Prezi – WISE Score & Parent Review | Screenwise

Prezi

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app2015

68%

WISE Score

4.5

App Store

A mobile viewer for zoomy, non-linear presentations—great for practicing your pitch on the subway, less exciting for actual creative work.

Prezi

app

Everyone, 2015

68%

WISE Score

4.5

App Store

A mobile viewer for zoomy, non-linear presentations—great for practicing your pitch on the subway, less exciting for actual creative work.

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Screenwise Verdict

Prezi Viewer is a solid utility app for a very specific use case: you've made a presentation on your computer and now you need to practice it on your phone or present it from your tablet. The zooming, spatial presentation style is genuinely more interesting than traditional slides, and it teaches valuable communication skills.

But let's be real—this isn't exciting. It's a tool for high schoolers working on class projects and professionals prepping for meetings. The privacy concerns (54% rating, public info display) are worth noting if students are using it, though for adults it's less of an issue.

The viewer app is also limited compared to the full Prezi platform—you're not building anything here, just consuming and rehearsing. If your teen is doing presentations for debate club or AP classes, this is useful. If your 8-year-old wants to "make something cool," point them toward the actual creation tools, not this viewer.

Age Fit

This is realistically for high school students (14+) and adults who are creating and delivering formal presentations for school or work. Younger kids aren't giving business pitches or running through slide decks on their commute.

WISE Breakdown

Wholesome

Prezi is a productivity tool focused on professional presentations—no content concerns, no social toxicity, just a straightforward work utility. It's emotionally neutral and functional, designed for business and educational contexts. The tone is professional and collaborative, with features like leaving feedback on shared presentations.

Imaginative

Prezi's core innovation is visual storytelling through zoom-based navigation rather than linear slides—it encourages spatial thinking and non-traditional presentation structures. Users can adapt presentations on the fly and reveal information in creative ways. However, this is a viewer app (not the full creation platform), so the imaginative potential is more about consuming and practicing rather than building from scratch.

Safe

The app itself is ad-free and functional, but Common Sense Education flags a concerning 54% privacy rating—users can interact with others, and personal information can be displayed publicly. The viewer app has collaborative features (comments, feedback) that create potential exposure. No kids mode is mentioned for the viewer app specifically, though the platform offers one. For a productivity tool aimed at professionals, these aren't deal-breakers, but for student use, privacy concerns are real.

Enriching

Prezi teaches presentation skills and visual communication—valuable professional competencies. The ability to practice on-the-go and adapt presentations dynamically builds confidence and flexibility. However, this viewer app is primarily for consumption and rehearsal, not creation, which limits the skill-building depth. Best used as part of the broader Prezi ecosystem where students are actually making presentations.

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Why It Might Be Great

Teaches visual storytelling and presentation skills that beat death-by-PowerPoint
Encourages spatial thinking and non-linear information design
Offline access means you can practice presentations anywhere, anytime
Collaborative features let students give and receive feedback on group projects
Works seamlessly across devices—create on desktop, present from your phone

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What to Watch For

Privacy rating of 54% is concerning—personal info can be displayed publicly and users can interact
This is just the viewer app, not the full creation platform, so creative potential is limited
Collaborative features mean potential exposure to other users' comments and feedback
Really designed for high schoolers and adults doing professional presentations, not elementary kids

Conversation Starters

"What makes a presentation more engaging than just reading bullet points off slides?"
"How would you organize information spatially instead of in a linear sequence?"
"When you're giving a presentation, how do you adapt if people seem confused or want to know more about one part?"

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