Explain Everything vs Scribblar (2026): which should you pick?

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

Pick Scribblar if

• Fits if you tutor one to one or in small groups online
• Works for teachers who want to turn existing slides and PDFs into lesson pages

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want a free plan, because there's only a 7-day trial
• Tight if you grow: 3, 10 or 30 rooms, and 3, 5 or 15 users per room
• Tight if you have long files: conversion stops at 25, 50 or 100 pages per file
• Watch out: Enterprise has no published price

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.

Scribblar

• There is no free plan, only a 7-day trial.
• Capacity is capped per plan: 3, 10 or 30 rooms, and 3, 5 or 15 users in each room.
• Document conversion is limited to 25, 50 or 100 pages per file depending on the plan.
• The pricing page names a wire-transfer option for Enterprise customers but publishes no Enterprise price.

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.

Scribblar

Real-time whiteboard

A shared whiteboard that tutor and students draw on at the same time, inside a persistent room.

Audio, video and chat

Live audio, video and text chat are included on every plan, with unlimited lessons.

Document conversion

PDF, Word and PowerPoint files are converted into whiteboard pages, with a per-document page cap of 25, 50 or 100 by plan.

Collaboration rooms

Each plan includes a set number of rooms and a cap on users per room, so one tutor can keep separate rooms for different students.

Selling lessons

The pricing page says tutors can earn commissions, sell courses and sell subscriptions through the platform.

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.

Scribblar

• Starter$19

  per month for 3 rooms

  Up to 3 users per room, document conversion up to 25 pages and email support.

• Standard$32

  per month for 10 rooms

  Up to 5 users per room, document conversion up to 50 pages and priority support.

• Premium$59

  per month for 30 rooms

  Up to 15 users per room, document conversion up to 100 pages and priority support.

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.

Scribblar

No public discounts listed.