Comparison

Classlist vs Arc Pathway

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

Head to head
About

Classlist

Connect with other parents in your child's school community. Organize school runs, plan events, and share information securely. This app helps foster a friendly and useful school network.

Highlights
  • Connect with classmates' parents
  • Organize school runs and carpools
  • Plan and manage school events
  • Share information and ask questions
  • PTA event management and fundraising
  • School marketplace for item exchange
  • Secure and private communication
Features
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Meet your child's classmates, plan the school run and invite friends to parties. Classlist is the award-winning app that brings parents into the heart of their school community. In schools in 33 countries. - See who's who at school. Put a face to a name! - Ask the parents in your child's class a question and share info - Organise a parent meetup for your class and see what PTA events are coming up - Find families nearby to share lifts with on the parent map - Exchange items on the marketplace and ask for recommendations It’s safe, secure and kind. You're in control of how much information you choose to share and what notifications you want. Classlist is fully GDPR compliant, private and secure. It’s moderated by parents for parents to keep your community friendly, welcoming and useful. It’s inclusive — easy for all new parents to sign up. Download the app to join your school’s Classlist or set up Classlist for your school With additional features to support the PTA and Class Reps: - Arrange everything from coffee mornings to major PTA events. Send invites, reminders, and track RSVPs easily in events. - Sell tickets and take cashless payment online - Get out important messages to the whole school or any class or year quickly with announcements - Post to your class or year group - Fundraise with a raffle - Set up interest groups to bring parents together. Create groups to coordinate with your PTA team for specific events too! “We are really liking Classlist. It’s different to social media because it’s well controlled.” — Josephine Marsh, Head Teacher, St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Chalfont, UK "We had Facebook, WhatsApp and email. Classlist has brought it all into one place." Zarifa Dewey, Chair of St Aidan's School Association, Coulsdon, UK www.classlist.com support@classlist.com

About

Arc Pathway

This app supports early years education by allowing school staff to profile children's development, create observations, and manage learning journals. Families can view shared content and add comments, fostering collaboration between home and school.

Highlights
  • Profile and assess child development
  • Create and edit observations
  • Manage learning journals
  • Share progress with families
  • Add comments to observations
Features
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This companion app is for those school staff and families who are already using Arc Pathway early years software. To have access to this app, you will need an Arc Pathway account. With this app teachers can: • Profile/assess children’s development using six monthly milestones. • Use the prioritised next steps/create their own to support each child’s pattern of development. • Create, view, edit observations. • Access/share and edit each child’s learning journal with families. With this app families can: • View all shared items in their child/children’s learning journal and add comments to observations.

Screenshots

Classlist4 screens
Arc Pathway4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Arc Pathway at 83% against Classlist's 34%. Arc Pathway also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.5). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Classlist ships an update every 5 weeks, Arc Pathway monthly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Classlist versus Arc Pathway: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClasslistArc Pathway
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews34.3% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.513.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperClasslistArc Pathway

Customer experience

Classlist

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive34.3%
Neutral7.5%
Negative58.2%

Arc Pathway

Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

None

Classlist

No in-app purchases

None

Arc Pathway

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Classlist free?
Classlist is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Arc Pathway free?
Arc Pathway is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Classlist or Arc Pathway have ads?
Neither Classlist nor Arc Pathway shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Classlist or Arc Pathway?
Classlist ships an update every 5 weeks, and Arc Pathway monthly. Most recently, Classlist was updated on October 24, 2026 and Arc Pathway on October 24, 2026.

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