Engage School vs Purple Mash Browser
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Timetabling access
- School notices
- Parent fee information
- Student reports
- Click-to-call/email
- Push notifications
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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.
Purple Mash Browser
This application provides an optimized browsing experience for a popular educational platform. It enhances usability on mobile devices by removing distracting browser elements and offers administrative control over the starting page for easier access to learning resources.
- Optimized browser for educational platform
- Enhanced mobile usability
- Removes distracting browser gestures
- Full-screen learning space
- Customizable home page settings
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The Purple Mash Browser Application allows you to make the most of Purple Mash on your device. - A browser optimised for using Purple Mash on your device (recommended for use on iPads) - Requires an internet connection - Removes the gestures for going to the previous/next page. - Removes the tab bar which gives more space to Purple Mash. - Allows administrators to set the Purple Mash Home Page, Purple Mash Quick Login or Purple Mash Portal for ease of access.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Purple Mash Browser at 63% against Engage School's 4%. Purple Mash Browser also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.7). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
Purple Mash Browser holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 4% of Engage School's written reviews are positive against 63% of Purple Mash Browser's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Engage School | Purple Mash Browser |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 3.6% of reviews | 63.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Double First Ltd | 2 Simple Limited |
Customer experience
Engage School
Purple Mash Browser
In-app purchases
Engage School
No in-app purchases
Purple Mash Browser
No in-app purchases
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