Teachers.io vs Blocksi Teacher
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Teachers.io
This app helps educators plan lessons, organize class materials, and share information with students. It allows for offline access and automatically updates a personal teacher website. Streamline your teaching workflow and keep students informed.
- Organize classes and syllabus
- Share assignments and announcements
- Upload files and links
- Offline access and syncing
- Automatic teacher website creation
- Shareable education profile
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Plan your schedule, organize your classes and share with students. - Simplest way to organize your classes In minutes, have your course up and running. Our teacher focused design is the easiest way to organize your syllabus, assignments, tests, lessons, and announcements. Upload files from popular file sharing apps and share links to quizzes, discussions, videos and more. - Share with students using the myHomework app Students using the myHomework app can easily access the syllabus, assignments, course schedule, and announcements. - Works Offline Don't worry about that terrible school network or sparse mobile coverage. Teachers.io will work great without network connectivity and sync up the next time it can. - Teachers.io Website All of the course and profile information automatically updates your website. Every teacher has a url at https://teachers.io for a mobile, desktop and tablet friendly website. - Save Time: Easy to share education profile and more With a simple link to your Teachers.io profile from your school website, your education history, announcements and classes can all be updated straight from the app.
Blocksi Teacher
This app provides teachers with real-time classroom monitoring and control tools on mobile devices. Teachers can view student screens, manage browsing activity, share content, and run assessments. It also includes features for attendance tracking, analytics, and instructional support.
- Real-time student screen monitoring
- Website blocking and allowing
- Content sharing and enforcement
- Attendance tracking
- Activity analytics
- Plagiarism checker
- Quiz generator
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The Blocksi Teacher Mobile App extends the Blocksi Teacher Dashboard to mobile, giving teachers real-time classroom monitoring, activity insights, and control tools. Teachers can view student screens and live browsing activity in real time. From the app, teachers can open or close tabs and add websites to allow or block lists. Teachers can also share or enforce class-related content on student devices, use Heads Up to focus attention, and run assessments with browser lock during testing. The Blocksi Teacher app also supports attendance tracking, student grouping, class activity timelines, and exportable activity logs (CSV). Teachers can access analytics for web activity, search queries, and YouTube usage, as well as manage filters and policies. Additional tools include the Plagiarism Checker, Website Rating tool, and Quiz Generator, helping teachers support instruction alongside classroom management.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Teachers.io at 63% against Blocksi Teacher's 0%. Teachers.io also leads on rating (3.7 vs 1.7) and ratings volume (25 vs 6). Blocksi Teacher's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Teachers.io sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Blocksi Teacher asks for nothing beyond the download.
Teachers.io holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Teachers.io's written reviews are positive against 0% of Blocksi Teacher's.
Teachers.io ships an update every 3 months, Blocksi Teacher monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Teachers.io | Blocksi Teacher |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (25 ratings) — better | 1.7 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | instin, LLC | Blocksi |
Customer experience
Teachers.io
Blocksi Teacher
Bugs and requests
Teachers.io
Reported bugs
21 issues- App crashes every time trying to link/access Google Drive
- Randomly not showing certain assignments
- Cannot enter a date outside of the current month
- Lesson plans completely disappear and have to be redone
- No feedback from students on logged in status or completed work
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- Two week cycle calendar is awkward for holidays
- Timetable difficult for secondary teachers with two week cycle
- No way of knowing what students are using the app
- Does not let teacher know when students have completed assignments
- Lack of creating a private course
- Cannot limit who can see the course through partner app
- Assignment does not retain formatting into MyHomework
- Links in homework assignments don't show for students in MyHomework app
- Formatting doesn't show up in the description on MyHomework student app
- Notes for each lesson run together
- Approval process takes too long
- Requires location sharing for registration
- Assignments don't post to student planners fast enough
- Assignments occasionally do not post at all
- Cannot log in to app
- Email confirmation not received
Requested features
27 requests- Show assignment due dates on calendar
- Notifications chime or buzz and pop up on phone screen
- Calendar view for lessons
- Space for teacher notes
- Option to incorporate a grade book
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- Field trip template
- Notify when an assignment has been completed
- Ability to limit who can see the course
- Support for Arabic language
- Support for Spanish language
- Option to include Common Core standards
- Ability for students to notify teachers upon completion
- Private course option
- Dark mode option
- More interaction with students
- See which pupils have signed up/viewed assignments
- Submit assignments through the app
- Group lessons and assignments by unit
- Calendar view for lessons
- Notifications pop up on iPad screen
- Blog through a different platform than Twitter
- Assignment retention of formatting into MyHomework
- Links in homework assignments show in MyHomework
- Formatting shows in MyHomework description
- Notes for each lesson are not run together
- Faster approval process
- Home school version
Blocksi Teacher
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Teachers.io
- Ads-Free Account$4.99
Blocksi Teacher
No in-app purchases
Questions
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