Comparison

Easy Grade vs Groups

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

Head to head
About

Easy Grade

Effortlessly grade student papers with this digital tool. Customize test parameters, choose grading methods, and adjust display settings for a personalized experience. Offers advanced features like half-point grading through an in-app purchase.

Highlights
  • Adjust number of questions
  • Grade by questions right/wrong
  • Half-point grading option
  • Adjust text size
  • Landscape mode support
  • Slide Over/Split View on iPad
Features
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Grade papers in seconds — anywhere, anytime. Trusted by 15,000+ teachers. 4.9 stars. The original EZ Grader app with half-point scoring. Features: • Works for any number of questions • Half-point increments • Grade by correct OR incorrect answers • Large text mode for easy reading • Landscape + Split View for iPad • Works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac • Color themes and more icons for Easy Grade Premium No cardboard EZ Grader needed.

About

Groups

This app helps educators create balanced and effective student teams using an advanced algorithm. It offers features like gender balancing, exclusion of incompatible students, and random student selection to promote participation. Easily import student data and export group compositions for classroom use.

Highlights
  • Advanced team-building algorithm
  • Gender balancing for groups
  • Exclude incompatible student pairs
  • Random student picker
  • Export and print group compositions
  • Bulk import students
  • Cross-device sync via iCloud
Features
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Effortlessly organize your students into effective teams with Groups, promoting meaningful collaboration and building teamwork skills in the classroom. ADVANCED TEAM BUILDING Have certain students who don’t work well together? Simply list these pairs in the app and Groups will handle the rest, with its advanced team-building algorithm. BALANCE GENDERS Ensure each group has an even distribution of genders with the ”Balance Genders” option, promoting diversity and encouraging collaboration. EDIT GROUPS Need to fine tune the generated groups? Easily rearrange the result to achieve a perfect team composition. RANDOM STUDENT PICKER Encourage equal participation in the classroom with Groups’ random student picker. This makes sure everyone gets a chance to provide input, ensuring all voices are heard. EXPORT AND PRINT Easily create printable handouts, posters, or a PDF to share using five beautiful themes. BULK IMPORT Add students from Microsoft Excel workbooks, CSV files, or plain text lists. UNLIMITED CLASSES Enter all your students once, and then create as many groups as you need. You can even add an icon and color to each class to easily tell them apart. CROSS DEVICE SYNC Add your classes once, and use them across all your Apple devices with iCloud sync. ——————————————— Groups has helped tens of thousands of teachers sort their students into groups, fostering more positive learning environments for students worldwide. Privacy Policy: https://wttech.com.au/docs/groups/privacy-policy Terms & Conditions: https://wttech.com.au/docs/groups/eula

Screenshots

Easy Grade4 screens
Groups4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Groups at none against Easy Grade's shown. Easy Grade's advantage is ratings volume (11K vs 146) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases 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. Easy Grade sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Groups sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Easy Grade against 4.9 for Groups. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Easy Grade has 11K ratings behind it against 146, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of Easy Grade's written reviews are positive against 90% of Groups's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Easy Grade ships an update every 2 weeks, Groups every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Easy Grade versus Groups: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEasy GradeGroups
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (11K ratings)4.9 (146 ratings)
Positive reviews84.0% of reviews90.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11K — better146
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.617.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperObjective Jellyfish, LLCWilliam Taylor

Customer experience

Easy Grade

All ratings11,317 ratings
Positive97.5%
Neutral1.2%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews75 reviews
Positive84.0%
Neutral1.3%
Negative14.7%

Groups

All ratings146 ratings
Positive97.3%
Neutral1.4%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%

Bugs and requests

Easy Grade

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Unable to use half points on iPad
  • App not working properly for some users

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add support for different point totals
  • Integrate school grading scales
  • Provide data analytics and reporting

Groups

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Easy Grade

One-time3
  • Half Points$2.99
  • Remove Ads$4.99
  • Half Points and No Ads$6.99
4 purchases

Groups

Subscriptions2
  • Groups Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Groups Pro Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • Color Themes$0.99
  • Groups Pro$39.99

Questions

Is Easy Grade free?
Easy Grade is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Groups free?
Groups is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Easy Grade or Groups?
Easy Grade and Groups are both rated 4.9 out of 5 on the App Store, from 11K and 146 ratings respectively.
Do Easy Grade or Groups have ads?
Easy Grade shows ads; Groups does not.
Which is updated more often, Easy Grade or Groups?
Easy Grade ships an update every 2 weeks, and Groups every 3 months. Most recently, Easy Grade was updated on September 25, 2026 and Groups on September 17, 2026.

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