break for School Loop vs Digital School Parent App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
break for School Loop
Access your School Loop account with a streamlined, native app. View grades, send messages, manage files, and simulate assignment impacts on your overall score. Offers enhanced security and an Apple Watch companion app.
- Check grades and send LoopMail
- Receive real-time notifications
- Access locker files with built-in viewer
- Simulate assignment impacts on grades
- Secure with app password and biometrics
- Apple Watch app for grade checking
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break is a lightweight, native app for accessing School Loop. It aims to provide an easier to use, more feature rich alternative to the official School Loop app. With it, you can: • Do everything you can do with the official app. Check grades, send LoopMail–it's all there and easier to use than ever. • Recieve notifications. Grade changed? Got new LoopMail? With break, you're always in the know. • Access your locker, without your computer or iPad. Need to check on a file? Use the built-in file viewer, or switch over to a dedicated app in a flash. • Add your own assignments to the gradebook, to see how they affect your grade. Change anything from the weighting of any category to the score of that regraded test and see the results immediately! • Keep your grades away from prying eyes with an app password. If you have a device with Touch ID or Face ID, you can use it for extra security and convenience. • Check your grades on the your wrist with the bundled Apple Watch app. • Take advantage of the latest iOS technologies to enhance your experience. Animation, gestures, 3D Touch, SFSafariViewController…and much, much more! Plus, break will always be free and open source!
Digital School Parent App
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Digital School keeps parents connected with their child’s school life in real time. Get announcements, track attendance, review class activity, read teacher notes, and follow progress — all in one secure app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: break for School Loop at every 2 months against Digital School Parent App's every 5 months. break for School Loop also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
break for School Loop ships an update every 2 months, Digital School Parent App every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | break for School Loop | Digital School Parent App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (153 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 71.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 153 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Saagar Jha | AVEHR |
Bugs and requests
break for School Loop
Reported bugs
8 issues- App resets Schoolloop password
- 'Locker' feature broken/unresponsive documents
- App not working for weeks
- Locker shows as empty
- Unable to login due to incorrect school default
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- Cannot view grades for specific classes
- Changes password, unable to login
- App crashes or force logs out
Requested features
11 requests- Option to see when assignments were assigned and due
- Widgets
- Better design
- Notifications for grade changes
- Ability to change color of specific classes
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- Visibility of point value and period for assignments
- Quick reset button for grades
- Ability to change existing scores for simulations
- Easier to read assignments and grades
- Easier to press buttons to edit grades
- Easier to choose categories when adding assignments
Digital School Parent App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
break for School Loop
No in-app purchases
Digital School Parent App
No in-app purchases
Questions
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