A+ Teacher's Aide vs Teacher Aide (cloud)
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
A+ Teacher's Aide
Manage student attendance, grades, and behavior with flexible grading options. Generate detailed reports and communicate with students and parents via email or text. Securely store and back up your data locally or via cloud services.
- Weighted and total points grading
- Drop lowest or specific grades
- User-defined attendance statuses
- Automatic grade computation from attendance
- Individual and class graphical reports
- Email reports to students/parents
- Import student data from CSV/Contacts
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Grading Both weighted and total points options Drop lowest or drop specific grades Attendance User-defined attendance statuses Track behavior using attendance Automatically compute grades from attendance Reports Individual and class level graphical reports E-mail reports to students or parents View/e-mail reports as HTML or spreadsheet Data Privacy: data stored locally and only accessible by user Import course/student data from CSV files Backup data to e-mail or Dropbox More User-specified grading scales Privacy protection with app passcode Generate random student or groups Contact students through text, email, phone Import student data from Contacts
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.
- 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
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Teacher Aide (cloud) at weekly against A+ Teacher's Aide's every 2 months. A+ Teacher's Aide's advantage is ratings volume (485 vs 48) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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
Both are free to download. A+ Teacher's Aide sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Teacher Aide (cloud) sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for A+ Teacher's Aide against 4.8 for Teacher Aide (cloud). That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: A+ Teacher's Aide has 485 ratings behind it against 48, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of A+ Teacher's Aide's written reviews are positive against 79% of Teacher Aide (cloud)'s.
A+ Teacher's Aide ships an update every 2 months, Teacher Aide (cloud) weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | A+ Teacher's Aide | Teacher Aide (cloud) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (485 ratings) | 4.8 (48 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 78.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 485 — better | 48 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Room 220 | Glen Botha |
Customer experience
A+ Teacher's Aide
Teacher Aide (cloud)
Bugs and requests
A+ Teacher's Aide
Reported bugs
4 issues- Import feature is too fussy
- Buttons in app are no longer visual, making it difficult to use
- Grades and notes disappear when writing them
- Data import not working
Requested features
11 requests- Request to allow setting attendance for a period of time
- Ability to print reports directly from the app
- Sync across multiple devices
- Add ability to attach photos of student work
- Add ability to customize school name, logo, header color, etc.
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- Add ability to print the in-app calendar
- Add ability to change class category within assignments
- Add ability to choose classes for detailed class reports
- Add ability to include dates in detailed class reports
- Add ability to bulk copy classes
- Add ability to change order of assignments
Teacher Aide (cloud)
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
A+ Teacher's Aide
- Attendance$7.99
- Gradebook$7.99
- Attendance & Gradebook$11.99
Teacher Aide (cloud)
- 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
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