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Assessment software for learners

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Simbi - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Simbi overview

What is Simbi?

On Simbi, learners explore diverse content from top publishers, in school or at home, at any time of day. Simbi brings responsive reading with global impact across various countries to foster reading confidence while empowering learners to give back by narrating stories for others. Managers can create customized assignments from Simbi’s diverse library for various books. It allows operators to view reading insights reports that show learner progress and allow educators to tailor instructions according to the learner's strengths & areas for improvement. It makes reading a friendly competition by organizing group read-a-thons with Simbi’s motivating leaderboards. Administrators can listen in to learners’ narrations and provide verbal feedback through Simbi's innovative TellMe feature and introduce social-emotional topics such as social justice, resilience, and global citizenship through daily reading activities

Starting price

99per user /
per year

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Simbi’s user interface

Ease of use rating:

Simbi reviews

Overall rating

4.4

/5

17

Positive reviews

100

%

Rating breakdown
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend8.47/10
Rating distribution

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Pros
“Overall, I love simbi.io as a good choice with a lot of variety of levelled readers that are engaging and a good fit for my students.”
KH

Karyn H.

Teacher

“I love the option of narrating books and also listening to others from other countries narrate. The Simbi journey and characters are fun.”
VG

Vernice G.

Head of Learning Support

“My students and I enjoy using Simbi as part of our reading program. It is easy for me to assign work and it is easy for the students to access their assignments and track their progress.”
EM

Erika M.

Grade 4 teacher

Cons
“Students report having problems narrating. Also having problems narrating and then the software stops them in the middle of reading.”
CW

Christine W.

Vice Principal

“There is no iPad app, and the website has been glitchy and difficult to click around on when using it on an iPad. We use this app during Daily 5, where students only have 25 minutes for the station.”
EH

Emily H.

educator

“I have yet to figure it out, so I might be missing something, but once you have generated a list of students, I can't seem to find a user-friendly way to print the name spreadsheet a second time.”
SA

Sarah A.

Teacher

Who uses Simbi?

Based on 17 verified user reviews.

Company size

Small Businesses

Enterprises

Midsize Businesses

Top industries

Education Management
E-Learning
Primary/Secondary Education
Libraries

Use cases

Assessment
K-12

Simbi's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Simbi users:

Scoring
Test/Quiz creation
Reporting/Analytics

All Simbi features

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Simbi pricing

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99

/user

Per year

Pricing details
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Pricing range

User opinions about Simbi price and value

Value for money rating:

To see what individual users think of Simbi's price and value, check out the review snippets below.

“Overall, I love simbi.io as a good choice with a lot of variety of levelled readers that are engaging and a good fit for my students.”
KH

Karyn H.

Teacher

“I love the option of narrating books and also listening to others from other countries narrate. The Simbi journey and characters are fun.”
VG

Vernice G.

Head of Learning Support

Simbi support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

Email/Help Desk
Chat
Phone Support

Training options

Live Online
Webinars
Documentation
Videos

Simbi FAQs

Q. What type of pricing plans does Simbi offer?

Simbi has the following pricing plans:
Starting from: $99.00/year
Pricing model: Free, Subscription
Free Trial: Available | (No Credit Card required)

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Q. Who are the typical users of Simbi?

Simbi has the following typical customers:
Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Small Business


Q. What languages does Simbi support?

Simbi supports the following languages:
English


Q. Does Simbi offer an API?

No, Simbi does not have an API available.


Q. What level of support does Simbi offer?

Simbi offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, Chat, Phone Support

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