Comparison

SmartTeach vs myEastern

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

myEastern

Features
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Provide students, faculty, staff, and administrators with a single digital hub (“one-stop portal”) to access all their campus systems and relevant info, rather than juggling multiple logins or disparate applications Enable role-based personalization so each user sees content relevant to them (e.g. students see course, grades, financials; faculty see class rosters, advising; staff see HR / operations) Reduce login friction & improve usability via single sign-on (SSO) Surface timely, actionable information and alerts (e.g. deadlines, holds, notifications) so users don’t have to hunt for it

Screenshots

SmartTeach4 screens
myEastern3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: SmartTeach at 15.0 against myEastern'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

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

SmartTeach ships an update monthly, myEastern every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
SmartTeach versus myEastern: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmartTeachmyEastern
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews24.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.2K — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB20 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperTeaching Strategies, LLCEastern University

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

myEastern

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

SmartTeach

No in-app purchases

None

myEastern

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SmartTeach free?
SmartTeach is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is myEastern free?
myEastern is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SmartTeach or myEastern have ads?
Neither SmartTeach nor myEastern shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SmartTeach or myEastern?
SmartTeach ships an update monthly, and myEastern every 3 weeks. Most recently, SmartTeach was updated on September 17, 2026 and myEastern on September 19, 2026.

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