Comparison

classroom.cloud Student vs SI App

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

Head to head
About

classroom.cloud Student

This student browser app facilitates classroom management and online safety for educational institutions. It allows teachers to monitor student activity, broadcast lessons, and manage devices remotely, while IT staff can oversee hardware and software.

Highlights
  • Real-time student monitoring
  • Screen broadcasting
  • Device management
  • Online safety tools
  • Approved/restricted website lists
  • Instant notifications
  • Private student chat
Features
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Designed for use within schools and other educational institutions, this Student browser app for iOS is for use with classroom.cloud, the easy breezy, low-cost, cloud-based IT management, online safety and teaching platform for schools. classroom.cloud is a teacher’s dream come true. Incredibly easy to use, it provides a range of teaching tools that can flex to any learning environment – both in school and with remote learners. From real-time instruction and assessment tools, to boosting collaboration and support, as well as helping manage online behavior – it has it all! With the optional online safety toolkit, selected staff can monitor online activity, identify students at risk, and spot concerning trends. And, with its range of IT management tools, school techs can manage teacher and student devices centrally, as well as see at a glance how your technology is being used and how to maximize it – saving you a bunch of time and money! Once your school has registered online with classroom.cloud, the app can be easily deployed by the IT team to student iPads (iOS 14 and above), enabling teachers to connect instantly and securely to the devices from the cloud-based Teacher console and allowing school techs to deliver instant remote support and device management. The classroom.cloud student app can be set as the default browser on devices and offers support for Entra ID and Google authentication, allowing you to force students to sign-in to the app with Microsoft or Google credentials if applicable. Teacher Tools: • Choice of flexible connection methods – connect to a pre-defined group of student devices, a specified list of device or student names, or on the fly using a Class Code. • Easily monitor students’ internet use via crystal-clear thumbnails. Zoom in using Watch/View Mode to take a closer look at activity on a single student device. • Broadcast the teacher’s screen and audio to connected student devices to help show/talk them through explanations and lesson activities. • Lock students’ screens in a single click to gain attention. • Present students with the lesson objectives and their expected learning outcomes. • Chat, send a message, and support your students via help requests – without their peers knowing. • Get a feel for students’ understanding of the topic you have just taught them by sending out a quick survey for them to respond to. • See details of the websites that students are currently viewing to check they are focused on the task at hand. • Restrict internet use by employing ‘approved’ and ‘restricted’ website lists during the lesson. • Save yourself a heap of time by launching a website on the students’ devices. • Recognize good work or behaviour by assigning Rewards to students during the lesson. Admin/Technician Tools: • Retrieve a real-time view of the hardware and software installed on each student device. • Monitor internet usage. • Send instant notifications to student iPads. • Send Acceptable Use Policies (AUPs) to student iPads and track acknowledgements in the Web Portal. Online Safety Tools: • Keyword monitoring - alerts nominated staff when students type or search for any terms that match with those in the classroom.cloud keyword database – providing internet safety indicators for self-harm, bullying, sexual and criminal exploitation, and much more. Language packs are included to ensure your school can monitor concerning activity in students’ first languages. • Report a concern - students who feel vulnerable can use the app to 'report concerns' directly and discreetly to the online safety team. • Online resources - gives students instant access to a list of relevant online agencies should they want to seek external help with a particular problem or concern. The innovation behind classroom.cloud comes from NetSupport, the trusted developer of effective classroom management tools for schools for more than 35 years.

About

SI App

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Solutions Incubator is an app that features convenient features for on-site use at Harrow International School Hong Kong. It provides boarders with a digital Gold Coast sign out/in, allows Y13s to sign in to the day gym, and streamlines the process of giving merits and spots for prefects and ambassadors!

Screenshots

SI App3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SI App at weekly against classroom.cloud Student's every 2 months. SI App also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

classroom.cloud Student ships an update every 2 months, SI App weekly. The most recent releases landed on August 5, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
classroom.cloud Student versus SI App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterclassroom.cloud StudentSI App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews12.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.014.0.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB46 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperNetSupport LtdHarrow International School (Hong Kong) Limited

In-app purchases

None

classroom.cloud Student

No in-app purchases

None

SI App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is classroom.cloud Student free?
classroom.cloud Student is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SI App free?
SI App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do classroom.cloud Student or SI App have ads?
Neither classroom.cloud Student nor SI App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, classroom.cloud Student or SI App?
classroom.cloud Student ships an update every 2 months, and SI App weekly. Most recently, classroom.cloud Student was updated on August 5, 2026 and SI App on September 8, 2026.

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