Orca News vs ClassIn
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Orca News
This official school app provides students, parents, and staff with timely updates on school closures, events, and important news. Access calendars, school resources, and contact information easily. Share events and integrate them into your personal calendar.
- Push notifications for school news
- Up-to-date event calendars
- Direct contact and navigation to school
- Shareable school events
- Calendar export functionality
- Access to school resources
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This is the official Elgin Park Secondary School mobile app. NOTE: This app is only useful for students, parents, and staff at this school. Subscribe to updates from your teachers and the school, and always have up-to-date event calendars and other information at hand. Other benefits: * Push notifications will keep you updated about school closures and other important news. * You’ll always have your school calendars and resources on hand and up-to-date. * Conveniently e-mail, phone, or navigate to the school, or reach the website, social media, and other online resources. * Spread the word about school events! To do so, tap on the event on the Calendar screen, then tap the Share icon. * Want school events in your regular Calendar app? Go to the Calendar screen, tap the Export icon (top right), and follow the instructions. Visit elginpark.appazur.com to learn more. This is a new product designed for your school. If you have suggestions or problems, we welcome you to contact us using the Feedback feature on the Help screen. Thank you. Terms and Conditions: elginpark.appazur.com/help/terms Elgin Park Secondary School 13484 24 Ave Surrey, BC V4A 2G5
ClassIn
This integrated platform supports online and offline teaching with features like live classrooms, LMS, and personalized learning environments. It aims to empower educators and learners globally, fostering independent and self-disciplined lifelong learning.
- Online live classrooms
- Offline smart classrooms
- Learning Management System (LMS)
- Personal Learning Environment (PLE)
- Collaborative blackboard
- Virtual experiments
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Welcome to ClassIn and embrace the new era of lifelong learning! ClassIn, developed by Empower Education Online (EEO) for eight years, is an integrated teaching platform encompassing online live classrooms, offline smart classrooms, an LMS learning management system, and a PLE personal learning environment. ClassIn adheres to the essence of education, releasing the charm of teaching and learning, and cultivating independent and self-disciplined lifelong learners. As of now, ClassIn has been favored by educators and learners across the globe: · 150 countries · 2 million educators · 30 million learners · 20,000 K12 schools, higher education institutions, and enterprises. ClassIn effectively assists K12 schools, universities and enterprises with achieving high quality online, offline, hybrid, and intelligent teaching; ClassIn facilitates educators in creating a course system, knowledge space, learning community, and evaluation data that focus on learners; further, ClassIn enables teachers to enrich courses and teaching, and enhance students' core literacy and lifelong learning ability. Hybrid Learning Solutions ClassIn is widely praised for its comprehensive online and offline teaching solutions. It offers a seamless experience for up to 2000 people to attend online live classes, with 50 people's audio and video being displayed simultaneously. Furthermore, it provides a host of features, including collaborative blackboard, collaborative documents, group teaching and virtual experiments, to replicate the feeling of an offline environment. With its state-of-the-art intelligent teaching system, ClassIn provides an easy and efficient learning experience for both online and offline teaching. Learning Management System (LMS) ClassIn offers a comprehensive learning platform for traditional teaching activities, such as classrooms, homework, discussions, and assessments, to help students construct their own learning pathway. Moreover, with collaborative documents and internet communication, ClassIn promotes project-based, cooperative and inquiry-based learning, enabling students to practice and enhance their creativity, communication, and collaboration skills. Personal Learning Environment (PLE) ClassIn enables personalized and lifelong learning. In the era of internet and artificial intelligence, knowledge is iterating rapidly and is no longer centered in schools or libraries, but dispersed in society and networks, which requires learners to take the initiative to learn and pursue lifelong learning. ClassIn will continuously upgrade the PLE personal learning environment to build a lifelong learning system and cultivate self-disciplined lifelong learners. More to Explore on www.classin.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ClassIn at 3.6 against Orca News's 2.0. ClassIn also leads on ratings volume (1K vs 4) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months). Orca News's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 13). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. ClassIn sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. Orca News asks for nothing beyond the download.
ClassIn holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ClassIn has 1K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Orca News's written reviews are positive against 51% of ClassIn's.
Orca News ships an update every 2 months, ClassIn every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Orca News | ClassIn |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (4 ratings) | 3.6 (1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.8% of reviews | 50.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 286 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Surrey School District | EEO Education Ltd. |
Customer experience
Orca News
ClassIn
Bugs and requests
Orca News
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
ClassIn
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent crashes and freezes
- Issues with file uploads and downloads
- Microphone and camera problems
- Incompatibility with certain devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add autosave feature
- Improve screen sharing capabilities
- Enhance mobile app compatibility
- Provide better language support
In-app purchases
Orca News
No in-app purchases
ClassIn
- Purchase 1 additional lesson$0.99
- Purchase 2 additional lesson$1.99
- Purchase 4 additional lesson$2.99
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- Purchase 12 additional lesson$9.99
- Purchase 14 additional lesson$11.99
- Purchase 15 additional lesson$12.99
- Purchase 16 additional lesson$12.99
- Pro Edition$14.99
- Purchase 18 additional lesson$14.99
- Purchase 17 additional lesson$14.99
- Purchase 19 additional lesson$14.99
- Monthly Edition$17.99
- Purchase 20 additional lesson$17.99








