iClicker Student vs ABCD Cards
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iClicker Student
Engage in class by answering instructor questions directly from your mobile device. Receive immediate feedback on your responses and compare your performance with classmates. Review past questions and answers to prepare for quizzes and exams, with all your data securely stored in the cloud.
- Answer instructor questions on mobile
- Receive instant feedback
- Compare responses to class results
- Access saved poll questions for study
- Cloud-based data storage
- Supports multiple question types
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iClicker's student app allows you to answer questions using your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. Tap to provide your answer and receive instant feedback. Compare your vote to the rest of the class. After class, access the saved poll questions to study for a quiz or exam. All data is stored on the cloud so you can access it anywhere from any device. KEY FEATURES: • Free trial subscription with account creation • View your instructor’s questions as high resolution screenshots • Compare your response to the class results • Session history is stored in the cloud so you can access it anywhere • Multiple Choice, Short Answer, Numeric, and Target question types • Receive correct/incorrect feedback when your instructor grades the question • Review the questions and answers to study after class • Works alongside all iClicker remotes
ABCD Cards
This app offers a digital alternative to traditional paper ABCD cards for educational polling and Q&A. It allows students to easily display their answers and instructors to quickly gauge class consensus in a paper-free environment.
- Digital polling tool
- Paper-free Q&A
- Quick answer display
- Class consensus view
- Simple interface
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The ABCD Cards app can be used in an educational setting as a polling/Q&A tool and as an alternate to the conventional paper ABCD card method. The simple interface provides students with a paper-free way to easily display an answer to an instructor's question and for the instructor to quickly look across the room for the general consensus of answers. Clicking on a letter/color fills the screen with that letter/color; clicking again brings you back to the main screen. ABCD Cards was created by the Center for Instructional Innovation & Assessment at Western Washington University (WWU). Updated 2023.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ABCD Cards at 100% against iClicker Student's 17%. ABCD Cards also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8) and device support (3 vs 1). iClicker Student's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 3.9) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 40 months). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. iClicker Student sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. ABCD Cards asks for nothing beyond the download.
iClicker Student holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iClicker Student has 37K ratings behind it against 31, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 17% of iClicker Student's written reviews are positive against 100% of ABCD Cards's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
iClicker Student ships an update every 6 weeks, ABCD Cards every 40 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iClicker Student | ABCD Cards |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (37K ratings) — better | 3.9 (31 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 16.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 37K — better | 31 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 40 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HPHLP | Western Washington University |
Customer experience
iClicker Student
ABCD Cards
Bugs and requests
iClicker Student
Reported bugs
4 issues- Logging out and back in causes data loss
- Location tracking not working properly
- Questions not appearing or disappearing during class
- Frequent disconnections and sign-out issues
Requested features
5 requests- Add push notifications for when questions are available
- Show correct answers after questions are answered
- Display countdown timer for questions
- Allow deleting of courses added accidentally
- Provide subscription options based on semester length
ABCD Cards
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
iClicker Student
- iClicker Pulse 6-Months$5.99
- iClicker Pulse 1-Year$8.99
- iClicker Pro 6-Months$16.99
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- iClicker 6-Month Subscription$16.99
- iClicker Pro 6-Months$25.99
- iClicker 1-year subscription$25.99
- iClicker 2-Year Subscription$36.99
- iClicker 4-Year Subscription$51.99
ABCD Cards
No in-app purchases
