School Spider Parents vs DCPro Parent
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
School Spider Parents
This app facilitates direct communication between schools and parents. Parents can receive news, view calendars, and get push notifications for important updates. It also offers features like parent surveys, booking for events, and access to forums.
- Direct school-to-parent communication
- News and blog item access
- School calendar viewing
- Push notifications for messages
- Parent surveys
- Parents evening booking
- Parent forums access
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The School Spider application is designed to make it easy for your child's school to communicate directly with you. It allows you to read news and blog items directly on your mobile phone and also see the school's calendar. Your child's school can send messages directly to your mobile phone using push notifications. Logging in as a parent enables you to receive messages from your child's teacher, access parent surveys, book on to parents evenings and view parent forums. This will require a School Spider parent account, please contact your child's school for more information. Designed & developed by School Spider
DCPro Parent
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DCPro Parent provides an online medium to access and download your childβs progress reports, providing you easy access to documentation of your childβs learning and development. It allows you to keep a permanent record of your childβs progress which can be shared as you require. The app eases communication between you and your child's school, providing information such as attendance and school contact information. It provides you with the ability to ascertain when documents are uploaded and by whom, this extra layer of communication aids in your childβs growth by expanding and identifying development needs. This application is a companion of the DCPro school pupil tracker. It will allow you to download your childβs progress report as soon as it is released, avoiding the need for the school to print it. Hence it makes the process greener on the environment and more accessible for you. Please note that your child's school will need to be utilising the correct modules of DCPro school pupil tracker systems, in order for you to access relevant information via this application. We take security seriously and all information within our platform is stored securely in line with industry standards.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: School Spider Parents at every 6 weeks against DCPro Parent's every 7 months. DCPro Parent's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
School Spider Parents ships an update every 6 weeks, DCPro Parent every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | School Spider Parents | DCPro Parent |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 26.3% of reviews | β |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks β better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | β |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.0 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 296 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SchoolSpider | Different Class Solutions Ltd |
Bugs and requests
School Spider Parents
Reported bugs
20 issues- Cannot create an account
- Credentials do not exist errors
- App redirects to scam app after update
- Not all bookings show up
- Bookings show blank
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- Notifications not working
- App logs out daily
- Cannot log back in after logout
- Reset password not working
- Update failure
- School list disappeared after update
- Update notification close button off screen
- App does not load
- Cannot open attachments on iPhone
- App won't load for booking parents evening
- Clicking change school logs out user
- Cannot reply to messages
- Cannot access simple things
- Cannot log in via app but can on PC
- App doesn't load after update, shows spider web
Requested features
8 requests- Ability to see all bookings in one place
- Improve calendar user-friendliness
- Option to refine booking options
- Add a way to reply to messages
- Improve accessibility for vision impaired users
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- Allow booking for multiple days at once
- Add a create account option
- Fix update notification close button placement
DCPro Parent
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
School Spider Parents
No in-app purchases
DCPro Parent
No in-app purchases
Questions
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