Transparent Classroom vs Mentava Parent
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Transparent Classroom
This app facilitates online record-keeping and lesson planning for Montessori educators. It allows teachers to document classroom activities and student progress, while parents can view updates and share photos with educators.
- Online record-keeping
- Lesson planning
- Photo and video uploads
- Classroom activity tracking
- Concentration/work curve data recording
- Parent updates and photo sharing
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Transparent Classroom provides online record-keeping and lesson planning for Montessori guides. This app allows guides to: take and upload photos from their device to Transparent Classroom, view activity in the classroom, and record concentration/work curve data. Parents in Transparent Classroom can use the app to view notes and photos of their child(ren), receive notifications when more are published, and take photos of their children to send to their teachers.
Mentava Parent
Manage your educational coaching account, view student progress, and communicate with your dedicated coach. Access tools, chats, and your dashboard anytime, anywhere. Send photos or videos for personalized feedback on student learning.
- Manage Mentava account
- View student progress
- Read coach messages
- 24/7 coach communication
- Send photos/videos for feedback
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You can now manage your Mentava account and read your coach's messages in a mobile app! What you get with this app - Access your Mentava account, tools, chats, and dashboard - See your students' progress - Access your messages from your Mentava coach (a real person, not AI!) - 24/7 access to message a coach and get responses asap - Send photos or videos to get feedback on students' learning
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mentava Parent at 100% against Transparent Classroom's 0%. Mentava Parent also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.2) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 6 months). Transparent Classroom's advantage is ratings volume (46 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mentava Parent holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Transparent Classroom has 46 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Transparent Classroom's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mentava Parent's.
Transparent Classroom ships an update every 6 months, Mentava Parent every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on August 31, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Transparent Classroom | Mentava Parent |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.2 (46 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 46 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Transparent Classroom, Inc. | Mentava |
Customer experience
Transparent Classroom
Mentava Parent
In-app purchases
Transparent Classroom
No in-app purchases
Mentava Parent
No in-app purchases
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