Comparison

Rubrics 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

Rubrics

This app helps educators organize student grades and assessments using the Rubrics method. It allows for the creation of classes, students, and custom rubrics, generating various reports and report cards. Users can also download templates and import data from cloud storage.

Highlights
  • Organize student grades and assessments
  • Create classes, students, and rubrics
  • Generate reports and report cards
  • Download and use templates
  • Import data from cloud storage
  • Create custom rubrics
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Rubrics is an education assessment app which the main function is to help teachers to organize student grades. This teacher assistant app is built using the Rubrics method of assessment for learning. With this app, you can add classes, students, rubrics, and link them together to produce variety of reports that culminate in producing report cards for students. There are various templates you can download and use according to your needs. Download Rubrics now and enjoy the benefit of having our app as part of your teacher kit! Exams and grading are essential part of teaching at school. There are various methods to grade and evaluate student performance. One of the most used methods is Rubrics. There are many benefits of using Rubrics for students and teachers. However, sometimes it’s kind of complicated to create your own grading and score matrices. Our app helps you organize students’ scores and grades much more efficiently with matrix and grids. We also help you link all the factors together and create progress and report cards. Fast result will benefit everyone. You can quickly let your students know if they need to do some revision or if they need to study more for the next assessment of learning. ============ TOP FEATURES OF RUBRICS EDUCATION ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING: ============ •Download Rubrics and test out how our app can help you to organize scores and grades. •Download various templates from within the app. •Use Hints to help you navigate our app. •Create Student Report, Class Heat map, Pivot Report from within our app. •Add Classes, Students, and Rubrics. •Create Report cards for each students or for entire class at once. •Create Rubrics using Excel spreadsheet which can be imported. •Link to iCloud, Dropbox,Google Drive. •Import students, classes, and rubrics. •Switch view between grading by class or student. •Create your own Rubrics template or start by downloading Rubrics created by other members of our community. Our education assessment app is free to use for 30 days. We want you to experience first hand how practical our app is and why you need it as part of your teacher kit. Then if you want to continue to use it, you can purchase. With just a few dollars, you can use this neat scoring and grading app that will make your life as a teacher much easier. Where else can you get such a value for money for what is basically a digital teacher assistant?

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

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Teacher Aide (cloud) at 4.8 against Rubrics's 4.2. Teacher Aide (cloud) also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (45 vs 5). Rubrics's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Rubrics sells 2 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Teacher Aide (cloud) holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Teacher Aide (cloud) has 45 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Rubrics's written reviews are positive against 79% of Teacher Aide (cloud)'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rubrics ships an update every 3 months, Teacher Aide (cloud) weekly. The most recent releases landed on June 6, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Rubrics versus Teacher Aide (cloud): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRubricsTeacher Aide (cloud)
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings)4.8 (45 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.0% of reviews78.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings545 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPaul KeenGlen Botha

Customer experience

Rubrics

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral15.0%
Negative15.0%

Teacher Aide (cloud)

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

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Rubrics

One-time2
  • 12 Month Subscription$3.99
  • purchase of 20 redeem codes$6.99
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 Rubrics free?
Rubrics is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Teacher Aide (cloud) free?
Teacher Aide (cloud) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Rubrics or Teacher Aide (cloud)?
Teacher Aide (cloud) is rated higher. Rubrics averages 4.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Teacher Aide (cloud) averages 4.8 from 45 ratings.
Do Rubrics or Teacher Aide (cloud) have ads?
Neither Rubrics nor Teacher Aide (cloud) shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rubrics or Teacher Aide (cloud)?
Rubrics ships an update every 3 months, and Teacher Aide (cloud) weekly. Most recently, Rubrics was updated on June 6, 2026 and Teacher Aide (cloud) on September 7, 2026.

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