MRX for Schools vs Transparent Classroom
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MRX for Schools
This app allows educators to easily plan, record, and review student progress using voice input, media, and notes. It facilitates sharing student activities with parents and accessing lesson resources. It complements a web-based version for comprehensive student tracking and reporting.
- Voice recording for notes and activities
- Plan and review student progress
- Record activities with media and comments
- Share student activity with parents
- Take anecdotal notes
- View lesson resources
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Simply speak to record keep! Use your voice, type, or apply filters to plan, record, view activity, and add notes. Features include: • Plan and review student progress • Record with media and comments • Share student activity with media to parents • Take anecdotal notes • View lesson resources • View and delete student activity This is used in conjunction with the MRX web version, used for student tracking, reports, resources, and much more.
Transparent Classroom
This app facilitates online record-keeping and lesson planning for Montessori educators. It allows teachers to document classroom activities and student progress, while parents can view updates and share photos with educators.
- Online record-keeping
- Lesson planning
- Photo and video uploads
- Classroom activity tracking
- Concentration/work curve data recording
- Parent updates and photo sharing
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Transparent Classroom provides online record-keeping and lesson planning for Montessori guides. This app allows guides to: take and upload photos from their device to Transparent Classroom, view activity in the classroom, and record concentration/work curve data. Parents in Transparent Classroom can use the app to view notes and photos of their child(ren), receive notifications when more are published, and take photos of their children to send to their teachers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MRX for Schools at 100% against Transparent Classroom's 0%. MRX for Schools also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.2) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 6 months). Transparent Classroom's advantage is ratings volume (54 vs 3). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MRX for Schools holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Transparent Classroom has 54 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of MRX for Schools's written reviews are positive against 0% of Transparent Classroom's.
MRX for Schools ships an update every 3 months, Transparent Classroom every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MRX for Schools | Transparent Classroom |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 1.2 (54 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 54 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rabkin & Associates, Inc. | Transparent Classroom, Inc. |
Customer experience
MRX for Schools
Transparent Classroom
In-app purchases
MRX for Schools
No in-app purchases
Transparent Classroom
No in-app purchases
Questions
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