Teacher Aide (cloud) vs Simple Gradebook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Teacher Aide (cloud)
This app helps educators manage student attendance, grades, and seating charts across multiple semesters. It offers cloud synchronization for seamless device switching and provides tools to identify at-risk students and communicate with parents. Export data easily for integration with other systems.
- Cloud database for multi-device sync
- Attendance and grade tracking
- Seating chart creation
- Identify at-risk students
- Bulk email notifications
- Google Classroom roster sync
- CSV grade export
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Designed by a teacher, for teachers! • Cloud database allows easy switching between iPhone, iPad and MacBook • Attendance, Grades, Seating Chart for up to 6 semesters with 10 classes each. • Variety of PDF reports • Identify students at-risk due to attendance or grades • Easily notify students, parents and advisors with bulk email. • Easily sync student roster from Google Classroom • Export grades in CSV format to use with other grading systems Teacher Aide (cloud) is designed for use by individual teachers or co teachers of the same class. The app stores data in the cloud, so the the teacher can easily switch between devices, such as an iPhone, iPad or MacBook. Try out the app for free for 1 month with one class and see if you find it useful. An easy to use attendance and grading interface makes record keeping in the digital classroom a simple process. Additional features teachers will find useful are the seating chart, progress report and identification of student at risk due to attendance or academic performance. An auto-renewable monthly subscription allows access for up to 10 or 20 classes in each semester, and multiple semesters are supported. Please email the developer at support@inpocketsolutions.com with any questions or suggestions. Privacy Policy: https://inpocketsolutions.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://inpocketsolutions.com/terms Autorenewable Subscription Details To access features after the 1 month free access, the user needs to subscribe to an auto renewable monthly or annual subscription. This means the subscription automatically renews 24 hours before the end of the subscription date. Auto renewable subscriptions can be managed from the user iTunes account, and a link is provided in the subscription screen while in the app. All future updates are included with the auto renewable monthly subscription. The subscription may be cancelled for any future months, and the user will still have access to the data, only the additional features will be disabled. Facebook page www.facebook.com/TeacherAidePro
Simple Gradebook
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Simple Gradebook is a simple app to track and calculate your grades. Simply enter your Courses and Assessments, and Gradebook will calculate your current average in your Course and Term. Gradebook supports: • Assessments with individual weights e.g. "My Midterm exam is worth 10% of my final grade." • Assessments with multiple sub-assessments e.g. "There are 10 assignments. Combined they are worth 10% of my final grade." • Courses with a number of credit units • Pass/fail Courses I created Gradebook when I was in school to track my grades. Before that I was using a spreadsheet to do my calculations. I hope you enjoy using Gradebook. Please leave a review If you have suggestions for improvement! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Simple Gradebook at 13.0 against Teacher Aide (cloud)'s 18.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Teacher Aide (cloud) sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Simple Gradebook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Teacher Aide (cloud) ships an update weekly, Simple Gradebook every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Teacher Aide (cloud) | Simple Gradebook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (45 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 78.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 45 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Glen Botha | Jory Cooper |
In-app purchases
Teacher Aide (cloud)
- Standard (10 classes)$3.991 Month
- Standard (20 classes)$6.991 Month
- Premium (10 classes)$6.991 Month
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- Premium (20 classes)$9.991 Month
- Premium (10 classes)$69.991 Year
- Premium (20 classes)$99.991 Year
Simple Gradebook
- Gradebook Premium$12.99
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