Comparison

iDoceo vs Class Planner (cloud)

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

Head to head
About

iDoceo

This app serves as a comprehensive digital assistant for educators, offering tools for gradekeeping, lesson planning, student management, and resource organization. It allows for detailed record-keeping, custom reporting, and offline functionality.

Highlights
  • Gradebook with custom calculations
  • Lesson planner with week/day views
  • Student attendance tracking
  • Seating plan generator
  • Resource manager for files and links
  • Handwritten notes and drawings
  • Configurable PDF/XLS/TXT reports
Features
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iDoceo is a powerful assistant for teachers. You can add an unlimited number of students and classes. iDoceo is paid only once and you get the full app and its updates. There are no additional subscriptions or in app purchases. iDoceo respects your privacy and confidentiality. Works completely offline. No internet connection required. All your data is stored locally in your iPad, unless you enable the synchronization options. An all-in-one tool for teachers that consists of: - Fully fledged gradebook for teachers, with custom calculations, attendance and can be linked to Google Classroom,Moodle, MSTeams - Lesson planner: Week/Day views - Diary: Day/Week/Month/Timeline views of a single classroom - Teacher Timetable - Seating plans - Resource manager that will help you keep track of PDFs, audio,files,links,images,etc. - Notepads with handwritten notes, drawings and timestamped text - Configurable reports in PDF, XLS and TXT Below the list of its main features. More details at www.idoceo.net • TEACHER PLANNER, DIARY AND SCHEDULE - Configure simple week schedules or complex rotating cycles with holidays. Unlimited combinations for each term - Individual diary for each classroom. Single day view, week, month and timeline. Add&Edit iCal events - Timeline view with all your lessons on sight. Bump, lock and yank lessons. - Add files from any source, video, audio, handwritten notes, links and resources to your lesson plans. - Create PDF/XLS reports of your planner and diary. • TEACHER GRADEBOOK - Use rubrics, categories, icons, colors, text or number based grades. You can configure your own grading system - Evidence tracking features. Take pictures, record video and audio and attach it to any cell and student. - Calculate simple weighted averages, additions or create your own Excel like formulas with conditions and complex functions. - Add unlimited columns, folders, rows and pages to organize your information - Use configurable editors on each column for ultrafast edition and adapt the gradebook to your needs - Send personalized e-mail reports to your students with their grades, annotations or files - Filter information of students or groups on screen - Share your gradebook configurations with other users - Import your current data from any XLS, CSV or iDoceo template file - Import your students photos from a single image with face detection or in bulk with separate files - Export everything to native PDF, XLS or CSV • SEATING PLANS - Add columns and edit your data as if you were in the gradebook. - Up to ten seating plans per classroom with five different modes and backgrounds - Random group generator and picker. • TO-DOs, TEXT AND HANDWRITTEN NOTES - Create unlimited standalone notepads or linked to a classroom. Configurable sheets - Full PDF report of your notepads. - To-dos with alarm events - Timestamped text notes for meetings, linked to a class or a student • RESOURCE MANAGER - Record audio and video, add handwritten notes, signatures, files ,images, links, add text or annotations anywhere: gradebook cells, students, classroom, diary, planner. - Full PDF reader with bookmarks and thumbnails - Play Keynote presentations, view XLS files, audio and videos. • SYSTEM TOOLS - Multiple backup options: Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud or your own WebDAV server. - Works in landscape, portrait and full screen mode (gradebook) - Password protect your contents - Random picker and spinning wheel on summary,gradebook and seating plan - Class’ summary with configurable widgets. - Bulletin board with resources and notes. - Recycle bin with recently erased students, columns and classes Thanks for all your support and great comments in the App store! Visit our website's forum at www.idoceo.net or send us an e-mail from the app > Help > Support&Suggestions if you have any questions or suggestions for our next updates.

About

Class Planner (cloud)

This app helps educators organize their teaching materials in the cloud. It allows for easy access to lesson plans, standards, homework, and web resources across multiple devices. Features include schedule management, PDF generation, and integration with other educational tools.

Highlights
  • Cloud data synchronization across devices
  • Lesson plan management (standards, notes, homework)
  • Schedule support (1, 2, or 6-day)
  • PDF lesson generation
  • Google Classroom homework sync
  • Home screen widget for daily schedule
Features
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Class Planner (cloud) is a new release of the Class Planner app. This version stores data in the cloud instead of on device, so the app data is accessible from multiple devices such as a phone, an iPad and a MacBook computer. Your data automatically syncs from all your devices. Class Planner allows teachers to easily keep a record of their lesson plans which include the standards, lesson notes, homework and an online web resources. Features • Support a 1 week, 2 weeks or 6 day schedule. • Easily import standards and link to a lesson • View lessons for the day, the week, or by a class • Easily move lessons forward or backwards • Generate a PDF of the lesson for administrators or personal records • Sync homework with Google Classroom announcements. • Add a home screen widget to show today's class schedule Try the app for free for 2 classes. Activate an autorenewable subscription to support up to 20 classes or up to 30 classes. Autorenewable Subscription Details To access additional features the user needs to subscribe to an auto renewable 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 fee. 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. Feel free to email the developer at support@inpocketsolutions.com to give feedback. I love to make improvements based on user suggestions and anything to help teachers keep track of their lesson plans is appreciated. Privacy Policy: https://inpocketsolutions.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://inpocketsolutions.com/terms

Screenshots

iDoceo4 screens
Class Planner (cloud)4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Class Planner (cloud) at Free against iDoceo's $19.99. iDoceo's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (1.4K vs 55). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Class Planner (cloud) is free to download; iDoceo costs $19.99 up front. Class Planner (cloud) sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. iDoceo asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iDoceo holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iDoceo has 1.4K ratings behind it against 55, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of iDoceo's written reviews are positive against 71% of Class Planner (cloud)'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
iDoceo versus Class Planner (cloud): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriDoceoClass Planner (cloud)
Price$19.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (1.4K ratings) — better4.6 (55 ratings)
Positive reviews87.9% of reviews — better70.8% of reviews
Number of ratings1.4K — better55
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size149 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiDoceo Studios Ltd.Glen Botha

Customer experience

iDoceo

All ratings1,405 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.9%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews406 reviews
Positive87.9%
Neutral3.9%
Negative8.1%

Class Planner (cloud)

All ratings53 ratings
Positive88.7%
Neutral3.8%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive70.8%
Neutral12.5%
Negative16.7%

Bugs and requests

iDoceo

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Grades not calculating correctly
  • Syncing problems between devices
  • Inability to import/edit class rosters

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to copy/transfer student data between classes
  • More lesson planning/template features
  • Improved attendance/daily schedule features
  • Easier class/roster management
  • Web/desktop companion app

Class Planner (cloud)

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

iDoceo

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Class Planner (cloud)

Subscriptions4
  • Premium (20 classes)$5.991 Month
  • Premium (30 classes)$8.991 Month
  • Premium (20 classes)$59.991 Year
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  • Premium (30 classes)$89.991 Year

Questions

Is iDoceo free?
iDoceo costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Class Planner (cloud) free?
Class Planner (cloud) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iDoceo or Class Planner (cloud)?
iDoceo is rated higher. iDoceo averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.4K ratings, while Class Planner (cloud) averages 4.6 from 55 ratings.
Do iDoceo or Class Planner (cloud) have ads?
Neither iDoceo nor Class Planner (cloud) shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iDoceo or Class Planner (cloud)?
iDoceo ships an update fortnightly, and Class Planner (cloud) fortnightly. Most recently, iDoceo was updated on November 1, 2026 and Class Planner (cloud) on November 3, 2026.

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