eSchool Connect vs Highlights Library Reading
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
eSchool Connect
Facilitates communication between teachers, parents, and students. Enables students to view grades, attendance, and resources, while teachers can manage attendance and messaging.
- View grades and attendance
- Send and receive messages
- Check exams and download resources
- Teacher attendance check-in
- Parental access to student data
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eSchool Connect is one of the eSchool app suite. It allows communication between teachers, parents and students. 1- Students: - View grades - View attendance and behavior. - Send and receive messages - Check exams - Download resources. 2- Parents can do all actions for their children. 3- Teachers: - Communicate with students and parents through messages. - Check in attendance at school (Needs permission for fine location). This application needs the following permissions: 1- Local storage: in order to attach or save files through messages and Library. 2- Camera: in order to allow users capture video or image to send. 3- Audio: in order to allow users to record audio to send. 4- Fine location for teachers only for attendance service in order to connect to beacon devices (Check in).
Highlights Library Reading
This digital library offers a vast collection of engaging stories for young learners, designed to build reading confidence and foster a love for books. It provides an interactive experience with audio, videos, and puzzles, supported by a learning management system for educators.
- Extensive digital library of stories
- Audio support for all stories
- Engaging videos and puzzles
- Customizable learning management system
- Focus on building reading confidence
- Hidden Pictures puzzles
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Highlights Library is a reading platform designed to delight and motivate young learners, helping them become confident and capable readers. Highlights Library provides an engaging reading experience to help build self-confidence and a lifelong love of reading! Highlights Library aims to Change the World Through Reading in 4 ways: 1. Time – Students can start reading quickly, and keep reading effortlessly! 2. Access – Highlights Library has nearly 3,120 high-quality, engaging Highlights stories, all with audio 3. Delight – Highlights Library makes reading fun, by allowing users to choose their favorite topics, watch videos and earn Hidden Pictures puzzles 4. Support – Our innovative learning management system allows teachers to customize the experience for their students Inspire joyful learning with Highlights Library! ***At this time, Highlights Library is only available as a school or library subscription. To learn more, contact international@highlights.com.***
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Highlights Library Reading at 3.2 against eSchool Connect's 2.8. Highlights Library Reading also leads on review sentiment (32% vs 20%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). eSchool Connect's advantage is ratings volume (187 vs 41). On price, update cadence, ads 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.
Highlights Library Reading holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 187 and 41 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of eSchool Connect's written reviews are positive against 32% of Highlights Library Reading's.
eSchool Connect ships an update every 2 months, Highlights Library Reading every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | eSchool Connect | Highlights Library Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (187 ratings) | 3.2 (41 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 32.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 187 — better | 41 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | eSchool | Chungchy Dot Com Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
eSchool Connect
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In-app purchases
eSchool Connect
No in-app purchases
Highlights Library Reading
No in-app purchases
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