Best Mobile Apps for Teachers and Educators

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There are many reputed enterprises that are investing in smart education such as Samsung, Dell, and Fujitsu. It has been expected that in the coming four years, the smart education or e-learning market will grow by over $46 billion.

List of Top Educator Apps

1. ClassDojo

Do you want to create a beautiful and amazing classroom community? Then, you should definitely use ClassDojo. It has a very captivating user interface and is profoundly simple to use for teachers, parents, and students. The app is free to use and is available in more than 180 countries. It can work on all devices, including tablets, phones, computers, smartboards etc.

Features:

• Teachers encourage students for better performance
• Parents can check their child updates as well as photos and videos from school
• Amazing teachers tools such as Group Maker, or Noise Meter
• Teachers can bring parents in the classroom by sharing pictures, videos or announcements

Present Rating: 4.1
No of Downloads: 10 million +
App URLs: Android app, iOS app

2. Edmodo

With Edmodo app, the teachers can share interactive lessons and can build a vibrant class environment. There are all tools that a teacher requires on this app such as classes & assignments organized in one place, home streaming; content discovers etc. They can create study materials for students and can give reports to parents about their child performance.

Features:

• All required tools for teachers are present
• Teachers can use an app from any device
• Discussion with the entire class or individually with messages

Present Rating: 3.8
No of Downloads: 10 million +
App URLs: Android app, iOS app

3. Google Classroom

As the name signifies, this app is backed by the tech giant Google. The app is completely free to use, and the schools which use G Suite for education can integrate Google Classroom in their system automatically. The teachers can assign works for students & can receive work from them. Each students will gets his own account, cloud storage, etc.

Features:

• Teachers can easily add students by sharing code
• Teachers can easily make, send, and check assignments which saves time
• Students can check their all assignments at one place
• Teachers can make announcements and begin classes instantly.

Present Rating: 3.3
No of Downloads: 100 million +
App URLs: Android app, iOS app

4. Remind

Remind is a very user-friendly app that teachers can use to communicate with their students and their guardians instantly. Like any other app, it has features like class announcments, grou chats, or individual messages. You can share files, images, and links into many different languages through this app.

Features:

• Real time communication on any device
• Privacy of personal contact information
• Translation of mesages into more than 90 languages
• Sharing of files, photos, and content

Present Rating: 4.4
No of Downloads: 10 million +
App URLs: Android app, iOS app

5. Seesaw

Seesaw has been used for over 200,000 classrooms in United States alone. It has all the essential features like any classroom management app but it has a very fun experience instead of serious options. Teachers can check what their students are learning and how they are leanring. The students can also contact their teachers in case of any emergency. The app has many exciting features.

Features:

• Scheduling activities and keeping journal of each student
• Browse thousands of activities to use in classroom
• Get student responses digitally
• Notes, comments, and captions translation into 50+ languages
• COPPA, FERPA and GDPR compliant

Present Rating: 3.9
No of Downloads: 1 million +

6. YouTube Kids

YouTube Kids is having a vast collection of videos which are specially created for kids or children. There is a lot of educational stuff which is also entertaining to the kids. Hence, kids can have great fun in addition to learning. There is also an option of flag videos if they seem inappropriate. The kids can watch their favourite shows, music, and learn how to build a volcano, or slime or whatever for kids. There are human reviewers to keep the videos of YouTube kids family friendly.

Features:

• You can create up to 8 child profiles
• Select collection of channels for kids
• Parent Approved Content
• Blocking of Videos
• Video Reporting
• Search Control
• Timer & Watch History

Present Rating: 4.3
No of Downloads: 100 million +
App URLs: Android app, iOS app

7. Evernote

You can make a huge collection of notes while studying through the Evernote app. There are input typed notes as well as scan handwritten notes. You can add photos, images, web pages, add to-do’s, as well as audio, and all is searchable. The users can create notebooks, organizers, planners. The parents can also check all of their kids activities. This transparency makes it among the favourite apps by teachers and parents.

Features:

• Make notes or notebooks in every format including text, sketches, audios, videos, PDFs, etc.
• Attach MS office documents, PDFs, Photos.
• There is a camera capture feature for scanning and commenting on paper, including printed documents.
• Automatic Synchronization on all devices

Present Rating: 4.2
No of Downloads: 100 million +
App URLs: Android app, iOS app

8. Tick Tick

Tick Tick is a great to-do list app which can help you in managing all your tasks, reminders, schedule, and makes you organized at your professional as well as personal life. It is highly used by teachers for maintaining their schedule and get reminded for individual lessons. There is a customize profile option on Tick Tick which allow tutors to make events up-to-date and easy teaching.

Features:

• User-friendly and easy to use
• Synchronization across Web, Android, iOS, Mac, & PC
• Instant creation of notes and tasks
• Fast task to-do list reminder
• Sleek Calendar
• Handy widget and flexible recurring events
• Habit tracker & built-in promo timer

Present Rating: 4.5
No of Downloads: 1 million +
App URLs: Android app, iOS app

9. Edx

Edx is a highly popular platform for various types of courses offered by esteemed universities and colleges across the world. There are more than 20 million learners on the app, most of the top-ranked universities of the world such as Harvard, Cambridge, Oxford, Michigan University etc. and 2000+ online courses. Whether you want to learn a new computer science technology, study communication, psychology, mechanical engineering, IT, supply chain analysis, digital marketing, or artificial intelligence there are online courses for every genre in Edx.

Features:

• Online courses with certificates
• User-friendly interface
• Language learning courses
• Simple navigations

Present Rating: 4.6
No of Downloads: 5 million +
App URLs: Android app, iOS app

10. Khan Academy

Khan Academy working structure is similar to Edx however, it offers more courses for certain competitive exams such as CAT, GMAT, IIT-JEE, and other exams. There are more than 10,000 videos and for Indians, you can find all content related to NCERT, or CBSE syllabus. The users can also have quizzes, unit tests, with over 40,000 practice questions. There are quizzes for 6-12 class.

Features:

• Teachers can assign homework in videos, articles, & exercises
• Users can bookmark their favourite content for easy access
• Synchronization between mobile and web app

Present Rating: 4.3
No of Downloads: 10 million +
App URLs: Android app, iOS app

11. Noon Academy

Noon Academy gives the students access to live classes held by world’s best teachers. The students can clear all their doubts and prepare for all exams. There are quizzes, practice questions which can make learning more fun and effective.

Features:

• Live classes with Live chat
• Work on assignments and projects with your friends
• Real-time communication

Present Rating: 4.5
No of Downloads: 1 million +
App URLs: Android app, iOS app

12. Kahoot

Kahoot is a very fun-learning app. The users can play engaging quiz-based games and create their own kahoots. It brings the magic of learning for students, teachers, office employees, trivia fans and others. The students can also challenge their friends for kahoots which makes the learning fun.

Features:

• Kahoot lets you cast your screen or share screen by video conferencing apps
• Users can challenge their friends or family
• Teachers can create their kahoots
• Company employees can also create kahoots for presentations, e-learning, events etc.

Present Rating: 4
No of Downloads: 10 million +
App URLs: Android app, iOS app

13. Diksha

The HRD Ministry of India launches Diksha app. The app focuses on providing learning materials for teachers, students, and parents. Teachers can plan their lessons, make worksheets or activities for a better classroom experience. The students can understand concepts and do practice exercises.

Features:

• App can scan QR codes from NCERT textbooks for additional learning material
• Users can interact with the app in multi-languages (Most of the Indian languages)
• Store and share content offline
• Teachers can find engaging in teaching material

Present Rating: 4.4
No of Downloads: 10 million +
App URLs: Android app

14. Pocket

Pocket is interactive where you can store all the content with which you interact throughout the day. It means you can save the latest stories, articles, news, sports, videos, recipes, web pages, etc. The app has a very relaxing reading interface without any visual clutter. Your eyes would be relaxed, and your mind can focus on the reading.

Features:

• Convert your reading content into listening audio content
• Premium upgrade gives you advanced search, unlimited highlights, and automatic article backups.
• Dark and sepia themes to reduce visual stimulation
• Works on Phone, Tablet, and Desktop

Present Rating: 4.6
No of Downloads: 10 million +
App URLs: Android app, iOS app 

15. Epic

This app is entirely focused on kids under 12 years of age. There are more than 40,000 books, learning videos, quizzes, and unlimited reading library. The app comes with a free trial for 30 days and then you have to subscribe it at the rate of $7.99 per month. The content is for kindergarten, as well as for 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, and 7^th class students level.

Features:

• Audio enabled read-to-me books
• Bilingual books
• No ads or in-app purchases
• Track progress by a reading log

Present Rating: 4.5
No of Downloads: 5 million +
App URLs: Android app, iOS app

16. Extramarks

While the Epic app was best for up to class 7 kids, this app is useful for KG to 12^th class, for both CBSE and ICSE boards. What makes this app different from other is its artificial intelligence companion Alex. It will take you on a personalised journey through engaging visuals, animations and will clear all your doubts quickly.

Features:

• Study material is aligned to NCERT books syllabus
• Only learning app that covers complete K12 spectrum of learning
• 2D and 3D animation techniques for better learning
• AI-backed study bot

Present Rating: 4.4
No of Downloads: 5 million +
App URLs: Android app, iOS app

17. Zoom

Zoom is simply a video conferencing application, developed for the meetings of corporates. It is quite an easy app to integrate and provide a sophisticated level of audio and video quality for better user experience. But as time changed, it isn’t limited to only corporates, and now it is getting used by teachers and students for getting their classes online.

Features:

• High-quality HD video conferencing service
• Zoom video webinar lets 100 interactive video participants and up to 10,000 view-only participants
• Monetize video session through Paypal or Zapier

Present Rating: 3.6
No of Downloads: 100 million +
App URLs: Android app, iOS app

18. Slack

You must be wondering why the business communication platform Slack is on this list. Well, it is not limited to just companies, and Slack is getting used by professors & college students to stay touch in beyond teaching hours.

Features:

• Share and edit documents with the complete team or individuals
• Integrate the tools you use in your workflow
• Customize the notification to stay updated

Present Rating: 4.1
No of Downloads: 10 million +

19. Trello

Last but not least, Trello is an excellent tool for managing group projects. It lets students stay organized with handy tools designed to keep them on task. The students can create checklists, upload images, and assign tasks to each other.

Features:

• Customizable-yet-simple boards, lists, and cards
• Calendar view of your due dates
• Add locations to cards to get a Map view

Present Rating: 4.4
No of Downloads: 10 million +
App URLs: Android app, iOS app

Wrapping Up

The current pandemic of coronavirus has boosted the demand for apps that teachers and students can use for learning. Although there are already many apps in the market, the market isn’t saturated, every app has its own flaws. Hence, if you are having your own to create an online teaching app, then it may worth a try. Want to discuss your idea and get proper consultation, reach our team now.