Comparison

Random Team Selector Starter vs Groups

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

Head to head
About

Random Team Selector Starter

Easily divide students into random teams for classroom activities. This app offers fun graphics, sound effects, and animations to keep students engaged. The free version supports up to 3 groups with 20 students each.

Highlights
  • Random team assignment
  • Student name entry
  • Custom graphics and animations
  • Sound effects
  • Group management
  • Active/inactive student selection
Features
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Bring your Classroom Management into the 21st century with the “Random Team Selector Starter” app. Do you need to divide your class (or a part of your class) into groups (or teams) for class activities? Do this in a Fun and Engaging way with the Random Team Selector App. With this, (FREE) starter edition, of Random Team Selector you can…. create a class group, enter the names of your students, and the app will randomly divide your class into 2 teams in a Fun and engaging way. The names of the Students will be displayed randomly and automatically as they are allocated to a team. The custom graphics, sound effects and animations will ensure the students never get bored. In this FREE version of the app you can have up to 3 Groups, each containing up to 20 “active” students. The paid, “Pro” version of the app, allows for unlimited Groups and unlimited students (Group members) in each Group, as well as multiple “Themes” to help keep the students engaged, Dropbox integration (requires a FREE Dropbox account) allowing you to backup and import Groups/Group members from an Excel spreadsheet or text file, and support for 2, 4 or 8 Teams. Student names can be made active an non active, if you only want to include part of the class. This can be useful to allow for absentees or simply to exclude certain members of the class from the selection. Student names (Group Members) and Groups (Classes) are easily created, edited (left swipe on the name) and deleted. There is a feedback form in the app to report any issues directly to the developers, or to request changes or enhancements to the app. We encourage you to use this as we want to make this app the best it can be! So if you can think of any ways in which the app can be improved then it is easy to let us know…..we want the app to meet your needs as a Teacher. If you do find this app useful please Share on Facebook and Twitter, you can do this easily from inside the app.

About

Groups

This app helps educators create balanced and effective student teams using an advanced algorithm. It offers features like gender balancing, exclusion of incompatible students, and random student selection to promote participation. Easily import student data and export group compositions for classroom use.

Highlights
  • Advanced team-building algorithm
  • Gender balancing for groups
  • Exclude incompatible student pairs
  • Random student picker
  • Export and print group compositions
  • Bulk import students
  • Cross-device sync via iCloud
Features
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Effortlessly organize your students into effective teams with Groups, promoting meaningful collaboration and building teamwork skills in the classroom. ADVANCED TEAM BUILDING Have certain students who don’t work well together? Simply list these pairs in the app and Groups will handle the rest, with its advanced team-building algorithm. BALANCE GENDERS Ensure each group has an even distribution of genders with the ”Balance Genders” option, promoting diversity and encouraging collaboration. EDIT GROUPS Need to fine tune the generated groups? Easily rearrange the result to achieve a perfect team composition. RANDOM STUDENT PICKER Encourage equal participation in the classroom with Groups’ random student picker. This makes sure everyone gets a chance to provide input, ensuring all voices are heard. EXPORT AND PRINT Easily create printable handouts, posters, or a PDF to share using five beautiful themes. BULK IMPORT Add students from Microsoft Excel workbooks, CSV files, or plain text lists. UNLIMITED CLASSES Enter all your students once, and then create as many groups as you need. You can even add an icon and color to each class to easily tell them apart. CROSS DEVICE SYNC Add your classes once, and use them across all your Apple devices with iCloud sync. ——————————————— Groups has helped tens of thousands of teachers sort their students into groups, fostering more positive learning environments for students worldwide. Privacy Policy: https://wttech.com.au/docs/groups/privacy-policy Terms & Conditions: https://wttech.com.au/docs/groups/eula

Screenshots

Random Team Selector Starter4 screens
Groups4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Groups at 90% against Random Team Selector Starter's 33%. Groups also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.4) and ratings volume (146 vs 5). Random Team Selector Starter's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.4). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Groups sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Random Team Selector Starter asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Groups holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Groups has 146 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Random Team Selector Starter's written reviews are positive against 90% of Groups's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Random Team Selector Starter versus Groups: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRandom Team Selector StarterGroups
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (5 ratings)4.9 (146 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews90.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5146 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.4
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEDTECH MONSTER LIMITEDWilliam Taylor

Customer experience

Random Team Selector Starter

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Groups

All ratings146 ratings
Positive97.3%
Neutral1.4%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%

In-app purchases

None

Random Team Selector Starter

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Groups

Subscriptions2
  • Groups Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Groups Pro Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • Color Themes$0.99
  • Groups Pro$39.99

Questions

Is Random Team Selector Starter free?
Random Team Selector Starter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Groups free?
Groups is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Random Team Selector Starter or Groups?
Groups is rated higher. Random Team Selector Starter averages 3.4 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Groups averages 4.9 from 146 ratings.
Do Random Team Selector Starter or Groups have ads?
Neither Random Team Selector Starter nor Groups shows ads.

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