# GRō - Guided Reading Organizer — For Grade school educators > Guided reading and differentiated instruction organizer for educators. (iPhone/iPad app by Chiemeziem Nwoke.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gro-guided-reading-organizer/id1053697098 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Chiemeziem Nwoke](https://appshunter.io/developer/1640608593) - Category: Education, Productivity - Price: $9.99 - Rating: 3.80/5 from 31 App Store ratings · 27 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 11.0 · 31 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2015-11-10 - Data updated: 2026-08-26 - Monetization: paid - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gro-guided-reading-organizer/id1053697098/reviews.md ## What is GRō? "The Must-Have App For Teaching Guided Reading" - Alison from Learning at the Primary Pond --- GRō is available on both the iPhone and iPad. This is a Universal app, so both devices are fully-featured and work hand-in-hand. --- Small groups/differentiated instruction is an extremely effective method of teaching that benefits both teachers and students. Designed by educators for educators, GRō was created to help you put time back in your day by making guided reading and other differentiated instruction easier and more efficient. No longer will you need to continually update paperwork and track groups, notes, and assessment data in multiple binders. Whether you are a classroom teacher or a specialist, you can now organize multiple classes and groups, create and implement lesson plans, and track student data and class assessments – all in one place! Integrate GRō into your existing guided reading and differentiated group instruction routine: - Create a roster where you can store personalized information to help track every student’s needs and progress. - Create groups to organize students. Groups are fully customizable with unique names, colors, and meeting time. Update groups and students as often as needed. Take notes on each group to track progress, keep notes from lessons, or plan for future lessons and goals. - Use the calendar to keep organized and on track. See lesson plans at a glance to help manage your schedule. - Option to choose between a general lesson plan template or a clean, simple and consistent guided reading template. - Each lesson plan will be stored so that you only have to write it once. Use a lesson plan over and over again for different groups with the duplication feature. - Take anecdotal notes (written and audio) on each student. Notes taken on lesson plans are automatically collected and stored within the student’s profile. - Track whole class assessments. Score each assessment with a customized numeric scale, alphabetic scale, or reading level type. Individual student scores will also be stored on each students' information page. Group assessments together to track individual student progress on related assessments such as running records. - Track your students’ progress in each subject on their profile page. Use the student profile page for parent-teacher conferences. Supported Reading Leveling Systems: - Fountas & Pinnell - Reading Recovery - DRA - Lexile - UK National Curriculum - UK National Curriculum Colors - Accelerated Reader - Rigby PM - IRLA - PM Benchmark - PROBE - Colour Wheel - Oxford Reading Tree Additional features: - Export lessons and assessments for record keeping and accountability. - Send copies of your lesson plans to other teachers. - Export student data including all anecdotal notes and assessment data. - Send a student to another teacher (e.g. if they move classes) - Share a student with another teacher so that both teachers can edit data and add track anecdotal notes. - Book titles and standards that are taught are stored so that they can be recalled quickly. --- Privacy Policy: http://www.gro-app.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Service: http://www.gro-app.com/terms-of-use/ ## Key features - Organize classes and groups - Create and implement lesson plans - Track student data and assessments - Take anecdotal notes (written and audio) - Support for multiple reading leveling systems - Export lessons and student data ## Recent user reviews (10 of 27) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gro-guided-reading-organizer/id1053697098/reviews.md ### 4/5 — Good app so far! Just a feature request *2021-11-02* It would be very helpful if when making groups it grayed out students who were already placed in other groups so you would quickly be able to see who still needs to be placed. **Developer response:** Thanks for this suggestion! We currently indicate students that are in the current group so that the teacher cannot re-add them to the same group. I'd follow up on adding some indication of students in other groups so as to prevent adding a student to multiple groups by mistake. Expect the app update soon. Thanks for using GRo and thanks for the suggestion. ### 1/5 — disappointed *2021-10-28* keeps crashing,,, emailed support - they responded the first time and it continues to crash and then i sent a second email and i haven't received a response,,,sadly, i paid for this app and it just crashes...disappointed **Developer response:** Hello, I responded to you via email, but I thought I'll follow up here. First I would like to apologize for the super late response on behalf of the team here at GRo. Customers trust is of utmost importance to us and I would like to apologize for not meeting up to that standard. Second, I would like to explain why it took too long to respond. GRo has recently got a new owner. My name is Fortune and I recently (in the middle of August) acquired the app after realizing it had been left idle by the previous owners for a long time. I understand the value this app brings to teachers and by extension their students and the students' parents. And so, I am currently going through the previous support emails to ensure I respond to every person that wasn’t responded to. Third, after seeing your support email dated October 23rd 2021, I immediately got to fixing the issue that caused the crash. Because it had been too long, I didn’t have access to the logs and so I had to make some intelligent guesses of the cause of the crash. Good news is, I believe I fixed it! I put out an update in the apple store a few days ago. If you update your app or re-download it, you should find the issue fixed. If it isn’t fixed, please send us an email and we will get to it! If for any reason Apple attempts to charge you again, please let me know and I would give you a promo code that would enable you to download it for free! I hope you can give GRo another chance to delight you and your students in this new academic year. Cheers ### 5/5 — Amazing! *2020-08-06* Great app for tracking lesson plans and assessments. It saves me a ton of time. Being able to generate reports and send lesson plans is really convenient also. Keep up the great work! **Developer response:** Thanks for the kind comments. We hope you still enjoy using GRo! ### 5/5 — Perfect app for the class room *2020-07-08* I've been using this app a lot to track groups within my class. You can create and track students for any subject and add notes in text, picture or audio. Having my class, groups, calendar, assessments, lesson plans all in one place is super convenient. I love the stop watch on lesson plans also! I plan on using the audio feature for recording readings and the graphed assessment results for parent-teacher meetings in the fall. One question - is there a way to customize the order in which students appear in a class?👍👍 **Developer response:** Thank you for the kind comments. We are glad to hear you are enjoying GRō features. Regarding your question: you can customize the order in which students appear by simply holding your finger on a student and dragging to the desired position in the class. Thank you for using GRō. ### 5/5 — Awesome App! *2020-07-01* This app has won me over. The best $10 I’ve ever spent! The assessments and note tracking features are excellent. I love that the app lets you generate and email a pdf on a student. You can also duplicate then edit a lesson plan instead of creating one from scratch which saves time. You can quickly take student notes right on the lesson plan also. It really does save a bunch of time and paper. Keep up the good work! ### 5/5 — So far so good! *2020-06-30* This app just keeps getting better...I just discovered two buttons at the top. One lets you generate and send a pdf email to the student. The other lets you share or send a student with another user. So far so good! **Developer response:** We are happy to hear you are enjoying the app! Yes, we added the pdf feature so educators have the ability to send parents a report on a given student. We added the send or share feature for cases where a student has multiple teachers. Each teacher can access and update the shared students data. The Send feature enables a teacher to send a student from one teacher to another. Thank you for using GRō. ### 4/5 — Great app *2020-06-14, version 5.0.8* This app replaces binders.Having my schedule, groups, lessons, notes and assessments all in one place is exactly what I needed! ### 4/5 — Good app but needs some improvement *2020-06-13* I love being able to group my students on an app but I think the app needs some improvement. First, I wish it would automatically alphabetize student names in order, either by first name or last name. Being able to group them myself is fine, but I also wish there was an option for automatic grouping by reading level or by the “red, yellow, green” system. I’m looking forward to any improvements the developers might add. **Developer response:** Thank you for your input and purchase. GRō is designed based off teacher feedback so we always appreciate this type of input. Our goal is to continue to build exactly what teachers want. Just a little background: we observed many teachers just like to just enter a student’s first name, so we opted to make a student’s 'Last Name' an optional choice. We also found that teachers we worked with wanted the ability to customize the order in any way they see fit. We noted a common theme was to have students who needed extra support listed at the top of the class. To accommodate this, we added the ability to drag and drop any student within a class so the ordering can be customized in any manner needed. For this just hold a finger on a student’s name within the class view and drag. We also have a video tutorial series on GRō features found here: https://gro-app.com/tutorials/ I think having an option to alphabetize ordering is a valid point on your part also. Please contact us at info@gro-app.com so we can discuss your insights and requests further. Thank you for using GRō. ### 4/5 — Good but could be better *2019-12-11* There are so many things that I love about this App. However, I wish I could use my Apple Pencil and it included running record forms. ### 1/5 — Beyond Glitches... *2019-09-22* I am sad to leave this reading, but I believe it is necessary. The developer has been fantastic in responding to my request for a fix, but the fix has never been permanent. Each month my Apple account is charge for my monthly premium subscription, and then the following month I seem to be locked out and it does not recognize me as a subscriber. I need to uninstall and reinstall all the app every single month. For all of the useless that I get from it in other ways this is not worth the continued support if they cannot fix small bugs like this. **Developer response:** We are certainly sorry to hear about this frustration. We were very frustrated too! Fortunately, we have good news and this is no longer an issue. With the release of version 5.0, we have removed the subscription functionality that was leading to this problem. Now all users have access to all features. No more uninstalling and re-installing. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at info@gro-app.com and we can get you back going again. ## Frequently asked questions about GRō ### What does GRō do? GRō is designed to help educators manage guided reading and other forms of differentiated instruction more efficiently. It allows you to organize multiple classes and groups, create and store lesson plans, and track individual student progress and class assessments all within a single application. ### What are the key features of GRō? Key features include creating student rosters with personalized information, organizing students into customizable groups, developing and duplicating lesson plans, taking anecdotal notes (written and audio) on students, and tracking both individual and whole-class assessments. It also supports a wide range of reading leveling systems. ### How much does GRō cost? Based on the provided information, the application is a paid app. There are no mentions of in-app purchases or advertisements, indicating a one-time purchase model for full access to its features. ### What devices is GRō compatible with? GRō is available as a Universal app for both iPhone and iPad. This means the app is fully featured and designed to work seamlessly across both devices, with data syncing between them. ### How can GRō help with parent-teacher conferences? The student profile page within GRō is designed to be a valuable tool for parent-teacher conferences. It consolidates all tracked student progress, assessment scores, and anecdotal notes, providing a comprehensive overview of the student's performance and needs. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 5.2.9 — 2023-08-28 - Some UI upgrades - Fixed bugs when creating assessment ### 5.2.8 — 2023-02-28 - Fix the broken drop down in the lesson plan page when the lexile reading type is selected. - Fix crash at the "Edit account" page. - Other bug fixes. ### 5.2.7 — 2022-10-11 - Fix the bug where groups don't show up on some iPad screens. - Sprinkled some more pixie dust to make the app work just right. ### 5.2.6 — 2022-09-20 - Fix the crash when editing a class photo - Overall app stabilization ### 5.2.5 — 2022-09-07 - Bug fixes and overall app improvement ## Apps similar to GRō | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [JLI Shluchim Resources](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/jli-shluchim-resources/id1666652660) | — | Free | Education | | [Redação Nota 1000 ENEM](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/redacao-nota-1000-enem/id1671597780) | — | Free | Education | | [Worksheet Creator - Teacher AI](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/worksheet-creator-teacher-ai/id1669473620) | 1.3 (3) | Free | Education | | [Memorization:Spaced Repetition](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/memorizationspaced-repetition/id6443955900) | — | Free | Education | | [AKE Teacher](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ake-teacher/id1673653860) | — | Free | Education | | [Initiationen](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/initiationen/id6443526080) | — | Free | Education | ## More apps by Chiemeziem Nwoke - [Kids Bible Stories app \| Grace](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kids-bible-stories-app-grace/id6599496010) - [HeartTalk: Happy Relationships](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hearttalk-happy-relationships/id6739180043) - [Savings tracker with reminder](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/savings-tracker-with-reminder/id6749346749) - [FYSH: App Blocker & Detox](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fysh-app-blocker-and-detox/id6756242150) All apps by Chiemeziem Nwoke: https://appshunter.io/developer/1640608593 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-26.*