SchoolStatus vs Thaden School
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SchoolStatus
Facilitate seamless communication between educators and parents. Access contact details, make calls, and send texts anonymously. Track engagement history to maintain accurate and secure student data.
- Find parent contact information
- Anonymous calling and texting
- Receive parent communications
- View engagement history
- Secure and accurate data
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With SchoolStatus, you can stay engaged with parents from anywhere: - Find contact information for students’ families - Make calls and send texts from an anonymous number - Receive calls and texts from parents - See your engagement history - Keep your data accurate and secure
Thaden School
This app centralizes essential information for parents, students, and faculty, offering news, event calendars, media, and a directory. It allows users to filter content, view athletic details, and directly contact community members from their mobile devices.
- News and announcements
- Media gallery (photos, videos, documents)
- Event calendar with filtering
- Constituent directory
- Athletic event details
- Direct contact options
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The Thaden School app provides parents, students, and faculty members with all the information they need in one place, conveniently accessed and formatted specifically for consumption on their mobile devices. The app includes: - Blogs, news and announcements - Pictures, videos and documents - Calendar events - Constituent directory and more - MORE ITEMS HERE Download the app today to ensure you are always aware of the most important news, announcements and calendar events, and you have access on-the-go to the most current community directory. Users are able to: - Browse the latest published photos and videos - Filter content and store those preferences for subsequent use - Catch up on current news - Review athletic event details, including opponents, game results, recap commentaries, and more - Browse calendars for information about upcoming events. Filter calendars to see the events most relevant to their interests. - Quickly find faculty, parent, student and alumni contact information - Call or email a constituent directly from your device The information presented in the Thaden School app is drawn from the same source as the Thaden School website. Privacy controls restrict sensitive information only to authorized users.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Thaden School at 4.0 against SchoolStatus's 2.0. SchoolStatus's advantage is review sentiment (33% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 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.
Thaden School holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of SchoolStatus's written reviews are positive against 0% of Thaden School's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SchoolStatus ships an update every 2 months, Thaden School every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SchoolStatus | Thaden School |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (4 ratings) | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SchoolStatus | Thaden School |
Customer experience
SchoolStatus
Thaden School
Bugs and requests
SchoolStatus
Reported bugs
36 issues- App crashes often or glitches
- Parents receive messages about the wrong child
- App does not support landscape mode
- Cannot make outgoing calls
- App not optimized for iPhone 14 Pro
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- Messages stuck behind top icons on iPhone 14 Pro
- Dynamic Island gets in the way on iPhone 14 Pro
- Unable to click commands on top of the screen on iPhone 14 Pro
- App does not work on iPhone 14 Pro Max
- Messages are stuck behind the battery on iPhone 14
- Notifications only accessible on PC
- Interface not matching screen on iPhone 14 Pro Max
- Icons and buttons inaccessible on iPhone 14 Pro
- Letters in messages run outside the box
- Cannot log in
- Username invalid on phone but valid on desktop
- Broadcast button missing
- App doesn't refresh, conversations or phone calls not updated
- Cannot view messages even with notifications
- Shows red dot for unread messages but message doesn't open
- Newer messages not showing
- Time is wrong
- Messages from one parent show under another parent's name
- Messages still show as unread after being read
- Contacts, class, or student groups are blank when sending broadcasts
- Layout looks 'stacked' instead of smooth
- Text messages won't always send
- Messages won't load
- Notifications won't go away
- Missing entire conversations
- App crashes when trying to send messages
- Cannot see pictures sent by parents
- Not receiving call or message notifications
- Unread message count incorrect between app and computer
- App won't open
- Touch ID login issues
Requested features
12 requests- Schedule broadcasts or messages
- Send videos
- Send multiple pictures in a broadcast
- Improve translations
- Allow teachers to decide preferred contacts
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- Add original signature to broadcasts
- Add Microsoft365 login option
- Bring back Finger ID/Touch ID login
- Update to fix issues with newer iPhones (Dynamic Island, screen interface)
- Improve syncing between app and desktop
- Ensure classroom changes (phone numbers) are updated in the app
- Distinguish between mobile, work, or emergency numbers when calling
Thaden School
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SchoolStatus
No in-app purchases
Thaden School
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is SchoolStatus free?
Is Thaden School free?
Which has better reviews, SchoolStatus or Thaden School?
Do SchoolStatus or Thaden School have ads?
Which is updated more often, SchoolStatus or Thaden School?
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