Classroom Spy vs Teacher Aide (cloud)
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Live student screen monitoring
- Remote mouse and keyboard control
- Execute actions on multiple computers
- Customizable thumbnail view
- Complete control over student activity
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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.
Teacher Aide (cloud)
This app helps educators manage student attendance, grades, and seating charts across multiple semesters. It offers cloud synchronization for seamless device switching and provides tools to identify at-risk students and communicate with parents. Export data easily for integration with other systems.
- Cloud database for multi-device sync
- Attendance and grade tracking
- Seating chart creation
- Identify at-risk students
- Bulk email notifications
- Google Classroom roster sync
- CSV grade export
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Designed by a teacher, for teachers! • Cloud database allows easy switching between iPhone, iPad and MacBook • Attendance, Grades, Seating Chart for up to 6 semesters with 10 classes each. • Variety of PDF reports • Identify students at-risk due to attendance or grades • Easily notify students, parents and advisors with bulk email. • Easily sync student roster from Google Classroom • Export grades in CSV format to use with other grading systems Teacher Aide (cloud) is designed for use by individual teachers or co teachers of the same class. The app stores data in the cloud, so the the teacher can easily switch between devices, such as an iPhone, iPad or MacBook. Try out the app for free for 1 month with one class and see if you find it useful. An easy to use attendance and grading interface makes record keeping in the digital classroom a simple process. Additional features teachers will find useful are the seating chart, progress report and identification of student at risk due to attendance or academic performance. An auto-renewable monthly subscription allows access for up to 10 or 20 classes in each semester, and multiple semesters are supported. Please email the developer at support@inpocketsolutions.com with any questions or suggestions. Privacy Policy: https://inpocketsolutions.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://inpocketsolutions.com/terms Autorenewable Subscription Details To access features after the 1 month free access, the user needs to subscribe to an auto renewable monthly or annual subscription. This means the subscription automatically renews 24 hours before the end of the subscription date. Auto renewable subscriptions can be managed from the user iTunes account, and a link is provided in the subscription screen while in the app. All future updates are included with the auto renewable monthly subscription. The subscription may be cancelled for any future months, and the user will still have access to the data, only the additional features will be disabled. Facebook page www.facebook.com/TeacherAidePro
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Teacher Aide (cloud) at 4.8 against Classroom Spy's 3.5. Teacher Aide (cloud) also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 13 months) and ratings volume (45 vs 4). Classroom Spy's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and review sentiment (100% vs 79%). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Teacher Aide (cloud) sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Classroom Spy asks for nothing beyond the download.
Teacher Aide (cloud) holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Teacher Aide (cloud) has 45 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Classroom Spy's written reviews are positive against 79% of Teacher Aide (cloud)'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Classroom Spy ships an update every 13 months, Teacher Aide (cloud) weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Classroom Spy | Teacher Aide (cloud) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (4 ratings) | 4.8 (45 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 78.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 45 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Damjan Kriznik | Glen Botha |
Customer experience
Classroom Spy
Teacher Aide (cloud)
In-app purchases
Classroom Spy
No in-app purchases
Teacher Aide (cloud)
- Standard (10 classes)$3.991 Month
- Standard (20 classes)$6.991 Month
- Premium (10 classes)$6.991 Month
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- Premium (20 classes)$9.991 Month
- Premium (10 classes)$69.991 Year
- Premium (20 classes)$99.991 Year
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