Comparison

PE Laps vs Mixd Groups

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

Head to head
About

PE Laps

This app simplifies lap tracking for physical education teachers. It allows for quick roster uploads and real-time lap marking, with smart alerts for finishers. The focus is on fast, accurate tracking to reduce administrative tasks.

Highlights
  • Quick roster upload
  • Real-time lap marking
  • Smart finish-line alerts
  • Auto-fade/hide finishers
  • Offline functionality
  • Save/load past sessions
Features
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PE Laps – Simplest, fastest lap tracker for PE teachers. Stop wasting time with clipboards and tallying. Built by a PE teacher, PE Laps lets you upload your roster and start tracking large classes in seconds. Tap to mark laps, see every student's current lap instantly, and get visual alerts when runners are about to finish – so you never miss accurate times again. • Easy setup – start a session in seconds • Handles big classes effortlessly (grid view + quick-tap or number entry) • Smart finish-line alerts (predicts arrivals within 20 seconds) • Auto-fade/hide finishers for zero clutter • 100% local & offline – your data stays private on your device. No ads or never ending subscriptions. • Easy roster upload + save/load past sessions • Easily export data as CSV files • Perfect for mile runs, cardio, fitness tests Ideal for middle/high school PE, jog-a-thons, daily conditioning, and any timed group run. PE Laps focuses on simplicity – record, view, and export student lap times.

About

Mixd Groups

Facilitate dynamic group formation for classrooms with engaging animations. Balance teams by skill, gender, or both, with manual adjustments before display. Export team assignments and manage groups efficiently.

Highlights
  • Dynamic team presentation with animations
  • Balance teams by skill, gender, or both
  • Manual team adjustments
  • Export team assignments (PDF, PNG)
  • Group management with up to 64 members
  • CSV import/export for members
  • iCloud synchronization
Features
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A little suspense before the group work starts. Mixd makes fair teams in seconds and reveals them with engaging animations on your classroom display. Balance teams by skill level, gender, or both, adjust the results whenever you need to, and draw who's up next. PRESENT TO YOUR CLASS • Set up in private: the classroom display shows a waiting screen until you tap Present • Reveal teams full-screen with Smooth Cascade, or choose from six intro animations (Pro) • Present on a connected display while the controls stay on your iPhone or iPad • Draw a student at random: a spotlight sweeps across the class and stops on the pick • Export team sets as PDF or image (Pro) MAKE TEAMS YOUR WAY • Choose the number of teams or a target team size • Balance teams by skill level • Balance by gender (Pro) • Group people with similar skill levels for tasks suited to their abilities (Pro) • Keep selected people on separate teams whenever the class allows it (Pro) • Reduce repeat pairings using recent grouping history (Pro) • Mark who's absent before making teams MANAGE YOUR CLASSES • Create, pin, duplicate, and sort classes into folders, with up to 64 members each • Import class lists from CSV or Excel files and export them as CSV • Move people between teams with drag and drop, and rename team sets and teams • Find any past team set in Activity by its name, class, team, or student • Back up everything to a file and restore it on any device (restoring: Pro) FREE TO START, PRO WHEN YOU NEED IT Mixd is free to download. The free version includes one active class, teams balanced by skill level, the Smooth Cascade reveal, the classroom display, drawing one student at a time, CSV export, and backups. Mixd Pro is a one-time in-app purchase, not a subscription. It adds unlimited classes, every balancing option, all six intro animations, team exports, restoring backups, and drawing several students or whole teams at once. Bought Mixd before it became free? Pro is included for you. FOR IPHONE AND IPAD Mixd adapts to your screen and supports light and dark appearance. When iCloud is enabled, your classes and team sets sync between your devices. No Mixd account. No ads. No tracking or third-party analytics. Class and team data is stored on your device and, when sync is enabled, in your private iCloud account. You choose when to export or share it. I'm a teacher. Mixd is the app I wanted for making teams and presenting them to my class, so I built it.

Screenshots

PE Laps4 screens
Mixd Groups4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Mixd Groups at Free against PE Laps's $7.99. PE Laps's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Mixd Groups is free to download; PE Laps costs $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
PE Laps versus Mixd Groups: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPE LapsMixd Groups
Price$7.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSEAN FINEGANIgor Dukhovny

Customer experience

PE Laps

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Mixd Groups

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

PE Laps

No in-app purchases

None

Mixd Groups

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PE Laps free?
PE Laps costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mixd Groups free?
Mixd Groups is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PE Laps or Mixd Groups have ads?
Neither PE Laps nor Mixd Groups shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PE Laps or Mixd Groups?
PE Laps ships an update fortnightly, and Mixd Groups fortnightly. Most recently, PE Laps was updated on September 30, 2026 and Mixd Groups on October 12, 2026.

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