Classroom Mate vs Seat them
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Classroom Mate
Manage student data and marks efficiently on your iOS device. Features include seating plans, custom actions for student behavior, and detailed mark management. The free version has limitations, with an in-app purchase available for full functionality.
- Student seating plans with pictures
- Customizable student actions (late, homework)
- Detailed student information view
- Checklists for student collections
- Student name memorization aid
- Configurable student mark entry
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Classroom Mate is a simple tool for teachers made for managing your students marks and data on your iPad or iPhone. Just test it and you will love it! Classroom is a slim, save an easy-to-use tool for every teacher. *** Limitation *** In the free version of the app, the number of classes and the number of students is limited to 5 each. You can test whether the app fits your needs or not, for free. Upgrade to the pro version for a small amount with an In-App-Purchase. If you have purchased the pro version on your iPad already then you will get it on your iPhone for free, of course! Short functional overview: * Seating plan with pictures of your students, having all important informations at a glance * Tap the picture of a student and choose an action like "being late" or "forgot homework". The app can create recalls on repeated actions, as well. You can adjust the actions so that they fit exactly your needs. * In the detail view you see all the recalls, actions and marks of one student. * Checklists for an easy overview of all the things (e.g receipts) to collect from your student. * Memorize the names of your new students at the beginning of a new shool year. * Enter and manage the marks of your students, which can be configured to match your needs (semesters or trimesters, rounding, weighting, ...) * The developer of this app is a teacher himself and is using it every day. Suggestions or wishes are welcome. If you've got further questions or suggestions send an e-mail to support.
Seat them
This app helps teachers manage classroom tasks efficiently. It allows for creating seating plans, tracking student attendance and participation, and simplifying administrative paperwork. Streamline your teaching with quick data entry and clear overviews.
- Seating plans for all classes and rooms
- Attendance and participation tracking
- Assessment basis for participation grades
- Reduce teacher paperwork
- Quick table capture for lessons
- Room and student planning
- Exportable student tables
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SEAT THEM has 4 main objectives: * Seating plans for all classes in all rooms * Overview of attendance and participation * A well-founded assessment basis for participation grades * Reduce the tedious paperwork as a class teacher. => this is exactly what Seat them is for. TEACHING SUPPORT - Capture tables quickly and easily In the course of a lesson, there are various little things that need to be recorded by the teacher, e.g. attendance, homework, parent signatures, book money, etc., but also class participation, disruptions, etc., if applicable. All of this has to be done quickly and intuitively, as lessons sometimes leave no time for documentation. The app contains examples of aspects that you can largely adapt to your needs: Beginning of the lesson At the start of the lesson, in addition to the presence of the students, it may also be necessary to record the extent to which homework and teaching materials are available: A swipe upwards on Peter and his forgotten homework is noted. A swipe to the left and the missed lesson is recorded. And if a student arrives late to class after all, a second swipe to the left is enough and the missed lesson is recorded in the table as a late arrival. Lessons Whether it's about participation grades or well-founded feedback for parent-teacher conferences - SEAT THEM allows you to record three different values for students, e.g. active participation, disruption of lessons, etc., which can be freely defined. With each swipe, the counter for the corresponding student is increased and the associated color bar becomes more intense. This allows you to see at a glance who has been recorded more or less frequently. Class management As a class teacher, you have to record in various lists whether all monies/signatures/declarations etc. have been submitted. Four such lists can be managed individually for each class with simple swipe gestures. The color bars provide a quick overview of who still has something outstanding. ... and of course seating plans for your cell phone Knowing the names of the pupils is the first hurdle for many colleagues; this is where a seating plan helps. But once you know the names, the seating plan is the fastest way to find individual students - faster than any table or list; notes can be made for each student in the seating plan using swipe gestures: Attendance, missing homework, class participation and much more. Room planning Rooms can be created in the app with their respective table arrangements. The grid can be expanded as required, tables with 1 or 2 desks can be arranged as required and rotated in 90° increments. Student planning In student planning, classes can be created and assigned the corresponding students, who can be placed in the created rooms simply by dragging and dropping. In addition: Exportable tables are created in the program for each pupil, which contain the corresponding counter values for each lesson. You can also correct these in the table. You can create an individual overview of the recorded data for each pupil. Text annotations can be recorded for each pupil in each lesson, either because of a fantastic performance or because of an unpleasant incident. The times when a student left class are entered in this text file by the app. pdf output of all recorded data of a student. Data protection User authentication and AES256 encryption IMPORTANT NOTE Strict guidelines apply to the processing of student-related data. Please inform yourself about this before using the app and comply with all specifications and guidelines.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Classroom Mate at Free against Seat them's $3.99. Classroom Mate also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). Seat them's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). On review sentiment, 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
Classroom Mate is free to download; Seat them costs $3.99 up front. Classroom Mate sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Seat them asks for nothing beyond the download.
Classroom Mate ships an update every 4 months, Seat them every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Classroom Mate | Seat them |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | reissl.com | Michael Ketelaar |
Customer experience
Classroom Mate
Seat them
In-app purchases
Classroom Mate
- classroom pro-upgradeFree
Seat them
No in-app purchases








