Pickadoo vs Chou Chou Teach
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pickadoo
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Pickadoo is the practical teacher companion app for everyday classroom life: randomly and fairly select students, manage seating charts, and build groups – right on iPhone and iPad. FAIR SELECTION • Pick students randomly instead of paper lists • Just shake or swipe • A fairness algorithm makes sure no one is favored or forgotten • Alternative: call on students in order with a linear list • Animated reveal for students and groups • Learn student names faster SEATING CHARTS • Create, print, and manage multiple seating charts for every classroom and subject room • Automatically place and arrange students • Export and share your charts GROUPS • Split students into fair, flexible groups • Set your own rules and constraints ORGANIZATION • Manage multiple classes and timetables • Track attendance • View statistics on your selection history • Full functionality on iPhone and iPad PRIVACY • All data stays exclusively on your device • No registration, no internet required, no ads, no tracking Pickadoo supports you in class – fast, simple, and fair.
Chou Chou Teach
This app helps teachers positively reinforce desired behaviors in the classroom by awarding points. Students can then spend these points on rewards, fostering motivation. It includes several classroom management tools to streamline daily tasks.
- Award points for positive behavior
- Students spend points on custom rewards
- Confetti and sound celebrations
- Includes timer, noise meter, and name picker
- Co-teaching and attendance modes
- Privacy-focused with no student accounts
- Syncs across devices and web app
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Chou Chou Teach is a positive classroom points app for teachers. Award points for the behavior you want to see, celebrate with confetti and sound, and keep your class motivated from your phone, your iPad, or the classroom screen. Students never need accounts. Made by a teacher, for teachers. AWARD POINTS IN ONE TAP • Create your own behaviors and point values, or start from the ready-made set • Award one student, several, a table group, or the whole class at once • Confetti, sounds, and woodland creature avatars make every point feel like a win • Points only go up. There are no deductions and no public shaming • Students spend their points on classroom rewards you define • Tapped the wrong name? Take back that one award without resetting anyone • Choose the sound for each moment, from points given to time's up SEE WHAT'S WORKING • Class Stats breaks points down by day, behavior, and student, for this week, the last four weeks, or all time • Print or email a report for any student • Print a points board for the wall, or put it up on the projector • Show live points on Classroom Screen with a see-through display EIGHT CLASSROOM TOOLS, BUILT IN • Timer and Stopwatch for transitions and clean-up • Noise Meter that keeps an eye on volume for you • Name Picker for fair cold calls and classroom jobs • Group Maker for random teams in seconds • Directions, Reward Picker, and Game Picker for the big screen MADE FOR REAL CLASSROOMS • Attendance mode and table groups • Co-teach: invite another teacher to share a class • All classrooms ranks every student you teach or co-teach on one page • Works on iPhone and iPad, and syncs with the web app on any computer or smartboard PRIVACY FIRST Students never need accounts, emails, or photos. Chou Chou stores only what the class screen needs: a first name or nickname, a chosen avatar, and a point tally. No parent contacts, no last names, no ads, and no student data sold or shared, ever. Built FERPA-minimal from day one. SIMPLE, HONEST PRICING Try everything free. Keep it for less than a coffee a month, or save with the yearly plan. One subscription covers all your classes and all your devices. Give your class something to cheer about. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS • Chou Chou Monthly: $2.99 per month • Chou Chou Yearly: $29.99 per year • Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://chouchouteach.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pickadoo at every 2 days against Chou Chou Teach's monthly. 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
Both are free to download. Pickadoo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Chou Chou Teach sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pickadoo ships an update every 2 days, Chou Chou Teach monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pickadoo | Chou Chou Teach |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rafael Schreiber | JEFFERY ROBERT KARBOWSKI |
In-app purchases
Pickadoo
- Pickadoo Pro$5.99
Chou Chou Teach
- Chou Chou Monthly$2.991 Month
- Chou Chou Yearly$29.991 Year
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