Comparison

Classroom Spy vs classroom.cloud Student

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

Head to head
About

Classroom Spy

This tool allows educators to monitor and manage student computer activity in real-time. It provides live screen views, remote control capabilities, and the ability to execute actions across multiple devices simultaneously. An agent must be installed on student computers to enable supervision.

Highlights
  • Live student screen monitoring
  • Remote mouse and keyboard control
  • Execute actions on multiple computers
  • Customizable thumbnail view
  • Complete control over student activity
Features
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Use the Classroom Spy as a classroom management tool to monitor activity of all students. Here are major features: - You have complete control over what students are doing. - This application provides you with a live picture of the students computer screens. - You can take over the student computer by controlling its mouse and keyboard. - The student computer screens are represented in the table with a customizable number of rows as thumbnails. - Execute several actions on all student computers with on tap. Before you can start supervising your students you need to install an agent on their computer.

About

classroom.cloud Student

This student browser app facilitates classroom management and online safety for educational institutions. It allows teachers to monitor student activity, broadcast lessons, and manage devices remotely, while IT staff can oversee hardware and software.

Highlights
  • Real-time student monitoring
  • Screen broadcasting
  • Device management
  • Online safety tools
  • Approved/restricted website lists
  • Instant notifications
  • Private student chat
Features
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Designed for use within schools and other educational institutions, this Student browser app for iOS is for use with classroom.cloud, the easy breezy, low-cost, cloud-based IT management, online safety and teaching platform for schools. classroom.cloud is a teacher’s dream come true. Incredibly easy to use, it provides a range of teaching tools that can flex to any learning environment – both in school and with remote learners. From real-time instruction and assessment tools, to boosting collaboration and support, as well as helping manage online behavior – it has it all! With the optional online safety toolkit, selected staff can monitor online activity, identify students at risk, and spot concerning trends. And, with its range of IT management tools, school techs can manage teacher and student devices centrally, as well as see at a glance how your technology is being used and how to maximize it – saving you a bunch of time and money! Once your school has registered online with classroom.cloud, the app can be easily deployed by the IT team to student iPads (iOS 14 and above), enabling teachers to connect instantly and securely to the devices from the cloud-based Teacher console and allowing school techs to deliver instant remote support and device management. The classroom.cloud student app can be set as the default browser on devices and offers support for Entra ID and Google authentication, allowing you to force students to sign-in to the app with Microsoft or Google credentials if applicable. Teacher Tools: • Choice of flexible connection methods – connect to a pre-defined group of student devices, a specified list of device or student names, or on the fly using a Class Code. • Easily monitor students’ internet use via crystal-clear thumbnails. Zoom in using Watch/View Mode to take a closer look at activity on a single student device. • Broadcast the teacher’s screen and audio to connected student devices to help show/talk them through explanations and lesson activities. • Lock students’ screens in a single click to gain attention. • Present students with the lesson objectives and their expected learning outcomes. • Chat, send a message, and support your students via help requests – without their peers knowing. • Get a feel for students’ understanding of the topic you have just taught them by sending out a quick survey for them to respond to. • See details of the websites that students are currently viewing to check they are focused on the task at hand. • Restrict internet use by employing ‘approved’ and ‘restricted’ website lists during the lesson. • Save yourself a heap of time by launching a website on the students’ devices. • Recognize good work or behaviour by assigning Rewards to students during the lesson. Admin/Technician Tools: • Retrieve a real-time view of the hardware and software installed on each student device. • Monitor internet usage. • Send instant notifications to student iPads. • Send Acceptable Use Policies (AUPs) to student iPads and track acknowledgements in the Web Portal. Online Safety Tools: • Keyword monitoring - alerts nominated staff when students type or search for any terms that match with those in the classroom.cloud keyword database – providing internet safety indicators for self-harm, bullying, sexual and criminal exploitation, and much more. Language packs are included to ensure your school can monitor concerning activity in students’ first languages. • Report a concern - students who feel vulnerable can use the app to 'report concerns' directly and discreetly to the online safety team. • Online resources - gives students instant access to a list of relevant online agencies should they want to seek external help with a particular problem or concern. The innovation behind classroom.cloud comes from NetSupport, the trusted developer of effective classroom management tools for schools for more than 35 years.

Screenshots

Classroom Spy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Classroom Spy at 100% against classroom.cloud Student's 13%. Classroom Spy also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1). classroom.cloud Student's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 13 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

classroom.cloud Student holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Classroom Spy's written reviews are positive against 13% of classroom.cloud Student's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Classroom Spy ships an update every 13 months, classroom.cloud Student every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and August 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Classroom Spy versus classroom.cloud Student: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClassroom Spyclassroom.cloud Student
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (4 ratings)4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better12.5% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPad
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDamjan KriznikNetSupport Ltd

Customer experience

Classroom Spy

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

classroom.cloud Student

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive12.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative87.5%

In-app purchases

None

Classroom Spy

No in-app purchases

None

classroom.cloud Student

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Classroom Spy free?
Classroom Spy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is classroom.cloud Student free?
classroom.cloud Student is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Classroom Spy or classroom.cloud Student?
classroom.cloud Student is rated higher. Classroom Spy averages 3.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while classroom.cloud Student averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Classroom Spy or classroom.cloud Student have ads?
Neither Classroom Spy nor classroom.cloud Student shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Classroom Spy or classroom.cloud Student?
Classroom Spy ships an update every 13 months, and classroom.cloud Student every 2 months. Most recently, Classroom Spy was updated on September 17, 2026 and classroom.cloud Student on August 5, 2026.

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