Comparison

Classroom Buddy vs PE Toolbox

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

Head to head
About

Classroom Buddy

Features
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Classroom Buddy is a simple, powerful classroom management app designed for teachers. Track attendance in seconds, organise students into groups, and give instant performance feedback during or after lessons. Every student can be profiled with a photo, and teachers can quickly rate behaviour using intuitive Good, Average, and Poor feedback tools. Key features: โ€ข Fast attendance tracking โ€ข Student performance ratings with quick feedback tools โ€ข Post-lesson reports saved automatically for review โ€ข Student profiles with photos or built-in avatars โ€ข Group creation and random group selection โ€ข Performance tracking over time with visual graphs โ€ข Fully offline โ€“ no account or internet required Classroom Buddy is designed to save time, reduce admin, and help teachers focus on teaching. Whether you're managing PE, classroom lessons, or group activities, Classroom Buddy keeps everything organised in one place.

About

PE Toolbox

Features
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PE Toolbox makes planning physical education lessons simple, visual, and fast. Built for PE teachers, PE Toolbox gives you the tools to organize activities, explain drills, create court diagrams, and build lessons without needing complicated planning software. VISUAL ACTIVITY PLANNING Create easy-to-understand diagrams for games, drills, and activities. Add players, equipment, movement, and other elements to show exactly how an activity should work. BUILD YOUR LESSON Organize activities into a complete PE lesson so you can see your plan before class begins. TEACHING CUES Keep important instructions and skill cues alongside your activities so they're easy to reference while teaching. EQUIPMENT Keep track of the equipment needed for each activity and lesson. SAVE & REUSE Save activities and lessons so your best ideas don't disappear at the end of class. PDF EXPORT Turn your plans into clean PDFs that can be printed, shared, or saved for later. PE Planner was designed by a PE teacher with one goal: spend less time formatting lesson plans and more time teaching. Whether you're planning a warm-up, skill activity, small-sided game, or complete lesson, PE Toolbox helps turn your ideas into a clear plan you can actually use in the gym.

Screenshots

Classroom Buddy3 screens
PE Toolbox4 screens

Verdict

The call

Classroom Buddy and PE Toolbox are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Classroom Buddy versus PE Toolbox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClassroom BuddyPE Toolbox
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size7 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJayme LawmanRyan Walker

In-app purchases

None

Classroom Buddy

No in-app purchases

None

PE Toolbox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Classroom Buddy free?
Classroom Buddy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PE Toolbox free?
PE Toolbox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Classroom Buddy or PE Toolbox have ads?
Neither Classroom Buddy nor PE Toolbox shows ads.

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