Comparison

Microsoft 365 Admin vs ChalkPay for Teachers

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

Head to head
About

Microsoft 365 Admin

Manage your Microsoft 365 or Office 365 business subscription from your mobile device. Add users, reset passwords, manage devices, and monitor service health. Stay informed with critical notifications and support requests on the go.

Highlights
  • Manage users and groups
  • Reset passwords
  • Manage devices
  • Assign licenses
  • Create support requests
  • Monitor service health
  • Receive critical notifications
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Manage users, groups, devices, reset passwords & receive critical notifications. The Microsoft 365 Admin App enables you to be productive from anywhere. The app allows you to receive critical notifications, add users, reset passwords, manage devices, create support requests, and more—all while you’re on the go. Who should use this app? People with an admin role to a Microsoft 365 or Office 365 enterprise or business subscription. What can I do with this app? - Add, edit, block, or delete users, reset passwords, assign roles, or manage aliases & devices. - Add groups, edit groups, and add or remove users from groups. - View all available and assigned licenses, assign licenses to users, add or remove licenses, view and download invoices. - Check the status of existing support requests, take actions on them, or create new ones. - Monitor the health of all services and view active incidents in Service Health. - Stay on top of all the upcoming changes and announcements via the Message Center feed. - Get push notifications about important information related to service health, message center, and billing. The app supports dark theme and is available in 39 languages. And if you're someone who is responsible for managing more than one tenant, you can sign-in to multiple tenants and quickly switch between them. We're listening and constantly improving the app based on your feedback. Tell us what you like, what we can do better, and what features you'd like to see in the app. Send your feedback to feedback365@microsoft.com.

About

ChalkPay for Teachers

This app helps educators manage their finances, track classroom expenses, and plan their careers. It verifies paychecks, budgets spending, and tracks leave days, offering insights into salary trajectories and educational ROI.

Highlights
  • Paycheck verification and discrepancy flagging
  • Personal budgeting and spending analysis
  • Classroom supply list creation and sharing
  • Leave day tracking
  • Salary trajectory and career planning tools
  • Out-of-pocket expense tracking for educators
Features
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ChalkPay is a free app built specifically for teachers and educators. It brings your paycheck, budget, classroom supplies, leave tracking, and career planning into one place — so you always know where you stand financially. PAYCHECK VERIFICATION Enter your salary, step, lane, and supplements. ChalkPay computes what your paycheck should be. On payday, log what you actually received. The app compares every line item and flags discrepancies — a missing coaching stipend, a wrong deduction, an unexpected change. Over time, it detects patterns: "Your coaching supplement has been short 3 of the last 5 pay periods." You shouldn't lose money because you didn't check. BUDGET See what's left after the bills. Enter your recurring obligations and ChalkPay shows your monthly surplus, where your money goes, and how your spending maps to the 50/30/20 rule. Set a summer fund goal to cover the months without a paycheck. CLASSROOM SUPPLY LISTS Create supply lists and share them with parents via a link. Parents can view the list and claim items they'll bring — no sign-up or app download required. Track what's been claimed, what's arrived, and what you still need. When you buy something out of pocket, log it as an expense in one tap. Track your out-of-pocket classroom spending against the $250 federal educator expense deduction so you know exactly where you stand at tax time. LEAVE TRACKING Log sick, personal, and vacation days. Set your annual allocation per type and see your remaining balance at a glance. ChalkPay tracks usage by month across the school year so you can spot patterns in how you use your time. CAREER PLANNING See your salary trajectory over the next 5, 10, or 20 years based on your expected step increases. Thinking about going back to school? The lane-change calculator shows you the lifetime earnings difference, the payback period, and the ROI of that degree — so you can make the decision with real numbers, not guesswork. BUILT FOR TEACHERS ChalkPay understands how teacher pay works: step-and-lane salary schedules, supplement stipends, 10-month vs 12-month pay distribution, FRS retirement contributions, and the classroom expenses you cover out of your own pocket. It's not a generic finance app with a teacher skin — it's built from the ground up for how educators actually get paid. SET UP IN MINUTES A quick setup wizard walks you through your position, salary, supplements, and deductions. At the end, you see your first expected paycheck. If the number looks wrong, you already know something needs investigating. FREE. NO ADS. NO TRICKS. ChalkPay is completely free with no ads, no premium tier, and no data selling. It's made by the team behind PensionForge, the FRS retirement planning tool.

Screenshots

Microsoft 365 Admin4 screens
ChalkPay for Teachers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ChalkPay for Teachers at 5.0 against Microsoft 365 Admin's 4.6. ChalkPay for Teachers also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 78%). Microsoft 365 Admin's advantage is ratings volume (5.8K vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ChalkPay for Teachers holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Microsoft 365 Admin has 5.8K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Microsoft 365 Admin's written reviews are positive against 100% of ChalkPay for Teachers's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Microsoft 365 Admin ships an update every 6 weeks, ChalkPay for Teachers every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Microsoft 365 Admin versus ChalkPay for Teachers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMicrosoft 365 AdminChalkPay for Teachers
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5.8K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5.8K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size217 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMicrosoft CorporationPensionForge LLC

Customer experience

Microsoft 365 Admin

All ratings5,837 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral1.7%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews465 reviews
Positive78.3%
Neutral2.6%
Negative19.1%

ChalkPay for Teachers

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Microsoft 365 Admin

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Blank screen on launch
  • User list disappearing
  • Unreliable login process
  • Notifications not working as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to purchase licenses
  • More granular admin controls
  • Improved search and filtering
  • Better integration with other Microsoft apps
  • Dark mode support

ChalkPay for Teachers

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Microsoft 365 Admin

No in-app purchases

None

ChalkPay for Teachers

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Microsoft 365 Admin free?
Microsoft 365 Admin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ChalkPay for Teachers free?
ChalkPay for Teachers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Microsoft 365 Admin or ChalkPay for Teachers?
ChalkPay for Teachers is rated higher. Microsoft 365 Admin averages 4.6 out of 5 from 5.8K ratings, while ChalkPay for Teachers averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Microsoft 365 Admin or ChalkPay for Teachers have ads?
Neither Microsoft 365 Admin nor ChalkPay for Teachers shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Microsoft 365 Admin or ChalkPay for Teachers?
Microsoft 365 Admin ships an update every 6 weeks, and ChalkPay for Teachers every 2 months. Most recently, Microsoft 365 Admin was updated on October 20, 2026 and ChalkPay for Teachers on October 6, 2026.

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