iTeacher App vs Bare Bones
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iTeacher App
Streamline daily classroom tasks with this mobile application. Manage registers, student information, timetables, and communications efficiently. Stay updated with school news and important alerts through push notifications.
- Take registers
- View student profiles
- Access timetables
- Manage commendations and detentions
- Send emails and SMS
- Receive school news and alerts
- Send emergency broadcasts
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The iTeacher App offers an exciting and simple new way for teachers to complete their daily classroom tasks. From taking registers to awarding a commendation, viewing timetables and accessing student information, teachers can quickly and easily complete key tasks directly from their mobile device or tablet. Integrated communications including email and SMS allow teachers to communicate directly with students and other teachers in just a few clicks. Helpful system messages and free push notifications also assist with keeping teachers up-to-date with any important student information, school news and timetable changes. The dashboard is organised across four key tabs offering a quick snapshot of key information relevant to each teacher including their current and next lesson, their timetable, cover arrangements, any student updates, absent and detention lists, off games lists, news, bulletins and calendar events. It also contains a new iFeed feature that highlights any key data changes for students who a teacher has academic and/or pastoral responsibility for. Valuable key features include: Taking a register - whether in the classroom, on the playfield or on a trip Viewing student profiles for quick access to academic, pastoral, medical and emergency contact information Viewing timetables, including those of other teachers and students Accessing cover arrangements Awarding commendations and managing detentions Sending emails and SMS Access to all school news and bulletins, the school calendar and the school directory There is also the functionality to send emergency broadcasts at the click of a button to all staff, students and parents. The iTeacher App is a native app downloaded onto teachers’ mobile devices and tablets. This provides enhanced security and quicker access to information. Please note: The iTeacher App must be installed by your school in order for it to be accessible to teachers and only works in conjunction with the iSAMS Management Information System.
Bare Bones
Discover animal anatomy by scanning QR codes at an exhibition. View 3D models of skeletons with and without external features, and explore how their bone structure supports their unique lifestyles and adaptations. This app aligns with school science curricula covering biology, evolution, and taxonomy.
- QR code exhibit scanning
- 3D animal models
- Skeleton and anatomy exploration
- Interactive creature movements
- Adaptation and evolution focus
- School science curriculum alignment
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Explore the exhibition and add each animal to your collection by scanning the special QR codes located on the exhibits. Each animal is accurately recreated in 3D and features interactions to view the skeleton with or without fur or feathers and see how the creatures anatomy moves beneath the skin. Bare Bones is an exhibition looking at the adaptation of animal skeletons to their way of life. Do these animals, climb in trees, swim or fly?Do they wade in water or jump and hop? Do they hunt or do they eat plants? Investigate all of these questions and see how the bones of these carefully selected animals have evolved to help the animals do what they do. This app applies to school science curriculum, looking at classification, evolution, biology and taxonomy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bare Bones at 5.0 against iTeacher App's 4.1. Bare Bones also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). iTeacher App's advantage is ratings volume (51 vs 1) and device support. On price, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Bare Bones holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iTeacher App has 51 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | iTeacher App | Bare Bones |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (51 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 13.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 51 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iSAMS Limited | Blue Tokay Limited |
Bugs and requests
iTeacher App
Reported bugs
27 issues- Opening page always off games list
- Class registers disappeared from home page
- Buttons greyed out and unresponsive
- Unable to save group registration
- Toolbar at the bottom not visible on iPhone 12 mini
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- Crashes on first opening
- Blank screen when pulling up pupil timetable or list
- App shuts down on iPad Pro and iPhone
- Constantly get data access errors
- Cannot see dashboard or load timetable wizards
- Register buttons unresponsive
- Unable to save registers
- MFA does not accept paste in iOS
- App shuts down on start up
- App crashes on start up
- App stops working after updates
- App doesn't load on iPhone 7 or iPad
- Stuck on loading screen
- App doesn't open
- Crashes the whole time
- No support for 2018 iPad Pro
- App doesn't support One Login
- Force quits after 10 minutes
- Error when clicking 'lock app' and waiting for Touch ID
- Data errors when looking up information
- Login issues, asking for credentials repeatedly
- Session expired dialogs
Requested features
15 requests- Add rewards and sanctions functionality
- Implement dark mode properly
- Improve navigation and UI design
- Add quick merit/concern features to registers
- Allow report writing
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- Improve timetable details
- Enable alerts like on a browser
- Fix toolbar visibility on iPhone 12 mini
- Add Touch ID/Face ID sign-in
- Support SSO/One Login
- Allow editing/moving/authorizing detentions
- Improve selection of students from lists
- Allow selecting a group of students to email
- Provide display/font size options
- Integrate with iReport
Bare Bones
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
iTeacher App
No in-app purchases
Bare Bones
No in-app purchases









