Comparison

Groups vs Classroom Roulette

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

Head to head
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

About

Classroom Roulette

This app randomly selects students from a list to answer questions, keeping them engaged and reducing daydreaming. It allows for multiple classes and a large number of students, with optional background music.

Highlights
  • Random student selection
  • Supports up to 30 students
  • Stores up to 7 classes
  • Optional background music
  • Engages students
Features
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Tired of calling on students in class to answer questions? Try Classroom Roulette. A new system of random selection that keeps students in suspense rather than daydreaming. Enter up to 30 students. Store up to 7 classes. Background Music: Past Time courtesy of H3 Music!

Screenshots

Groups4 screens
Classroom Roulette3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Classroom Roulette at none against Groups's 4. Classroom Roulette also leads on iOS requirement (14.1 vs 17.4). Groups's advantage is ratings volume (146 vs 4). On price, rating, 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. Classroom Roulette asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Groups against 5.0 for Classroom Roulette. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Groups has 146 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Groups versus Classroom Roulette: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGroupsClassroom Roulette
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (146 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings146 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.414.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWilliam TaylorSandon Guild

Customer experience

Groups

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

Classroom Roulette

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
None

Classroom Roulette

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Groups free?
Groups is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Classroom Roulette free?
Classroom Roulette is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Groups or Classroom Roulette?
Classroom Roulette is rated higher. Groups averages 4.9 out of 5 from 146 ratings, while Classroom Roulette averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Groups or Classroom Roulette have ads?
Neither Groups nor Classroom Roulette shows ads.

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