Comparison

Gradebook App vs Lesson Garden

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

Head to head
About

Gradebook App

Features
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Gradebook brings gradebooks.org to iPhone and iPad for teachers and school administrators. DASHBOARD See recent assignments and jump into grading or attendance with one tap. GRADEBOOK Browse subjects and assignments, enter bulk grades, and review class averages. ATTENDANCE Take attendance by student with a quick tap. Review past records when you need them. STUDENTS Search your roster, view student profiles, and see grades at a glance. BUILT FOR SCHOOLS Sign in with your existing gradebooks.org account. Role-based access means teachers and admins see what they need — nothing more. SECURITY Optional Face ID / Touch ID lock keeps student data private on your device. Requires a gradebooks.org account. Contact your school administrator if you need access.

About

Lesson Garden

Effortlessly plan your homeschool year with this app. It calculates pacing for books and subjects, creating daily checklists for each child. Easily adjust plans for missed days or early completion, with options for breaks and holidays.

Highlights
  • Automated lesson pacing
  • Daily and weekly checklists
  • Flexible scheduling
  • Progress tracking
  • Multi-child support
  • Family sharing
  • Widgets for home/lock screen
Features
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Plan the whole homeschool year in minutes, then just check off each day. Tell Lesson Garden how many lessons or pages are in each book. It works out the pace, spreads everything across your school year, and gives you a simple checklist for every child, every day. EVERY BOOK FINISHED ON TIME • Enter a book's lessons or pages, and Lesson Garden spreads them evenly so it finishes on the last day of school. • Prefer a routine? Choose every day, Mon–Thu, Mon/Wed/Fri, Tue/Thu, every other day, or your own days, and see the finish date for each before you pick. • Page-based books get the right number of pages each time. • Curricula with more than one book, like Math 2A then 2B, are planned as one year. • Already partway through? Start from the lesson or page you're on. A CHECKLIST FOR EVERY CHILD • Today shows each child's lessons for the day. Tap to check them off. • On iPad, Today shows each child's lessons side by side. • The Week view shows the whole week at a glance, on iPhone and iPad. • Filter by child or by book. LIFE HAPPENS, AND THE PLAN KEEPS UP • Missed a day? Unfinished lessons move to the next school day, and the rest of the plan shifts. • Worked ahead, or did a subject on a day it wasn't planned? Check off the next lesson in any book from Today, and that book's plan moves up. • Checked something off by mistake? Undo it. YOUR SCHOOL YEAR, YOUR WAY • Set your first day, number of school days (180 by default), and which weekdays you do school. • Add breaks and holidays, and plans flow around them. • Give the same book to more than one child, each with their own copy to check off. • Doing history or a read-aloud with everyone? Make it a together book: it shows up once, and one tap checks it off for every child. HANDY EXTRAS • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets show what's next and each child's progress. • An optional daily reminder tells you how many lessons are planned that day. • On Apple Watch, see today's lessons and check them off from your wrist (with Undo), and see a lessons-left count on your watch face. LESSON GARDEN PLUS The free version plans for up to 2 students. Lesson Garden Plus adds: • Up to 8 students. • Sharing: invite a family member, and you each sign in (with Apple, or with an emailed code) to share the same plans and checkmarks on your own iPhones and iPads. Plus is available yearly (with a free trial) or as a one-time lifetime purchase, and can be shared with your household through Apple Family Sharing. Your plans stay on your device unless you turn on Sharing. No ads, no tracking. Terms of Use: https://www.lessongarden.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://www.lessongarden.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

Gradebook App3 screens
Lesson Garden4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gradebook App at none against Lesson Garden'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. Lesson Garden sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per year. Gradebook App asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Gradebook App versus Lesson Garden: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGradebook AppLesson Garden
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Every 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRYAN JOHN SALSBURYAdeptware, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Gradebook App

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Lesson Garden

Subscriptions1
  • Lesson Garden Plus Yearly1 Month trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lesson Garden Plus Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is Gradebook App free?
Gradebook App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lesson Garden free?
Lesson Garden is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Gradebook App or Lesson Garden have ads?
Neither Gradebook App nor Lesson Garden shows ads.

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