Comparison

ICC vs RainClassroom

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

Head to head
About

ICC

This app complements the digital course website for higher education publishing. It provides access to educational content and resources for students and educators.

Highlights
  • Digital course access
  • Educational resources
  • Higher education content
  • Companion app
Features
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高等教育出版社数字课程网站(icc.hep.com.cn)配套app

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!

Screenshots

ICC4 screens
RainClassroom4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: RainClassroom at 38% against ICC's 5%. RainClassroom also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ICC versus RainClassroom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterICCRainClassroom
PriceFreeFree
Rating—1.3 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews4.8% of reviews37.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—16 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB129 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developer高等教育出版社北京慕华信息科技有限公司

Customer experience

ICC

Written reviews21 reviews
Positive4.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative95.2%

RainClassroom

All ratings16 ratings
Positive6.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative93.8%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive37.8%
Neutral5.4%
Negative56.8%

In-app purchases

None

ICC

No in-app purchases

None

RainClassroom

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ICC free?
ICC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RainClassroom free?
RainClassroom is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ICC or RainClassroom have ads?
Neither ICC nor RainClassroom shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ICC or RainClassroom?
ICC ships an update every 2 months, and RainClassroom every 2 months. Most recently, ICC was updated on October 6, 2026 and RainClassroom on October 16, 2026.

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