Comparison

Donner vs Mixd Groups

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

Head to head
About

Donner

Features
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About

Mixd Groups

Facilitate dynamic group formation for classrooms with engaging animations. Balance teams by skill, gender, or both, with manual adjustments before display. Export team assignments and manage groups efficiently.

Highlights
  • Dynamic team presentation with animations
  • Balance teams by skill, gender, or both
  • Manual team adjustments
  • Export team assignments (PDF, PNG)
  • Group management with up to 64 members
  • CSV import/export for members
  • iCloud synchronization
Features
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A little suspense before the group work starts. Mixd makes fair teams in seconds and reveals them with engaging animations on your classroom display. Balance teams by skill level, gender, or both, adjust the results whenever you need to, and draw who's up next. PRESENT TO YOUR CLASS • Set up in private: the classroom display shows a waiting screen until you tap Present • Reveal teams full-screen with Smooth Cascade, or choose from six intro animations (Pro) • Present on a connected display while the controls stay on your iPhone or iPad • Draw a student at random: a spotlight sweeps across the class and stops on the pick • Export team sets as PDF or image (Pro) MAKE TEAMS YOUR WAY • Choose the number of teams or a target team size • Balance teams by skill level • Balance by gender (Pro) • Group people with similar skill levels for tasks suited to their abilities (Pro) • Keep selected people on separate teams whenever the class allows it (Pro) • Reduce repeat pairings using recent grouping history (Pro) • Mark who's absent before making teams MANAGE YOUR CLASSES • Create, pin, duplicate, and sort classes into folders, with up to 64 members each • Import class lists from CSV or Excel files and export them as CSV • Move people between teams with drag and drop, and rename team sets and teams • Find any past team set in Activity by its name, class, team, or student • Back up everything to a file and restore it on any device (restoring: Pro) FREE TO START, PRO WHEN YOU NEED IT Mixd is free to download. The free version includes one active class, teams balanced by skill level, the Smooth Cascade reveal, the classroom display, drawing one student at a time, CSV export, and backups. Mixd Pro is a one-time in-app purchase, not a subscription. It adds unlimited classes, every balancing option, all six intro animations, team exports, restoring backups, and drawing several students or whole teams at once. Bought Mixd before it became free? Pro is included for you. FOR IPHONE AND IPAD Mixd adapts to your screen and supports light and dark appearance. When iCloud is enabled, your classes and team sets sync between your devices. No Mixd account. No ads. No tracking or third-party analytics. Class and team data is stored on your device and, when sync is enabled, in your private iCloud account. You choose when to export or share it. I'm a teacher. Mixd is the app I wanted for making teams and presenting them to my class, so I built it.

Screenshots

Donner4 screens
Mixd Groups4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Mixd Groups at fortnightly against Donner's every 2 months. Donner's advantage is iOS requirement (8.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Donner ships an update every 2 months, Mixd Groups fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Donner versus Mixd Groups: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDonnerMixd Groups
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVDE Verband der Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik e.V.Igor Dukhovny

In-app purchases

None

Donner

No in-app purchases

None

Mixd Groups

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Donner free?
Donner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mixd Groups free?
Mixd Groups is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Donner or Mixd Groups have ads?
Neither Donner nor Mixd Groups shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Donner or Mixd Groups?
Donner ships an update every 2 months, and Mixd Groups fortnightly. Most recently, Donner was updated on October 4, 2026 and Mixd Groups on October 12, 2026.

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