Popsicle Sticks

What reviewers actually said

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1. [R1] 4/5 · US Saves time: This is a great way to call random names and assign visibly random groups! I use it for multiple classes, and even selecting next class awards. I wish there was a way to delete names or class lists though.
2. [R2] 5/5 · US Love: I seriously love this app. It helps with picking students to call on, grouping and so much more! I never review apps, but I’ve had this one for a few years now and wanted people to know this one was worth every penny!
3. [R12] 5/5 · US Math Teacher: Love popsicle sticks to randomly select students for any activity. Also takes the stress away from placing students in groups, since popsicle sticks does it for you.
4. [R45] 5/5 · US Easiest Equity System Available: I’m not one who likes to make physical popsicle sticks like some of my crafty colleagues. And online tools might do the job, but they’re either not as versatile or they take far too long to get something accomplished. This app is great for grouping any number of students into groups, and it has additional features others might find useful. One week in, and I’m havi
5. [R17] 5/5 · US Perfect multifaceted teacher tool: I’ve been using this app for three years and I’ve always been happy with it. I use the list feature to keep track of my “mystery walker” in the hallway and I don’t have to depend on my memory to track who has already been selected. I use the random name selector all the time, the dice roll, and of course grouping students is a great one. I recommend this app to a
6. [R24] 5/5 · US Favorite App I’ve added this school year!: Whoever designed this app knows kids! It’s been perfect for my 3rd grade class, but would work for any age. We mainly use it to choose teams at recess (I play with a different sport with them each day), partners or groups for class, and to choose who will do their presentation next in class. The kids love it! You can even enter their birthdays in order to
7. [R31] 5/5 · US Wow!: Seriously, whoever made this app is a genius! I’m loving the Tournament feature due to its ease of use and unbelievable convenience that can be used in any setting. I don’t usually write reviews but this app is simply amazing!
8. [R39] 5/5 · US Updates are awesome!: I have used this app in the past with third grade. I decided to try it again with fifth grade. I am amazed at the partner and group options! I love using these! I have used this app every day this week.
9. [R10] 5/5 · US Great for elementary music teachers: I teach elementary music on a cart, meaning I push in to 10 classes every day to teach them music. My time is split between two schools, meaning I teach music to around 700 kids every week. I put all their names in at the beginning of the school year. Not only am I able to randomly select kids to help me during each class, but it has also helped me to learn th
10. [R20] 5/5 · US The best: I just wrote this app upon a resource share in my Ed masters program. Every teacher could use this effectively and it will help you group easily. With 200+ students I can pretend I have only a few! Worth it.
11. [R36] 5/5 · US Great classroom tool!: The app works wonderfully and is easy to use once you get used to it.
12. [R37] 5/5 · US AMAZING!: This is a teaching MIRACLE! 🤩 It is so intuitive to set up and easy to learn! Today is Saturday, and I hate to admit it, but I kinda wish it was Monday so I could use it with my classes instead of just listening to Siri call my kidlets names! 😂
13. [R55] 5/5 · US Popsicle Sticks: This app has transformed my day in the classroom. I teach 5th grade and I use it for everything: assigned seats in the room and lunch, small groups, pairs, lining up, jobs, answering questions. Everything! The kids LOVE to hear their name called out my the app even when it’s pronounced wrong. Lol!! Thank you!! Mrs. Simone
14. [R3] 2/5 · US Good but: I like the app I like all the stuff but of course every app now have to have a premium or something to buy with and and you have to upgrade it to premium to get more than random groupings and to make more than one classes it’s really weird and I do not like it. That’s why I’m giving it two stars
15. [R5] 4/5 · US It’s great just I have one complaint: This is a great app just I was clicking on groups and it said I had reached my limit and I had to pay if I wanted to continue which was annoying but otherwise it is great!
16. [R14] 1/5 · US Cash Grab: I literally had gotten no actual use out of this app, but it has potential. So I put it to the test the first time, and bam, it refuses to create random groups until I pay it. I’ve got 11 girls learning soccer who need to be grouped and this app is extorting me in my minute of need. Cannot be trusted.
17. [R71] 1/5 · US Don't buy: I downloaded the free version and liked the format of the app. Upon using it, I needed to purchase the app ($2.99) to create more than one class so I did. My favorite feature was being able to create random grouping of students. After making 5 random groupings, I was prompted to pay another $2.99 to continue using the Random Group feature. I am not putting more money into this app.
18. [R64] 1/5 · US Expensive!!!!: I agree with the previous reviewer of the additional costs adding up quickly. With 100 students, free random lists, random groups, and scored discussions are used quickly. Not worth more than the initial $2.99. I now have $9 in this app and haven't used scored discussions yet. Not budget friendly, nor is any app more deceiving about it's cost. I'm happy others have the ability to p
19. [R68] 1/5 · US Scam Artists: It is disgraceful how much you scam teachers. I thought when I upgraded for 2.99 that would mean that all the features were included, it that is not the case at all. This might be useful if you teach one small elementary class, but I have 160 students, and this app would cost a fortune to utilize. I am fine paying for an app if it makes my job easier. But this is such a scam.
20. [R72] 2/5 · CA Warning: Hidden Cost: You get hooked into using it (for free) and then suddenly you have to pay $13 or it won’t work in the middle of your lesson. You think it’s free, but it’s really just a free trial and for $13 is it worth it? That may be too expensive if you just wanted it for the random name function. If this is your app please consider lowering the price and offer the pay option instead
21. [R4] 3/5 · US Some drawbacks: The app is wonderful,however,it’s not user friendly when removing students and archiving classes. There’s no where to show to do that with the app.
22. [R7] 2/5 · US Problem deleting: Would be a great app if I could figure out how to delete the students that leave my class. If someone knows, please advise. Thanks
23. [R11] 2/5 · US Deleting Students from a Class: I like using this app, but every time a student leaves my class, I hate that it is more difficult to remove a student from a class than it is to add them. It is not an intuitive process. And today as I am trying to adjust classes at the beginning of the semester, I almost hate the app.
24. [R19] 5/5 · US Can’t delete or edit students or classes: I love this app but the functionality is frustratingly limited when I need to move a student to a different class and all I can do is rename the student. I also cannot for the life of me edit the names of the classes. When students leave in the middle of the year, I have no way to delete students. I was hoping the update would help but it did not address t
25. [R18] 2/5 · US Import glitches: I will update after I actually get to try the app. Right now I’m frustrated because the app keeps crashing during the import process. 2 classes worked fine, but the third list crashes the app as soon as I try to scroll and confirm the list. I’m annoyed so far & hope the experience improves. I’m off to type in 31 names….
26. [R23] 1/5 · US Crashing: App crashes when using CSV importing on iPhone.
27. [R26] 1/5 · US Crashes when picking a student: Every time I try to pick a random student or get a random list, the app crashes. I downloaded this and purchased the in-app upgrade, and this app doesn’t perform its basic function. Not cool, Neil.
28. [R32] 4/5 · US Overall great app: Great app. I love using this in class. However, I wish I could rotate my iPad to use this app while laying horizontally.
29. [R33] 4/5 · US Feature Request: This app really needs to support Slide Over and/or Side-by-Side apps. I use goodnotes to teach with and I’m always in landscape mode. This would help my workflow tremendously.
30. [R51] 3/5 · US Please include a better iPad interface: The import function is easy with multiple classes and it works well. The only issue I have is that I use this on a 12.9” iPad and it doesn’t support split screen or even landscape mode. I’d love to have this on 1/3 of the screen while I have another app open as well.
31. [R75] 4/5 · AU Love it: 1 star lost. I’d give it 5 if the app would rotate to side screen (landscape), rather than being locked on portrait.
32. [R25] 3/5 · US Would be awesome with accessibility updates: I am a blind user who utilizes screen reader technology on an iPhone. This app is great and mostly accessible. I would love to see future updates that include accessibility for screen reader in a Gratian. For example, some buttons are not labeled and therefore, the screen reader just reads it as button. This makes it impossible to know what the function
33. [R6] 4/5 · US Good: I love it but it but it does say names wrong sometimes and then my students say that’s not my name are they talking about me and I have to explain to them not everything can’t say your name
34. [R21] 4/5 · US edits: I would like to be able to edit the voice with my own because some of the names are not pronounced correctly. Otherwise I enjoy the app, especially the ease of creating groups
35. [R60] 2/5 · US Frustrating: Why even have the app as free if you ultimately end up having to pay to use the main feature? I like all the other features the app has and that is why I gave it two stars, but am ultimately disappointed with the fact that the app is useless if you don’t pay $3.99. If I’d known that I would be cut off after a certain amount of uses, I would’ve been more careful every time I created a
36. [R9] 1/5 · US Terrible App: Although it started off great I began using it too much and it ended up ruining my life because it would put people in groups that would ruin their grades and at my house we used it to separate chores. It also glitches and sometimes adds random people that you don't even know into groups. I hate this app and do not recommend using it for anything.
37. [R40] 3/5 · US Totally useful but hope a future update will enable it to work seamlessly in multitasking: The app is perfect for quickly pairing or grouping. It will make random groups and then you can slide around to make quick switches. Classic random selection is great,too! One last thing developer...I used to be able to use the app easily while multitasking. That is no longer so. It was so helpful to view bo
38. [R27] 2/5 · US Disappointed: It’s hard to believe the steps to import a class don’t work. I wish I read some reviews before I bought it. I’ve used the stick pick app for years and love it. This app had some additional features so thought I would give it a try. I have 160 students and am not about to manually add each student. I could’ve spent $5 on something else.
39. [R29] 5/5 · US Useful in the music classroom: It is really hard to fair, to give each child a chance to be heard. This app helps me pick students randomly to get a turn to play, sing, and show their creativity. One thing, when you create a CSV file to import your classes, it doesn’t work if you create the CSV file on a PC and email it to yourself. The CSV file needs to be created on a Mac and emailed so that it