Pros and Cons: Live vs. Top

Pros and Cons: Live vs. Top

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CharlieZiese

United States
10/10/2022
Hey anyone have experience with Topworksheets compared to Liveworksheets? I really like this website, but I'm struggling because I need more private worksheets. I have a subscription through another site that provides pre-made worksheets - I just want to make them interactive for my students as they are PDF forms. So obviously I have to make them private on here. I've noticed that Topworksheets provides unlimited private worksheets at half the cost. Just trying to see if anyone uses both or had experience and could give me some pros and cons.

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teachenglishnew

Germany
10/11/2022
Both platforms are similar and both have pros and cons. Although I am quite used to Liveworksheets, I can say that the quality of Liveworksheets has been decreasing lately and no one seems to be in charge of fixing anything. It is also full of ads, even for students, which is a very bad experience. Topworksheets doesn't have ads and the tech team seem to solve the problems that appear in the community. Also, the price is quite cheaper. Anyways, you should try both platforms and see which one works better for you.
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CharlieZiese

United States
10/13/2022
Thanks, after trying Topworksheets for just a few days, I think I have my answer. Responsive tech support, no ads, clean modern look, and a much more affordable price. There's still a few features I'd like to have on there, but so far it seems like they are super willing to make adjustments based on feedback.
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Jhonny larrota

Colombia
10/13/2022
Do you know if it is possible to create books for the students in topworksheets?
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CharlieZiese

United States
10/14/2022
Like workbooks? Their 'groups' seem to work pretty much the same way as workbooks in Liveworksheets. You can setup a 'group' for each student and assign tasks under that group.
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teachenglishnew

Germany
10/14/2022
jhonnysuka, the "closed groups" in topworksheets work the same way as workbooks in liveworksheets. You can add students to closed groups and they have to login to access their account and see their pending tasks, which can be programmed to appear at specific dates. Only thing they don't still support is to assign a worksheet to a specific student.
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ana9923

United States
10/14/2022
I went to Topworksheets after reading this, and I believe that they don't have any worksheets for Spanish, correct? So, if you want to use worksheets from other teachers on the site for your Spanish classes, this does not offer that.
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Juan José

Spain
10/15/2022
The filters do not seem to work well yet, but you can try looking up a word in the first field: if you look up "español", you will get around 200 results.
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teachenglishnew

Germany
10/18/2022
Just tested it and it looks like they have fixed the filters and now all the public worksheets in spanish are appearing again if you want to try it. I can see more than 10000 worksheets in spanish, so check if it is working for you
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Juan José

Spain
10/18/2022
Well, let's make that 9,000. After page 500 in the links to results pages you can't see any more, even if it says there are 556. It is probably a glitch, but the fact is, you can't see past that page.