Comparison

Classroom Mosaic vs Evidence for Learning

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

Head to head
About

Classroom Mosaic

This platform streamlines classroom observations, teacher evaluations, and professional development. It helps instructional leaders gather actionable insights from observation data to monitor educator growth and foster targeted development.

Highlights
  • Classroom observations with rubrics and photos
  • Automated data saving and feedback delivery
  • Teacher evaluation management
  • Progress tracking and trend identification
  • Actionable insights from observation data
  • Professional development planning
Features
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Classroom Mosaic is the leading platform for classroom observations, walkthroughs, learning walks, teacher evaluations, and more. Join 30,000+ educators. The Classroom Mosaic Platform helps instruction leaders improve instructional practice by transforming observation data into actionable insights for monitoring educator growth and targeted professional development. With Classroom Mosaic, you can: - Accelerate Educator Growth - Strengthen School Culture - Increase Teacher Retention WALKTHROUGHS & LEARNING WALKS & OBSERVATIONS Classroom observations are simple and effective in Classroom Mosaic. You can create forms with rubrics, scripting notes, photos, and more. During an observation, you can navigate your form quickly and your data saves automatically. After completing an observation, your feedback instantly goes to the teacher and they can start a dialogue with you right from their inbox. Then you can use the dashboards and reports to identify trends, spot strengths and weaknesses, and understand instructional practice by combining all observations from your school or district. TEACHER EVALUATION The Classroom Mosaic platform makes teacher evaluation straightforward and efficient. All tasks, documents, and forms are in one spot for each of your evaluations. Along the way, helpful reminders are automatically sent to you and your teachers to complete items on time. You can easily stay on top of what you need to do and even add eSignatures when the time comes. With our evaluation tools, you can focus on coaching and don’t have to worry about compliance. REPORTING The dashboards and reports transform your data into something you can understand and use. All data captured is automatically aggregated and reported based on your forms. You can drill deep into your observation data to understand trends, identify strengths and weaknesses, and implement continuous improvement practices. ABOUT US We build helpful tools for instructional leaders. Our goal is to make you more efficient and effective. Over the last decade, our platform has helped tens of thousands of educators capture over 5 million minutes of instructional time. We’ve worked with individual schools to districts with more than 100,000 students. Sign up for a demo to learn more.

About

Evidence for Learning

This app allows educators to record and track student progress using photos, videos, and audio. It supports any curriculum framework and helps generate reports, engage parents, and analyze data.

Highlights
  • Track progress across any curriculum
  • Record evidence with photos, video, audio
  • Link evidence to targets
  • Record professional judgments
  • Generate learning journeys and reports
  • Share with parents via secure portal
  • Export data for analysis
Features
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The most versatile Assessment app available! - Evidence and track progress across ANY curriculum framework (including your own customised frameworks) - Record small and subtle improvements: photo/video/audio, notes, judgements all linked to targets - Automatically link evidence, achievements, outcomes and judgements - Record professional judgements on different aspects for each outcome (eg. depth of learning; level of support; mastery; generalization; prompting, fluency; etc.) - Assess SINGLE or MULTIPLE ASPECTS for each outcome or target. - Save time and be better informed in planning, assessment and reporting - Better engage and involve parents in their child's learning and development - Export the summative assessment data as a .csv file for cohort and data analysis. Features also include: -Work with your own customised assessment criteria -Quickly & easily build a learner profile for each learner containing all evidence, notes and assessments -Generate rich learning journeys and coverage/tracker grids in an instant -Create Assessment Books that are integrated with your learner evidence -Share with parents via our secure parent portal. Parents can comment and these comments can be included in reports **** TESTIMONIALS **** "Using Evidence for Learning has transformed how we capture holistic progress over time, and has supported integrated provision. It is a powerful way to share learning with parents and the multi-professional team... all with a device staff can keep in their pocket." Vijita Patel, Principal & National Leader of Education (NLE), Swiss Cottage School and Development & Research Centre, London, UK "Evidence for Learning has truly revolutionised how we capture everything from pupil evidence, assessment and data in one centralised package. The sheer flexibility of the product allows us to use it across the whole school from 7-19 with an array of needs. The ability to move from extremely personalised targets right the way through to more formal accreditations means it is truly a one-stop-shop for all our needs. We have seen significant impacts across the whole school from allowing greater efficiency for Senior Leaders to complete complex moderation and triangulation, engaging and communicating with parents through to lightening the workload for teachers allowing them to focus on the important aspects of their role." Oliver Flowers, Headteacher The Westminster School, W Midlands, UK RECOMMENDED FOR ============= All education, development and training settings All Stages (Early Years through to Post 16, PreK-12 and Adult Education & Workplace Learning) Special Education Needs (SEN) Recording, evidencing and tracking interventions (reading, writing, mathematics, EAL / ESL) ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORKS =============== Evidence for Learning can be used with EVERY assessment framework EVER published! Comes preloaded with... - Common Core ELA & Mathematics - PA Pre-K - TN Pre-K Math - MA Pre-K - AR Early Childhood Framework - WV K - EYFS - English National Curriculum - Australian Curriculum - EYLF - and many more... - Perfect for PLI (Personalised Learning Intentions) and IEPs - Why not add your own learning outcomes, 'I can' statements and rubrics FREE to download and explore. Then available as a secure and supported Cloud service and subscription. SAFETY ===== We recommend using passcode protection and always use devices for capturing evidence in accordance with your Acceptable Use and Parental Permission policies.

Screenshots

Classroom Mosaic4 screens
Evidence for Learning4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Classroom Mosaic at none against Evidence for Learning's 3. Classroom Mosaic also leads on ratings volume (135 vs 2) and review sentiment (89% vs 72%). On price, rating, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Evidence for Learning sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Classroom Mosaic asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Evidence for Learning holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Classroom Mosaic has 135 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 89% of Classroom Mosaic's written reviews are positive against 72% of Evidence for Learning's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Classroom Mosaic ships an update every 5 weeks, Evidence for Learning every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Classroom Mosaic versus Evidence for Learning: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClassroom MosaicEvidence for Learning
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (135 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews — better72.4% of reviews
Number of ratings135 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBenty, LLCTheTeacherCloud Ltd

Customer experience

Classroom Mosaic

All ratings116 ratings
Positive96.6%
Neutral3.4%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%

Evidence for Learning

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive72.4%
Neutral10.3%
Negative17.2%

In-app purchases

None

Classroom Mosaic

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Evidence for Learning

One-time3
  • 50 Report Credits$6.99
  • 100 Report Credits$11.99
  • Remove Logo from Reports$20.99

Questions

Is Classroom Mosaic free?
Classroom Mosaic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Evidence for Learning free?
Evidence for Learning is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Classroom Mosaic or Evidence for Learning?
Evidence for Learning is rated higher. Classroom Mosaic averages 4.8 out of 5 from 135 ratings, while Evidence for Learning averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Classroom Mosaic or Evidence for Learning have ads?
Neither Classroom Mosaic nor Evidence for Learning shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Classroom Mosaic or Evidence for Learning?
Classroom Mosaic ships an update every 5 weeks, and Evidence for Learning every 6 weeks. Most recently, Classroom Mosaic was updated on September 19, 2026 and Evidence for Learning on September 22, 2026.

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