Comparison

RCA House Points vs TeachSpark

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

Head to head
About

RCA House Points

This app facilitates a house points system for educational institutions, enabling staff to award points for various achievements and allowing parents to track their child's progress. It fosters a positive school culture through healthy competition and character development.

Highlights
  • Award points for academic excellence and character
  • Track student's historic point log
  • Receive notifications for awarded points
  • View school and national leaderboards
  • Include notes explaining point awards
Features
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Welcome to the official interactive mobile app for the Ron Clark Academy House Points System. The Ron Clark Academy House System is a dynamic, exciting, and proven way to create a positive climate and culture for students and staff. Using RCA’s methods will help your school or district confidently implement processes that build character, relationships, and school spirit. Our guidelines are designed to give you a streamlined framework that can be applied to various learning environments. The RCA House Points System supports the RCA House System — both work together to create a fun and healthy competitive spirit amongst the Houses. Points are collected throughout the year by each student (counting toward their overall House’s score) to help determine the champions at the end of the year. The Ron Clark Academy House Points mobile app is a great new tool that: * Allows teachers and staff award points to a student or house for academic excellence, character, performance, school spirit, and much more. * Allows parents to view a historic log of points earned by their child. * Gives parents the option to receive notifications telling them that a teacher or staff member has awarded points to their child. * Allows staff to include a note telling the parent why the student earned the points. * Allows parents to celebrate their child’s achievements after school. * Allows parents and staff to view a scoreboard of points earned at their perspective schools. * Also allows parents and staff to view the national leaderboard for RCA's four Houses.

About

TeachSpark

Features
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TeachSpark helps teachers find quick classroom activities in seconds. Use it when your class needs a brain break, a discussion starter, a short challenge, or a calm reset. Every activity is easy to use in real classrooms and is designed to help teachers keep students focused and engaged. TeachSpark includes: • Brain breaks • Discussion prompts • Quick challenges • Mindfulness activities Features: • 500 classroom activities • Filter by category, grade level, and subject • “Spark!” button for instant activity picks • Built-in timer • Save favorite activities • Rate activities to remember what works best The free version includes a starter set of activities. TeachSpark Pro unlocks the full activity library and future premium tools. Built for busy teachers who need practical ideas fast. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

RCA House Points4 screens
TeachSpark3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RCA House Points at none against TeachSpark's 1. RCA House Points also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). 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. TeachSpark sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. RCA House Points asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
RCA House Points versus TeachSpark: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRCA House PointsTeachSpark
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (240 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews68.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings240 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size111 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Ron Clark Academy IncEric Mark

Bugs and requests

RCA House Points

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Home screen locked
  • Inability to award points
  • Constant error messages
  • Incompatibility with iOS updates
  • Kiosk display not functioning as promised

Requested features

5 requests
  • Improved app stability and reliability
  • Faster performance and loading times
  • Enhanced user interface and navigation
  • Better integration with school systems
  • Expanded communication features

TeachSpark

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

RCA House Points

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

TeachSpark

Subscriptions1
  • TeachSpark Pro Monthly$2.991 Month

Questions

Is RCA House Points free?
RCA House Points is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TeachSpark free?
TeachSpark is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do RCA House Points or TeachSpark have ads?
Neither RCA House Points nor TeachSpark shows ads.

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