Classroom Fluency Timer vs Teach Assistant
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Classroom Fluency Timer
This educational tool offers a flexible timer for classroom use, allowing educators to adjust time discreetly during activities. It features both a standard countdown mode and a specialized fluency timer designed for structured speaking exercises.
- Fudgeable timer for flexible time adjustments
- Gesture controls for discreet time modification
- Standard countdown timer mode
- Specialized Fluency Timer for 4/3/2 activity
- Customizable segment number and length
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Fully fudgeable classroom timer! Timers are arbitrary by definition, and they will go off when they go off, which may not be when you want then to go off. But you can control thiss. Use gestures to discretely add or remove time to clock while it is active. This is very useful for classroom management. This timer has two modes: Standard Timer and Fluency Timer. The Fluency Timer was specifically designed for faciltating Paul Nation's 4/3/2 fluency activity where speakers repeat their ideas under progressively shorter time constraints. - Fully customisable for both the number and length of each segment. - Also functions as a standard countdown timer. - Allows you to add or remove time from the clock while the timer is active to facilitate classroom management. - Won't go to sleep while timer is active.
Teach Assistant
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The assistant application helps the teacher to manage students and groups and generate a report for the student about attendance, result and behavior.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Teach Assistant at every 10 days against Classroom Fluency Timer's every 5 months. Classroom Fluency Timer's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Classroom Fluency Timer ships an update every 5 months, Teach Assistant every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Classroom Fluency Timer | Teach Assistant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Jeff Holtzkener | Hamdy Saad |
In-app purchases
Classroom Fluency Timer
No in-app purchases
Teach Assistant
No in-app purchases
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