Google Classroom vs StudentVUE (New)
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
StudentVUE (New)
This app offers students daily insight into their academic progress, including assignments, scores, and attendance. It connects with Synergy® SIS to provide access to demographic information and more, mirroring the functionality of the web portal.
- View classroom assignments and scores
- Track attendance records
- Access demographic information
- Find school districts
- Login with web portal credentials
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The StudentVUE mobile app helps students stay informed and connected by providing day-to-day insight into the student’s academic experience. The mobile app works with Synergy® Student Information System (Synergy® SIS) in much the same way as the web portal, allowing students to view student classroom assignments and scores, attendance, demographic information, and much more. • How to find your school district and login information • - The StudentVUE mobile app may request location permission to find school districts using Synergy® SIS. Alternatively, you can search for your school district by providing the zip code of the district office. StudentVUE lists all school districts near your location or the provided zip code. - The StudentVUE mobile app uses the same user login as the web-based portal. If you need help, please contact your school district’s administration for user login information. • Requirements • - Only school districts using Synergy® SIS v2025 and higher can support the StudentVUE mobile application. Please contact your school district’s administration to verify the Synergy® SIS version. - An internet connection is required. - The StudentVUE mobile app uses the same user login as the web-based portal. Contact your school district’s administration if you do not have this login information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Google Classroom at 2.1 against StudentVUE (New)'s 1.6. Google Classroom also leads on ratings volume (37K vs 903) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). StudentVUE (New)'s advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Google Classroom holds the better App Store score, 2.1 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Google Classroom has 37K ratings behind it against 903, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 26% of Google Classroom's written reviews are positive against 20% of StudentVUE (New)'s.
Google Classroom ships an update fortnightly, StudentVUE (New) monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Google Classroom | StudentVUE (New) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (37K ratings) — better | 1.6 (903 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 26.1% of reviews — better | 19.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 37K — better | 903 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #7 — better | #31 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 201 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Edupoint Educational Systems | |
Customer experience
Google Classroom
StudentVUE (New)
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
StudentVUE (New)
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Google Classroom
No in-app purchases
StudentVUE (New)
No in-app purchases
Questions
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