Comparison

Classroom Mosaic vs Splashtop Classroom

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

Splashtop Classroom

Enhance classroom interaction by allowing teachers to stream their computer screen and audio to student devices. Students can view, control, and annotate lesson content directly from their tablets or computers, fostering engagement and collaboration.

Highlights
  • Stream PC/Mac screen and audio to student devices
  • Students can view, control, and annotate content
  • Annotate over any content with drawing and highlighting tools
  • Share multimedia applications and websites instantly
  • Capture and share student ideas
  • Teach from anywhere in the classroom
Features
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*** #1 Education App Developer for iPad – Over 1 million teachers are using Splashtop Remote Desktop, Whiteboard & Classroom products to improve the teaching and learning experience Splashtop Classroom: Control, Annotate, then Share a teacher’s PC/Mac with a students iPad or Chromebook, or PC/MAC running a Chrome browser. Splashtop Classroom allows teachers to stream their PC/Mac screen together with audio to every student’s iPad, Chromebook, PC or Mac, improving student engagement and interactivity. Students can then view, control and annotate over lesson content directly from their mobile device. Splashtop Classroom is perfect for teachers and instructors that want to engage and motivate their students. Pass control to a group of students and let them explore and communicate their ideas with the rest of the class without moving from their seats. Even the most demanding multi-media applications can be shared instantly and with a great user experience. Splashtop Classroom is perfect for 1:1 and BYOD initiatives! TEACHERS CAN: + Teach from anywhere inside the classroom. Have complete control over applications such as Keynote or PowerPoint or Flash-capable browser on the classroom PC as if you were sitting right there. No need to stay at the front of the class. Be free to roam around without losing control of the class! + Annotate over any content. Use gestures to draw, highlight, or write over any content. Take snapshots of the screen and save them to the gallery then print or email the snapshots to students, parents or colleagues. Use different colored and sized pens, stamps, highlighter, shapes, lines, and text tools over existing content or Flipchart backgrounds. Use the spotlight and screen shade tools to keep students focused. + Share anything from your computer instantly. Even the most demanding multi-media PC / MAC applications can be shared instantly from your iPad without any reformatting using unfamiliar authoring tools or uploading ahead of time! Have a website or YouTube FLASH video to share with the class? No problem – just start a Splashtop Classroom session and display the QR code for students to snap and instantly join! Visually or hearing impaired students can now see, hear – and interact with - the lesson content from anywhere in the class. + Capture student ideas easily. Pass control to a group of students and let them communicate their ideas with the rest of the class without moving from their seats. Annotate content or select an existing flipchart background and share it with the rest of the class. Take student engagement to the next level while improving classroom management! ***** Read how our education users love using Splashtop! ***** "The Splashtop Classroom software not only increases my instructional effectiveness, in that it allows me to roam the room as I teach, but it also increases student engagement, eases my workload, and makes my workday even more enjoyable. Effectiveness, Efficiency, Engagement, Ease, and Enjoyment- Splashtop is a 'multiple win situation.' It has become an indispensable and integral part of my everyday professional routine. I will never be tethered to a computer again!" Kevin Nerz, Ed.D. High School teacher "Splashtop Classroom allows our teachers to increase student engagement with or without a projector - also allowing students to take control and present their ideas from their own device. Splashtop also has the added benefit of allowing teachers and administrators to access their files and information from anywhere without having to return to the office and be chained to their desk." Darrin Tingey, Technology Director, Fremont Re-2 School District Please visit https://education.splashtop.com for more details.

Screenshots

Classroom Mosaic4 screens
Splashtop Classroom4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Classroom Mosaic at 4.8 against Splashtop Classroom's 3.9. Classroom Mosaic also leads on review sentiment (89% vs 64%) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). Splashtop Classroom's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.5). 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

Classroom Mosaic holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Classroom Mosaic has 135 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Classroom Mosaic's written reviews are positive against 64% of Splashtop Classroom's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Classroom Mosaic ships an update every 5 weeks, Splashtop Classroom every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 6, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Classroom Mosaic versus Splashtop Classroom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClassroom MosaicSplashtop Classroom
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (135 ratings) — better3.9 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews — better64.3% of reviews
Number of ratings135 — better14
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.513.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBenty, LLCSplashtop Inc.

Customer experience

Classroom Mosaic

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

Splashtop Classroom

All ratings14 ratings
Positive64.3%
Neutral14.3%
Negative21.4%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive64.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative35.7%

In-app purchases

None

Classroom Mosaic

No in-app purchases

None

Splashtop Classroom

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Classroom Mosaic free?
Classroom Mosaic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Splashtop Classroom free?
Splashtop Classroom is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Classroom Mosaic or Splashtop Classroom?
Classroom Mosaic is rated higher. Classroom Mosaic averages 4.8 out of 5 from 135 ratings, while Splashtop Classroom averages 3.9 from 14 ratings.
Do Classroom Mosaic or Splashtop Classroom have ads?
Neither Classroom Mosaic nor Splashtop Classroom shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Classroom Mosaic or Splashtop Classroom?
Classroom Mosaic ships an update every 5 weeks, and Splashtop Classroom every 3 months. Most recently, Classroom Mosaic was updated on October 6, 2026 and Splashtop Classroom on October 6, 2026.

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