Comparison

FrogSnap vs classroom.cloud Student

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

Head to head
About

FrogSnap

Easily upload photos, videos, audio, and scanned documents directly to your FrogLearn platform. Capture and share educational content, evidence, and student work without wires or downloads. Designed with safeguarding in mind, media is deleted from your device after upload.

Highlights
  • Instant media uploads
  • Photo editing
  • Video and audio recording
  • Document scanning
  • Evidence upload to progression charts
  • Safeguarding features
  • WiFi only upload option
Features
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*** Use of this app requires a FrogLearn account *** Instant uploads of photos, videos, audio recordings and now scan documents to your FrogLearn platform. No wires or downloading just snap & send. FrogSnap enables you to take pictures and send them to your FrogDrive, timeline or any site in your school’s platform. > Take photos and edit them in the app > Record 5 minutes of video and 10 minutes of audio > Scan documents – automatically align documents for ease of reading > Upload evidence to your progression charts Designed to address safeguarding concerns: On uploading, any media recorded via the app deletes itself from your device. Frog admins can overwrite user preferences. Save your data: Upload over WiFi only setting available. Ways you can use FrogSnap: Schools have told us they use the app in many different ways… > MFL – capturing student conversations > Physical Education – use video as a coaching aid > Drama – capture highlights of performances and rehearsals > Science – use as a visualiser to display on your whiteboard > Art – students can hand-in work via the app > School trips – with a site timeline, you can use FrogSnap for secure micro-blogging > Showcasing student work – upload photos to a shared area to create attractive digital displays If you would like to find out more about how to get the most out of FrogSnap, visit: https://www.frogcommunity.com/advancedsnaptraining

About

classroom.cloud Student

This student browser app facilitates classroom management and online safety for educational institutions. It allows teachers to monitor student activity, broadcast lessons, and manage devices remotely, while IT staff can oversee hardware and software.

Highlights
  • Real-time student monitoring
  • Screen broadcasting
  • Device management
  • Online safety tools
  • Approved/restricted website lists
  • Instant notifications
  • Private student chat
Features
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Designed for use within schools and other educational institutions, this Student browser app for iOS is for use with classroom.cloud, the easy breezy, low-cost, cloud-based IT management, online safety and teaching platform for schools. classroom.cloud is a teacher’s dream come true. Incredibly easy to use, it provides a range of teaching tools that can flex to any learning environment – both in school and with remote learners. From real-time instruction and assessment tools, to boosting collaboration and support, as well as helping manage online behavior – it has it all! With the optional online safety toolkit, selected staff can monitor online activity, identify students at risk, and spot concerning trends. And, with its range of IT management tools, school techs can manage teacher and student devices centrally, as well as see at a glance how your technology is being used and how to maximize it – saving you a bunch of time and money! Once your school has registered online with classroom.cloud, the app can be easily deployed by the IT team to student iPads (iOS 14 and above), enabling teachers to connect instantly and securely to the devices from the cloud-based Teacher console and allowing school techs to deliver instant remote support and device management. The classroom.cloud student app can be set as the default browser on devices and offers support for Entra ID and Google authentication, allowing you to force students to sign-in to the app with Microsoft or Google credentials if applicable. Teacher Tools: • Choice of flexible connection methods – connect to a pre-defined group of student devices, a specified list of device or student names, or on the fly using a Class Code. • Easily monitor students’ internet use via crystal-clear thumbnails. Zoom in using Watch/View Mode to take a closer look at activity on a single student device. • Broadcast the teacher’s screen and audio to connected student devices to help show/talk them through explanations and lesson activities. • Lock students’ screens in a single click to gain attention. • Present students with the lesson objectives and their expected learning outcomes. • Chat, send a message, and support your students via help requests – without their peers knowing. • Get a feel for students’ understanding of the topic you have just taught them by sending out a quick survey for them to respond to. • See details of the websites that students are currently viewing to check they are focused on the task at hand. • Restrict internet use by employing ‘approved’ and ‘restricted’ website lists during the lesson. • Save yourself a heap of time by launching a website on the students’ devices. • Recognize good work or behaviour by assigning Rewards to students during the lesson. Admin/Technician Tools: • Retrieve a real-time view of the hardware and software installed on each student device. • Monitor internet usage. • Send instant notifications to student iPads. • Send Acceptable Use Policies (AUPs) to student iPads and track acknowledgements in the Web Portal. Online Safety Tools: • Keyword monitoring - alerts nominated staff when students type or search for any terms that match with those in the classroom.cloud keyword database – providing internet safety indicators for self-harm, bullying, sexual and criminal exploitation, and much more. Language packs are included to ensure your school can monitor concerning activity in students’ first languages. • Report a concern - students who feel vulnerable can use the app to 'report concerns' directly and discreetly to the online safety team. • Online resources - gives students instant access to a list of relevant online agencies should they want to seek external help with a particular problem or concern. The innovation behind classroom.cloud comes from NetSupport, the trusted developer of effective classroom management tools for schools for more than 35 years.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: FrogSnap at 36% against classroom.cloud Student's 13%. FrogSnap also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FrogSnap ships an update every 3 weeks, classroom.cloud Student every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 20, 2026 and August 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
FrogSnap versus classroom.cloud Student: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFrogSnapclassroom.cloud Student
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews36.4% of reviews — better12.5% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS8.1 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFrog Education LtdNetSupport Ltd

Customer experience

FrogSnap

Written reviews22 reviews
Positive36.4%
Neutral9.1%
Negative54.5%

classroom.cloud Student

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive12.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative87.5%

In-app purchases

None

FrogSnap

No in-app purchases

None

classroom.cloud Student

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FrogSnap free?
FrogSnap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is classroom.cloud Student free?
classroom.cloud Student is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FrogSnap or classroom.cloud Student have ads?
Neither FrogSnap nor classroom.cloud Student shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FrogSnap or classroom.cloud Student?
FrogSnap ships an update every 3 weeks, and classroom.cloud Student every 2 months. Most recently, FrogSnap was updated on August 20, 2026 and classroom.cloud Student on August 5, 2026.

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