Firefly for Students vs Seneca
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Seneca
Access over 1,000 courses for KS2, KS3, GCSE, and A Level exams. Improve memory, master exam techniques with AI-marked questions, and build confidence across all subjects.
- 1,000+ exam courses
- AI-marked questions
- Memory strength boosting
- Exam technique mastery
- Subject confidence building
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Master all the content you actually need to know for your exams, across all your subjects. Earn XP, boost your memory strength, master your exam technique with AI-marked questions & boost your confidence in all your subjects!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Firefly for Students at 3.9 against Seneca's 3.3. Firefly for Students also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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.
Firefly for Students holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 41 and 18 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 25% and 24% positive.
Firefly for Students ships an update fortnightly, Seneca every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Firefly for Students | Seneca |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (41 ratings) — better | 3.3 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 24.7% of reviews — better | 24.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Firefly Learning Limited | Seneca Learning Ltd. |
Customer experience
Firefly for Students
Seneca
User reviews
Firefly for Students
From 41 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 📱 Convenient mobile access to homework and tasks
- 📅 Helpful for organizing school schedule and deadlines
- ⚡ Quick task notifications when assignments are set
- 👍 Useful for tracking homework completion
- 🎯 Clear visibility of upcoming deadlines
Room to improve
- 🐢 Extremely slow loading times
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
- ❌ Tasks don't sync between app and website
- 🔄 Marked tasks reappear as incomplete
- ⚠️ Tasks fail to load or display properly
Seneca
From 18 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Efficient learning experience
- 👍 Engaging and interactive
- 💡 Helpful for exam preparation
- 👍 Useful for various subjects
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
- 🔋 Drains battery quickly
- 🤔 Confusing user interface
- 😕 Doesn't work as expected
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
Seneca
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login issues with Microsoft and Google accounts
- Assignments not saving progress
- Keyboard and navigation problems
- White screen and loading errors
Requested features
4 requests- Offline mode for learning on the go
- More customization options
- Improved integration with school systems
- Better performance on older devices
In-app purchases
Firefly for Students
No in-app purchases
Seneca
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Firefly for Students free?
Is Seneca free?
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