PRONOTE vs NEO Pocket
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PRONOTE
This app provides a comprehensive platform for academic administration, covering grades, schedules, attendance, and student progress. It facilitates real-time data access for students, parents, and teachers, enhancing communication and oversight within educational institutions.
- Grades and competences tracking
- Scheduling and attendance management
- Homework and exercise submission
- Real-time data access
- Contextual messaging and notifications
- Student file management
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PRONOTE incorporates all domains of academia: grades, competences, report cards, scheduling, attendance, tardiness, sanctions, orientation, homework notebooks, exercises, multiple choice questions, school agenda, infirmary, learning outcomes, multi-annual monitoring, student files, grade school certificate, internships, school road safety certificate… From their smartphones, Students, Parents and Teachers access their data in real time, in a secure environment, wherever they are. The students always know where they stand, the parents are reassured, the teachers have a broader prospective of their students. PRONOTE mobile is also contextual messaging that links all the actors of the institution: every event is announced by a notification (message, information and surveys, digital locker, etc.) for everyone’s benefit. Today, PRONOTE has become the reference in student administration: thousands of institutions use this platform to communicate and millions of users consult their Web Space every day.
NEO Pocket
This app provides a mobile connection to an educational social network for secondary schools. It facilitates communication between teachers, parents, and students, offering real-time notifications, news feeds, and messaging capabilities.
- Real-time notifications
- Newsfeed browsing
- Detailed content view
- Mailbox access
- Email drafting
- Workspace access
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NEO, the leading educational social network for secondary education, is now available as a mobile app. NEO Pocket is a lighter version of your virtual learning environment that can be accessed directly from your smartphone or tablet and is designed to make communication between school and home even easier! Teachers and parents can sign in with the same username and password they use for their educational network and get access to all of NEO's main features. The NEO Pocket mobile app lets you: – Receive real-time notifications on your smartphone about the latest publications from your network – Browse your Newsfeed so you can keep up to date with your Blog and News apps – Browse an overview of the content on your Newsfeed and see content in greater detail with a simple tap on the screen – Access your Mailbox simply so you don’t miss out on any messages – Draft emails on your phone and select recipients in your network – View your workspace
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NEO Pocket at 3.6 against PRONOTE's 1.6. NEO Pocket also leads on review sentiment (52% vs 19%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). PRONOTE's advantage is ratings volume (210 vs 8) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
NEO Pocket holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PRONOTE has 210 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 19% of PRONOTE's written reviews are positive against 52% of NEO Pocket's.
PRONOTE ships an update every 4 months, NEO Pocket every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PRONOTE | NEO Pocket |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (210 ratings) | 3.6 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 19.0% of reviews | 51.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 210 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Index Education | Édifice |
Customer experience
PRONOTE
NEO Pocket
Bugs and requests
PRONOTE
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login issues and lost user profiles
- Incorrect grade/homework display
- Compatibility problems with newer devices
Requested features
4 requests- Dark mode option
- Improved notification system
- Better integration with school systems
- More customization options
NEO Pocket
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PRONOTE
No in-app purchases
NEO Pocket
No in-app purchases
Questions
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