Piazza vs iClicker Instructor Remote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Piazza
This platform facilitates communication and learning for higher education. Students can ask and answer questions, while instructors can monitor student engagement. It provides real-time updates and a centralized space for class interactions.
- Ask and answer questions
- Real-time updates
- Centralized class communication
- Student engagement monitoring
- Mobile access for students and instructors
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Piazza is the leading social learning platform for higher education, used by hundreds of thousands of students and more than 15 thousand professors for centralized class communications and polling. If you're a student, the Piazza app lets you ask and answer questions in all your Piazza classes from your mobile device, and updates you in real time when your peers are engaged. If you're an instructor, the app gives you a simple way to check in on your students during those spare moments between meetings. Stay connected to your class with Piazza!
iClicker Instructor Remote
This app allows instructors to manage live polling sessions directly from their mobile devices. Control presentation slides, start and stop questions, and view real-time responses. It also enables grading and tracking student participation.
- Control presentation slides
- Start and stop polling
- View real-time poll responses
- Share poll responses
- Grade poll questions
- View attendee responses
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iClicker Cloud's instructor mobile app allows instructors to control their polling sessions directly from their mobile devices. There's no need to bring your physical instructor remote or remain at the podium to conduct polls. KEY FEATURES: • Control your presentation slides • Start & stop polling questions • View poll responses in real-time • Share poll responses on the desktop to display them for students • Grade poll questions after polling ends • View poll attendees & who has responded to questions • View question history for your active session • View screenshots sent to your students
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Piazza at fortnightly against iClicker Instructor Remote's every 8 months. Piazza also leads on ratings volume (277 vs 37). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.1 for Piazza against 2.2 for iClicker Instructor Remote. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Piazza has 277 ratings behind it against 37, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 14% of Piazza's written reviews are positive against 10% of iClicker Instructor Remote's.
Piazza ships an update fortnightly, iClicker Instructor Remote every 8 months. Both last shipped on September 21, 2026.
| Parameter | Piazza | iClicker Instructor Remote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (277 ratings) | 2.2 (37 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews — better | 10.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 277 — better | 37 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Piazza Technologies, Inc. | HPHLP |
Customer experience
Piazza
iClicker Instructor Remote
Bugs and requests
Piazza
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to post or reply
- Randomly logs out users
- Fails to load posts and resources
- Incompatible with newer iOS versions
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- Ability to access course materials
- Improved formatting and editing tools
- Better organization of posts and discussions
- Seamless integration with web version
iClicker Instructor Remote
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Piazza
No in-app purchases
iClicker Instructor Remote
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Piazza free?
Is iClicker Instructor Remote free?
Which has better reviews, Piazza or iClicker Instructor Remote?
Do Piazza or iClicker Instructor Remote have ads?
Which is updated more often, Piazza or iClicker Instructor Remote?
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