Comparison

Google Classroom vs IMA Occidente

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

Head to head
About

Google Classroom

This app streamlines educational workflows for teachers and students. It facilitates paperless assignment creation, distribution, and grading, while enhancing communication and organization. Students can track assignments and receive feedback, and teachers can manage classes and provide real-time updates.

Highlights
  • Paperless assignment creation and grading
  • Automatic document copying for students
  • Organized Drive folders for assignments
  • Real-time feedback and grades
  • Instant announcements and class discussions
  • Mobile access for on-the-go management
Currently charting
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Classroom is a free service for schools, non-profits, and anyone with a personal Google account. Classroom makes it easy for learners and instructors to connect—inside and outside of schools. Classroom saves time and paper, and makes it easy to create classes, distribute assignments, communicate, and stay organized. Classroom is designed to help teachers create, collect, and grade assignments paperlessly, including time-saving features like the ability to automatically make a copy of a Google Document for each student. It also creates Drive folders for each assignment and for each student to help keep everyone organized. Students can keep track of what’s due on the Assignments page and begin working with just a click. Teachers can quickly see who has or hasn't completed the work, and provide direct, real-time feedback and grades right in Classroom. With the mobile app for iOS, students and teachers can view their classes and communicate with their classmates in real time. Students can open their assignments and work on them right from their iPhone or iPad. Teachers can keep track of who has turned in work and grade the assignment - at school or on the go. Students and teachers receive notifications when they have new content in Classroom, so they are always up to date. There are many benefits of using Classroom: Easy to set up Teachers can add students directly or share a code with their class to join. It takes just minutes to set up. Saves time The simple, paperless assignment workflow allows teachers to create, review, and grade assignments quickly, all in one place. Improves organization Students can see all of their assignments on an assignments page, and all class materials (e.g., documents, photos, and videos) are automatically filed into folders in Google Drive. Enhances communication Classroom allows teachers to send announcements and start class discussions instantly. Students can share resources with each other or provide answers to questions on the stream. Secure Like the rest of Google Workspace for Education services, Classroom contains no ads, never uses your content or student data for advertising purposes. Permissions Notice: Camera: Needed to allow the user to take photos or videos and post them to Classroom. Microphone: Needed to enable audio capture for recording videos to be posted to Classroom. Photos: Needed to allow the user to attach photos or videos to Classroom. Photos or videos posted to Classroom will be stored on Google servers in order to show them in Classroom.

About

IMA Occidente

This app provides information and updates for a Catholic, private, bilingual school. It offers access to school news, announcements, menus, extracurricular activities, and circulars for students and parents.

Highlights
  • School news and announcements
  • Daily menus
  • Extracurricular activity information
  • Circulars and notices
  • Bilingual educational content
Features
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IMA Occidente. Colegio católico, privado, bilingüe y mixto, fundado por la Congregación de las Hermanas de la Caridad del Verbo Encarnado (CCVI). La MISIÓN está expresada en el MODELO EDUCATIVO de todos los Colegios de las Hermanas de la Caridad del Verbo Encarnado. Nuestro MODELO es un camino que parte de la riqueza de la Congregación de las Hermanas de la Caridad del Verbo Encarnado y culmina con el PERFIL DE EGRESO de nuestros alumnos/alumnas para que ellos puedan enfrentar su entorno con: hábitos, habilidades y valores, al salir de nuestras instituciones educativas. Dentro de la APP encontrarás mucha información del colegio, avisos y noticias, menús, extraescolares, circulares, etc.

Screenshots

Google Classroom4 screens
IMA Occidente3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Google Classroom at 2.1 against IMA Occidente's 1.0. Google Classroom also leads on ratings volume (37K vs 1) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). IMA Occidente's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Google Classroom holds the better App Store score, 2.1 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Google Classroom has 37K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Google Classroom ships an update fortnightly, IMA Occidente monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Google Classroom versus IMA Occidente: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoogle ClassroomIMA Occidente
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.1 (37K ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews25.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings37K — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#6 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size202 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGoogleJorge Rene Partida Godinez

Customer experience

Google Classroom

All ratings36,609 ratings
Positive25.4%
Neutral2.5%
Negative72.1%
Written reviews3,053 reviews
Positive25.4%
Neutral4.0%
Negative70.7%

IMA Occidente

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Google Classroom

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Assignments disappearing or not properly syncing
  • Inability to edit or update assignments after posting
  • Inconsistent behavior across devices and platforms

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add a dark mode option
  • Improve notification control and customization
  • Implement a better missing assignments/to-do list
  • Allow more flexibility in class organization and archiving

IMA Occidente

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Google Classroom

No in-app purchases

None

IMA Occidente

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Google Classroom free?
Google Classroom is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is IMA Occidente free?
IMA Occidente is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Google Classroom or IMA Occidente?
Google Classroom is rated higher. Google Classroom averages 2.1 out of 5 from 37K ratings, while IMA Occidente averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Google Classroom or IMA Occidente have ads?
Neither Google Classroom nor IMA Occidente shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Google Classroom or IMA Occidente?
Google Classroom ships an update fortnightly, and IMA Occidente monthly. Most recently, Google Classroom was updated on October 16, 2026 and IMA Occidente on October 3, 2026.

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