Comparison

Teacher Aide Pro vs Groups

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Teacher Aide Pro

Manage student attendance, grades, and seating charts with ease. Identify at-risk students and communicate with parents and advisors through bulk email. Sync rosters from Google Classroom and export grades to other systems.

Highlights
  • Attendance tracking
  • Gradebook management
  • Seating chart creation
  • At-risk student identification
  • Bulk email notifications
  • Google Classroom roster sync
  • Grade export to grading systems
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Designed by a teacher, for teachers! • Attendance, Gradebook & Seating Chart • Variety of PDF reports • Identify students at-risk due to attendance or grades • Easily notify students, parents and advisors with bulk email. • Easily sync student roster from Google Classroom • Export grades to Schoolloop and other grading systems Teacher Aide Pro allows use of the attendance and gradebook for 1 class for free. An auto-renewable monthly subscription supports up to 20 classes for a maximum of 6 terms. Access to additional features such as the seating chart, PDF reports and the At-Risk student screen for all classes. More updates will continue to arrive monthly. Autorenewable Subscription Details To access additional features the user needs to subscribe to an auto renewable monthly subscription. This means the subscription automatically renews 24 hours before the end of the subscription date. Auto renewable subscriptions can be managed from the user iTunes account, and a link is provided in the subscription screen while in the app. All future updates are included with the auto renewable monthly subscription. The subscription may be cancelled for any future months, and the user will still have access to the data, only the additional features will be disabled. Please email the developer at support@inpocketsolutions.com with any questions or suggestions. Privacy Policy: https://inpocketsolutions.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://inpocketsolutions.com/terms Facebook page www.facebook.com/TeacherAidePro

About

Groups

This app helps educators create balanced and effective student teams using an advanced algorithm. It offers features like gender balancing, exclusion of incompatible students, and random student selection to promote participation. Easily import student data and export group compositions for classroom use.

Highlights
  • Advanced team-building algorithm
  • Gender balancing for groups
  • Exclude incompatible student pairs
  • Random student picker
  • Export and print group compositions
  • Bulk import students
  • Cross-device sync via iCloud
Features
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Effortlessly organize your students into effective teams with Groups, promoting meaningful collaboration and building teamwork skills in the classroom. ADVANCED TEAM BUILDING Have certain students who don’t work well together? Simply list these pairs in the app and Groups will handle the rest, with its advanced team-building algorithm. BALANCE GENDERS Ensure each group has an even distribution of genders with the ”Balance Genders” option, promoting diversity and encouraging collaboration. EDIT GROUPS Need to fine tune the generated groups? Easily rearrange the result to achieve a perfect team composition. RANDOM STUDENT PICKER Encourage equal participation in the classroom with Groups’ random student picker. This makes sure everyone gets a chance to provide input, ensuring all voices are heard. EXPORT AND PRINT Easily create printable handouts, posters, or a PDF to share using five beautiful themes. BULK IMPORT Add students from Microsoft Excel workbooks, CSV files, or plain text lists. UNLIMITED CLASSES Enter all your students once, and then create as many groups as you need. You can even add an icon and color to each class to easily tell them apart. CROSS DEVICE SYNC Add your classes once, and use them across all your Apple devices with iCloud sync. ——————————————— Groups has helped tens of thousands of teachers sort their students into groups, fostering more positive learning environments for students worldwide. Privacy Policy: https://wttech.com.au/docs/groups/privacy-policy Terms & Conditions: https://wttech.com.au/docs/groups/eula

Screenshots

Teacher Aide Pro4 screens
Groups4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Groups at 90% against Teacher Aide Pro's 60%. Groups also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Teacher Aide Pro sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $6.99 per month and Groups sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Groups holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 113 and 146 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Teacher Aide Pro's written reviews are positive against 90% of Groups's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Teacher Aide Pro ships an update every 6 weeks, Groups every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Teacher Aide Pro versus Groups: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTeacher Aide ProGroups
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (113 ratings)4.9 (146 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews90.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings113146 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS18.017.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGlen BothaWilliam Taylor

Customer experience

Teacher Aide Pro

All ratings113 ratings
Positive91.2%
Neutral3.5%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral13.3%
Negative26.7%

Groups

All ratings146 ratings
Positive97.3%
Neutral1.4%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Teacher Aide Pro

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Features7 Days trial$6.991 Month
4 purchases

Groups

Subscriptions2
  • Groups Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Groups Pro Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • Color Themes$0.99
  • Groups Pro$39.99

Questions

Is Teacher Aide Pro free?
Teacher Aide Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Groups free?
Groups is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Teacher Aide Pro or Groups?
Groups is rated higher. Teacher Aide Pro averages 4.6 out of 5 from 113 ratings, while Groups averages 4.9 from 146 ratings.
Do Teacher Aide Pro or Groups have ads?
Neither Teacher Aide Pro nor Groups shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Teacher Aide Pro or Groups?
Teacher Aide Pro ships an update every 6 weeks, and Groups every 3 months. Most recently, Teacher Aide Pro was updated on October 10, 2026 and Groups on October 16, 2026.

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