RCM 7 vs Teacher Aide (cloud)
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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!
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.
- 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
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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
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | RCM 7 | Teacher Aide (cloud) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 4.8 (45 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 78.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 45 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ClearVision Apps | Glen Botha |
Customer experience
RCM 7
Teacher Aide (cloud)
In-app purchases
RCM 7
No in-app purchases
Teacher Aide (cloud)
- 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
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