Comparison

Transparent Notes vs Explain Everything Whiteboard

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

Head to head
About

Transparent Notes

This app allows you to write and read notes with adjustable transparency, enabling you to see through them. It also supports browsing the web simultaneously and synchronizes with its macOS counterpart.

Highlights
  • Adjustable note transparency
  • Web browsing while taking notes
  • Syncs with macOS version
  • Sticky notepad functionality
  • Todo task management
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Version of Transparent Notes for iOS allow you to browse web while writing or reading notes. You can set notes transparency to see through it. Syncs with Transparent Notes for macOS Terms of Use & Privacy Policy: https://sportstracker.app/iOSApp.html

About

Explain Everything Whiteboard

This interactive whiteboard app allows users to create notes, drawings, and record video lessons. It supports real-time collaboration, PDF annotation, and offers various tools to enrich content, making it ideal for education and presentations.

Highlights
  • Infinite canvas for notes and drawings
  • Record and edit whiteboard video lessons
  • Real-time collaboration
  • PDF annotation
  • Import images, GIFs, 3D models, and more
  • Interactive engagement apps (Polling, Timer, Spinner)
Features
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The iPad App Store Trend of the Year 2020 award-winning interactive whiteboard and note taking app for iPad. With over 25 million downloads across the globe, Explain Everything helps teachers and students with every day learning. Explain Everything Advanced, Promethean's award-winning cloud-based plan, is one of the most dynamic, easy-to-use, and powerful lesson creation and delivery tools on the market today. Explain Everything is an interactive whiteboard, built to create notes and make drawings, explain concepts and share boards anywhere. Make notes and draw together on the infinite canvas. Use sticky notes, work with imported documents, and annotate PDFs. Easily record whiteboard videos and share the entire process of explaining a lesson. Use real-time collaboration to stay on the same page with your students or team. Our customers love using Explain Everything to: • Record and edit whiteboard video lessons, then share them automatically with your preferred cloud drive! • Capture ideas, create interactive presentations, and use PDF annotation for teaching purposes. • Use engagement apps such as Polling, Timer, and Spinner to promote student participation and deep focus. • Draw, write, sketchnote, visualize, and scribble using Apple Pencil then easily present materials both in-classroom or online. • Enrich your materials with images and GIFs, Sticky Notes, Clipart, 3D Models, Shapes, Web Browser, Equations, hyperlinks, text boxes and notes grid. • Digitize and store materials in one place thanks to the Explain Everything Drive cloud; available from any device, anywhere. • Collaborate with students by hosting group assignments in the classroom and in the cloud. • Broadcast through SharePlay or popular conferencing tools, including Zoom or Microsoft Teams. New Activities within Advanced Plan We’re coming with new activities to enhance your lessons and create some fun throughout your classroom. Launch and play activities right from your whiteboard canvas. Crossword – Add a list of words, provide image or text clues, and Explain Everything will generate a crossword for you. Memory game – Turn a set of images into a randomized memory pair-finding game. Matching game – Build a matching game from a collection of images, shapes, and text. Promethean Engagement Apps We’ve enhanced our Explain Everything Advanced plan with other new features, including Promethean’s ever-popular Spinner, Timer, and Polling apps; all to improve your teaching experience in the classroom. Polling – ask questions and receive responses from students instantly. Timer – use clock and stopwatch to measure time and improve executive functioning skills. Spinner – randomly select items from the built-in templates or your own lists to add excitement to any class. If you enjoy using Explain Everything please leave us a review! https://explaineverything.com/terms-of-use/

Screenshots

Transparent Notes4 screens
Explain Everything Whiteboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Explain Everything Whiteboard at 8.8K against Transparent Notes's 203. Explain Everything Whiteboard also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). Transparent Notes's advantage is review sentiment (62% vs 48%) and device support (5 vs 3). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Transparent Notes sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Explain Everything Whiteboard sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Transparent Notes against 4.6 for Explain Everything Whiteboard. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Explain Everything Whiteboard has 8.8K ratings behind it against 203, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 62% of Transparent Notes's written reviews are positive against 48% of Explain Everything Whiteboard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Transparent Notes ships an update every 6 weeks, Explain Everything Whiteboard every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Transparent Notes versus Explain Everything Whiteboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTransparent NotesExplain Everything Whiteboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (203 ratings) — better4.6 (8.8K ratings)
Positive reviews62.2% of reviews — better48.2% of reviews
Number of ratings2038.8K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB312 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperRozga WojciechPromethean Ltd.

Customer experience

Transparent Notes

All ratings203 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral0.5%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews135 reviews
Positive62.2%
Neutral11.1%
Negative26.7%

Explain Everything Whiteboard

All ratings8,841 ratings
Positive90.1%
Neutral3.1%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews371 reviews
Positive48.2%
Neutral12.7%
Negative39.1%

User reviews

Transparent Notes

From 203 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and intuitive user interface
  • 🎯 Perfect for presentations and online meetings
  • 👀 Transparent overlay stays on top of other windows
  • 📚 Excellent for students and educational use
  • 🎤 Great for interviews and public speaking

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent app crashes and stability issues
  • 💰 Expensive pricing model ($99 lifetime, $10/month subscription)
  • 😤 Intrusive pop-ups and ads in paid version
  • 🔄 Notes auto-reorganize by edit time (no pinning)
  • ❌ Limited free version (only 1 note allowed)

Explain Everything Whiteboard

From 8.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Amazing app
  • 👍 Great teaching and learning tool
  • 👍 Excellent for creating and sharing information
  • 👍 Useful recording facility for students
  • 👍 Intuitive and productive

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitches and bugs
  • 🐛 Unstable and inconsistent line width
  • 🐛 Freezes and crashes
  • 🐛 Deletes projects and recordings
  • 💰 Expensive subscription

Bugs and requests

Transparent Notes

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • App crashes when switching themes
  • App crashes when clicking premium feature buttons
  • Crashes from day 1 of use
  • Font color changes to white unexpectedly
  • Cannot change font color back to black
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  • Website resets when editing notes while browsing
  • Teleprompter feature doesn't work
  • Incompatible with Google Slides presentations
  • Doesn't float on top when toggling between screens
  • Text persists when scrolling
  • Login issues and account sync failures
  • Cannot delete notes on macOS
  • Incompatible with some iPhone models
  • App closes immediately upon opening

Requested features

18 requests
  • Text formatting (bold, italic, underline, strikethrough)
  • Markdown or Rich Text support
  • Headline/heading styles
  • Font size and color customization
  • Bullet points and numbered lists
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  • Pin or lock notes to prevent auto-reorganization
  • Multiple notes in free version
  • Cloud backup and sync across devices
  • Export notes as backup file
  • Keyboard shortcuts (Command+N, Return for new note)
  • Hide top and bottom UI icons for better transparency
  • Separate notes for different windows/screens
  • Note organization and categorization
  • Image and PDF upload support
  • Note sharing capabilities
  • Outline mode for structured notes
  • Variable font sizes within notes
  • One-time purchase option instead of subscription

Explain Everything Whiteboard

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inability to select desired controls
  • Recordings cutting off audio
  • Projects not saving properly
  • Restricted account limits

Requested features

6 requests
  • Toggle option for consistent line width
  • Improved pen and drawing tools
  • Better undo/redo functionality
  • Ability to move audio clips
  • Animated GIF support
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  • Customizable font size

In-app purchases

13 purchases

Transparent Notes

Subscriptions8
  • 1 Week Student$2.997 Days
  • 1 Month Student$3.991 Month
  • 1 Week$4.997 Days
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  • 1 Month Student$4.991 Month
  • 1 Month2 variants$9.991 Month
  • 1 Year Student$14.991 Year
  • 1 Year Student$19.991 Year
  • 1 Year2 variants$35.991 Year
One-time5
  • Credits S Pro$0.99
  • Credits M Pro$1.99
  • Credits S Basic$1.99
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  • Credits M Basic$3.99
  • Lifetime2 variants$299.00
10 purchases

Explain Everything Whiteboard

Subscriptions10
  • Individual Monthly Plan7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • [LEGACY] Individual Monthly$12.991 Month
  • [LEGACY] EDU Group, Monthly$12.991 Month
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  • [LEGACY] Individual Monthly7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • [LEGACY] Solo Teacher Plan7 Days trial$34.991 Year
  • Advanced Plan7 Days trial$69.001 Year
  • Individual Annual Plan1 Year trial$89.991 Year
  • Individual Annual Plan7 Days trial$89.991 Year
  • [LEGACY] Individual Annual2 variants$129.991 Year
  • [LEGACY] EDU Group, Annual$129.991 Year

Questions

Is Transparent Notes free?
Transparent Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Explain Everything Whiteboard free?
Explain Everything Whiteboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Transparent Notes or Explain Everything Whiteboard?
Transparent Notes is rated higher. Transparent Notes averages 4.7 out of 5 from 203 ratings, while Explain Everything Whiteboard averages 4.6 from 8.8K ratings.
Do Transparent Notes or Explain Everything Whiteboard have ads?
Neither Transparent Notes nor Explain Everything Whiteboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Transparent Notes or Explain Everything Whiteboard?
Transparent Notes ships an update every 6 weeks, and Explain Everything Whiteboard every 2 weeks. Most recently, Transparent Notes was updated on September 21, 2026 and Explain Everything Whiteboard on September 24, 2026.

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