DeansList for Educators vs EdLight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DeansList for Educators
This mobile app allows educators to easily log non-academic student information, such as behavior, attendance, and homework. It serves as a companion to a web-based platform, requiring a school account for access.
- Record student behavior
- Track attendance
- Log homework completion
- Manage office referrals
- Centralized student data
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DeansList makes it easy to record non-academic student data including behavior, attendance, homework completion, office referrals and more, all in a single platform. This is the companion mobile application to the DeansList platform. Use of this app requires a DeansList account for your school. For more information, please visit our website.
EdLight
This app uses AI to scan handwritten student work, automatically organizing it into digital portfolios. Teachers can then provide feedback and manage revisions, facilitating collaboration among educators.
- AI-powered scanning
- Automatic student portfolio creation
- Share work across teachers
- Organize work by assignment
- Provide feedback and manage revisions
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EdLight makes it easy to scan handwritten student work. Features: - AI-powered scanner - All work is automatically added to the student's portfolio - Share work across core / support teachers and teacher teams - Scanned work is organized by assignment, and teachers can give feedback and manage revisions See edlight.com for Terms of Use and Privacy Policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: EdLight at 100% against DeansList for Educators's 8%. EdLight also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.3). DeansList for Educators's advantage is ratings volume (38 vs 7). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
EdLight holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DeansList for Educators has 38 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 8% of DeansList for Educators's written reviews are positive against 100% of EdLight's.
DeansList for Educators ships an update every 4 weeks, EdLight every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DeansList for Educators | EdLight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (38 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 7.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 38 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DeansList, Inc. | EdLight, PBC |
Customer experience
DeansList for Educators
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In-app purchases
DeansList for Educators
No in-app purchases
EdLight
No in-app purchases
Questions
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