Canvas Teacher vs ClassForThat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Canvas Teacher
This app allows educators to grade assignments, provide feedback, and manage their classes remotely. It offers tools for annotating work, communicating with students, and updating course content directly from a mobile device.
- Grade assignments with annotations
- Provide audio/video feedback
- Post class announcements
- Reply in discussions
- Send messages
- Update assignment content
- Manage Inbox
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Save time. Teach on the go. Canvas Teacher helps educators, instructors, and teachers grade, give feedback, and manage their classes from anywhere. What you can do • Grade or mark work: Use mobile friendly SpeedGrader to annotate assignments, apply rubrics and give written, audio, or video feedback • Communicate: Post class announcements, reply in discussions, and send messages right from your device • Update content: Adjust due dates, publish/unpublish assignments, or fix typos in seconds • Stay connected: Manage your Inbox, reply to student questions, and keep class communication flowing on the move Canvas Teacher is designed for educators—making mobile grading and class management faster and easier.
ClassForThat
Discover and book online, in-person, or recorded classes with teachers. Compare instructors based on format, ratings, prices, and languages. Manage your class schedule and teach or take lessons directly through the app.
- Find teachers and classes
- Compare instructors by rating and price
- Book online, in-person, or recorded classes
- Manage class calendar
- Teach or take classes via the app
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ClassForThat is a marketplace where students find teachers and take online, in person and/or recorded classes, for both one-on-one and group classes. Download the FREE app which works with the website platform. With the ClassForThat iOS app, you will be able to: Search for any class and compare teachers based on class format, rating, prices, levels, target audience and languages in which the class is taught. Also, teachers and students will be able to see prior and upcoming classes in their calendar. Teach or take online classes using the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ClassForThat at 100% against Canvas Teacher's 26%. ClassForThat also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Canvas Teacher's advantage is ratings volume (96K vs 2). 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.
ClassForThat holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Canvas Teacher has 96K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 26% of Canvas Teacher's written reviews are positive against 100% of ClassForThat's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Canvas Teacher | ClassForThat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (96K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 96K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 181 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Instructure Inc. | ClassForThat |
Customer experience
Canvas Teacher
ClassForThat
Bugs and requests
Canvas Teacher
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes frequently
- Inability to save grades and annotations
- Inconsistent behavior when rotating device
- Issues with loading student submissions
- Problems with syncing data between app and web version
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to access and edit modules
- Improve grading tools and functionality
- Allow customization of notification settings
- Enhance integration with other platforms
- Improve stability and reliability
ClassForThat
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Canvas Teacher
No in-app purchases
ClassForThat
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Canvas Teacher free?
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Do Canvas Teacher or ClassForThat have ads?
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