Comparison

Lesson Ideas vs Teacher Aide Pro

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

Head to head
About

Lesson Ideas

This app offers a collection of teaching starters, plenaries, and other tips for educators. It features contributions from a school's teaching and learning group and other members of the teaching profession.

Highlights
  • Teaching starters
  • Plenaries
  • Top tips for educators
  • Professionally submitted ideas
  • Collaborative content creation
Features
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Starters, Plenaries and Other Top Tips, created by the Teaching and Learning group of Graveney School, London, in collaboration with MadeByEduactors. Further ideas provided submitted by members of the teaching profession and shared for the love of the job!

About

Teacher Aide Pro

Manage student attendance, grades, and seating charts with ease. Identify at-risk students and communicate with parents and advisors through bulk email. Sync rosters from Google Classroom and export grades to other systems.

Highlights
  • Attendance tracking
  • Gradebook management
  • Seating chart creation
  • At-risk student identification
  • Bulk email notifications
  • Google Classroom roster sync
  • Grade export to grading systems
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Designed by a teacher, for teachers! • Attendance, Gradebook & Seating Chart • Variety of PDF reports • Identify students at-risk due to attendance or grades • Easily notify students, parents and advisors with bulk email. • Easily sync student roster from Google Classroom • Export grades to Schoolloop and other grading systems Teacher Aide Pro allows use of the attendance and gradebook for 1 class for free. An auto-renewable monthly subscription supports up to 20 classes for a maximum of 6 terms. Access to additional features such as the seating chart, PDF reports and the At-Risk student screen for all classes. More updates will continue to arrive monthly. Autorenewable Subscription Details To access additional features the user needs to subscribe to an auto renewable monthly subscription. This means the subscription automatically renews 24 hours before the end of the subscription date. Auto renewable subscriptions can be managed from the user iTunes account, and a link is provided in the subscription screen while in the app. All future updates are included with the auto renewable monthly subscription. The subscription may be cancelled for any future months, and the user will still have access to the data, only the additional features will be disabled. Please email the developer at support@inpocketsolutions.com with any questions or suggestions. Privacy Policy: https://inpocketsolutions.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://inpocketsolutions.com/terms Facebook page www.facebook.com/TeacherAidePro

Screenshots

Lesson Ideas4 screens
Teacher Aide Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Teacher Aide Pro at 4.6 against Lesson Ideas's 3.0. Teacher Aide Pro also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 53 months) and ratings volume (113 vs 2). Lesson Ideas's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (78% vs 60%). On price, ads 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. Teacher Aide Pro sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $6.99 per month. Lesson Ideas asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Teacher Aide Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Teacher Aide Pro has 113 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 78% of Lesson Ideas's written reviews are positive against 60% of Teacher Aide Pro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lesson Ideas ships an update every 53 months, Teacher Aide Pro every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Lesson Ideas versus Teacher Aide Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLesson IdeasTeacher Aide Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)4.6 (113 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2113 — better
Update frequencyEvery 53 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS6.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DevelopermadebyeducatorsGlen Botha

Customer experience

Lesson Ideas

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral22.2%
Negative0.0%

Teacher Aide Pro

All ratings113 ratings
Positive91.2%
Neutral3.5%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral13.3%
Negative26.7%

In-app purchases

None

Lesson Ideas

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Teacher Aide Pro

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Features7 Days trial$6.991 Month

Questions

Is Lesson Ideas free?
Lesson Ideas is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Teacher Aide Pro free?
Teacher Aide Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lesson Ideas or Teacher Aide Pro?
Teacher Aide Pro is rated higher. Lesson Ideas averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Teacher Aide Pro averages 4.6 from 113 ratings.
Do Lesson Ideas or Teacher Aide Pro have ads?
Neither Lesson Ideas nor Teacher Aide Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lesson Ideas or Teacher Aide Pro?
Lesson Ideas ships an update every 53 months, and Teacher Aide Pro every 6 weeks. Most recently, Lesson Ideas was updated on October 23, 2026 and Teacher Aide Pro on October 23, 2026.

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