Comparison

Lesson Ideas vs Class Planner for teachers

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

Class Planner for teachers

This app helps educators organize their teaching schedules by recording lesson plans, standards, notes, and homework. It offers timetable views, easy lesson adjustments, and PDF generation for administrative needs. Sync homework assignments with Google Classroom for seamless communication.

Highlights
  • Lesson plan recording
  • Standards association
  • Timetable views (1 or 2 weeks)
  • Lesson rescheduling
  • PDF lesson generation
  • Google Classroom homework sync
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Class Planner allows teachers to easily keep a record of their lesson plans which include the standards, lesson notes, homework and an online reference link. Features • 1 week or 2 week timetable. • Associate content standards with individual lessons • Easily import standards from a text file • View notes by week, class or day. • Easily move lessons forward or backwards to accommodate schedule changes. • Generate a PDF of the day's lesson for administrators or personal records. • Sync homework with Google Classroom announcements. Use the app for free for 1 class. Activate an autorenewable monthly subscription to support up to 20 classes. A 1 week free trial is available to test out all the features. 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 fee. 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. Feel free to email the developer at support@inpocketsolutions.com to give feedback. I love to make improvements based on user suggestions and anything to help teachers keep track of their lesson plans is appreciated. Privacy Policy: https://inpocketsolutions.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://inpocketsolutions.com/terms

Screenshots

Lesson Ideas4 screens
Class Planner for teachers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Class Planner for teachers at 4.7 against Lesson Ideas's 3.0. Class Planner for teachers also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 53 months) and ratings volume (66 vs 2). Lesson Ideas's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 18.0). 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. Class Planner for teachers sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $5.99 per month. Lesson Ideas asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Class Planner for teachers holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Class Planner for teachers has 66 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Lesson Ideas's written reviews are positive against 87% of Class Planner for teachers's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lesson Ideas ships an update every 53 months, Class Planner for teachers every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Lesson Ideas versus Class Planner for teachers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLesson IdeasClass Planner for teachers
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)4.7 (66 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews86.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings266 — better
Update frequencyEvery 53 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS6.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB26 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%

Class Planner for teachers

All ratings66 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral1.5%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive86.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative6.7%

In-app purchases

None

Lesson Ideas

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Class Planner for teachers

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Features7 Days trial$5.991 Month

Questions

Is Lesson Ideas free?
Lesson Ideas is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Class Planner for teachers free?
Class Planner for teachers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lesson Ideas or Class Planner for teachers?
Class Planner for teachers is rated higher. Lesson Ideas averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Class Planner for teachers averages 4.7 from 66 ratings.
Do Lesson Ideas or Class Planner for teachers have ads?
Neither Lesson Ideas nor Class Planner for teachers shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lesson Ideas or Class Planner for teachers?
Lesson Ideas ships an update every 53 months, and Class Planner for teachers every 2 months. Most recently, Lesson Ideas was updated on October 23, 2026 and Class Planner for teachers on October 23, 2026.

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