Comparison

Teacher Notebook vs Student Guardian

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

Head to head
About

Teacher Notebook

This app helps educators manage their daily tasks by tracking student grades, taking notes for documentation, and organizing important events on a calendar. It's designed to streamline classroom management and record-keeping for teachers.

Highlights
  • Grade tracking
  • Note-taking for documentation
  • Event calendar
  • Classroom data management
  • Daily task organization
Features
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Teacher Notebook is a Gradebook and Notebook app for teachers who need help keeping tracking of all their data throughout the day. App features include tracking grades, taking notes for documentation, and a calendar for keeping track of important events.

About

Student Guardian

Features
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Student Guard helps busy parents stay organized by turning school emails into clear, actionable summaries. Connect your email, add trusted school sources, and let AI distill long newsletters, announcements, and district updates into concise insights—so you never miss a permission slip, a due date, or an important event again. How It Works Connect the email account where your school sends updates (Gmail or Outlook). Add trusted school sources such as teacher emails or district domains. Only messages from trusted sources are processed—your personal emails remain private. Assign roles to senders (District, Teacher, Main Teacher) to unlock enhanced organization. View summaries, events, and alerts in a unified dashboard. AI-Powered Summaries Clear, concise summaries of lengthy newsletters and announcements Automatic categorization (homework, grades, events, trips, payments) Highlighted action items and due dates Use Student Guard Cloud or your own API key Option to disable AI and view raw emails at any time Translation & Multi-Language Support Summaries available in 15 languages: English, Spanish, French, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), Vietnamese, Korean, Arabic, Tagalog, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Hindi, German, and Italian Auto-detects your device language on first launch Ideal for multilingual households Re-summarize any email in any supported language Smart Email Organization Filters school emails based on your trusted source list Assign sender roles for tailored features: District: Grade alerts and assignment notifications Main Teacher: Weekly newsletter summaries on the dashboard Teacher/Staff: Grouped by sender type for easy organization Color-coded student profiles to keep multiple children organized Unified Calendar Automatically extracts events, assignments, and due dates from emails Import district calendars via ICS files View all school events and deadlines in one place Filter by individual student Dashboard Daily digest with today’s events and action items At-a-glance teacher newsletter summaries Quick overview of what requires attention Optional weather widget for planning school days Smart Notifications Alerts for new emails, upcoming events, and due dates Quiet Hours to prevent notifications during nighttime Daily Digest notification at a time you choose Multi-Provider Support Connect Gmail or Outlook email accounts Secure OAuth 2.0 authentication with PKCE Credentials are never stored Widgets Today’s Summary widget for fast access to important updates Upcoming Events widget for your Home Screen iCloud Sync Sync trusted sources, roles, and student profiles across your devices Your configuration follows you to your iPad Privacy First Emails stored locally on your device Only trusted-source emails are processed AI features are fully optional and under your control No ads. No trackers. No selling of data. Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/andyapps/terms Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/andyapps/privacy

Screenshots

Teacher Notebook4 screens
Student Guardian4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Teacher Notebook at none against Student Guardian's 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Student Guardian sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Teacher Notebook asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Teacher Notebook versus Student Guardian: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTeacher NotebookStudent Guardian
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Fortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTravis RatliffAndy Arevalo

In-app purchases

None

Teacher Notebook

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Student Guardian

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Teacher Notebook free?
Teacher Notebook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Student Guardian free?
Student Guardian is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Teacher Notebook or Student Guardian have ads?
Neither Teacher Notebook nor Student Guardian shows ads.

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