Comparison

Exploring The Core K vs Class Planner (cloud)

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

Head to head
About

Exploring The Core K

This app visualizes Common Core State Standards for K-8 math, showing skill progression across grade levels. It serves as a reference for parents and educators to understand expected math skill sets.

Highlights
  • Visualizes K-8 math standards
  • Shows skill development across grades
  • Searchable standards
  • Glossary of education terms
  • Reference tool for parents and teachers
Features
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Exploring The Core: Elementary Math is the best way to *see* what is in the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. Our math app presents all CCSS standards in Mathematics for grades K-8, illustrating each grade-level skill and aligning to show skill development across grade levels. With this app, teachers and parents can not only read the Common Core State Standards for each grade-level skill, but can also "swipe" to see how each skill develops in and between grade-levels. Searchable Standards and Glossary features eliminate the need for lugging heavy binders of standards and education-specific references around with you. Created by a teacher for teachers and parents, Exploring The Core: Elementary Math is the perfect tool for anybody wanting to understand the basic skill sets expected in the Common Core State Standards. This app serves as a reference tool for parents and teachers. It is not a curriculum and is not intended to serve as a primary teaching tool for students. Learn more at www.ExploringTheCore.com #exploringthecore

About

Class Planner (cloud)

This app helps educators organize their teaching materials in the cloud. It allows for easy access to lesson plans, standards, homework, and web resources across multiple devices. Features include schedule management, PDF generation, and integration with other educational tools.

Highlights
  • Cloud data synchronization across devices
  • Lesson plan management (standards, notes, homework)
  • Schedule support (1, 2, or 6-day)
  • PDF lesson generation
  • Google Classroom homework sync
  • Home screen widget for daily schedule
Features
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Class Planner (cloud) is a new release of the Class Planner app. This version stores data in the cloud instead of on device, so the app data is accessible from multiple devices such as a phone, an iPad and a MacBook computer. Your data automatically syncs from all your devices. Class Planner allows teachers to easily keep a record of their lesson plans which include the standards, lesson notes, homework and an online web resources. Features • Support a 1 week, 2 weeks or 6 day schedule. • Easily import standards and link to a lesson • View lessons for the day, the week, or by a class • Easily move lessons forward or backwards • Generate a PDF of the lesson for administrators or personal records • Sync homework with Google Classroom announcements. • Add a home screen widget to show today's class schedule Try the app for free for 2 classes. Activate an autorenewable subscription to support up to 20 classes or up to 30 classes. Autorenewable Subscription Details To access additional features the user needs to subscribe to an auto renewable 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 fee. 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. Feel free to email the developer at support@inpocketsolutions.com to give feedback. I love to make improvements based on user suggestions and anything to help teachers keep track of their lesson plans is appreciated. Privacy Policy: https://inpocketsolutions.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://inpocketsolutions.com/terms

Screenshots

Exploring The Core K4 screens
Class Planner (cloud)4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Class Planner (cloud) at fortnightly against Exploring The Core K's every 5 weeks. Class Planner (cloud) also leads on ratings volume (53 vs 7) and review sentiment (71% vs 60%). Exploring The Core K's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Exploring The Core K sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Class Planner (cloud) sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Class Planner (cloud) holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Class Planner (cloud) has 53 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Exploring The Core K's written reviews are positive against 71% of Class Planner (cloud)'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Exploring The Core K ships an update every 5 weeks, Class Planner (cloud) fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Exploring The Core K versus Class Planner (cloud): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExploring The Core KClass Planner (cloud)
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (7 ratings)4.6 (53 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews70.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings753 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS8.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperExploring The Core LLCGlen Botha

Customer experience

Exploring The Core K

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral28.6%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative0.0%

Class Planner (cloud)

All ratings53 ratings
Positive88.7%
Neutral3.8%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive70.8%
Neutral12.5%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Exploring The Core K

One-time1
  • Unlock All Grades and Skills$2.99
4 purchases

Class Planner (cloud)

Subscriptions4
  • Premium (20 classes)$5.991 Month
  • Premium (30 classes)$8.991 Month
  • Premium (20 classes)$59.991 Year
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  • Premium (30 classes)$89.991 Year

Questions

Is Exploring The Core K free?
Exploring The Core K is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Class Planner (cloud) free?
Class Planner (cloud) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Exploring The Core K or Class Planner (cloud)?
Class Planner (cloud) is rated higher. Exploring The Core K averages 4.4 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Class Planner (cloud) averages 4.6 from 53 ratings.
Do Exploring The Core K or Class Planner (cloud) have ads?
Neither Exploring The Core K nor Class Planner (cloud) shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Exploring The Core K or Class Planner (cloud)?
Exploring The Core K ships an update every 5 weeks, and Class Planner (cloud) fortnightly. Most recently, Exploring The Core K was updated on September 26, 2026 and Class Planner (cloud) on October 7, 2026.

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