Explain Everything
8.2#1 in explainer video softwareFree planFree planAndroidiOSWebmacOS
VisitExplain Everything vs Scribble Together
Scribble Together
8.6#7 in online whiteboardsFrom $4.16 a monthFree planAndroidiOSWebmacOS
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| Fact | Explain Everything | Scribble Together |
|---|---|---|
| Audience | The maker describes Pro as designed for tutors, creatives, facilitators, and business consultants, and says schools, universities, and companies use the product. | The maker describes use by teachers, tutors, architects, project managers, coders, students, designers, and artists. |
| Collaboration | Users can invite others by link or access code, collaborate synchronously or asynchronously and use built-in voice chat. | Board owners can let guests scribble and navigate together on a shared board. |
| Company | The About page says Explain Everything has been a teaching platform since 2010, lists Wrocław, Poland as its headquarters, and identifies Promethean as its parent brand. | The site identifies the provider as Scribble LLC and says the project began in 2017. |
| Company legal name | Crunchbase lists the legal name as Explain Everything, Inc. | The terms identify the service provider as Scribble LLC. |
| Founded | 2010 | 2017 |
| Infinite canvas | The whiteboard provides an expandable infinite canvas for drawings and visual notes. | Boards provide an unlimited drawing space that users can keep scrolling through. |
| Licence | The terms grant permission to use the service and prohibit copying or distributing it; Explain Everything is described as a proprietary Promethean trademark. | The terms grant only a personal, non-transferable, non-exclusive right to use the proprietary app and prohibit copying, modification and reverse engineering. |
| Platforms | The pricing page says the app is available on iPads, iPhones, Chromebooks, Android devices, and as a desktop web browser app. | The maker says its web app runs on Mac, Windows, Chromebook, and Android, and it offers a native iOS app. |
| Praise: ease of use | Tech & Learning says Explain Everything works across many devices, supports many media types and requires minimal teacher training. | Common Sense Media describes cross-device sharing and browser joining as the product's main strength and says it is user-friendly for collaboration. |
| Security | Explain Everything says it stores data in AWS data centers, uses PCI-compliant Braintree payments and is GDPR compliant. | The maker describes the 4-digit join code as its most secure sharing option and says it lasts two hours. |
Explain Everything plans
- FreeFree
- Pro$7.49 a month
- Team$7.49 a month
- SchoolPriced on request
- Advanced€59 a year
- Custom Pricing for SchoolsPriced on request
Scribble Together plans
- FreeFree
- Member$4.16 a month
Pick Explain Everything if…
Explain Everything suits teachers and schools creating lessons, as well as tutors, creatives, facilitators, and business consultants who need a whiteboard and video creation tools. Teams can use it for live or asynchronous collaboration.
Pick Scribble Together if…
It may suit teachers, tutors, students, designers, artists, and others who need a shared space for diagrams, equations, or PDF markups. The free plan is specifically an offline personal notebook for iOS.