X vs RainClassroom
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
X
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RainClassroom
This app enhances teaching and learning with flexible pre-course resources, integrated quizzes, and innovative teacher-student interaction tools. It provides comprehensive data analysis for every stage of the educational process, supporting both online and offline scenarios.
- Flexible pre-course learning with embedded resources
- Integrated PPT quizzes for in-class and out-of-class use
- Innovative teacher-student interaction (danmu, contributions)
- Class bonuses and random roll calls
- Panoramic, data-driven teaching analysis
- Supports online and offline teaching scenarios
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Rain Classroom is a new smart teaching instrument developed jointly by the Online Education Office of Tsinghua University and XuetangX 。Rain Classroom is derived from the results of first-line teaching research activity, covering online and offline teaching scenarios, making you enjoy more relaxed and active teaching and learning. Flexible pre-course learning: rich teaching resources easily inserted into slides, which students can watch and learn on their cell phones. Fast in-class and out-of-class quizzes: one-click delivery of exercises integrated into the PPT, teach and test at any time. Innovative teacher-student interaction: danmu, contributions, class bonuses, random roll calls, and large classroom teaching where everyone can speak. Panoramic data-driven: providing full-cycle teaching data analysis, before-classroom-after-class, every step, all visible!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: X at 3.7 against RainClassroom's 1.3. X also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (50% vs 39%). RainClassroom's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 3). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
X holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RainClassroom has 16 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of X's written reviews are positive against 39% of RainClassroom's.
X ships an update weekly, RainClassroom every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 7, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | X | RainClassroom |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | 1.3 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 38.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 129 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 北京衮雪科技有限公司 | 北京慕华信息科技有限公司 |
Customer experience
X
RainClassroom
In-app purchases
X
No in-app purchases
RainClassroom
No in-app purchases
