# Educreations review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Record voice and whiteboard lessons on an iPad for students Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Educreations is a teaching tool for recording a voice-over together with whiteboard writing on an iPad, then sharing the video with a class or a link. Teachers can create classes, import documents and images as backgrounds, and replay student recordings. - **Category:** Whiteboards & Mind Maps - **Made by:** Educreations, Inc - **Website:** https://www.educreations.com - **Runs on:** iOS, Web - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you stay free, as Basic keeps 1 saved draft and 50 MB. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Educreations has a free plan, and paid plans start at $8.25 per month, billed annually ($11.99 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Basic plan: record and share lessons, basic whiteboard tools, 1 saved draft and 50 MB of storage. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | 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. | Read from https://www.educreations.com/pricing/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Educreations before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Annual billing on Pro Classroom** (Annual discount): Pro Classroom is $8.25 a month when billed annually, against $11.99 month to month. Source: https://www.educreations.com/pricing/ ## Key features - **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. ## Good for - Teachers who flip lessons by recording them on an iPad - Classes where students record their own explanations - Schools that want one billing account for many teachers ## Worth knowing - 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Educreations records whiteboard writing and voice on an iPad and shares the video with a class, with a free Basic plan and Pro at $8.25 a month. The free plan keeps one saved draft and 50 MB, and video export and document import need Pro. - **Value for money: C.** $8.25 a month for one teacher billed yearly is the middle of the category's prices. - **Free plan and trial: C.** Free Basic plan with 1 saved draft and 50 MB, a cap most teachers hit quickly. - **Features: C.** Recording, classes and sharing do the job, but it is narrow, and video export and document import need Pro. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record, and you build each lesson yourself. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** iPad recording with web viewing, and Dropbox, Google Drive and YouTube links. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Educreations's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among whiteboard and mind map tools - Educreations's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 8 of the 98 other whiteboard and mind map tools we grade, and level with 14. - Its paid plans start at $8.25 a month, against a middle price of $8 for the category: 37 of the 69 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 40 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/whiteboards ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** Nothing Educreations does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 5 things listed below take a company. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 76 of the 98 other whiteboard and mind map tools grade higher. It costs $99 a year. - You could not: An endless canvas that stays smooth with hundreds of things on it. - You could not: Recording the screen with its sound, and somewhere to keep the video. - You could not: Storing and serving files for other people. - You could not: A real app for iOS. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: Sharing with other people, which means accounts and invitations. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Dropbox, Google Drive, YouTube **Tags:** Whiteboard, Screen recording, File sharing ## Alternatives - [Explain Everything](https://toolgpa.com/tools/explain-everything): Teaching whiteboard with slides, video recording and collaboration. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/educreations-vs-explain-everything) - [Microsoft Whiteboard](https://toolgpa.com/tools/microsoft-whiteboard): Free collaborative canvas built into Microsoft 365 and Teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/educreations-vs-microsoft-whiteboard) - [Limnu](https://toolgpa.com/tools/limnu): Freehand online whiteboard for quick sketching with others. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/educreations-vs-limnu) - [Ziteboard](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ziteboard): Lightweight online whiteboard for tutoring and live teamwork. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/educreations-vs-ziteboard) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.educreations.com/pricing/ - https://www.educreations.com/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/educreations Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).