Gradelink Student/Parent App vs KinderLink Admin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gradelink Student/Parent App
Stay connected with your child's academic progress. This app allows parents and students to easily view grades, assignments, attendance, and school news. Receive alerts for grade changes and manage multiple student accounts.
- View class and assignment grades
- Track attendance and discipline entries
- Monitor upcoming homework and assignments
- Access school news and announcements
- Set grade and attendance alerts
- Switch between multiple student accounts
- View report cards and billing statements
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NOTE: To use this app your school must be a Gradelink subscriber. The Gradelink® Mobile app helps keep students and their parents totally involved in their academic performance. Easily view class and assignment grades, attendance, upcoming homework and more. • View your school's news page. • Quickly access your class schedule, including locations. • View current grades and assignments for all classes, including teacher comments. • Quick view of upcoming assignments, plus graphs of performance by assignment type category. • Easily retrieve your latest report card. • View current and historical attendance. • View discipline entries. • Access billing statements and see current charges. • Set and update grade alerts for all of your classes, including overall grade as well as individual assignment performance, high or low. (e.g. Tell me when my grade drops to a C) • Set and update attendance alerts. • Parents, quickly switch between your kids' accounts at the same school. ..and more. Certain features only available if enabled by your school. For information or assistance logging in, please contact your school office.
KinderLink Admin
This app facilitates communication and management for childcare providers, parents, and administrators. It allows users to track a child's daily activities, view schedules, access curriculum, and receive important updates and photos.
- Child-parent-teacher communication
- Daily activity tracking
- Classroom curriculum access
- Lunch menu and event updates
- Photo and video sharing
- Important notifications
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linking children, parent, teacher and administration throughout their involvement within child care. Creating an easier tool for communication and management for all associated in the growth and development of children. Be able keep up to pace on your child’s daily activities by viewing their active schedule, as well as access to classroom curriculum. Obtain lunch menu, events at the center and important notifications through the app. Enjoy photos and/or videos of your child detailing the enjoyment they gain/come in contact with throughout their day.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Gradelink Student/Parent App at 18K against KinderLink Admin's 2. Gradelink Student/Parent App also leads on device support (3 vs 1). KinderLink Admin's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Gradelink Student/Parent App against 5.0 for KinderLink Admin. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gradelink Student/Parent App has 18K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gradelink Student/Parent App | KinderLink Admin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (18K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 18K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gradelink Corporation | Kinder Kastle |
Customer experience
Gradelink Student/Parent App
KinderLink Admin
Bugs and requests
Gradelink Student/Parent App
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login credentials not persisting after updates
- GPA information disappearing after recent update
- Inability to access certain features on iPhone X
Requested features
4 requests- Add calendar view to app
- Improve multi-student switching experience
- Integrate payment options for fees and lunch
- Develop a dedicated teacher app
KinderLink Admin
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Gradelink Student/Parent App
No in-app purchases
KinderLink Admin
No in-app purchases
Questions
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