Educreations vs Limnu (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Limnu grades higher than Educreations: 2.6 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
Limnu grades higher on value for money, the free plan and platforms. They get the same grade on 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
Limnu
Freehand online whiteboard for quick sketching with others
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 Limnu if
- Fits if you sketch with a stylus or marker and share the board live
- Works for tutors who lead students around a board
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you use Android or want a desktop app, as none is listed
- Watch out: exports are of the visible area, not the whole board
- Watch out: team security and admin controls are on the Team plan only
- Watch out: the Slack integration is not currently available
- Tight if you need video calls: the free plan has 30 minutes
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAEducreationsFair | 2.6GPALimnuGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C$8.25 a month for one teacher billed yearly is the middle of the category's prices. | BPro is $5 a month billed monthly or $50 a year, at the edge of the cheaper quarter ($5.00). Team is $8 a seat. |
| Free plan and trial | CFree Basic plan with 1 saved draft and 50 MB, a cap most teachers hit quickly. | BThe free plan has unlimited collaborators and boards with no cap on the page, limited admin controls and 30 minutes of video. A 14-day test drive of paid features comes first. |
| Features | CRecording, classes and sharing do the job, but it is narrow, and video export and document import need Pro. | CFreehand drawing, leading mode, file markup and an API. Gap the listing shows: export is the visible area only, like a screenshot, not the whole board. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record, and you build each lesson yourself. | CNo store rating on record. You draw everything yourself and decide how to lay out the board. |
| Platforms and integrations | CiPad recording with web viewing, and Dropbox, Google Drive and YouTube links. | BWeb and iOS. The Slack integration is described as being upgraded and unavailable, and there is no Android or desktop app. |
| Best for | recording a voice-over lesson on an iPad whiteboard | freehand sketching with other people |
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 Limnu. 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. Limnu starts at $5 a month and scores 2.3.
Limnu scores higher and starts $3.25 a month lower. Of the other whiteboard and mind map tools on the chart, 40 score higher than Educreations for less, and 8 score higher than Limnu 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 screen recording and file sharing.
At a glance
| Educreations | Limnu | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $8.25 per month, billed annually ($11.99 billed monthly) | $5 per month, billed monthly ($50 billed yearly) |
| Free plan | Basic plan: record and share lessons, basic whiteboard tools, 1 saved draft and 50 MB of storage. | Free plan with unlimited collaborators, limited admin and security controls and 30 minutes of video conference time. |
| Free trial | None listed | 14-day test drive of Pro or Team features, then the Free plan |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Made by | Educreations, Inc | Limnu |
| Price read from | educreations.com | limnu.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.
Limnu
- Exports are of the area visible in the viewport, like a screenshot, not the whole board.
- Team security controls and admin controls are on the Team plan; the Free plan has limited ones.
- Limnu lists a browser and an iOS app; no Android or desktop app appears on the pages we read.
- The Slack integration is described as being upgraded and not currently available.
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.
Limnu
- Freehand drawing
- Boards have no edge boundaries and support markers, shapes, text, sticky notes and stylus or Wacom tablet input.
- Leading mode
- A board admin can lead, so that everyone on the board sees the same area. Leading works in solo-draw and collaboration modes.
- File and image markup
- PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, JPEG, PNG, GIF and SVG files can be added. They upload as images, one per page, and can be marked up.
- Team controls
- Team plans add admin controls over who can share and invite, and security settings that can restrict boards to an organization.
- Whiteboard API
- A separate API product lets a company embed whiteboards in its own app or website, priced through sales.
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.
Limnu
Free$0
Unlimited collaborators, collaborative or solo-draw boards, limited admin controls and 30 minutes of video conference time.
Pro$5
per month, billed monthly ($50 billed yearly)
For individuals: unlimited boards and collaborators, private and collaborative boards, unlimited video conference time.
Team$8
per team member / month, billed monthly ($80 billed yearly)
Unlimited boards, team or private boards, team security controls and unlimited video conference time.
EnterpriseCustom
Team features plus a customer success manager and a training and onboarding program; sold through sales.
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.
Limnu
- Annual discount
Yearly billing saves $10 (Pro) or $16 (Team)
The pricing page shows Pro at $50 a year (save $10) and Team at $80 a year per team member (save $16).
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Educreations or Limnu?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Limnu is cheaper to start with: $5 a month, against $8.25 a month for Educreations. Educreations starts at $8.25 per month, billed annually ($11.99 billed monthly), and Limnu starts at $5 per month, billed monthly ($50 billed yearly).
Which has a free plan, Educreations or Limnu?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Educreations and Limnu have a free plan.
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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.