Comparison

SmartTeach vs AP

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

Head to head
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.

About

AP

This app connects families with local and national resources, discounts, and events. It offers personalized recommendations and a rewards program for savings on various services and attractions. Available in English and Spanish across the US.

Highlights
  • Local and national resource access
  • Personalized recommendations
  • Rewards program for discounts
  • Save favorite events and resources
  • English and Spanish language support
Features
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The AP-OD App is designed for parents and caregivers. The app provides access to local and national resources, discounts, and events that support your families needs. Users can receive personalized recommendations for events and resources, and can save their favorite events and resources from their local communities. The app also functions to provide members access to a rewards program that allows access to discounts on family, travel, dining, services, attractions and activities and more. Users can create an account, but are not required to. The app is localized for users across the US and available for both English and Spanish speaking users.

Screenshots

SmartTeach4 screens
AP3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: AP at 100% against SmartTeach's 24%. AP also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). SmartTeach's advantage is ratings volume (1.2K vs 7). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AP holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SmartTeach has 1.2K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of SmartTeach's written reviews are positive against 100% of AP's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SmartTeach ships an update monthly, AP every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SmartTeach versus AP: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmartTeachAP
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.2K ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews24.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.2K — better7
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size103 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTeaching Strategies, Inc.Partnership for Community Action

Customer experience

SmartTeach

All ratings1,190 ratings
Positive95.3%
Neutral1.6%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive24.0%
Neutral12.0%
Negative64.0%

AP

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and 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

AP

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

SmartTeach

No in-app purchases

None

AP

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SmartTeach free?
SmartTeach is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AP free?
AP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SmartTeach or AP?
AP is rated higher. SmartTeach averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while AP averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do SmartTeach or AP have ads?
Neither SmartTeach nor AP shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SmartTeach or AP?
SmartTeach ships an update monthly, and AP every 2 weeks. Most recently, SmartTeach was updated on October 15, 2026 and AP on October 1, 2026.

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