Groups vs Random Student
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Random Student
This app helps educators randomly select students for participation or group assignments. It supports classes up to 200 students, tracks responses, and can speak student names aloud. Import student lists and manage attendance to ensure equitable participation.
- Random student selection
- Track correct responses
- Import student lists from Google Classroom
- Speak student names aloud
- Attendance tracking
- Create random groups
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Main Features • Classes of up to 200 students each • Select a student at random. Track correct responses • Easily import student lists from Google Classroom • Device speaks name aloud • Take attendance so absent students are not called • Create random groups Now there is no need for teachers to use popsicle sticks or playing cards to call on students in class. Instead, use your iOS device to call on students in a truly random manner. For student enjoyment, use the 'speak aloud' option so students can hear their name called. The free version allows the use of 1 class while the premium upgrade supports up to 20 classes. In my classroom I allow the last selected student to push the random call button. This really takes teacher bias out of the selection process and the students feel a need to participate when the device speaks their name. Support information Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/randomstudentapp
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Groups at 4.8 against Random Student's 4.2. Groups also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 75%) and ratings volume (152 vs 23). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Groups sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Random Student sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Groups holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Groups has 152 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Groups's written reviews are positive against 75% of Random Student's.
Groups ships an update every 3 months, Random Student every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Groups | Random Student |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (152 ratings) — better | 4.2 (23 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 152 — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | William Taylor | Glen Botha |
Customer experience
Groups
Random Student
In-app purchases
Groups
- Groups Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- Groups Pro Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Color Themes$0.99
- Groups Pro$39.99
Random Student
- Premium features$19.99
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