Comparison

Groups vs Easy Seating Arrangement

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

Easy Seating Arrangement

This app helps organize seating arrangements for various events like classes or parties. Simply input the number of seats, people, and any unavailable spots, and it will automatically generate a seating plan. You can easily shuffle the arrangement again if you're not satisfied with the initial result.

Highlights
  • Automatic seat arrangement
  • Customizable seat and person count
  • Exclusion of unavailable seats
  • Shuffle and regenerate arrangements
  • Shareable results
Features
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A seat arrangement app that can be used for classes, parties, and many other situations. Select the number of seats, the number of people, and the seats that will not be used, and the app will then automatically arrange the seats. It is easy to use and anyone can use it and share the results. If you are not satisfied with the results, you can shuffle again too. If you have been having trouble with seating arrangements, please take advantage of this app.

Screenshots

Groups4 screens
Easy Seating Arrangement4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Groups at 4.9 against Easy Seating Arrangement's 2.5. Groups also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (90% vs 67%). Easy Seating Arrangement's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.4). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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 and Easy Seating Arrangement sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Groups holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Groups has 146 ratings behind it against 2, 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 67% of Easy Seating Arrangement's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Groups ships an update every 3 months, Easy Seating Arrangement every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and August 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Groups versus Easy Seating Arrangement: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGroupsEasy Seating Arrangement
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (146 ratings) — better2.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings146 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.413.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWilliam TaylorNAOYA ONO

Customer experience

Groups

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

Easy Seating Arrangement

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
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
2 purchases

Easy Seating Arrangement

One-time2
  • Support Developer$0.99
  • Remove ads$4.99

Questions

Is Groups free?
Groups is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Easy Seating Arrangement free?
Easy Seating Arrangement is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Groups or Easy Seating Arrangement?
Groups is rated higher. Groups averages 4.9 out of 5 from 146 ratings, while Easy Seating Arrangement averages 2.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Groups or Easy Seating Arrangement have ads?
Easy Seating Arrangement shows ads; Groups does not.
Which is updated more often, Groups or Easy Seating Arrangement?
Groups ships an update every 3 months, and Easy Seating Arrangement every 11 days. Most recently, Groups was updated on September 26, 2026 and Easy Seating Arrangement on August 14, 2026.

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