Comparison

Engage School vs Frog GO

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Engage School

This app provides parents with secure access to essential school information, including timetables, notices, fee details, and student reports. It streamlines communication between schools and parents with features like click-to-call and push notifications for critical messages.

Highlights
  • Timetabling access
  • School notices
  • Parent fee information
  • Student reports
  • Click-to-call/email
  • Push notifications
Features
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The Double First Engage School App, enables quick and secure access to vital school information. The Engage School App can be used by parents, providing access to key areas such as timetabling, school notices, parent fee information and student reports. The Engage School App will significantly improve the flow of information between schools and parents. Simple features such as click to call and click to email through the App speed up contact between the school and parents, with push notification available, parents have no reason to miss school critical messages even when on the move. A customised school specific version of the Engage App is also available to those schools wishing to add a more bespoke and professional touch to their Engage School App. This includes the addition of the school badge, colour scheme and images where required, making your school stand out from the crowd. The Engage School App can only be used in conjunction with Double First’s Engage Management Information system and if your school is using the Parent and Staff Portals.

About

Frog GO

This app enhances school communication by connecting students, parents, and teachers. It facilitates assignment management, broadcast messaging, and private conversations, fostering greater engagement and streamlined information sharing within the school community.

Highlights
  • Broadcast messaging
  • Push notifications
  • Assignment management
  • Calendar viewing
  • Private and group chats
  • Formal message sending
Features
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Frog GO the complete communication app for your school. It's arrived! Our new, fully supported mobile app companion to your Frog platform with broadcast messaging and push notifications, we provide your community with that all important connection to your school. Benefits: * Improve Communications Across your School! * Increase Parental Engagement * Manage your Assignments * View your Calendars Features: Assignments Teachers can quickly create assignments on the go using the app. Students can then complete quizzes and activities assigned to them on the move. Announcements Now you can prepare and send formal messages to one or more people (parents of a class or the whole school, for example) - you can even send and receive private replies! Chats Users will be able to organise and review their private conversations and group chats. Similar to WhatsApp, but fully controlled by the school.

Screenshots

Engage School1 screens
Frog GO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Engage School at 2.7 against Frog GO's 2.4. On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Engage School holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 15 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 4% of Engage School's written reviews are positive against 11% of Frog GO's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Engage School ships an update every 3 months, Frog GO every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Engage School versus Frog GO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEngage SchoolFrog GO
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (7 ratings) — better2.4 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews3.6% of reviews10.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings715 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDouble First LtdFrog Education Ltd

Customer experience

Engage School

All ratings7 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative57.1%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive3.6%
Neutral3.6%
Negative92.9%

Frog GO

All ratings15 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews94 reviews
Positive10.6%
Neutral2.1%
Negative87.2%

Bugs and requests

Engage School

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Frog GO

Reported bugs

48 issues
  • Login issues
  • Slow performance
  • Frequent crashes
  • Random logouts
  • Identity data lost on update
Show 43 more
  • Notification markers persist
  • Unresponsive tabs
  • Password reset issues
  • Frozen password reset screen
  • Timetable/planner not working
  • Accidental opening of assignments
  • Parent/child assignment lists differ
  • Work not showing
  • Parent view badly arranged
  • Unresponsive screen
  • Glitching on iPad
  • App not running properly on iPad
  • Takes multiple logins to work
  • Cannot access files
  • App not working on iPhone
  • Latest updates rendered useless
  • Cannot get to homework page
  • App crashes frequently
  • Forced to log in continuously
  • Errors on login
  • App bugs
  • Latest update rendered useless
  • Cannot open/submit tasks
  • App glitches
  • No response on login
  • Have to log in every time
  • Cannot get past school website page
  • Cannot click help button
  • Buttons not working
  • Cannot access links
  • Timetable doesn't load
  • Pictures compressed and distorted
  • Cannot open or zoom pictures
  • Password wrong on computer
  • Automatically handed in work
  • App doesn't work on phone
  • Glitchy or laggy
  • Couldn't open homework
  • Couldn't see homework
  • Uploading files is harder
  • Doesn't sense touch
  • Doesn't load anything
  • No option to contact support

Requested features

3 requests
  • Landscape mode on iPad
  • Reinstated previous version
  • Add feature for landscape mode on iPad

In-app purchases

None

Engage School

No in-app purchases

None

Frog GO

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Engage School free?
Engage School is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Frog GO free?
Frog GO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Engage School or Frog GO?
Engage School is rated higher. Engage School averages 2.7 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Frog GO averages 2.4 from 15 ratings.
Do Engage School or Frog GO have ads?
Neither Engage School nor Frog GO shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Engage School or Frog GO?
Engage School ships an update every 3 months, and Frog GO every 2 months. Most recently, Engage School was updated on September 18, 2026 and Frog GO on September 22, 2026.

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