Comparison

BatchBook vs Brightmark

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

Head to head
About

BatchBook

Features
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The simplest tuition manager for independent tutors. BatchBook helps you run your classes — students, attendance, fees, batches, and reminders — without the bloat of school management software. Built for one person teaching outside an institution. MADE FOR • Home tutors running private tuition classes • Coaching class owners • Music teachers and instrument coaches • Dance, yoga, and fitness instructors • Sports coaches and trainers • Art, language, and exam-prep teachers WHAT YOU GET • Students — add fast with phone import from Contacts. Track parent name, class, school, and notes. • Batches — create class groups with weekly schedules. Quick presets for Weekdays, Weekend, M-W-F, or pick custom days. • Attendance — mark Present, Absent, or Leave. Bulk "All Present" for quick days. Mark any past date. • Fees — Monthly, Per-Class, or Custom fee structures. Auto-tracked per student per period. • Payments — record cash, UPI, bank transfer, or any mode. Edit or delete history anytime. • WhatsApp fee reminders — one tap from the student profile. Pre-filled message in your language. • Test reports — log marks, subjects, test type, and notes. Subject autocomplete from past entries. • Daily reminders — gentle nudges to mark attendance and collect pending fees. Skipped when there is nothing pending. • Dashboard — today's batches, total students, active batches, pending fees, at a glance. • Free iCloud backup — your data syncs across your iPhone and iPad. No account, no setup. • 17 currencies — INR, USD, GBP, EUR, AED, AUD, BDT, CAD, JPY, KRW, LKR, MYR, NGN, NZD, PKR, SGD, ZAR. WHY BATCHBOOK • Offline-first. No login. No signup. No internet required to use. • No ads. No tracking that identifies you. No data sold. • Designed for one tutor running their own classes — not a school of 500. • Usable in your first batch. No training, no onboarding wizards. PRICING • Free. Every feature included. No ads. No subscription. YOUR DATA, YOUR DEVICE Your students and fees stay on your iPhone. We do not have a server. Your data syncs privately to your iCloud for free backup. We cannot see it. Privacy policy: https://zuniclabs.com/batchbook/privacy/ Questions: support@zuniclabs.com

About

Brightmark

Features
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Brightmark is the free mobile app for Singapore tutors to find new students, manage their schedule, and get paid on time. FIND NEW STUDENTS Create your public profile and share it anywhere. Parents message you directly. MANAGE YOUR SCHEDULE Set a recurring schedule per student, add one-off lessons, and drag to reschedule. Sync it to Google Calendar too. LOG LESSONS IN SECONDS Mark a lesson done in one tap, and add a note to share what you covered. INVOICE PARENTS IN ONE TAP At month-end, send the pre-filled invoice message to parents in one tap. SEND REMINDERS When an invoice goes overdue, send a reminder in one tap. Mark it paid when the money comes in. FREE FOREVER. NO CATCH. Just add your students and you're all set. You do the teaching. Brightmark handles the rest.

Screenshots

BatchBook4 screens
Brightmark4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Brightmark at fortnightly against BatchBook's every 5 weeks. Brightmark also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.1). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BatchBook ships an update every 5 weeks, Brightmark fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
BatchBook versus Brightmark: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBatchBookBrightmark
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.115.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZunic Labs LLPFinedrawn Pte. Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

BatchBook

No in-app purchases

None

Brightmark

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BatchBook free?
BatchBook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Brightmark free?
Brightmark is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BatchBook or Brightmark have ads?
Neither BatchBook nor Brightmark shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BatchBook or Brightmark?
BatchBook ships an update every 5 weeks, and Brightmark fortnightly. Most recently, BatchBook was updated on September 28, 2026 and Brightmark on October 1, 2026.

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