Skool Loop vs Audiri
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Skool Loop
This app serves as a central hub for school communications, offering features like push notifications, interview scheduling, and digital forms. It facilitates absentee reporting and provides access to school newsletters and event calendars, streamlining communication for schools and parents.
- Push notifications
- School interviews
- E forms
- Absentee reporting
- School newsletters
- Event calendars
- Translation options
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A comprehensive school app that is a “One Stop Shop” for all school communications. Includes push notifications School interviews E forms Translations options for notices Absentee reporting, with an option of directly reporting to schools SMS Schools’ newsletter and School event calendars. A complete service for schools to use to communicate quickly and precisely to all schools throughout NZ and Australia.
Audiri
This app facilitates seamless communication between schools and their communities. It offers instant notices, event RSVPs, interview scheduling, in-app chat, eForms, newsletters, and payment processing.
- Instant notices
- RSVP events
- Parent Teacher Interview scheduling
- In-app chat and group messaging
- eForms
- School newsletters
- Payments
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Connect. Collaborate. Be heard. Audiri is a powerful communications tool that enables you to engage with your community with the touch of a button. Getting started is easy. Create your free account and login to add your school(s). Designed with simplicity in mind as the all-in-one communication solution for schools. It's one app for: * Instant notices * RSVP events * Parent Teacher Interview scheduling * In-app chat and group messaging * eForms * School newsletters * Important links & documents * Payments * Photos * and more Key features: * Add one or more schools to your app * Subscribe to specific groups relevant to you (e.g. Year 4, Band, P&C Updates) * Browse the event calendar and add events to your personal calendar * RSVP event and Parent Teacher Interview invitations * In-app chat and group messaging available to your school * Make payments for school fees, excursions and other events * View school newsletters * Important links to systems like parent portal, canteen and more * eForms - Absentee, Permission Slips, School Surveys and more
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Skool Loop at 92% against Audiri's 30%. Skool Loop also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.5) and iOS requirement (14 vs 16.0). Audiri's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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.
Skool Loop holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 43 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Skool Loop's written reviews are positive against 30% of Audiri's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 25, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Skool Loop | Audiri |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (43 ratings) — better | 3.5 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.7% of reviews — better | 30.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 43 — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sharlee Ealam | SkoolBag |
Customer experience
Skool Loop
Audiri
User reviews
Skool Loop
From 43 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use and navigate
- 📱 Convenient access to school information
- 🔔 Timely notifications and updates
- 📝 Simple absence and permission submission
- 💰 Free for parents and schools
Room to improve
- 🐛 Notification delivery delays
- 🐛 Notifications appearing days late
- ⚠️ Limited school coverage
- ❌ One-way communication only
- 🔐 Fraudulent charges reported
Audiri
From 25 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Great way to communicate
- 👍 Handy updates
- 👍 Good app
- 👍 Friendly interface
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 App won't open
- 🐛 Constant update issues
- 🐛 Notifications not working correctly
- 🐛 Unfriendly user interface
Bugs and requests
Skool Loop
Reported bugs
6 issues- Notifications not arriving or arriving significantly delayed
- Signature recognition failure on absence forms
- Australian app showing only New Zealand regions
- App crashes or glitches during use
- Unauthorized charges to payment methods
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- Regional selection not working properly after reinstall
Requested features
8 requests- Dark mode for easier reading
- Calendar integration with device calendar
- Tag/bookmark feature to read messages later
- Two-way communication system
- Improved signature functionality for absence notes
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- Expand school coverage to more institutions
- Better notification reliability
- Multi-school view without switching
Audiri
Reported bugs
34 issues- App says update needed but already updated
- App crashes after update
- App won't open or stay open after update
- 819 notifications upon update, then app shuts down
- App stopped working, keeps saying problem occurred
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- Notifications badge still appears after reading
- Cannot access forms
- Cannot open PDFs
- Notifications stop working after a week
- App logs out periodically
- Reinstall is the only fix for notifications
- App doesn't always reliably change notifications from read to unread
- Cannot archive notifications
- Notifications page cluttered with old notifications
- App signs out constantly
- App stays on login screen or home screen without opening
- Daily forced reinstallation needed
- Notification to say not logged in while logged in
- Json parse Error: u expected EOF
- School drops off after update
- Cannot add school back after update
- App will not login, flashes but remains on login screen
- Notification badge remains on even after reading all messages
- App crashes constantly
- App signs me out
- App doesn't open after update
- Getting notifications from wrong school
- Cannot log in
- Keeps signing me out
- App is locked to portrait orientation
- Forced update to SkoolBag app
- Recover password email has no link
- App crashes on iPhone 5s
- App requires an extra step to see school
Requested features
9 requests- Ability to set family profile details once
- Search function for notifications
- Option to hide or remove unwanted groups/notifications
- Ability to archive posts
- Support for landscape mode
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- Option to make notifications specific to a child's year
- Ability to set child's class for relevant info only
- Option to sign permission slips and pay directly
- Option to 'update later'
In-app purchases
Skool Loop
No in-app purchases
Audiri
No in-app purchases
