ClassTimer vs Name That Rule
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ClassTimer
This app helps students develop essential time management skills with visual timers and customizable alerts. It supports various display formats and sounds to aid understanding and productivity in educational settings.
- Visual time display
- Bar graph indicator for remaining time
- Selectable buzzer sounds
- Hours/minutes or minutes/seconds display
- Start, stop, pause, and restart functions
- Sound on/off control
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Our ClassTimer is designed to help teachers transform their classrooms into amazingly productive environments by assisting students with time management. ClassTimer helps students visualize time and understand it as fundamental concept that needs to be managed in order to be more productive. Good time management leads to success in school and work. In addition to the digital time display, ClassTimer includes a bar graph style display so that young children can visualize the time remaining for a particular task. Using ClassTimer children can better understand when the next phase of the school day will begin or when the time allotted for a task will end. Students at all levels can benefit from better time management skills. Whether they are taking a standardized test, working in a small group on a project or involved in a form of creative expression, they will be better able to succeed if they properly manage the available time. The ClassTimer makes it easy to visualize the passage of time. Several options increase its usefulness. Selectable buzzer sounds signal that the allotted time period has come to an end. Sound can be turned on or off. Usually classroom teachers will use the minutes and seconds display (MM:SS), but in some cases may want to switch to the hours and minutes display (HH:MM). ClassTimer Features ClassTimer has several useful features. In addtion to the very large display, a bar graph style indicator shows the remaining time as a percentage. Timer functions include a user selected audible sound effect to signal the end of a turn. Control Functions: • Activate or deactive the sound played when time is up. • Choose different audible signals by tapping the display. • Select between the hours and minutes display or the minutes and seconds display. • Tap the green arrow to start the countdown clock. • Tap stop to stop the timer. • Tap pause to pause the countdown. • Tap restart to reset the clock. • Slide the alarm sound control to either on or off. Works in stand-alone mode on an iPad or can be connected to a digital projector using an optional cable suppplied by Apple or wirelessly to Apple TV.
Name That Rule
This app helps students master spelling by teaching them how to correctly form word derivatives when adding suffixes. It guides users through processes like doubling, dropping, or changing letters from base words, and emphasizes the importance of accent detection for accurate spelling.
- Spelling derivatives instruction
- Suffix addition rules
- Doubling, dropping, and changing letters
- Accent detection for spelling
- Word formation guidance
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Spelling derivatives can be challenging for students. When adding a suffix to a base word, you either double, drop or change from the base word or just stick on the suffix. Also, detecting the accent is equally important for spelling. This app will take you through the process of looking at words and deciding what to do in order to spell derivatives.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Name That Rule at 5.0 against ClassTimer's 2.0. Name That Rule also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 14 months) and price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On ratings volume, 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
ClassTimer costs $1.99 and Name That Rule $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Name That Rule holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
ClassTimer ships an update every 14 months, Name That Rule every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 25, 2026 and June 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ClassTimer | Name That Rule |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 2.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPad, Mac, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ventura Educational Systems | Edwards Insight, LLC |
Customer experience
ClassTimer
Name That Rule
In-app purchases
ClassTimer
No in-app purchases
Name That Rule
No in-app purchases
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