Comparison

Classroom Planner vs Parent Quest

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

Head to head
About

Classroom Planner

Streamline your teaching with an all-in-one digital assistant for educators. Create intelligent seating charts, detailed timetables, and manage student information effortlessly. Plan your entire school year with AI-powered tools designed to save you time and reduce stress.

Highlights
  • AI-powered seating charts
  • Drag & drop editor
  • Smart student grouping
  • Detailed timetables
  • School year calendar
  • Digital class lists
  • Classroom layouts
Features
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Plan your classroom, timetable and school year in one place. Classroom Planner helps teachers build seating charts, organise students, create weekly timetables and keep daily plans clear—without juggling separate apps. SMART SEATING CHARTS • Design classroom layouts with tables, chairs and custom objects • Record student conflicts and use automatic algorithms to reduce problem pairings • Choose from several seating methods, including balanced and minimum-conflict options • Fine-tune every result with drag and drop • Save different seating plans for different classes and lessons CLASSES AND STUDENT GROUPS • Keep digital class lists with useful student details • Track homework, permission slips, merits or your own custom information • Create balanced groups and random student selections • Add notes for the information you need during the school day TIMETABLES AND DAILY PLANNING • Build colour-coded weekly timetables for subjects, classes and classrooms • Create reusable day structures with periods, breaks and lunch • See teaching commitments by day and week • Keep notes, checklists and to-do reminders together YOUR WHOLE SCHOOL YEAR • Add terms, holidays, bank holidays and training days to a school-year calendar • Connect timetables with classes and classrooms • Map curriculum topics across terms and subjects in a flexible long-term overview SHARE AND PERSONALISE • Export seating plans as PDF or PNG for printing and sharing • Choose colour themes, app icons and home-screen layouts • Adjust accessibility, date and time settings to suit the way you work CLASSROOM PLANNER PRO Upgrade to Pro for unlimited classes, students, seating plans and timetables, advanced classroom objects, export options and more customisation. Download Classroom Planner and spend less time organising tools—and more time teaching. Classroom Planner offers an optional auto-renewing Pro subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Parent Quest

Features
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Parent Quest is a simple chore tracker and reward chart for families. Create child profiles, add daily checklist tasks, approve completed chores with a parent PIN, and let children earn coins toward real-life rewards. Parent Quest is designed for parent-owned phones and tablets. Children do not need their own account, email address, or device. Features: - Create child profiles - Add daily chores and checklist tasks - Approve completed tasks with a parent PIN - Award coins for completed chores - Add custom rewards - Spend coins on parent-approved rewards - Reset daily checklists - Optional Parent Quest Premium for unlimited children, tasks and rewards Parent Quest keeps the routine simple: chores done, parent approves, coins earned. Privacy Policy: https://www.vantalabs.co.uk/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Classroom Planner4 screens
Parent Quest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Parent Quest at none against Classroom Planner's shown. Parent Quest also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Classroom Planner sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Parent Quest sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Classroom Planner ships an update every 2 months, Parent Quest weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Classroom Planner versus Parent Quest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClassroom PlannerParent Quest
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size151 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRichard BiddulphVanta Labs NW Ltd

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Classroom Planner

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly Pro Subscription$1.997 Days
  • Monthly Pro Subscription$4.991 Month
  • Annual Pro Subscription7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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  • Annual Pro Subscription$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • 10 Tokens$7.99
  • Lifetime Pro$99.99
1 purchases

Parent Quest

Subscriptions1
  • Parent Quest Premium$2.991 Month

Questions

Is Classroom Planner free?
Classroom Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Parent Quest free?
Parent Quest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Classroom Planner or Parent Quest have ads?
Classroom Planner shows ads; Parent Quest does not.
Which is updated more often, Classroom Planner or Parent Quest?
Classroom Planner ships an update every 2 months, and Parent Quest weekly. Most recently, Classroom Planner was updated on October 20, 2026 and Parent Quest on October 7, 2026.

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