Lesson Ideas vs Planbook Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Teaching starters
- Plenaries
- Top tips for educators
- Professionally submitted ideas
- Collaborative content creation
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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!
Planbook Mobile
This is a comprehensive online lesson planning tool designed for educators. It offers a wide array of features, meticulous student learning standards, and excellent support. A free trial is available to experience its capabilities.
- Comprehensive lesson planning
- Meticulous student learning standards
- Extensive features for educators
- Outstanding support and tutorials
- Continuous improvement based on feedback
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Welcome to Planbook! With over one million teachers and one billion lessons, Planbook is the established leader in online lesson planning! Why is Planbook preferred by educators? * We offer the most features for teachers and schools * At $20 per year, we offer the best value on the market * Outstanding support plus knowledge base and tutorials * Our student learning standards are meticulous * Our product is always improving thanks to educator feedback Download and take advantage of our 90 day free trial!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Planbook Mobile at 4.8 against Lesson Ideas's 3.0. Planbook Mobile also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 53 months) and ratings volume (7.6K vs 2). Lesson Ideas's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (78% vs 51%). 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
Both are free to download. Planbook Mobile sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Lesson Ideas asks for nothing beyond the download.
Planbook Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Planbook Mobile has 7.6K 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 51% of Planbook Mobile's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Lesson Ideas ships an update every 53 months, Planbook Mobile every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lesson Ideas | Planbook Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.8 (7.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better | 50.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 7.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 53 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | madebyeducators | Planbook Inc. |
Customer experience
Lesson Ideas
Planbook Mobile
Bugs and requests
Lesson Ideas
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Planbook Mobile
Reported bugs
4 issues- Unable to add school year dates
- Login page issues (keyboard blocking screen)
- Inability to use Gmail account for sign-up
- Lesson plans deleted without explanation
Requested features
3 requests- Add copy and paste feature
- Improve mobile app experience (e.g., biometric login, portrait mode)
- Enhance integration with other platforms (e.g., Canvas)
In-app purchases
Lesson Ideas
No in-app purchases
Planbook Mobile
- 1-Year Planbook Subscription$20.00
- 2-Year Planbook Subscription$36.00
- 3-Year Planbook Subscription$48.00
Questions
Is Lesson Ideas free?
Is Planbook Mobile free?
Which has better reviews, Lesson Ideas or Planbook Mobile?
Do Lesson Ideas or Planbook Mobile have ads?
Which is updated more often, Lesson Ideas or Planbook Mobile?
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