Comparison

School Spider Parents vs School Dashboard

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

School Dashboard

Features
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*Discover how your local schools really perform.* Get instant access to official school results data in a clear, useful format. Perfect for parents, teachers, and anyone interested in education performance across England. *Find & Compare Schools Easily:* - Search by postcode or location to find nearby schools - View GCSE and A-level results by subject over time - Compare schools side-by-side to see how they stack up - Explore all local schools for specific subjects *Official Data, User-Friendly Format:* All information comes directly from publicly available Department for Education data, presented in a way that's actually useful. School performance data is sourced from DfE publications at https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/ *Key Features:* - GCSE and A-level results by school and subject - Historical performance tracking - Local school comparisons - Clean, easy-to-read format - Covers all schools in England Making public education data accessible to everyone. A project from the TaxPayers' Alliance *DISCLAIMER:* This is an independent app created by the TaxPayers' Alliance. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or representing the UK Government or the Department for Education.

Screenshots

School Spider Parents4 screens
School Dashboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

School Spider Parents and School Dashboard are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
School Spider Parents versus School Dashboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSchool Spider ParentsSchool Dashboard
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews26.3% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better15.1
Further details โ€” not scored
Size25 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSchoolSpiderThe TaxPayers' Alliance

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
Show 15 more
  • 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
Show 3 more
  • Allow booking for multiple days at once
  • Add a create account option
  • Fix update notification close button placement

School Dashboard

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

School Spider Parents

No in-app purchases

None

School Dashboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is School Spider Parents free?
School Spider Parents is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is School Dashboard free?
School Dashboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do School Spider Parents or School Dashboard have ads?
Neither School Spider Parents nor School Dashboard shows ads.

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