Comparison

Lesson Ideas vs Class Planner (cloud)

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 (cloud)

This app helps educators organize their teaching materials in the cloud. It allows for easy access to lesson plans, standards, homework, and web resources across multiple devices. Features include schedule management, PDF generation, and integration with other educational tools.

Highlights
  • Cloud data synchronization across devices
  • Lesson plan management (standards, notes, homework)
  • Schedule support (1, 2, or 6-day)
  • PDF lesson generation
  • Google Classroom homework sync
  • Home screen widget for daily schedule
Features
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Class Planner (cloud) is a new release of the Class Planner app. This version stores data in the cloud instead of on device, so the app data is accessible from multiple devices such as a phone, an iPad and a MacBook computer. Your data automatically syncs from all your devices. Class Planner allows teachers to easily keep a record of their lesson plans which include the standards, lesson notes, homework and an online web resources. Features • Support a 1 week, 2 weeks or 6 day schedule. • Easily import standards and link to a lesson • View lessons for the day, the week, or by a class • Easily move lessons forward or backwards • Generate a PDF of the lesson for administrators or personal records • Sync homework with Google Classroom announcements. • Add a home screen widget to show today's class schedule Try the app for free for 2 classes. Activate an autorenewable subscription to support up to 20 classes or up to 30 classes. Autorenewable Subscription Details To access additional features the user needs to subscribe to an auto renewable 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 (cloud)4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Class Planner (cloud) at 4.6 against Lesson Ideas's 3.0. Class Planner (cloud) also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 53 months) and ratings volume (53 vs 2). Lesson Ideas's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment, 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 (cloud) sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Lesson Ideas asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Class Planner (cloud) holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Class Planner (cloud) has 53 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 71% of Class Planner (cloud)'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, Class Planner (cloud) fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Lesson Ideas versus Class Planner (cloud): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLesson IdeasClass Planner (cloud)
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)4.6 (53 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews — better70.8% of reviews
Number of ratings253 — better
Update frequencyEvery 53 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS6.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB22 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 (cloud)

All ratings53 ratings
Positive88.7%
Neutral3.8%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive70.8%
Neutral12.5%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

None

Lesson Ideas

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Class Planner (cloud)

Subscriptions4
  • Premium (20 classes)$5.991 Month
  • Premium (30 classes)$8.991 Month
  • Premium (20 classes)$59.991 Year
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  • Premium (30 classes)$89.991 Year

Questions

Is Lesson Ideas free?
Lesson Ideas is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Class Planner (cloud) free?
Class Planner (cloud) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lesson Ideas or Class Planner (cloud)?
Class Planner (cloud) is rated higher. Lesson Ideas averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Class Planner (cloud) averages 4.6 from 53 ratings.
Do Lesson Ideas or Class Planner (cloud) have ads?
Neither Lesson Ideas nor Class Planner (cloud) shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lesson Ideas or Class Planner (cloud)?
Lesson Ideas ships an update every 53 months, and Class Planner (cloud) fortnightly. Most recently, Lesson Ideas was updated on September 13, 2026 and Class Planner (cloud) on October 7, 2026.

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