Comparison

ClassIn vs ZiNote

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

Head to head
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

About

ZiNote

Access and organize academic papers from top research databases. Get personalized daily feeds, AI summaries, and journal tracking. Save, share, and export citations for your research library.

Highlights
  • Personalized daily research feed
  • Swipe to discover papers
  • AI summaries with offline translation
  • Journal tracking for 4,000+ publications
  • Save, share, and export citations
  • Organize papers in a personal library
Features
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ZiNote helps you discover, read and save academic research from arXiv, PubMed, Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex and academic journals. Explore scholarly paper titles, authors, abstracts and links in a personalized feed. DISCOVER RESEARCH Choose research topics, keywords and a year range to find relevant papers. Swipe right to save a paper to Liked, or left to skip it. FOLLOW JOURNALS Find journals in your field, follow them and browse their latest articles. READ AND UNDERSTAND Read abstracts, request AI summaries and translate paper titles and abstracts into 8 supported languages. Open the original paper and share papers with colleagues. START AS A GUEST Use guest mode, or sign in with Apple or an email verification code. ZINOTE PRO The free plan includes a daily paper allowance. Pro provides higher daily limits and expanded research features. Pro is available as an auto-renewing monthly or yearly subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Prices and plan details are shown in the app before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Monthly and yearly subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Restore purchases from the paywall or Profile membership section. Terms of Use: https://zinote.app/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://zinote.app/privacy-policy

Screenshots

ClassIn4 screens
ZiNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ZiNote at 5.0 against ClassIn's 3.6. ClassIn's advantage is ratings volume (1K vs 2) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 6 weeks). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ClassIn sells 13 one-off in-app purchases and ZiNote sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ZiNote holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ClassIn has 1K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ClassIn ships an update every 11 days, ZiNote every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ClassIn versus ZiNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClassInZiNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (1K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings1K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size286 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEEO Education Ltd.小双 王

Customer experience

ClassIn

All ratings1,019 ratings
Positive64.3%
Neutral6.9%
Negative28.9%
Written reviews558 reviews
Positive50.5%
Neutral9.5%
Negative40.0%

ZiNote

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and 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

ZiNote

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 purchases

ClassIn

One-time13
  • Purchase 1 additional lesson$0.99
  • Purchase 2 additional lesson$1.99
  • Purchase 4 additional lesson$2.99
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  • Purchase 12 additional lesson$9.99
  • Purchase 14 additional lesson$11.99
  • 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
5 purchases

ZiNote

Subscriptions4
  • ZiNote Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Early Bird Pricing$4.991 Month
  • ZiNote Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
Show 1 more
  • Early Bird Yearly$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • ZiNote Pro Lifetime$69.99

Questions

Is ClassIn free?
ClassIn is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ZiNote free?
ZiNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ClassIn or ZiNote?
ZiNote is rated higher. ClassIn averages 3.6 out of 5 from 1K ratings, while ZiNote averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do ClassIn or ZiNote have ads?
Neither ClassIn nor ZiNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ClassIn or ZiNote?
ClassIn ships an update every 11 days, and ZiNote every 6 weeks. Most recently, ClassIn was updated on October 26, 2026 and ZiNote on October 26, 2026.

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