Comparison

Firefly for Students vs Cinderella

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Firefly for Students

Access your school timetable, view announcements, and track homework assignments. Receive feedback on graded tasks and manage your personal to-do list with custom reminders. Submit homework directly from your device, including files and media.

Highlights
  • View school timetable
  • Check homework assignments
  • See grades and feedback
  • Manage personal to-do list
  • Submit homework with files
  • Receive homework notifications
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The Firefly for Students app is your place to go to see your timetable, read school announcements, check on your homework, and see your grades and feedback. Simply log in using the code provided by your teacher to see your complete timetable and any homework your teachers have set you, along with feedback for any tasks that have been marked. You can add your own tasks and reminders, and link them to a specific class to create a personal to-do list. Firefly for Students lets you: - See your timetable, anywhere - Stay on top of your homework - Manage your own to-do list - Send in homework, with files, photos, video and audio straight from your phone - Know when new homework has been set for you - Work the way you want, moving seamlessly between the app and desktop Log in once and you’re ready to go. Note: The Firefly for Students app requires your school to have an active Firefly licence.

About

Cinderella

This app is a companion to a rock-themed stage production for children aged 7-12. It offers the full script and score, performance videos, and practice tools for songs and dances. A recording studio feature allows users to record and mix their own vocal performances with backing tracks.

Highlights
  • Full script and score
  • Production videos of songs
  • Walk-through videos for songs and dances
  • Recording studio for vocal practice
  • MP3 player functionality
Features
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Each term, Perform for 7-12s puts together a specially written show with original music, choreography and lots of funny scenes to enjoy. This term, we're going to the ball with our exciting new show for 7-12s - Cinderella Rocks. This hilarious version of Cinderella features struggling band, The Ugglies, in their quest to top the charts with handsome music mogul, Simon Prince. It’s hard to make it big in the music business. With a glittering record deal on offer, now is the chance for youngest sister Ella to shine. But can the Fairy Stylist work his magic and transform her from wretched to Rock Chick before midnight strikes? With squealing guitars and soaring vocals, this rocktastic adaptation of the original fairy tale has been transformed into an amazing new show perfect for 7–12s. The Cinderella app is the ideal companion to this term's rocking production for Perform 7-12s. It contains a complete copy of the script and score (best viewed on iPad), full production videos of all the songs from the show performed by professional actors, singers and dancers, as well as special walk-through videos of the songs and dance moves to help children practise their performances at home. Plus a brand new Recording Studio to enable children to record up to 3 takes of each song and mix it with the backing tracks and even an mp3 player! It's Rocktastic!

Screenshots

Firefly for Students4 screens
Cinderella4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cinderella at 100% against Firefly for Students's 25%. Cinderella also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 15.0). Firefly for Students's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 34 months) and ratings volume (41 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cinderella holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Firefly for Students has 41 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Firefly for Students's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cinderella's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Firefly for Students ships an update fortnightly, Cinderella every 34 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Firefly for Students versus Cinderella: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFirefly for StudentsCinderella
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (41 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews24.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings41 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 34 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB355 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFirefly Learning LimitedPerform

Customer experience

Firefly for Students

All ratings41 ratings
Positive70.7%
Neutral4.9%
Negative24.4%
Written reviews154 reviews
Positive24.7%
Neutral12.3%
Negative63.0%

Cinderella

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Firefly for Students

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • App stuck on 'Connecting to school' loading screen
  • White blank screen on app launch
  • Tasks not syncing between mobile app and website
  • Completed tasks reappearing as overdue
  • Timetable not loading or displaying correctly
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  • Task descriptions showing as blank
  • App crashing when opening tasks or attachments
  • Hyperlinks unresponsive when clicked
  • PDF files unable to open or display
  • Notifications showing incorrect task counts
  • Tasks disappearing or not appearing until due date
  • App resetting or reloading unexpectedly
  • Slow navigation between app sections
  • File upload names changing to random codes
  • Messages showing unread count but displaying none

Requested features

10 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Landscape orientation support for tablets
  • Bulk mark tasks as done functionality
  • Better file attachment handling with readable names
  • Improved notification management
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  • Faster app performance and responsiveness
  • Sync completion status across all devices instantly
  • Clickable hyperlinks in task descriptions
  • Resource access within the app
  • Offline functionality improvements

Cinderella

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Firefly for Students

No in-app purchases

None

Cinderella

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Firefly for Students free?
Firefly for Students is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cinderella free?
Cinderella is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Firefly for Students or Cinderella?
Cinderella is rated higher. Firefly for Students averages 3.9 out of 5 from 41 ratings, while Cinderella averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Firefly for Students or Cinderella have ads?
Neither Firefly for Students nor Cinderella shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Firefly for Students or Cinderella?
Firefly for Students ships an update fortnightly, and Cinderella every 34 months. Most recently, Firefly for Students was updated on September 19, 2026 and Cinderella on June 1, 2026.

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