Silent Dismissal vs Asilo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Silent Dismissal
This app allows parents to monitor and update their child's dismissal information for schools using the Silent Dismissal system. Parents can view dismissal status, update dismissal requirements, and even send dismissal notices for pickup within designated areas.
- View student dismissal status
- Update dismissal requirements
- Designate student as absent
- Specify carpool or after-school group participation
- Send dismissal notices for pickup
- Monitor arrival at after-care
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Silent Dismissal - Parent Connect Provides parents whose students attend a school using Silent Dismissal to update and monitor individual student information. Parents may view student name spelling, classroom assignment, and most recent dismissal event for the current day such as called for dismissal, departed classroom, loaded onto bus or arrived at after care. May update student requirements for dismissal for the current day by designate student as absent; having left early; as specifically participating in carpool; specifically participating in a single after school group such as school bus, daycare van, club, tutoring, after care, or something else; or being picked up by an alternate carpool when going home with a friend. [when allowed by school settings] May invoke the dismissal notice to the student in the classroom for pick up when within the defined geographic boundaries. [when allowed by school settings] Before making in-app purchases, ensure that your child's school supports the use of the app and to what degree. If the school does not support the use of the app, then the app will not function for you. Individual schools may choose to unilaterally discontinue support for the Parent Handheld App at any time without informing SDCS, Inc. SDCS, Inc. will not be liable should the app no longer be supported by a school and will not refund the purchase price to the buyer. Purchases made after June 1 in a given year provide access through August 30 of the following calendar year; purchases made prior to June 1 expire August 30 of the current calendar year.
Asilo
This app offers a Reggio-inspired curriculum and documentation tool for childcare providers. It facilitates lesson planning, tracks developmental standards, and enables secure sharing of daily activities and reports with families.
- Reggio-inspired curriculum
- Digital lesson planning
- Developmental standards tracking
- Private family newsfeed
- Virtual daily reports
- Attendance tracking
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Asilo is the developmentally appropriate childcare app you've been looking for. Features include Reggio inspired hands-on activities & curriculum, a private newsfeed for documentation and sharing, integrated daily reports, and more. Download now to check it out! Go digital with the first fully integrated digital library of Reggio-inspired curriculum, documentation and family engagement tool in one app. Access full school year curriculum and a library of 100’s of additional activities for in school and at home use, build and manage your lesson plans digitally with our lesson plan builder, easily track aligned developmental standards and observations with custom reports and easy-to-read charts, document and share classroom learning with photos and videos on a private parent newsfeed, share digital daily reports, take attendance, and more! Ditch the paper and and embrace going green. Lesson Planning - made easy. • Use our lesson plan tool to build comprehensive age appropriate lesson plans • Select from 100’s of lessons, activities, SEL prompts, classroom games and more • Schedule activities and lessons daily or months in advance • Easily share lesson plans and calendars amongst teachers and classrooms making collaboration seamless Map Early Learning Standards and Developmental Benchmarks. • Enjoy a fully aligned Reggio-inspired school year curriculum along with 100’s of custom inquiry based lessons and activities • Track children’s development across developmental domains, skills and indicators with custom reporting easily shared with families Sharing is caring. • Use our Reggio-inspired documentation tool and private community newsfeed to share daily learning moments and videos directly with families • A school newsfeed that is totally private, always secure • Tag images you share with corresponding lessons and activities to automatically include developmental standards to highlight the learning and intentionality with families Virtual Daily Reports - at your fingertips. • Send digital notifications for meals, sleep checks, toileting, activities, and mood for individual children or classrooms • Check-in children with a few taps, and digitally record drop-off and pick-up times Have more questions? We would be happy to answer them or set up a demo! Contact us at support@helloasilo.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Asilo at 4.0 against Silent Dismissal's 1.4. Asilo also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (38% vs 8%). On price, ratings volume 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. Silent Dismissal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Asilo asks for nothing beyond the download.
Asilo holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 68 and 31 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 8% of Silent Dismissal's written reviews are positive against 38% of Asilo's.
Silent Dismissal ships an update monthly, Asilo every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Silent Dismissal | Asilo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.4 (68 ratings) | 4.0 (31 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 7.5% of reviews | 37.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 68 — better | 31 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 268 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gregor Jennings | Garda Labs LLC |
Customer experience
Silent Dismissal
Asilo
In-app purchases
Silent Dismissal
- Silent Dismissal All Access$1.99
Asilo
No in-app purchases
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