TeachFX vs EdLight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TeachFX
This tool helps educators gain insights into classroom learning dynamics by capturing and analyzing student-teacher conversations. It provides visible evidence of student engagement and instructional practices, fostering reflection and professional growth. The app is designed for privacy and personalization.
- Classroom talk ratio analysis
- Academic language tracking
- Questioning technique evaluation
- Think time and turn-taking observation
- Student participation patterns
- Personalized and private data
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TeachFX is a tool designed for teachers that surfaces unique insights about the learning dynamics in the classroom—such as on ratios of talk, lesson design, academic language, questioning techniques, think time, turn taking, participation patterns and on many more instructional practices. Use it during instruction to capture the conversations between you and your students, and get visible evidence of student engagement. It’s all personalized and private to you, and designed to foster your reflection and growth. Try it out today!
EdLight
This app uses AI to scan handwritten student work, automatically organizing it into digital portfolios. Teachers can then provide feedback and manage revisions, facilitating collaboration among educators.
- AI-powered scanning
- Automatic student portfolio creation
- Share work across teachers
- Organize work by assignment
- Provide feedback and manage revisions
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EdLight makes it easy to scan handwritten student work. Features: - AI-powered scanner - All work is automatically added to the student's portfolio - Share work across core / support teachers and teacher teams - Scanned work is organized by assignment, and teachers can give feedback and manage revisions See edlight.com for Terms of Use and Privacy Policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: TeachFX at weekly against EdLight's every 6 weeks. TeachFX also leads on ratings volume (21 vs 7). EdLight's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for TeachFX against 5.0 for EdLight. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 7 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of TeachFX's written reviews are positive against 100% of EdLight's.
TeachFX ships an update weekly, EdLight every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TeachFX | EdLight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (21 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TeachFX | EdLight, PBC |
Customer experience
TeachFX
EdLight
In-app purchases
TeachFX
No in-app purchases
EdLight
No in-app purchases
