Comparison

Smartvention vs Progress Grove

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

Head to head
About

Smartvention

Features
Read full description

App is a powerful and easy-to-use platform designed to track and manage progress. Built for flexibility. With an intuitive interface, users can record academic performance, monitor behavior, document interventions, and maintain records — all in one secure place.

About

Progress Grove

This app helps educators and counselors track student behavior in real-time, documenting incidents and interventions. It provides detailed observations for reviews and meetings, with a focus on privacy and offline functionality.

Highlights
  • Real-time behavior episode logging
  • Handoff recording between staff
  • Safety event tracking
  • Add context and notes via typing or dictation
  • Student behavior history and episode duration
  • Offline functionality
  • Private data storage and export options
Features
Read full description

Progress Grove helps K–5 counselors, teachers and behavior specialists record behavior episodes as they happen and turn them into clear, dated observations for intervention reviews and MTSS meetings. MADE FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE MOMENT • Tap Start event when a student is dysregulated, then Escalating, Calming and Regulated as things change. The clock keeps time on its own. • Handing off to the counselor, the office or another teacher? Record who took over in one tap. • A safety event is one more tap, and it doesn't end the session. • Switch to another student and the open session keeps running. • Undo the last tap, or correct a time later. A timer left running is flagged so it can't skew the averages. ADD CONTEXT AFTERWARD • Tap what happened before, what the student did and what helped. • Add a short note by typing or dictating. Dictation is transcribed on the device, and the audio isn't saved. • Sessions waiting for details collect in one list, so nothing is forgotten. SEE WHAT'S WORKING • Each student's history shows how long episodes last, how much of that time was escalating, and which supports were used. • Filter to favorites or to students with sessions that still need notes. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No accounts, no server, no analytics and no ads. • Students are a number and a color badge, never a name. The app warns you if a note looks like it contains a name. • Records stay in the app's private storage on your device until you choose to export them. • Everything works offline. YOUR SCHOOL KEEPS THE RECORDS • Export a CSV report or a full backup and choose where it goes, such as your school's Google Drive. • Schools can install the free Progress Grove Google Sheet in their own Google Workspace to build behavior overviews and the behavior section of MTSS reports from those exports. • Optional Face ID or passcode lock, and a backup reminder so a lost phone doesn't mean lost records. Progress Grove is made by QuickerNotes, LLC. Questions: support@progressgrove.com

Screenshots

Smartvention4 screens
Progress Grove4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Progress Grove at every 4 days against Smartvention's fortnightly. Smartvention's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smartvention ships an update fortnightly, Progress Grove every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Smartvention versus Progress Grove: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmartventionProgress Grove
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAgamverseQuickerNotes, LLC

In-app purchases

None

Smartvention

No in-app purchases

None

Progress Grove

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Smartvention free?
Smartvention is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Progress Grove free?
Progress Grove is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Smartvention or Progress Grove have ads?
Neither Smartvention nor Progress Grove shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Smartvention or Progress Grove?
Smartvention ships an update fortnightly, and Progress Grove every 4 days. Most recently, Smartvention was updated on October 31, 2026 and Progress Grove on October 31, 2026.

Other comparisons