ISB Brussels vs SchoolsBuddy 2.0
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ISB Brussels
Access school news, calendar events, communications, and a directory. This app requires a Community Portal login for access to sensitive information, ensuring privacy for the school community.
- News updates
- Calendar events
- School communications
- School directory
- Useful resources
- Quick links
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The International School of Brussels app provides easy access to information on the Community Portal via mobile devices. The app includes: • News • Calendar events • School communications • School Directory • Useful resources • Quick links Please note that privacy controls restrict sensitive information to members of the ISB community. A Community Portal login and password is required.
SchoolsBuddy 2.0
This comprehensive system connects parents, staff, and students, streamlining school-related activities. It manages bookings, sports, billing, and transport, enhancing parent engagement and simplifying administrative tasks for schools worldwide.
- Activity and trip coordination
- Billing and payment management
- Sports scheduling
- Transport management
- Role switching for multiple users
- Integration with MIS/SIS providers
- Single Sign-on capabilities
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The complete School-to-Home Management System for Parents, Staff and Students Mobile application for SchoolsBuddy's integrated portal for activities, bookings, sports, billing and transport. This app is for all users in a school from Activities and Trip Co-ordinators, finance departments, through to parents and students. If you have multiple roles, the app will enable you to switch role and help you on a daily basis. SchoolsBuddy is part of the Faria Education Group product suite which includes learning and admission applications via ManageBac and OpenApply, however, SchoolsBuddy can function in a school without these tools. Used in over 400 schools in 50+ countries to enable schools to improve parent engagement, simplify processes and enable schools to manage anything extra-curricular in an organised way. We sync data from many world leading MIS/SIS providers and allow Single Sign-on with a variety of providers including Google, Microsoft, ISAMS, Firefly, ManageBac and many more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ISB Brussels at 2.0 against SchoolsBuddy 2.0's 1.0. SchoolsBuddy 2.0's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
ISB Brussels holds the better App Store score, 2.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.
ISB Brussels ships an update every 6 months, SchoolsBuddy 2.0 monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ISB Brussels | SchoolsBuddy 2.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (3 ratings) — better | 1.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | International School of Brussels | Faria Education Limited |
Customer experience
ISB Brussels
SchoolsBuddy 2.0
In-app purchases
ISB Brussels
No in-app purchases
SchoolsBuddy 2.0
No in-app purchases
Questions
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