Comparison

ABC vs Group

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

Head to head
About

ABC

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Modifie la couleur de l'écran selon le volume sonore afin montrer aux enfants d'une classe le volume sonore qu'ils émettent.

About

Group

Effortlessly create balanced student groups for any classroom activity. Features include customizable rules for mixing, diverse educational tools like Jigsaw and Stations, and presentation modes for projectors. Organizes classes, tracks attendance, and offers privacy with no tracking or ads.

Highlights
  • Fair group balancing (strength, gender, traits)
  • Customizable mixing rules
  • Jigsaw and Stations activities
  • Tournament bracket generation
  • Rotating duty assignments
  • Presentation mode with projector support
  • Class and attendance organization
Features
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Group-O-Mat builds fair groups in seconds: photograph the class list or import it from Excel, Numbers, Untis or CSV, pick a team size, shuffle, done. Made for teachers, coaches and anyone who needs to split a group quickly and transparently. FAIR AND UNDER YOUR CONTROL • Balance strength and gender, spread or separate traits (language level, elective …) • Rules: together, apart, fixed team – applied on every shuffle • Fair mixing avoids recent pairings; "who was with whom" heatmap • Lock teams and reshuffle the rest, dry run with five variants, balance report CLASSROOM TOOLS • Jigsaw: home and expert groups in three phases, with a timer and topics • Stations with rotation plan and round timer • Partner interviews: everyone meets everyone exactly once • Tournaments from the teams (knockout or round robin) with results • Rotating duties with absences and substitutes – as a printable PDF up to the half-year, holidays typed in or imported from iCal files • Draw a random person or team, as a name roll or a wheel FOR THE PROJECTOR • Presentation mode with big cards, hidden reveal and countdown • AirPlay/HDMI: the class sees the presentation, you keep the teacher view; in Split View the projector mirrors the whole iPad • Student view hides gender colours, strength and traits • 14 themes from wizard school to outer space, plus your own with photo and sounds ORGANISATION • Lists for classes, courses and clubs, attendance per session • Save events and edit them later, team posters as PDF for the pinboard • Widgets: today's teams and a quick draw without opening the app • Share as text, image, CSV or PDF; backup as a file PRIVACY • No accounts, no server, no tracking, no ads • Everything stays on your device; optional iCloud sync with names and photos end-to-end encrypted In English, German, French and Spanish. Buy once, for iPhone and iPad.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ABC at Free against Group's $3.99. ABC also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). Group's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 84 months). On ads, in-app purchases 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

ABC is free to download; Group costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ABC ships an update every 84 months, Group every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ABC versus Group: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterABCGroup
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating—2.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 84 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCROMBEZ EmmanuelAlexander Muend

In-app purchases

None

ABC

No in-app purchases

None

Group

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ABC free?
ABC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Group free?
Group costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do ABC or Group have ads?
Neither ABC nor Group shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ABC or Group?
ABC ships an update every 84 months, and Group every 2 weeks. Most recently, ABC was updated on November 3, 2026 and Group on November 6, 2026.

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