Comparison

Compass Classroom vs OnFire Learning

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

Head to head
About

Compass Classroom

Access your homeschool video curriculum, join study groups, and connect with other parents. Explore over 50 courses and 1,400 videos to enhance your child's learning journey. Manage your profile and notifications conveniently.

Highlights
  • Access video courses
  • Join subject groups
  • Interact with parents
  • Manage user profile
  • Discover and sort content
  • View notifications
Features
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This is the streaming home for Compass Classroom curriculum users. Access your courses, join groups, interact with other learners and parents, and manage your profile. Give your kids the love of history through our incredible story-driven American History, or join the thousands of students who have been magically transformed by a love of language in Visual Latin. Learn the basics of filmmaking, master grammar that results directly in better writing, and much, much more! Access Your Courses: Use the app to conveniently watch your content. Discover, sort and begin courses. Choose from 50+ courses, more than 1,400 videos, and dozens of PDFs. Join Groups: Get help, find resources, and share your experience across our 20+ groups organized by subject and age. Discuss with Other Parents: Connect with like-minded families and journey with other homeschoolers in your study of any subject or curriculum. Manage Your Profile: View your activity and notifications, edit profile details, and manage account features. For help, please visit: https://mycompassclassroom.com/help/

About

OnFire Learning

Access course materials, take quizzes, and submit assignments on your mobile device. Track your progress, view grades, and communicate with others. Designed for seamless learning on the go.

Highlights
  • Take quizzes with result summaries
  • View and submit assignments
  • Browse lessons with progress tracking
  • See learning objectives
  • Track course grades and scores
  • Switch between multiple user roles
  • Faster and more reliable messaging
Features
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Quizzes — Take quizzes directly in the app with smooth, reliable attempts. Students can view quiz result summaries, including percentage grades and attempt details when available, right in the quiz flow. Review screens are clearer, matching and choice answers are easier to read, and math content is fully supported. Assignments — View assignment details, submit work, and track submission status from your device. Assignment pages support richer content, improved table scrolling, better file handling, and more reliable draft saving. File attachments can be downloaded and opened directly from the app. Lessons — Browse lesson parts with media support, practice questions, and automatic progress tracking as you move through each part. Lesson and course progress handling is more reliable when returning to content and across different user roles. Learning Objectives — Lessons, assignments, and quizzes can display mapped learning objectives in the mobile experience when available. Next Activity — After finishing a lesson, submitting a quiz, or viewing an assignment, tap “Next Activity” to move straight to the next item in your course. Grades — View your course grade and per-activity score breakdown for assignments, quizzes, and peer reviews directly from the course experience. Multiple Roles — Users with more than one role can switch roles more easily in the app, and profile handling is more reliable for guardians, mentors, teachers, and admins. Messaging — Messaging is faster and more reliable, with improved keyboard handling, better thread behavior, cleaner compose and send flows, and sent messages appearing more consistently where you expect them. Organization Selection — Users with access to many organizations can now search and page through the organization list more easily during login. Improved Notifications — Push notifications are saved as messages so important updates are easier to find later. Bug Fixes & Stability — Fixes across course images, review displays, progress indicators, touch interactions, access handling, keyboard behavior, and overall reliability.

Screenshots

Compass Classroom4 screens
OnFire Learning3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: OnFire Learning at 100% against Compass Classroom's 0%. OnFire Learning also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Compass Classroom's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 2). On price, device support 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. Compass Classroom sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $59.99 per month. OnFire Learning asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

OnFire Learning holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Compass Classroom's written reviews are positive against 100% of OnFire Learning's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Compass Classroom ships an update every 4 months, OnFire Learning fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Compass Classroom versus OnFire Learning: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCompass ClassroomOnFire Learning
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (8 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.515.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCompass Classroom, LLCSynapse Education Solutions LLC

Customer experience

Compass Classroom

All ratings6 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%

OnFire Learning

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Compass Classroom

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Premium Membership$59.991 Month
None

OnFire Learning

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Compass Classroom free?
Compass Classroom is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OnFire Learning free?
OnFire Learning is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Compass Classroom or OnFire Learning?
OnFire Learning is rated higher. Compass Classroom averages 3.0 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while OnFire Learning averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Compass Classroom or OnFire Learning have ads?
Compass Classroom shows ads; OnFire Learning does not.
Which is updated more often, Compass Classroom or OnFire Learning?
Compass Classroom ships an update every 4 months, and OnFire Learning fortnightly. Most recently, Compass Classroom was updated on September 8, 2026 and OnFire Learning on September 20, 2026.

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