Comparison

1Core Staff vs SmartTeach

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

Head to head
About

1Core Staff

Features
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1Core Staff is a mobile app from 1Core, specifically designed and developed for the teachers and staff working in childcare centers. The app helps the staff to do contactless signin/signout, health screening, view and manage timecards/PTO, lesson plan for the classrooms and many more.

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

1Core Staff4 screens
SmartTeach4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SmartTeach at monthly against 1Core Staff's every 4 months. 1Core Staff's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

1Core Staff ships an update every 4 months, SmartTeach monthly. The most recent releases landed on May 16, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
1Core Staff versus SmartTeach: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter1Core StaffSmartTeach
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews—24.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB105 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer1 CORE SOLUTION TECHNOLOGY, INC.Teaching Strategies, LLC

Bugs and requests

1Core Staff

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

None

1Core Staff

No in-app purchases

None

SmartTeach

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 1Core Staff free?
1Core Staff is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SmartTeach free?
SmartTeach is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do 1Core Staff or SmartTeach have ads?
Neither 1Core Staff nor SmartTeach shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 1Core Staff or SmartTeach?
1Core Staff ships an update every 4 months, and SmartTeach monthly. Most recently, 1Core Staff was updated on May 16, 2026 and SmartTeach on September 17, 2026.

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