BookWidgets vs Canva
BookWidgets
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| Figure | BookWidgets | Canva |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 17 |
| Spec score · Google Workspace Teacher Resources Software | 8.6 (#5) | 8.7 (#4) |
| Headquarters | Lummen, Belgium | Sydney, Australia |
| Integrations | BookWidgets lists integrations with Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams, Smartschool, Canvas, Schoology Learning, Blackboard, Itslearning, and D2L Brightspace. | Canva provides an Apps Marketplace, Apps SDK access, REST API for custom apps, and ad-platform publishing. |
Plans
Canva
- FreeFree
- FreeFree
- FreePriced on request
- FreePriced on request
- ProPrice not published
- ProPriced on request
- ProPriced on request
- ProPriced on request
- BusinessPriced on request
- BusinessPriced on request
In their own words
BookWidgets
BookWidgets is a content creation and evaluation tool for teachers to build digital exercises and activities and share them with students. Its library has over 40 widget types, including quizzes, worksheets, games, and interactive activities. Quiz, Video Quiz, Worksheet, and Split Worksheet activities offer 36 question types, 30 of which can be automatically graded. Teachers can use activities for formative or summative assessment, monitor progress, and collect, review, grade, and return work with feedback. LMS integrations include Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams, Canvas, Moodle, Schoology, Blackboard, Brightspace, itslearning, and Smartschool. Through a connected LMS, teachers can monitor students in real time and synchronize grades. Students can access activities through a web link, LMS, QR code, or short code without logging in to BookWidgets. A free 30-day trial offers unlimited widget creation. Without an active subscription, users cannot create or edit widgets, and LMS integrations stop working.
Canva
Canva is a design platform for creating presentations, social content, videos, print materials, photo edits, websites, and PDFs. It combines templates, illustration tools, brand kits, and real-time collaboration, with export options including PDF, JPG, PNG, SVG, and PPT. Its AI tools include Magic Layers, Magic Eraser, Background Remover, Magic Write, and image generation. The Free plan includes 1.6M+ templates and 4.7M+ photos, videos, graphics, and audio, alongside one Brand Kit with three colours, 5GB storage, and up to 20 Standard or Premium AI uses. AI use is pooled across listed tools and resets monthly; higher-tier tools use more allowance. Canva offers free desktop downloads for Windows and Mac, and a mobile app. The Free plan costs nothing. Business adds team administration, approvals, permissions, and brand controls. Eligible nonprofits can receive a free premium subscription for one team of up to 50 users. Canva was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.