Comparison

Socrative Teacher 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

Socrative Teacher

This app helps educators conduct real-time formative assessments, allowing them to quiz and grade students instantly from any device. It provides flexible assessment tools, automatic grading, and powerful reporting to identify learning gaps and engage students effectively.

Highlights
  • Real-time formative assessment
  • Create and share quizzes
  • Automatic grading
  • Virtual classroom rooms
  • Instant feedback and reporting
  • Cross-device compatibility
Features
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Socrative is the best classroom app for formative assessment, empowering teachers to quiz and grade at the speed of learning, from any device, in class or remotely. Simple and reliable, Socrative is trusted by millions of educators around the world to deliver effective assessments to learners at every level. With instant feedback, you can identify knowledge gaps, engage your students more effectively, and adjust teaching on-the-fly to close feedback loops faster. - Flexible & engaging assessment tools: quickly create, manage, share a library of activities, and send customized quizzes directly to students, all in one simple platform. - Easy-to-create virtual rooms: easily set up rostered rooms for classes or individual activities, and invite students with simple and secure login options. - Automatic grading: with real-time marking and result reporting, it’s never been easier to visualize student learning so you can engage your learners, quickly adapt lessons or revisit concepts in the moment, and spend less time grading assignments. - Powerful real-time reporting: download detailed student and question-level quiz reports to share with students or colleagues, and make communication a breeze with automatic distribution of quiz results to students. Socrative is available for download on all major digital devices, and for use on all major browsers. You can use Socrative on smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktop computers. Socrative is 100% free for students to use, on all devices.

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

Socrative Teacher4 screens
Teacher Aide (cloud)4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Teacher Aide (cloud) at 4.8 against Socrative Teacher's 3.2. Teacher Aide (cloud) also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (79% vs 50%). Socrative Teacher's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Teacher Aide (cloud) sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Socrative Teacher asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Teacher Aide (cloud) holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 45 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Socrative Teacher's written reviews are positive against 79% of Teacher Aide (cloud)'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Socrative Teacher ships an update every 3 months, Teacher Aide (cloud) weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Socrative Teacher versus Teacher Aide (cloud): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSocrative TeacherTeacher Aide (cloud)
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (29 ratings)4.8 (45 ratings) — better
Positive reviews49.5% of reviews78.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2945 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS11.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShowbie Inc.Glen Botha

Customer experience

Socrative Teacher

All ratings29 ratings
Positive41.4%
Neutral24.1%
Negative34.5%
Written reviews105 reviews
Positive49.5%
Neutral20.0%
Negative30.5%

Teacher Aide (cloud)

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

In-app purchases

None

Socrative Teacher

No in-app purchases

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 Socrative Teacher free?
Socrative Teacher is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Teacher Aide (cloud) free?
Teacher Aide (cloud) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Socrative Teacher or Teacher Aide (cloud)?
Teacher Aide (cloud) is rated higher. Socrative Teacher averages 3.2 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while Teacher Aide (cloud) averages 4.8 from 45 ratings.
Do Socrative Teacher or Teacher Aide (cloud) have ads?
Neither Socrative Teacher nor Teacher Aide (cloud) shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Socrative Teacher or Teacher Aide (cloud)?
Socrative Teacher ships an update every 3 months, and Teacher Aide (cloud) weekly. Most recently, Socrative Teacher was updated on October 11, 2026 and Teacher Aide (cloud) on October 8, 2026.

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