Book Creator vs Nearpod
Book Creator
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Nearpod
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| Figure | Book Creator | Nearpod |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $12.50/mo | $13.25/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 7 | 5 |
| Spec score · Google Workspace Teacher Resources Software | 9.5 (#1) | 8.9 (#2) |
| Audience | The maker describes Book Creator as being for students, teachers, schools and districts, and says it supports learners of all ages and abilities. | Nearpod offers individual educator plans and school or district licenses, and its Library content includes K–12 lessons, activities, and videos. |
| Founded | 2011 | 2012 |
| Integrations | The pricing page lists LMS, Clever and ClassLink integrations for Schools & Districts, and SSO with Google, Microsoft, Clever or ClassLink accounts in its plan comparison. | Nearpod supports LTI 1.3 with Canvas, Schoology, and Blackboard, plus assignments through Google Classroom and Microsoft Teams. |
| Purpose | Book Creator is a classroom tool for learners to create content and demonstrate learning. | Nearpod lets educators create active, interactive learning experiences for students. |
| Rating on Apple App Store | Book Creator for iPad is rated 4.1 out of 5 from 210 ratings in the US store. | 3.1 out of 5 from 1.9K ratings. |
| Rating on Trustpilot | Book Creator has a TrustScore of 3.2 out of 5 from 1 review. | 2.6 out of 5 from 9 reviews. |
| Support | The support page provides a knowledge base and chat with the Book Creator team; Premium also lists in-app chat support on the pricing page. | School and district licenses include a dedicated Customer Success Manager, and the LMS page describes staff training during implementation. |
| What it does | Book Creator lets students and teachers make, read and publish multimedia books and portfolios with text, images, audio, video and drawings. | Nearpod lets educators create or upload lessons, deliver them live or self-paced, collect responses in real time, and download post-session reports. |
Plans
Book Creator
- StarterFree
- Book Creator for iPad$3.99, paid once
- Premium monthly$14 a month
- Premium annual$150 a year
- PremiumPrice not published
- PremiumPrice not published
- Schools & DistrictsPriced on request
Nearpod
- SilverFree
- Gold$159 a year
- Platinum$397 a year
- School & DistrictPriced on request
- School or DistrictPriced on request
In their own words
Book Creator
Book Creator is a classroom tool for students and teachers to create books and show learning through text, images, audio and video. Users can record voice, images or video in the app, work together on books in real time, and leave feedback as audio, video or text comments. The product describes more than 130 built-in accessibility features, including speech-to-text, text-to-speech, screen reader support and video captions. Translation can cover text, audio, comments, captions and entire books. Books and libraries can be published, shared by QR code, downloaded as ePub or printed as PDFs. It supports fixed-layout books and imports PDFs and EPUB files created with Book Creator. The free Starter plan costs nothing and includes one library with up to 40 books and unlimited students; a private My Books library can hold 40 more. There is no per-student cost or limit, and no limit on page count or audio and video duration. It runs on Android, iOS, macOS, web and Windows.
Nearpod
Nearpod helps educators create and deliver interactive lessons, with options for live participation, student-paced work or front-of-class teaching. Teachers can build lessons from scratch or import PowerPoints, Google Slides, PDFs, videos and YouTube videos, then add formative assessments and media activities such as Draw It, Polls, Drag & Drop, VR Field Trips and PhET simulations. Its library contains more than 22,000 customizable, standards-aligned lessons, videos and activities, including K–12 content. Teachers can review real-time feedback and post-session reports to assess student understanding and work. AI Create can generate interactive lessons, activities and multiple-choice questions; the plan details list the question generator with Gold and AI Create with school and district plans. Nearpod works on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows and the web, and lessons can be embedded in an LMS through a link. Integrations include Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams, Clever, ClassLink and LTI 1.3 platforms such as Canvas, Schoology and Blackboard. Silver is free; Gold costs $159 a year and Platinum $397 a year. School and district pricing is by quote.