Comparison

Classlist vs SFA Coaches

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 parties, and find carpool buddies. The app facilitates communication and event planning for parents and PTAs.

Highlights
  • Connect with classmates' parents
  • Organize school runs and parties
  • Find nearby families for carpooling
  • Exchange items and get recommendations
  • Plan PTA events and fundraisers
  • Send school-wide announcements
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

SFA Coaches

Features
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Easily manage coach attendance with face recognition and team tracking. The Coaches Attendance App is designed to simplify attendance management for academy coaches using secure face recognition technology. Coaches can easily register, scan their face, and mark attendance in just a few seconds. If a coach is not registered, the app will prompt them to register first before scanning. Once successfully logged in, coaches can access their dashboard to: View and manage team members Scan attendance anytime Log out securely after use

Screenshots

Classlist4 screens
SFA Coaches4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Classlist at every 5 weeks against SFA Coaches's every 3 months. SFA Coaches's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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, SFA Coaches every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Classlist versus SFA Coaches: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClasslistSFA Coaches
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews34.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.513.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB75 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperClasslistMian Imran Shah

In-app purchases

None

Classlist

No in-app purchases

None

SFA Coaches

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Classlist free?
Classlist is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SFA Coaches free?
SFA Coaches is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Classlist or SFA Coaches have ads?
Neither Classlist nor SFA Coaches shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Classlist or SFA Coaches?
Classlist ships an update every 5 weeks, and SFA Coaches every 3 months. Most recently, Classlist was updated on November 11, 2026 and SFA Coaches on November 5, 2026.

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