser tabs and commands which can be used to (if enabled in settings) quit an exam session, jump back to the start page of an exam, reload a web page, and navigate back/forward in the browsing history. SEB for iOS uses the same format for encrypted .seb configuration files as the SEB versions for other platforms. Those config files allow to individually configure SEB to display the start page of an exam system or an exam portal page with a list of links to current exams. If SEB for iOS is installed using a mobile device management (MDM) system, its initial configuration can easily be deployed using the "MDM Managed Configuration" feature. You can also directly start an exam with an individual configuration in SEB for iOS using a special config hyperlink. This link can be opened by examinees from Safari, Mail or a messenger app. In addition, you can use QR codes containing SEB links or even full, individual configurations. An exam can directly be started in SEB by using the iOS Camera app or the built-in QR code scanner. SEB also works together with Apple Classroom, teachers can start individually configured exams on all student devices. See https://safeexambrowser.org/ios for more information. SafeExamBrowser for iOS was developed by Daniel R. Schneider, ETH Zurich, IT Services, based on the original idea of Safe Exam Browser by Stefan Schneider, University of Giessen Project concept: Thomas Piendl, Daniel R. Schneider, Damian Büchel, Andreas Hefti, Nadim Ritter, Dirk Bauer, Michael Kern, Kai Reuter, Tobias Halbherr, Karsten Burger, Marco Lehre, Brigitte Schmucki, Oliver Rahs. Safe Exam Browser is released as freeware. The code is subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may only use these files in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/ . Important parts of this project have been carried out as part of the program "AAA/SWITCH – e-Infrastructure for e-Science" led by SWITCH, the Swiss National Research and Education Network and the cooperative project "Learning Infrastructure" (part of the CRUS program "Information scientifique: accès, traitement et sauvegarde") coordinated by SWITCH, and was supported by funds from the ETH Board and the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI).

Screenshots

MyU4 screens
SafeExamBrowser4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: MyU at 67% against SafeExamBrowser's 7%. MyU also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.6) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 months). SafeExamBrowser's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ads (none vs shown). On price and device support 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. MyU sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. SafeExamBrowser asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MyU holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MyU has 23K ratings behind it against 46, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of MyU's written reviews are positive against 7% of SafeExamBrowser's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MyU ships an update every 8 days, SafeExamBrowser every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
MyU versus SafeExamBrowser: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMyUSafeExamBrowser
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (23K ratings) — better1.6 (46 ratings)
Positive reviews66.9% of reviews — better7.1% of reviews
Number of ratings23K — better46
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFikra Design & ManagementETH Zurich

Customer experience

MyU

All ratings22,500 ratings
Positive90.1%
Neutral3.5%
Negative6.4%
Written reviews133 reviews
Positive66.9%
Neutral12.8%
Negative20.3%

SafeExamBrowser

All ratings46 ratings
Positive15.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative84.8%
Written reviews411 reviews
Positive7.1%
Neutral1.2%
Negative91.7%

User reviews

MyU

From 23K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Helpful for job/studies
  • 💡 Great for communication with teachers and parents
  • 👍 Excellent app quality
  • 👍 Continuously improving

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or glitches
  • 🔒 Lack of privacy/security features (delete messages, block users)
  • 💡 Need for more customization options (dark mode, notification settings)

SafeExamBrowser

From 46 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🔒 Prevents cheating
  • 👍 Facilitates secure exams
  • 👍 Good for exam integrity
  • 👍 Works when used correctly

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App crashes frequently
  • 🐛 Freezes and becomes unresponsive
  • 🐛 Prevents exiting kiosk mode
  • 🐛 Blank page errors
  • 🐛 Slow performance

Bugs and requests

MyU

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login issues
  • Notification problems
  • Inconsistent feed updates

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to send files (PDF, etc.) in chat
  • Implement rotatable screen for iPad
  • Add delete message functionality
  • Implement live class/video call feature
  • Provide dark mode option

SafeExamBrowser

Reported bugs

24 issues
  • App crashes
  • Freezes and becomes unresponsive
  • Cannot exit kiosk mode
  • Blank page errors
  • Slow performance
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  • High battery consumption
  • Device locking issues
  • Setup difficulties
  • Poor instructions
  • Errors during exams
  • Unreliable behavior
  • Difficulty uninstalling/quitting
  • Device issues (black screen, viruses)
  • Inconsistent camera support
  • Cheating still possible (reported by some users)
  • Data privacy concerns raised
  • Unintuitive interface
  • Incompatibility with older/newer OS versions
  • Configuration issues
  • Leads to exam failure
  • Developer unresponsiveness
  • Not working with iOS 18
  • Camera access issues
  • Kiosk mode not activating properly on iOS 17

Requested features

4 requests
  • Better instructions/homepage
  • Support for Thai language
  • Update for iOS 18
  • More user-friendly setup

In-app purchases

6 purchases

MyU

Subscriptions6
  • Student or parent2 variants$4.991 Month
  • Instructor management or tutor$12.991 Month
  • Instructor management or tutor7 Days trial$12.991 Month
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  • Student or parent$40.991 Year
  • Instructor management or tutor$99.991 Year
  • Instructor management or tutor$129.996 Months
None

SafeExamBrowser

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MyU free?
MyU is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SafeExamBrowser free?
SafeExamBrowser is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MyU or SafeExamBrowser?
MyU is rated higher. MyU averages 4.6 out of 5 from 23K ratings, while SafeExamBrowser averages 1.6 from 46 ratings.
Do MyU or SafeExamBrowser have ads?
MyU shows ads; SafeExamBrowser does not.
Which is updated more often, MyU or SafeExamBrowser?
MyU ships an update every 8 days, and SafeExamBrowser every 3 months. Most recently, MyU was updated on October 1, 2026 and SafeExamBrowser on September 30, 2026.

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