Comparison

Level It Books 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

Level It Books

Organize your personal or classroom library by scanning book ISBNs to instantly access reading level data. Track book loans, manage student rosters, and build wish lists. Sync your data across devices with cloud backup.

Highlights
  • Scan ISBNs for book level data
  • Comprehensive book database
  • Personalized library creation
  • Book loan tracking
  • Student roster management
  • Cloud sync and backup
  • Community book submissions
Features
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Visit levelitbooks.com for any questions you have about the app! A library management app that allows you to scan your books' ISBNs to view the Guided Reading, Lexile®, Grade Level Equivalent, and DRA levels for the book and store them in a personalized library. You can build your leveled library quickly by searching our comprehensive database of over 300K books spanning those 4 leveling standards. We have a passion for education and our goals are to help you organize your classroom library and to alleviate the struggles associated with finding the levels of books. This app is great for educators who need to level their classroom library and also need a way to organize those books digitally. Parents will also find this app useful in order to locate level appropriate books for their child's reading enjoyment. ◆ Features ‣ Scan or manually search by ISBN, book title or author to lookup level information where available. ‣ View a new book of the week recommended by teachers. ‣ Create and maintain libraries of your books. ‣ Loan out your books and keep track of them by utilizing the Check out and in feature. ‣ Create and maintain roster(s) of your students for checking out books and maintaining reading levels. ‣ Create and maintain wish lists of books that you don't currently have, but would like to get in the future. ‣ Cloud Syncing! Easily sync all of your data across iOS devices. ‣ Cloud Backup! We now backup your data on a daily basis so in the event of you losing your device or getting a new one, you can easily restore your data. ‣ Social - Educators can submit book levels and recommendations to benefit other users (Levels will be independently reviewed for accuracy before going live). ‣ Theme and Font customization - Adjust the theme colors and fonts of the app to customize to your liking. ‣ An active support team that is dedicated to developing new features and adding new books to our database. Join us in building the best community for educators and parents to support the on going growth of our children! We would love to hear from you! If you have any issues, questions, or suggestions, please use the Contact Us page in the app or email us at support@levelitbooks.com. You can also visit us at levelitbooks.com, on Facebook at facebook.com/LevelItBooks, and on Twitter @LevelItBooks. Notes: The ISBN scanner feature requires a device with an auto-focus camera (e.g. iPhone 3GS or newer, iPad 3 or newer) for native camera support. If you have a fixed-focus device (e.g. iPad 2) we use a companion app for scanning that will be seamless to you. We will walk you through it when you launch the scanner. This app also requires internet connectivity (e.g. WiFi, 3G, 4G, LTE) to communicate with our back end service to bring you the great features of this app.

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

Level It Books4 screens
Teacher Aide (cloud)4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Teacher Aide (cloud) at 79% against Level It Books's 16%. Teacher Aide (cloud) also leads on price (Free vs $4.99) and rating (4.8 vs 1.8). Level It Books's advantage is ratings volume (144 vs 48) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.0). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Teacher Aide (cloud) is free to download; Level It Books costs $4.99 up front. Level It Books sells 1 one-off in-app purchase 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Teacher Aide (cloud) holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 144 and 48 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of Level It Books's written reviews are positive against 79% of Teacher Aide (cloud)'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Level It Books ships an update every 3 months, Teacher Aide (cloud) weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Level It Books versus Teacher Aide (cloud): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLevel It BooksTeacher Aide (cloud)
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating1.8 (144 ratings)4.8 (48 ratings) — better
Positive reviews15.6% of reviews78.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings144 — better48
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS8.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKTL Mobile Apps LLCGlen Botha

Customer experience

Level It Books

All ratings142 ratings
Positive16.9%
Neutral8.5%
Negative74.6%
Written reviews122 reviews
Positive15.6%
Neutral6.6%
Negative77.9%

Teacher Aide (cloud)

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

Bugs and requests

Level It Books

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Frequent app crashes
  • Scanning issues and long search times
  • Inconsistent book level information

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add reading recovery levels
  • Improve book browsing and filtering options
  • Allow exporting library data
  • Add check-out history tracking

Teacher Aide (cloud)

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Level It Books

One-time1
  • Font and Theme Pack$0.99
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 Level It Books free?
Level It Books costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Teacher Aide (cloud) free?
Teacher Aide (cloud) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Level It Books or Teacher Aide (cloud)?
Teacher Aide (cloud) is rated higher. Level It Books averages 1.8 out of 5 from 144 ratings, while Teacher Aide (cloud) averages 4.8 from 48 ratings.
Do Level It Books or Teacher Aide (cloud) have ads?
Neither Level It Books nor Teacher Aide (cloud) shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Level It Books or Teacher Aide (cloud)?
Level It Books ships an update every 3 months, and Teacher Aide (cloud) weekly. Most recently, Level It Books was updated on October 24, 2026 and Teacher Aide (cloud) on October 24, 2026.

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