Comparison

SchoolAid vs BatchBook

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

Head to head
About

SchoolAid

Features
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Schools can reduce their total cost of ownership and management overheads by avoiding multiple physical registers, documents, etc. The mobile app improves productivity and saves the time of their staff which is often used in maintaining attendance registers, managing class diaries and sending repetitive information to all students.

About

BatchBook

Features
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The simplest tuition manager for independent tutors. BatchBook helps you run your classes — students, attendance, fees, batches, and reminders — without the bloat of school management software. Built for one person teaching outside an institution. MADE FOR • Home tutors running private tuition classes • Coaching class owners • Music teachers and instrument coaches • Dance, yoga, and fitness instructors • Sports coaches and trainers • Art, language, and exam-prep teachers WHAT YOU GET • Students — add fast with phone import from Contacts. Track parent name, class, school, and notes. • Batches — create class groups with weekly schedules. Quick presets for Weekdays, Weekend, M-W-F, or pick custom days. • Attendance — mark Present, Absent, or Leave. Bulk "All Present" for quick days. Mark any past date. • Fees — Monthly, Per-Class, or Custom fee structures. Auto-tracked per student per period. • Payments — record cash, UPI, bank transfer, or any mode. Edit or delete history anytime. • WhatsApp fee reminders — one tap from the student profile. Pre-filled message in your language. • Test reports — log marks, subjects, test type, and notes. Subject autocomplete from past entries. • Daily reminders — gentle nudges to mark attendance and collect pending fees. Skipped when there is nothing pending. • Dashboard — today's batches, total students, active batches, pending fees, at a glance. • Free iCloud backup — your data syncs across your iPhone and iPad. No account, no setup. • 17 currencies — INR, USD, GBP, EUR, AED, AUD, BDT, CAD, JPY, KRW, LKR, MYR, NGN, NZD, PKR, SGD, ZAR. WHY BATCHBOOK • Offline-first. No login. No signup. No internet required to use. • No ads. No tracking that identifies you. No data sold. • Designed for one tutor running their own classes — not a school of 500. • Usable in your first batch. No training, no onboarding wizards. PRICING • Free. Every feature included. No ads. No subscription. YOUR DATA, YOUR DEVICE Your students and fees stay on your iPhone. We do not have a server. Your data syncs privately to your iCloud for free backup. We cannot see it. Privacy policy: https://zuniclabs.com/batchbook/privacy/ Questions: support@zuniclabs.com

Screenshots

SchoolAid4 screens
BatchBook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BatchBook at every 5 weeks against SchoolAid's every 3 months. SchoolAid's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 26.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SchoolAid ships an update every 3 months, BatchBook every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
SchoolAid versus BatchBook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSchoolAidBatchBook
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS8.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPiran DoctorZunic Labs LLP

In-app purchases

None

SchoolAid

No in-app purchases

None

BatchBook

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SchoolAid free?
SchoolAid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BatchBook free?
BatchBook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SchoolAid or BatchBook have ads?
Neither SchoolAid nor BatchBook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SchoolAid or BatchBook?
SchoolAid ships an update every 3 months, and BatchBook every 5 weeks. Most recently, SchoolAid was updated on October 3, 2026 and BatchBook on October 25, 2026.

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