Comparison

RCM 7 vs Teacher Aide (cloud)

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

Head to head
About

RCM 7

Create and manage student report cards directly from your mobile device. Features include custom report card designs, global editing, color-coding, and extensive comment libraries. Requires a school-provided login.

Highlights
  • Custom report card designs
  • Global student editing
  • Edit grades in list view
  • Color coding for grades
  • Password protection
  • Pre-written and custom comments
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Report Card Maker brings the desktop version of RCM to your iPhone and iPad allowing you to complete your student report cards on your mobile device. IMPORTANT: A login is required to use RCM. If you do not know your login, contact your principal. You cannot login to RCM without a valid username and password. If your school does not use RCM, tell your principal that you should! :) RCM's Main Features: • Custom Report Cards as designed by district or school officials • Global Mode (edit all students at once!) • Edit Grades in List (edit student grades in a list view) • Color Coding • Password Protection • Libraries of pre-written, pre-translated, searchable, editable comments • Custom Comments (create your own library of comments) • RCM Gradebook (if licensed) • Much, much more!

About

Teacher Aide (cloud)

This app helps educators manage student attendance, grades, and seating charts across multiple semesters. It offers cloud synchronization for seamless device switching and provides tools to identify at-risk students and communicate with parents. Export data easily for integration with other systems.

Highlights
  • Cloud database for multi-device sync
  • Attendance and grade tracking
  • Seating chart creation
  • Identify at-risk students
  • Bulk email notifications
  • Google Classroom roster sync
  • CSV grade export
Features
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Designed by a teacher, for teachers! • Cloud database allows easy switching between iPhone, iPad and MacBook • Attendance, Grades, Seating Chart for up to 6 semesters with 10 classes each. • Variety of PDF reports • Identify students at-risk due to attendance or grades • Easily notify students, parents and advisors with bulk email. • Easily sync student roster from Google Classroom • Export grades in CSV format to use with other grading systems Teacher Aide (cloud) is designed for use by individual teachers or co teachers of the same class. The app stores data in the cloud, so the the teacher can easily switch between devices, such as an iPhone, iPad or MacBook. Try out the app for free for 1 month with one class and see if you find it useful. An easy to use attendance and grading interface makes record keeping in the digital classroom a simple process. Additional features teachers will find useful are the seating chart, progress report and identification of student at risk due to attendance or academic performance. An auto-renewable monthly subscription allows access for up to 10 or 20 classes in each semester, and multiple semesters are supported. Please email the developer at support@inpocketsolutions.com with any questions or suggestions. Privacy Policy: https://inpocketsolutions.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://inpocketsolutions.com/terms Autorenewable Subscription Details To access features after the 1 month free access, the user needs to subscribe to an auto renewable monthly or annual subscription. This means the subscription automatically renews 24 hours before the end of the subscription date. Auto renewable subscriptions can be managed from the user iTunes account, and a link is provided in the subscription screen while in the app. All future updates are included with the auto renewable monthly subscription. The subscription may be cancelled for any future months, and the user will still have access to the data, only the additional features will be disabled. Facebook page www.facebook.com/TeacherAidePro

Screenshots

RCM 73 screens
Teacher Aide (cloud)4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Teacher Aide (cloud) at 79% against RCM 7's 0%. Teacher Aide (cloud) also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.0) and update cadence (weekly vs every 16 months). RCM 7's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Teacher Aide (cloud) sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. RCM 7 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Teacher Aide (cloud) holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Teacher Aide (cloud) has 45 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of RCM 7's written reviews are positive against 79% of Teacher Aide (cloud)'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RCM 7 ships an update every 16 months, Teacher Aide (cloud) weekly. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
RCM 7 versus Teacher Aide (cloud): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRCM 7Teacher Aide (cloud)
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (2 ratings)4.8 (45 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews78.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings245 — better
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS10.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperClearVision AppsGlen Botha

Customer experience

RCM 7

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Teacher Aide (cloud)

All ratings45 ratings
Positive95.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive78.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative21.4%

In-app purchases

None

RCM 7

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Teacher Aide (cloud)

Subscriptions6
  • Standard (10 classes)$3.991 Month
  • Standard (20 classes)$6.991 Month
  • Premium (10 classes)$6.991 Month
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  • Premium (20 classes)$9.991 Month
  • Premium (10 classes)$69.991 Year
  • Premium (20 classes)$99.991 Year

Questions

Is RCM 7 free?
RCM 7 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Teacher Aide (cloud) free?
Teacher Aide (cloud) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RCM 7 or Teacher Aide (cloud)?
Teacher Aide (cloud) is rated higher. RCM 7 averages 1.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Teacher Aide (cloud) averages 4.8 from 45 ratings.
Do RCM 7 or Teacher Aide (cloud) have ads?
Neither RCM 7 nor Teacher Aide (cloud) shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RCM 7 or Teacher Aide (cloud)?
RCM 7 ships an update every 16 months, and Teacher Aide (cloud) weekly. Most recently, RCM 7 was updated on June 1, 2026 and Teacher Aide (cloud) on September 7, 2026.

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