Comparison

Classkick vs Direct Variation

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

Head to head
About

Classkick

This app allows students to complete assignments digitally and receive instant feedback from teachers and classmates. Educators can create paperless assignments, monitor student progress in real-time, and facilitate peer-to-peer learning. It aims to increase student feedback and reduce grading time.

Highlights
  • Create paperless assignments
  • Real-time student work monitoring
  • Instant teacher feedback
  • Anonymous peer-to-peer help
  • Work at own pace
  • Ask for help privately
Features
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Classkick is a free app that students work on and get help instantly from their teacher and peers. Students work on assignments with their Chromebooks, laptops, or iPads, while getting help from teachers and peers instantly. Teachers create assignments, see all their students’ work in real-time, and give LOTS of student feedback. Best of all, students can help each other anonymously. Using Classkick, feedback to students increases by 300% and grading time is cut in half. “Classkick is every teacher’s dream.” - Lynne Shalman, Chapin School “Students love Classkick...it was magic!” - Greg Port, Seton College TEACHERS... - CREATE paperless assignments using existing worksheets, audio, video or web content. - SEE every students’ work simultaneously. - GIVE instant feedback when it is most important. - FACILITATE peer-to-peer feedback and learning. STUDENTS... - WORK at their own pace and even on their own time. - ASK for help privately. - HELP their peers. USE IT... - in class or at home. - in traditional or flipped classrooms. - as a group together or on your own time individually. FOR… - assignments - quizzes - station work - do nows/exit slips - guided practice - independent practice - homework

About

Direct Variation

Features
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The DOST Courseware is a locally-produced, all-original Filipino highly interactive multimedia educational application packages that are conceptualized, digitized and produced as spearheaded by the Science Education Institute (SEI-DOST) in partnership with the Advanced Science and Technology Institute (ASTI-DOST) and in cooperation with the Department of Education (DepEd), Philippine Normal University (PNU) and University of the Philippines-National Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (UP-NISMED), which aims to develop information and communication technology learning innovation to support the upgrading and improvement of science and mathematics education in the country. The DOST Courseware are provided for free to schools and are also made available online as supplemental resources for teachers and student as a fun and interactive approach to e-learning and blended learning. The Grade 7 DOST Courseware is composed of 120 lessons overall, 73 lessons in Science where it covered the domains on: Matter; Force, Motion and Energy, Living Things and Their Environment and Earth and Space while the 60 lessons in Mathematic covered the domains on: Numbers and Number Sense, Patterns and Algebra, and Geometry. The Grade 8 DOST Courseware is composed of 118 lessons overall, 61 lessons in Science where it covered the domains on: Parts and Functions, Ecosystems, Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits, Structures and Functions, Biodiversity, and Evolution, while the 57 lessons in Mathematics covered the domains on: Linear Equations, Quadratic Equations, Rational Algebraic Equations, Integral Exponents, Radicals, Arithmetic Sequence and Geometric Sequence. The themes of the courseware for Grades 7 and 8, Magicademy, Freddy’s Lab and D’nayao will surely amuse the users as they explore these distinct worlds while learning at the same time.

Screenshots

Direct Variation3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Direct Variation at 3 against Classkick's 1. Direct Variation also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15). On price, 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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Classkick versus Direct Variation: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClasskickDirect Variation
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (725 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews32.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings725 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS1512.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperClasswork CoScience Education Institute

Bugs and requests

Classkick

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Assignments not loading properly
  • Inability to save or access work
  • Incompatibility with newer devices/OS

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add split-screen support
  • Improve text/writing controls
  • Better Apple Pencil integration
  • Enhance stability and performance

Direct Variation

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Classkick

No in-app purchases

None

Direct Variation

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Classkick free?
Classkick is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Direct Variation free?
Direct Variation is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Classkick or Direct Variation have ads?
Neither Classkick nor Direct Variation shows ads.

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