Comparison

Develop vs risr/assess

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

Head to head
About

Develop

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Liftupp provides a complete digital assessment service for dental, medical, veterinary, nursing, and allied healthcare education. Developed by educators at the University of Liverpool in the UK since 2009, Liftupp provides detailed personal portfolios for clinical practice, mapping of curricula to regulatory body requirements, and assessment tools for single best answer/ short answer questions and OSCEs. Liftupp enhances the student experience by providing personalised and real-time feedback and robust and quality-assured assessments of all the required skills. Liftupp provides triangulation of all assessment data to give a complete picture of student performance. Hosted on a secure server, Liftupp enables workplace confidence and professional competence within a dynamic healthcare environment. Liftupp is currently used in eleven universities for medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry, and allied healthcare. Join the Liftupp community that aims to integrate and refine dental, medical, veterinary, nursing, and allied healthcare education.

About

risr/assess

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This risr/assess (formerly known as Practique) iPad application is free to download, but only works in conjunction with a full risr/assess server license. As part of the end-to-end exam management system, the risr/assess iPad app allows you to run your exams securely online, or offline, safe in the knowledge you will never again lose a mark. Easy and intuitive to use for Examiners, Markers, Candidates, Simulated Patients and Exam Invigilators Full lock down functionality to prevent misuse and cheating Daily Examiner schedule Instant results and exam progress Supporting documents, images and videos all in one place

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Develop at every 6 days against risr/assess's every 3 months. risr/assess's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Develop ships an update every 6 days, risr/assess every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Develop versus risr/assess: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeveloprisr/assess
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 days โ€” betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS15.013.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size6 MB13 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperLiftUpp LimitedFry-IT Limited

In-app purchases

None

Develop

No in-app purchases

None

risr/assess

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Develop free?
Develop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is risr/assess free?
risr/assess is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Develop or risr/assess have ads?
Neither Develop nor risr/assess shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Develop or risr/assess?
Develop ships an update every 6 days, and risr/assess every 3 months. Most recently, Develop was updated on October 24, 2026 and risr/assess on October 26, 2026.

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