Comparison

ClasStars vs SmartTeach

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

Head to head
About

ClasStars

This app helps educators track student attendance and behaviors to foster positive relationships and identify potential issues early. It offers both enterprise and single-user versions, with options to manage classes and students.

Highlights
  • Student attendance tracking
  • Behavior recording
  • Visual feedback on student issues
  • Enterprise and single-user modes
  • Class and student management
  • Tutorial videos
Features
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ClasStars empowers teachers to understand each student’s unique learning process and to enable the teacher to have a positive relationship with each and every student in the classroom. We do this by providing a simple yet powerful interface to record student attendance and behaviors. The system then provides continuous visual feedback alerting the teacher to possible issues so that they can be mitigated early on. The application can be used as an Enterprise User which requires that your school has registered with us and that they have authorized you to use the application. It can also be used as a Single User version where you can add your own Classes and Students and manage them yourself. The Single User version (Bronze) will allow you to create a single Class and assign up to 50 students. You can upgrade to paid Silver and Gold versions from within the application. The paid version will permit additional classes and options which are explained during the subscription purchase. All versions will provide a Demo Class which does not count towards your class limit and provides a way to discover the application and learn the features. Tutorial Videos are available on each page to help you get started.

About

SmartTeach

This app helps early childhood educators streamline daily classroom tasks. It simplifies documentation, classroom management, and family communication with easy-to-use tools for online and offline use.

Highlights
  • Create documentation and share insights
  • View and teach from daily schedule
  • Communicate with families
  • Save and share photos/videos
  • Assess from curriculum resources
  • Track attendance and care routines
  • Conduct health screenings
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The SmartTeach® app by Teaching Strategies offers early childhood educators an easy and efficient way to quickly complete essential daily tasks on the fly, online, or offline. The SmartTeach app simplifies teaching, documentation, classroom management, and family engagement throughout the day, enabling teachers to make the most of every moment with easy-to-use tools right at their fingertips. The SmartTeach app is accessible to Teachers and Administrators using Teaching Strategies products such as GOLD®, The Creative Curriculum® Cloud, Kickstart LiteracyTM, and Tadpoles®. Download SmartTeach by Teaching Strategies to access our new and improved features & functionality. SmartTeach offers early childhood educators a single app to support all essential classroom tasks, including: Create documentation and share insights with families View and teach directly from your daily schedule, curriculum, activities, and care routines Communicate with families Save & share photos, videos, and other media across devices View & assess from resources like Intentional Teaching Experiences, Skill Development Cards, and Mighty Minutes®* Identify Infant and Toddler children’s developmental level with the Entry Screener to dynamically populate individualized support for each child* Take attendance, move children or staff, and complete name-to-face checks* Track care routines and share Daily Reports with families* Conduct health screenings for children and/or staff* *Feature availability is dependent on which Teaching Strategies products your classroom licenses.

Screenshots

SmartTeach4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SmartTeach at none against ClasStars's 4. SmartTeach also leads on ratings volume (1.2K vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). ClasStars's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. ClasStars sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. SmartTeach asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ClasStars holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SmartTeach has 1.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ClasStars ships an update every 2 weeks, SmartTeach monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
ClasStars versus SmartTeach: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClasStarsSmartTeach
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.8 (1.2K ratings)
Positive reviews—24.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size209 MB103 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPNQ LLCTeaching Strategies, LLC

Customer experience

ClasStars

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

SmartTeach

All ratings1,190 ratings
Positive95.3%
Neutral1.6%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive24.0%
Neutral12.0%
Negative64.0%

Bugs and requests

ClasStars

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

SmartTeach

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Screener not working when clicking plus sign
  • Inability to log in through app, but able to log in on website
  • Delayed or failed message delivery
  • Uploaded documentation still showing in app, causing confusion

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to select and apply objectives to multiple pieces of documentation at once
  • Add ability to select and delete multiple photos/videos at once
  • Add ability to change date on add documentation page
  • Add landscape mode support for easier typing
  • Improve translation and communication features for ESL families

In-app purchases

4 purchases

ClasStars

One-time4
  • ClasStars Silver – Monthly$2.99
  • ClasStars Gold – Monthly$9.99
  • ClasStars Silver – Annual$23.99
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  • ClasStars Gold - Annual$59.99
None

SmartTeach

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ClasStars free?
ClasStars is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SmartTeach free?
SmartTeach is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ClasStars or SmartTeach?
ClasStars is rated higher. ClasStars averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while SmartTeach averages 4.8 from 1.2K ratings.
Do ClasStars or SmartTeach have ads?
Neither ClasStars nor SmartTeach shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ClasStars or SmartTeach?
ClasStars ships an update every 2 weeks, and SmartTeach monthly. Most recently, ClasStars was updated on October 29, 2026 and SmartTeach on November 1, 2026.

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