Educreations vs Explain Everything (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Explain Everything grades higher than Educreations: 2.2 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Explain Everything grades higher on platforms. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan, features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Educreations
Record voice and whiteboard lessons on an iPad for students
Explain Everything
Teaching whiteboard with slides, video recording and collaboration
Which one is for you
Pick Educreations if
- Fits if you teach on an iPad and want to record lessons with your voice
- Works for teachers who share lesson videos with a class link
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free, as Basic keeps 1 saved draft and 50 MB
- Watch out: video export and document import need a Pro plan
- Not for you if you use Android or Windows to record, as recording is in the iPad app
- Pricey if you teach a big school, as Pro School starts at $995 a year for 10+ teachers
Pick Explain Everything if
- Fits if you record whiteboard lessons from an iPad or a browser
- Works for a school that hands out assignments through Canvas, Moodle or Blackboard
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: one slide per project and 3-minute videos run out fast
- Skip it if you want a Mac or Windows app, as none is named
- Watch out: free collaboration is one person for 15 minutes at a time
- Watch out: the $69 educator plan covers one educator account, and schools get custom quotes
- Watch out: deployment through MDM and group settings need the Team plan
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAEducreationsFair | 2.2GPAExplain EverythingFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C$8.25 a month for one teacher billed yearly is the middle of the category's prices. | CPro is $7.49 a month billed yearly, between the category's cheaper quarter at $5 and the dearer quarter at $9.99. Education Advanced is $69 a year. |
| Free plan and trial | CFree Basic plan with 1 saved draft and 50 MB, a cap most teachers hit quickly. | CThe free plan has 3 projects, 1 slide each, 3-minute videos, 500 MB and 15-minute sessions with one collaborator. No card is needed. |
| Features | CRecording, classes and sharing do the job, but it is narrow, and video export and document import need Pro. | CInfinite canvas, video recording and classroom tools. Gaps the listing shows: the free tier's size limits, and larger collaboration needs Team or a school plan. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record, and you build each lesson yourself. | CNo store rating on record. You build lessons slide by slide. |
| Platforms and integrations | CiPad recording with web viewing, and Dropbox, Google Drive and YouTube links. | BWeb, iOS and Android, with Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, Canvas, Schoology, Moodle and Blackboard listed. No Mac or Windows download is named. |
| Best for | recording a voice-over lesson on an iPad whiteboard | teachers recording lessons on a whiteboard |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Educreations and Explain Everything. How we grade
Price against what you get
Educreations starts at $8.25 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Explain Everything starts at $7.49 a month and scores 2.3.
Explain Everything scores higher and starts $0.76 a month lower. Of the other whiteboard and mind map tools on the chart, 40 score higher than Educreations for less, and 14 score higher than Explain Everything for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Educreations also covers file sharing.
- Explain Everything also covers presentations.
At a glance
| Educreations | Explain Everything | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $8.25 per month, billed annually ($11.99 billed monthly) | $7.49 per month, billed yearly ($9.99 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | Basic plan: record and share lessons, basic whiteboard tools, 1 saved draft and 50 MB of storage. | Up to 3 projects with 1 slide each, 3-minute videos, 500 MB storage and 15-minute sessions for 1 collaborator. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Educreations, Inc | Promethean |
| Price read from | educreations.com | explaineverything.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Educreations
- Recording happens in the iPad app; the pricing page lists web only for viewing recordings.
- The free plan keeps a single saved draft and 50 MB of storage.
- Video export and document import need a Pro plan.
- Pro Classroom covers 40 students; further student upgrades are bought at checkout.
Explain Everything
- The Free plan allows 3 projects with a single slide each, 3-minute videos and 15-minute collaboration sessions.
- Group-wide settings, license deployment through MDM and larger collaboration need the Team plan or a custom school plan.
- The pricing page lists iPads, iPhones, Chromebooks, Android devices and a browser app, with no separate Mac or Windows download named.
- Schools buy custom plans with volume pricing; the $69 Advanced plan covers one educator account.
Key features
Educreations
- Recorded lessons
- Record your voice and your writing on an iPad whiteboard to produce a video lesson that can be replayed at any time.
- Sharing
- Share a lesson with a class, by link or embed code, and on Pro export the video to store elsewhere.
- Classes
- Teachers create classes with unlimited students and can replay student recordings to see how they explained a concept.
- Imported content
- Images, backgrounds and web pages can be imported on every plan; PDF, PPT, Keynote and Google Doc files and custom maps are Pro.
- School management
- Pro School adds teacher and student management, school-wide feature settings and a central billing account.
Explain Everything
- Infinite-canvas whiteboard
- All plans include the whiteboarding tools and an infinite canvas that takes PDFs, documents, images, presentations, audio and video.
- Video recording
- A project can be recorded as a video tutorial. Length is capped at 3 minutes on the free plan and unlimited on paid plans.
- Collaboration
- People can work in one project at the same time or at different times. Session length and group size depend on the plan.
- Classroom tools
- Education plans add polling, a timer and a spinner, and school plans can hand out assignments through Canvas, Schoology, Moodle and Blackboard.
- Projection and broadcast
- The whiteboard can be shown on a second display or shared into a video meeting app.
Plans
Educreations
Basic$0
Record and share lessons, create and join classes, 1 saved draft at a time, 50 MB of storage.
Pro Classroom$8.25
per month for 1 teacher, billed annually ($11.99 billed monthly)
One teacher and 40+ students on Pro: video export, document import, unlimited drafts, 5 GB per user.
Pro School$995
per year and up, for 10+ teachers, sold through sales
Pro for all teachers and students, user management, central billing, unlimited storage.
Explain Everything
Free$0
Up to 3 projects, 1 slide per project, 3-minute videos, 500 MB cloud storage, 1-on-1 collaboration for up to 15 minutes.
Pro$7.49
per month, billed yearly ($9.99 billed monthly)
Unlimited projects and slides, unlimited video length, 20 GB storage, up to 8 people collaborating with no time limit, email support.
Team$7.49
per user / month, billed yearly ($9.99 billed monthly)
Pro limits for a company, plus team settings, shared folders, 20 GB pooled storage per person and a choice of data region.
Education Advanced$69
per year
For educators: unlimited projects, slides and video length, Promethean polling, timer and spinner, 7.5 GB storage, 30-minute collaboration.
Ways to pay less
Educreations
- Annual discount
Annual billing on Pro Classroom
Pro Classroom is $8.25 a month when billed annually, against $11.99 month to month.
Explain Everything
- Education
Education plans for teachers and schools
The pricing page has a separate Plans for Education view with an Advanced plan at $69 per year and custom pricing for schools and districts.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Educreations or Explain Everything?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Explain Everything is cheaper to start with: $7.49 a month, against $8.25 a month for Educreations. Educreations starts at $8.25 per month, billed annually ($11.99 billed monthly), and Explain Everything starts at $7.49 per month, billed yearly ($9.99 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Educreations or Explain Everything?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Educreations and Explain Everything have a free plan.
Which platforms do Educreations and Explain Everything run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Explain Everything lists an Android app. Both list a web app and an iOS app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.