# The House Portal > The House Portal (iPhone/iPad app by Preston Andrew Siegel.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-house-portal/id6753927475 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Preston Andrew Siegel](https://appshunter.io/developer/1791328975) - Category: Business - Price: Free - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 26.0 · 31 MB - Languages: English - Released: 2025-10-28 - Data updated: 2026-08-25 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-house-portal/id6753927475/reviews.md ## What is The House Portal? The House is the official app for The House tutoring lounges — now for students and parents as well as staff. Students can: • See their sessions and visit history at a glance. • Track attendance and time spent in the Lounge. • Request help while working in the Lounge. • Message with The House — get messages from staff, then reply or react. • Keep up with announcements from The House. • Add their House ID card to Apple Wallet. Parents can: • Follow their kids' attendance, sessions, and visit history. • View invoices and payments and stay on top of billing. • Message with The House and update your family's contact info. • Update contact info and family profile photos — from your camera or library. • Get announcements that matter to your family. Staff tools include: • Fast member check-in and check-out — search by name or ID, or scan a badge with the camera. • Live census for each lounge at a glance. • Direct messaging with students and parents. • Complete check-in/check-out history for every member. • Opening and closing checklists, dashboards, announcements, and daily session views. Built for the way The House works: • Light and dark themes that match your device. • Face ID and Touch ID app lock to keep data secure. • A Live Activity that counts down to your next session on the Lock Screen. • An Apple TV dashboard for an at-a-glance lounge display. Signing in requires an account provided by The House. Ask at your lounge if you need one. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 3.1.1 — 2026-08-24 Staff can now email a student or parent their sign-in details right from Create from Oases — with the option to send to a different address and save it to the account. Portal-account permissions now follow the Portal Access rule consistently across the User Access page, member details, and the server. Fixed: your chosen app color now comes back after signing out and back in on the student and parent portal, and the app no longer jumps to your start screen if you have already begun navigating after login. ### 3.0.2 — 2026-08-05 Messages, all grown up: • Direct messages between The House and students & parents — reply, react, and keep every conversation in one place. • Group chats: staff can bring a student and parent (or a study group) into one shared thread, with everyone's messages clearly labeled. • One Messages tab for students and parents: your inbox and House announcements together, a quick switch apart — and sessions now live right on the student Home screen. • Swipe a conversation to mark it read or unread, or archive it; pin the important ones and find everything with the new menus. • Group sends now show who has read and replied, with one tap into any recipient's conversation. Easier, safer sign-in: • Show or hide your password on every screen that asks for one. • Quick-login credentials are encrypted with your PIN, and Face ID keeps working when you change your password. For staff: • A reorganized menu that puts Messages, Announcements and Attendance first, with a new Admin Tools section for Oases, system settings and database tools. • Settings is now grouped into Account, Security, Preferences and App Information. • Self check-in mode for iPad: hand a member the tablet to scan their own card, and unlock with Face ID, your PIN or your password to exit. • A real sidebar you can collapse and expand — switching between tabs is instant now. • Census cards line up evenly and no longer cut off grade names. Make it yours: • Fourteen accent colors alongside light, dark and match-system — for staff, students and parents alike. Staff picks sync with the web; portal picks are per device, just like the website. • Pick the page the app opens on when you sign in. Accessibility: • Fuller VoiceOver labels and actions throughout. • Reduce Motion is honored app-wide, and message text now scales past the app's usual limit for comfortable reading. • Color contrast raised to meet WCAG AA across every theme. Plus security hardening and reliability fixes throughout. ### 3.0.0 — 2026-07-30 The House app now welcomes students and parents! • Students: sign in to see your schedule, session history, attendance, and announcements, and request help when you're in the Lounge. • Parents: view your kids' attendance and sessions, manage billing and invoices, and keep contact info and profile photos up to date. • Add your House ID card to Apple Wallet with your photo on the front. • Report a bug right from Settings if anything looks off. • Plus many fixes and polish across the app. ### 2.0.0 — 2026-07-21 Version 2.0 is a top-to-bottom redesign of The House staff app. • Refreshed interface — a cleaner, more consistent look across every screen, with full light and dark mode that follows your device. • Faster check-in and check-out — a streamlined flow with instant search, camera badge scanning, and clearer status at a glance. • Redesigned census, attendance history, checklists, and dashboard for quicker daily operations. • Unified locations and more reliable session handling behind the scenes for consistent data across both lounges. • Improved security, including Face ID / Touch ID app lock. • Many performance improvements, stability fixes, and polish throughout. Thanks for using The House. As always, send any feedback to Markos or Preston. ### 1.0.5 — 2026-01-20 Added a Today's Sessions feature that pulls in todays upcoming user sessions and allows you to check users in from the new window accessed on the checkin page using the calendar icon. ## More apps by Preston Andrew Siegel - [Zero2PassiveHero](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/zero2passivehero/id6760582404) - [TravelMapping](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/travelmapping/id6761671062) All apps by Preston Andrew Siegel: https://appshunter.io/developer/1791328975 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-25.*