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I hate ClassDojo
I would give zero stars if Apple allowed me to do so. Let me start by saying I do not want to use this software in the first place. I don’t need to know the minutiae of my kids’ day at school. As an engaged parent, we talk at dinner every night about how their day was and what happened. Unfortunately for me, other parents apparently don’t mind getting minute by minute updates on their children. If this were not required by the school, I would not use the software at all. Where I get extremely frustrated is the constant nagging for me to buy a subscription to premium content when I don’t even want the free content. I find this app beyond obnoxious and would love for educators to focus on teaching rather than updating unnecessary software. Since I’m in the minority, my request is that the developer of ClassDojo offer the option to turn off the pestering requests to upgrade to something I never wanted in the first place. I will never upgrade this software and find the constant requests to upgrade make me dislike the software even more than I did before.Show lessTU Greystones
Another update to force dojo plus.
Yet again another update that stops you in your tracks from using the app for what it is originally intended. Forcing dojo plus even more so.
When trying to view child points, the app takes you straight to ‘insights’ which is an advert for dojo plus instead of taking you straight to ‘point history’. The app seemed to get marginally better, taking 1 step forward then 10 steps back again. Stop changing everything to suit dojo plus and concentrate on what the app is originally intended - at the end of the day the schools choose this platform, not the parents!
Another update, and now even harder to navigate. The points summary doesn’t seem to match the true amount of points given for the week. My child has 18 points currently for the week so far but the point summary dashboard ‘all points’ claims only 13? Very confusing. I will say that since my last review I can now scroll through and view previous points from the last 2 weeks rather than just the current week, which is fab but I do wish the app would reset itself to how is was a few updates ago. It was much easier to navigate and worked well. Dojo plus might be an optional spend, but it seems forced on you at every opportunity. At the end of the day this is an app for teachers to interact with parents. The schools have chosen this platform not the parents. Asking parents to pay for extras doesn’t seem at all fair.Show lessMimbob15615
Developer Response
Hi there, thank you for this candid feedback! We're sorry for any frustration the updates have caused. We have decided to roll back the new features related to points so we can take a deeper look at what is best for our users. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to drop us a note at hello@classdojo.com, we're happy to chat. :)Classdojo
Well…I like Classdojo (of course) and I think that it would help because parents and children and teachers can use it . Teachers can use it because they might say that “If you be good you can get 5 dojos,” and teachers can add skills as in a times tables rockstars skill (if you can go to times tables rockstars the app in the AppStore and check the reviews i will be there well my review will be there and I am a review writer) and an on task skill. It is good for children because they can also keep up with the teacher. Parent can use it because they can give their kids some home points . And they can privately text your teacher . And that was my review thx ☺️Show lessmasood.fozia
Basic messaging app but not much else
School uses this for communication to families. Here is my review: -The main page is confusing because it’s hard to distinguish between one post and another plus you can’t just click on a class or teacher to get only their posts. With multiple kids, the home page is chaos. -Messaging teachers direct works but I’ve double profiles of teachers in the school. -There is no explanation of monsters or how it actually helps your child other than supposedly it’s a point-reward system but confusing whether or not kids actually interact. -App focuses on getting you to upgrade and pay $60 for features that I’m still not sure what they are - except if you don’t pay, it deletes all the pictures at the end of the year. -Doesn’t look like there is a group chat feature where you could message a teacher and include another parent/guardian. -No notification settings to let you choose between getting DMs vs general front page info. -Also, it seems that it could be a failure of the school, but some teachers use DMs to communicate information and others use main posts. Again, it’s hard because you can’t just select on one teacher, but you have to go through all posts to find that nugget of information.
In addition, there is no group chat so teachers have to write different messages to parents of the same child - even if the parents are married and the same household.Show lessJoeShiro
Bad
Google classroom is better.kghsdghsjlhsjds
They didn’t show up about subscription
On my iPhone app subscription history so I can only check that purchase the dojo subscribtion on their website!!!! The app says it’s on free so this made me so confused so that I have to late to cancel the subscription before the purchase!!! And they say we can’t cancel if it’s already purchased through Apple with any other reason with???
system between website and app, are not connected with each other only with the subscription info which is very important for all the parents as they know both plat forms are the same !!!Show lesssy1806
Dojo Mojo
We enjoy the dojo app each and every school day! We receive messages and pictures of our child as he weaves his way thru the school year. He’s only in 4th grade so all the messages aren’t going to be great one’s, however we can use these as tool to garner improvement and discipline as well. It really gives you a piece of mind when you can see what/ How your child is doing throughout our dreary work a day lives. I’m not sure all schools use the dojo app for their parents, I’m sure there are other apps out there that do basically the same thing, but dojo works just fine. I’m glad they didn’t have anything like this when we were coming up in the school system, things seemed so much simpler back then. The children can’t even breathe wrong or it will be documented and reported to the parents nowadays. I think today’s youth will be better off for it. They will be more accountable and detail conscious.Show lessBig Daddy Richy
I don’t enjoy using the app, despite its usefulness
I’ve been using class dojo for 8 years now, on and off as my children’s teachers have or haven’t utilised it. It is useful for maintaining communication and sharing school work with teachers remotely in many ways, however I am hating navigating the app to find the particular features I am wanting to use. The more this app has developed and the more the app has been added to, the more complicated and time consuming it has felt trying to use it. Currently I have one child connected to it and using it daily. Private messaging with the teacher is easy enough and has been the most used feature during non-covid times, and at the moment we are able to be notified and view daily work and communication posted by the teachers. Alternatively posting completed school work, photos, viewing class work shared by other students approved by teachers, viewing comments, viewing class streams etc all seem difficult to find quickly. It seems much more complicated than it needs to be. I wouldn’t personally recommend using class dojo despite its good qualities without first looking at alternative platforms that might also be available. A layout rejig and simplification would probably fix these issues for me.
I have absolutely no interest in using class dojo for home parenting/discipline purposes as it doesn’t suit my parenting style. I liked it better when it was geared more toward supporting schooling instead.Show lessHaveNoTimeToWasteUsingDojo
Notifications have stopped working
Over the last few weeks I’ve not received any notifications and have to go into the app to see what my child’s school are sending out. The only notifications I get are when the class teacher sends a private message to me but if there are any updates on the main public message board then the notifications never arrive. There are a lot of parents at the school with the same issue. We have checked all the settings and notification setting on our phones and all are on but nothing comes through. Same goes for email updates they don’t arrive either unless it’s sent privately from the class teacher.Show lessMydogsacat
It’s...good I guess
It’s an awesome app, but when I try to log into my account, it says I put in 10 wrong passwords?! I did not. I only tried once. Then when I go to I have an account it says, Impossible to get into this account. Which is weird. Pls fix this. I love this app and want to use it. Thank you.
C’est une application géniale, mais quand j’essaie de me connecter à mon compte, ça dit que j’ai mis 10 mauvais mots de passe ?! Non. Je ne l'ai pas fait Je n'ai essayé qu'une seule fois. Puis, quand je vais à mon compte il dit, Impossible d'entrer dans ce compte. C'est bizarre. Les pls réparent ça. J'adore cette application et je veux l'utiliser. Merci.Show lessNbcw
Developer Response
Please drop us a note at hello@classdojo.com and we'd be happy to get you logged back in!
