5 vs Aeries Teacher
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
5
Access school-related data, including points, rewards, and activities, directly from your mobile device. Stay informed with school news and notifications, and utilize your digital ID for event check-ins. Participate in surveys and voting polls easily.
- View points and rewards
- Access activities and events
- Participate in surveys and polls
- Receive school news and notifications
- Digital ID for event check-in
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Access 5-Star Students data on your iPhone or iPad device! View your own points, rewards, activities, events, and access available surveys and voting polls. Plus, receive school news and notifications. Use your digital ID to check into events or even check in yourself, based on location or code, if available from your school.
Aeries Teacher
Manage student attendance, gradebooks, and assignments on the go. Access student information and communications directly from your mobile device. Includes tools for classroom management and student engagement.
- Take attendance and update lunch counts
- Manage gradebook assignments and grades
- View and update student basic information
- Access Aeries Communications portal
- Classroom management tools like student grouping
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Take your Aeries data with you on the go. Take attendance, manage gradebook assignments, grades and access Aeries Communications right from the palm of your hand. • Attendance - take attendance, update lunch count • Gradebook - view, update and create assignments; grade assignments; import and export assignments • Student basic information • Student class summary • Student Contacts • In-app access to your Aeries Communications portal (if enabled at your district) • Class Tools - randomly pick a student, create groups, memorize students' names game
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Aeries Teacher at 1.9 against 5's 1.4. 5's advantage is review sentiment (27% vs 0%) and ratings volume (6.7K vs 42). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Aeries Teacher holds the better App Store score, 1.9 against 1.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 5 has 6.7K ratings behind it against 42, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 27% of 5's written reviews are positive against 0% of Aeries Teacher's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
5 ships an update monthly, Aeries Teacher every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 5 | Aeries Teacher |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.4 (6.7K ratings) | 1.9 (42 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 27.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6.7K — better | 42 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 5 Star Students Solutions LLC | Aeries Software, Inc |
Customer experience
5
Aeries Teacher
Bugs and requests
5
Reported bugs
3 issues- Unreliable notifications
- Syncing issues across devices
- Unauthorized access to user data
Requested features
3 requests- More privacy controls
- Flexible bathroom pass system
- Improved user interface and experience
Aeries Teacher
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
5
No in-app purchases
Aeries Teacher
No in-app purchases
