Comparison

Grade Aid vs Teacher Aide (cloud)

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

Head to head
About

Grade Aid

Easily calculate grades and score assignments or tests. This tool helps educators quickly score tests and assignments based on correct or incorrect answers. Students can verify their grades and determine how many questions they can miss while maintaining a target grade.

Highlights
  • Grade calculation
  • Score assignments
  • Test scoring
  • Target grade verification
  • Homeschooling support
Features
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Whether you are an educator grading a stack of papers or a student checking your score, Grade Aid- gives you a fast, simple way to calculate percentages and letter grades. Quickly score tests or assignments by entering the total number of questions to view scores by the number answered right or wrong. Customize your results by adjusting decimal places. Unlock additional features to choose from percentage-based grading scales or hide the letter grade to view only the percentage of correct or incorrect answers. For educators: Grade Aid- helps you quickly score quizzes, tests, and assignments without needing a calculator or manual grade chart. For students: Use Grade Aid- to verify your grade, check your percentage, and see how many questions you can miss before falling below your target score. Simple, flexible, and easy to use, Grade Aid- is a handy tool for classrooms, studying, grading, and everyday academic planning.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

Screenshots

Grade Aid4 screens
Teacher Aide (cloud)4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Teacher Aide (cloud) at weekly against Grade Aid's every 12 months. Teacher Aide (cloud) also leads on ratings volume (45 vs 3) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Grade Aid's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Grade Aid sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Teacher Aide (cloud) sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Grade Aid holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Teacher Aide (cloud) has 45 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Grade Aid ships an update every 12 months, Teacher Aide (cloud) weekly. The most recent releases landed on July 8, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Grade Aid versus Teacher Aide (cloud): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrade AidTeacher Aide (cloud)
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.8 (45 ratings)
Positive reviews—78.6% of reviews
Number of ratings345 — better
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEric DievendorfGlen Botha

Customer experience

Grade Aid

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Teacher Aide (cloud)

All ratings45 ratings
Positive95.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive78.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative21.4%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Grade Aid

One-time1
  • Full Feature Unlock$2.99
6 purchases

Teacher Aide (cloud)

Subscriptions6
  • 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

Questions

Is Grade Aid free?
Grade Aid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Teacher Aide (cloud) free?
Teacher Aide (cloud) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Grade Aid or Teacher Aide (cloud)?
Grade Aid is rated higher. Grade Aid averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Teacher Aide (cloud) averages 4.8 from 45 ratings.
Do Grade Aid or Teacher Aide (cloud) have ads?
Neither Grade Aid nor Teacher Aide (cloud) shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Grade Aid or Teacher Aide (cloud)?
Grade Aid ships an update every 12 months, and Teacher Aide (cloud) weekly. Most recently, Grade Aid was updated on July 8, 2026 and Teacher Aide (cloud) on September 7, 2026.

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