Comparison

灯塔家长 vs ClassIn

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

Head to head
About

灯塔家长

Features
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灯塔家长是灯塔教育大数据平台中面向家长的移动端应用。灯塔教育大数据平台以“成就每个孩子最好的自己”为愿景,研发业界领先的教育大数据模型,为各级教育管理行政部门、业务部门、学校、教师、学生、家长提供教育大数据的一站式解决方案。平台由智学、智教、智评、智校、智联等5大子系统组成,其独创的教学质量发展性评价系统,解决了困扰教育界多年的对不同生源群体进行统一尺度评价的历史难题,并以此为切入口打开K12教育服务的各大通道,为教师的“教”和学生的“学”提供精确的“导航”,引领每一位学生实现个性化的最优发展。

About

ClassIn

This integrated platform supports online and offline teaching with features like live classrooms, LMS, and personalized learning environments. It aims to empower educators and learners globally, fostering independent and self-disciplined lifelong learning.

Highlights
  • Online live classrooms
  • Offline smart classrooms
  • Learning Management System (LMS)
  • Personal Learning Environment (PLE)
  • Collaborative blackboard
  • Virtual experiments
Features
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Welcome to ClassIn and embrace the new era of lifelong learning! ClassIn, developed by Empower Education Online (EEO) for eight years, is an integrated teaching platform encompassing online live classrooms, offline smart classrooms, an LMS learning management system, and a PLE personal learning environment. ClassIn adheres to the essence of education, releasing the charm of teaching and learning, and cultivating independent and self-disciplined lifelong learners. As of now, ClassIn has been favored by educators and learners across the globe: · 150 countries · 2 million educators · 30 million learners · 20,000 K12 schools, higher education institutions, and enterprises. ClassIn effectively assists K12 schools, universities and enterprises with achieving high quality online, offline, hybrid, and intelligent teaching; ClassIn facilitates educators in creating a course system, knowledge space, learning community, and evaluation data that focus on learners; further, ClassIn enables teachers to enrich courses and teaching, and enhance students' core literacy and lifelong learning ability. Hybrid Learning Solutions ClassIn is widely praised for its comprehensive online and offline teaching solutions. It offers a seamless experience for up to 2000 people to attend online live classes, with 50 people's audio and video being displayed simultaneously. Furthermore, it provides a host of features, including collaborative blackboard, collaborative documents, group teaching and virtual experiments, to replicate the feeling of an offline environment. With its state-of-the-art intelligent teaching system, ClassIn provides an easy and efficient learning experience for both online and offline teaching. Learning Management System (LMS) ClassIn offers a comprehensive learning platform for traditional teaching activities, such as classrooms, homework, discussions, and assessments, to help students construct their own learning pathway. Moreover, with collaborative documents and internet communication, ClassIn promotes project-based, cooperative and inquiry-based learning, enabling students to practice and enhance their creativity, communication, and collaboration skills. Personal Learning Environment (PLE) ClassIn enables personalized and lifelong learning. In the era of internet and artificial intelligence, knowledge is iterating rapidly and is no longer centered in schools or libraries, but dispersed in society and networks, which requires learners to take the initiative to learn and pursue lifelong learning. ClassIn will continuously upgrade the PLE personal learning environment to build a lifelong learning system and cultivate self-disciplined lifelong learners. More to Explore on www.classin.com

Screenshots

灯塔家长3 screens
ClassIn4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 灯塔家长 at none against ClassIn's 11. ClassIn's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 3 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. ClassIn sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. 灯塔家长 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

灯塔家长 ships an update every 3 months, ClassIn every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
灯塔家长 versus ClassIn: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter灯塔家长ClassIn
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.6 (1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews—50.5% of reviews
Number of ratings—1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB286 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer上海米腾信息技术有限公司EEO Education Ltd.

Bugs and requests

灯塔家长

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

ClassIn

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Frequent crashes and freezes
  • Issues with file uploads and downloads
  • Microphone and camera problems
  • Incompatibility with certain devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add autosave feature
  • Improve screen sharing capabilities
  • Enhance mobile app compatibility
  • Provide better language support

In-app purchases

None

灯塔家长

No in-app purchases

11 purchases

ClassIn

One-time11
  • Purchase 4 additional lesson$2.99
  • Purchase 12 additional lesson$9.99
  • Purchase 14 additional lesson$11.99
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  • Purchase 15 additional lesson$12.99
  • Purchase 16 additional lesson$12.99
  • Pro Edition$14.99
  • Purchase 18 additional lesson$14.99
  • Purchase 17 additional lesson$14.99
  • Purchase 19 additional lesson$14.99
  • Monthly Edition$17.99
  • Purchase 20 additional lesson$17.99

Questions

Is 灯塔家长 free?
灯塔家长 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ClassIn free?
ClassIn is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 灯塔家长 or ClassIn have ads?
Neither 灯塔家长 nor ClassIn shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 灯塔家长 or ClassIn?
灯塔家长 ships an update every 3 months, and ClassIn every 11 days. Most recently, 灯塔家长 was updated on September 17, 2026 and ClassIn on September 23, 2026.

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