DiiBear vs Parents Gateway
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DiiBear
This app connects parents to their child's school, providing updates on events, activities, and academic progress. It facilitates communication with teachers and offers tools for fee payments, surveys, and leave requests.
- School event and activity updates
- Child's learning progress tracking
- Direct communication with teachers
- School fee payment
- Survey completion
- Leave of absence requests
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Diibear is a companion app designed to work seamlessly with the Taidii school management system, keeping parents connected to their child's school journey. With Diibear, parents can easily access updates on school events, activities, and their child's learning progress. The app also enables direct and effective communication with teachers, making it easier to stay involved. Diibear offers convenient tools for parents to pay school fees, complete surveys, request leaves of absence, and more — all in one place. Stay engaged. Stay informed. Grow together with Diibear.
Parents Gateway
This app helps parents stay informed about their child's school activities. It allows for communication with the school, form responses, meeting bookings, and access to parenting resources. It is available for various educational institutions in Singapore.
- School program updates
- Form responses
- Meeting bookings
- Travel declarations
- Parenting resources
- Notifications
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Stay updated on your child’s school programmes with Parents Gateway (PG). Receive information, respond to forms, book meetings, declare travels, access parenting resources, and more! PG is available for mainstream MOE kindergartens, primary schools, secondary schools, junior colleges, Temasek Polytechnic and Ngee Ann Polytechnic. PG uses Singpass to identify parents of students in these schools. Upon successful authentication, the connection to Singpass will be terminated. Please remain logged in to receive notifications when schools send new posts. There is no risk of Singpass credentials being stolen if you remain logged in. Parents Gateway is brought to you by the Ministry of Education (Singapore). For queries and feedback, contact us at https://go.gov.sg/pgsupport
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Parents Gateway at 3.0 against DiiBear's 2.0. DiiBear's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Parents Gateway holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 6 respectively.
DiiBear ships an update every 8 days, Parents Gateway monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DiiBear | Parents Gateway |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (4 ratings) | 3.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 10.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 142 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Taidii Pte Ltd | Ministry of Education (Singapore) |
Customer experience
DiiBear
Parents Gateway
In-app purchases
DiiBear
No in-app purchases
Parents Gateway
No in-app purchases
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