Ekid+ vs SmartTeach
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ekid+
This app digitizes educational processes for students, teachers, parents, and administrators. It offers features like live lessons, assignments, attendance tracking, and a private social platform to enhance interaction and manage school operations efficiently.
- Private social media for education
- Live lesson module
- Assessment and evaluation tools
- Homework and attendance tracking
- Digital course delivery
- Student portfolio management
- Accounting and record management
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Feel The Speciality of Being Digital or Social School You can set up a digital school easily and securely and start education. Why Ekid? 1) New Generation Student, Teacher, Parent Social Media Adapt to Education 4.0 by creating regular interaction between teachers, parents, and students with your private social media. 2) Everything you need for education is in your hands A mobile platform that digitizes all the needs of students, teachers, parents and administrators. 3) Live Lessons; With an integrated live lesson module where you can see which student is active and when, without time restrictions. Students, teachers, parents, and administrators come together under one roof. Everyone Finds What They're Looking For About Education. Students: E-Kid+ puts school at students' fingertips. Live lessons, exams, assignments, grades, events, communication with teachers and more... Parents: Parents can track all the work of the school, how their child is educated and observe the whole process. If necessary, it can directly communicate with teachers and managers. Teachers: It prevents teachers from spending more time on filling in notebooks and stationery. It allows for more efficient evaluation of exam results. Managers: Managers can measure the performance of their schools, teachers, students and digitize all their educational processes. Also they can provide a secure, private digital school environment for teachers, students and parents. Founders: They have a panel where they can see all their branches from a bird's eye view. They can measure the performance and work of their school. All-In-One Platform 16 Different Modules -- Record Management: Separate records can be created for administrators, teachers, students and parents. -- Assessment and Evaluation: Institutions can conduct online and face-to-face trial exams for their students and report this on the system. -- Homework Tracking: Teachers can assign homework and perform feedback through the app. -- Attendance Tracking: Teachers can take the attendance of the students who attend their classes and these attendances can be archived within the application. -- Online Course: Institutions can conduct distance education with the class or student group they want, and even hold parent meetings over the system. -- Education TV: Smartboard compatible books and videos can be accessed digitally. -- Social Platform: Students' photos and event photos can be shared on a secure social platform. -- Portfolio: The studies and trial results taken by the students can be viewed in detail. -- Syllabus: The course schedule can be made through the application and distributed to users with a single click. -- News: All institutional notifications can be made through the application, any file can be sent. -- Daily report: Students' end-of-day evaluation reports can be sent and recorded through the system. -- Accounting: All institutional accounting transactions can be carried out through a single application. -- Online Archive: Online courses are recorded and then students can access their course records. -- Study Management: Teachers and administrators can assign etudes to their students. -- Agenda-Academic Calendar: Students and teachers can follow and organize their work on the academic calendar. Nonstop Services: Continue your education without interruption thanks to online or face-to-face training. Publication Tests: You can access publications within the Ekid+ application without the need for any other application. Ekid+: THE NEW GENERATION SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF THE GLOBAL WORLD
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.
- 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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SmartTeach at 4.8 against Ekid+'s 3.8. SmartTeach also leads on ratings volume (1.2K vs 4) and review sentiment (24% vs 0%). Ekid+'s advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
SmartTeach holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SmartTeach has 1.2K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Ekid+'s written reviews are positive against 24% of SmartTeach's.
Ekid+ ships an update fortnightly, SmartTeach monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ekid+ | SmartTeach |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (4 ratings) | 4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 24.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 1.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 104 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ART TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INC | Teaching Strategies, LLC |
Customer experience
Ekid+
SmartTeach
Bugs and requests
Ekid+
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
Ekid+
No in-app purchases
SmartTeach
No in-app purchases
Questions
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