TestNav vs People's Pie
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TestNav
This application provides a secure and reliable platform for delivering educational tests online. It ensures test items are presented consistently across devices.
- Secure test delivery
- Reliable online platform
- Consistent test item presentation
- iOS device compatibility
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TestNav is Pearson's online test delivery platform. It enables test items to be delivered online securely and reliably in a consistent manner. The TestNav for iOS app allows TestNav to run on iOS devices.
People's Pie
A game where you balance a federal budget by managing tax rates, spending, and national debt. Keep residents happy and avoid excessive borrowing to succeed. Offers support for English Language Learners and classroom resources for teachers.
- Balance federal budget
- Manage tax rates and spending
- Control national debt
- Assess policy pitches
- Track public approval
- Support for English Language Learners
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People's Pie is a balancing act! You must fund important programs without setting tax rates too high or borrowing too much money. To succeed, you must keep your residents happy and avoid a burdensome national debt. Are you ready for a piece of People’s Pie? For English Language Learners: This game offers a support tool, Spanish translation, voiceover, and glossary. Teachers: Visit the iCivics "teach" page to check out classroom resources for People's Pie! Learning Objectives: -Analyze how federal tax and spending policies affect the national budget and the national debt -Explain how corporate, income, and payroll taxes support the economy as a function of the government -Describe various types of projects and services provided through federal taxes -Explain how federal departments request funding for discretionary projects in their department Game Features: - Set taxes and retirement age over a three-year period - Weigh a variety of policies and funding needs across the federal government - Assess policy pitches to determine funding commitments - Review your proposed annual budget and make hard decisions to reach a balance or surplus - Manage public approval, as each decision you make will have an impact
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: People's Pie at 4.4 against TestNav's 1.6. People's Pie also leads on device support (3 vs 1). TestNav's advantage is ratings volume (99 vs 12). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
People's Pie holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TestNav has 99 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two.
TestNav ships an update every 8 months, People's Pie every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TestNav | People's Pie |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (99 ratings) | 4.4 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 99 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 180 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pearson | iCivics, Inc. |
Customer experience
TestNav
People's Pie
Bugs and requests
TestNav
Reported bugs
6 issues- Open response boxes never work properly
- Drag and drop not working
- Permission errors for speech, mic, etc.
- App crashes all the time
- App doesn't work
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- App needs update but cannot update
Requested features
10 requests- Way to lower brightness
- Actual Dark Mode
- Allow access to Accessibility Shortcuts menu during testing
- Enable/disable inverted colors during testing
- Enable zoom during testing
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- Enable VoiceOver during testing
- Add dancing GIFs of Nick Young
- Add mini games with golf balls and levels
- Add Flappy golf extreme
- Add cross map tomahawks
People's Pie
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TestNav
No in-app purchases
People's Pie
No in-app purchases
