Ready for Kindergarten vs NWEA Secure Testing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ready for Kindergarten
This app helps kindergarten teachers administer the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA) in supported states. It allows for in-school use and securely feeds student scores into the KReady system to inform educators and leaders about student capabilities.
- Administer KRA subset of items
- Secure password protection
- In-school use
- Direct score feeding to KReady system
- Student transition information
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This app has been created for kindergarten teachers who are administering the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA) in supported states. It is intended for in-school use and is password protected for use only by teachers administering the KRA in those states. __ The Ready for Kindergarten: KRA app allows teachers to administer a subset of items to kindergarten students in those states that are administering the KRA. Scores are fed directly into the KReady system where they will provide information to teachers as well as school and district leaders about what children are able to do as they transition into kindergarten. The KRA was developed by a consortium including the Maryland State Department of Education, the Ohio Department of Education, the Johns Hopkins University Center for Technology in Education, and WestEd.
NWEA Secure Testing
This application allows K-12 students to take standardized assessments on an iPad. It supports various NWEA tests, including MAP Growth and state summative assessments, ensuring a secure testing environment.
- K-12 assessment delivery
- iPad compatibility
- MAP Growth support
- MAP Growth K-2 support
- State summative assessments
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The NWEA™ Secure Testing app provides students the ability to complete our K–12 assessments on an iPad®. The app supports MAP® Growth™, MAP Growth K-2 and NWEA state summative assessments.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: NWEA Secure Testing at 1.4K against Ready for Kindergarten's 7. NWEA Secure Testing also leads on review sentiment (18% vs 0%). Ready for Kindergarten's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.6 for Ready for Kindergarten against 1.5 for NWEA Secure Testing. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NWEA Secure Testing has 1.4K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of Ready for Kindergarten's written reviews are positive against 18% of NWEA Secure Testing's.
Ready for Kindergarten ships an update every 2 months, NWEA Secure Testing every 8 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Ready for Kindergarten | NWEA Secure Testing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (7 ratings) — better | 1.5 (1.4K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 17.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 1.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 0 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Johns Hopkins Mobile medicine | NWEA |
Customer experience
Ready for Kindergarten
NWEA Secure Testing
Bugs and requests
Ready for Kindergarten
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
NWEA Secure Testing
Reported bugs
3 issues- Frequent app crashes and freezes
- Compatibility issues with certain devices
- Inconsistent test results
Requested features
3 requests- Allow going back to previous questions
- Provide more detailed feedback on performance
- Adjust question difficulty to grade level
In-app purchases
Ready for Kindergarten
No in-app purchases
NWEA Secure Testing
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Ready for Kindergarten free?
Is NWEA Secure Testing free?
Which has better reviews, Ready for Kindergarten or NWEA Secure Testing?
Do Ready for Kindergarten or NWEA Secure Testing have ads?
Which is updated more often, Ready for Kindergarten or NWEA Secure Testing?
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