DoodleConnect vs Gradey
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DoodleConnect
Monitor your child's educational development across multiple learning applications. Stay informed about their achievements, progress through the curriculum, and receive real-time updates on their learning journey.
- Instant progress notifications
- View latest achievements
- Track stars earned
- Follow curriculum progress
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Track your child's progress across all four Doodle apps with DoodleConnect! With the help of DoodleConnect, you can get involved with your child's learning journey like never before. ▶ Key features • Receive instant notifications about their progress • View their latest achievements and see how many stars they've earned • Follow their progress through the curriculum DoodleConnect is free for all Doodle users, whether you have a home or school subscription.
Gradey
Easily monitor your academic performance by tracking grades and assignments. This app offers flexible course setup with custom colors, GPA scales, and target grades, making it ideal for students of all levels.
- Custom course colors
- GPA calculator
- Average calculator
- Track grades
- Track assignments
- Editable courses/assignments
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Keeping track of your grades can be annoying and calculating your average can get confusing fast. Gradey is the perfect app for keeping track of your grades and assignments and calculating your average. With Gradey you get the flexibility to set up courses however you like: choose a color, set a custom GPA scale for each course (or no GPA scale at all), add a target grade, and more. This flexibility means Gradey is perfect for all students. Features: - Custom course colors - GPA calculator - Average calculator - Track grades - Track assignments - Edit courses/assignments whenever you need PS: We're not done yet. We've got more sweet features lined up for the future and we'd love to hear your thoughts/suggestions. Leave a review and throw some suggestions our way. Our goal is to make Gradey the most epic grade tracker for you, but we can't do that without you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: DoodleConnect at 56% against Gradey's 0%. Gradey's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). 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.
DoodleConnect ships an update every 2 months, Gradey every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DoodleConnect | Gradey |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (56 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 56.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 56 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Discovery Education Inc. | SozenTech Consulting Inc. |
Customer experience
DoodleConnect
Gradey
Bugs and requests
DoodleConnect
Reported bugs
33 issues- Losing streak
- No synching between apps on different devices
- Not synching with Doodle Connect app
- Latest update ruined the app
- Can't understand children's results anymore
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- Lots of annoying little glitches
- Doesn't work on most devices
- App keeps switching off
- Update is not working
- Can't see message and screen freeze on tapping message icon
- Can't go back to view another sibling's account
- Lack accuracy
- Difficult to collate the information needed
- App won't work
- Doesn't really work
- Can only see one or none of children's progress
- Says child is on 0 day streak when they are not
- Too many glitches in system
- Doesn't record all points when signing in across different devices
- Parent app no longer works
- Last version defective
- Parent dashboard cannot log on
- Misleading info, doesn't relate to child's DM app
- Doodle Stars on DM different to parent area and parent app
- Cannot delete and reinstall because info is stored in the cloud
- Delay between parent app and DoodleMaths app
- Today's or yesterday's stars not showing in metrics
- Missing lots of data
- No longer works since update
- Latest version crap, glitchy
- Have to enter credentials regularly
- Live View never shows anything
- App is full of fundamental design flaws
Requested features
35 requests- Bring back old version
- More comprehensive initial test
- More challenging levels
- Option to add extra material for all students
- Better graphing options
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- See everything that is on the website within the app
- Add more data feed options
- Improve user experience
- Improve design
- Option to create graphs of all students
- Option to select metrics for graphing
- Improve Live View functionality
- Real-time syncing between apps and devices
- Fix streak issues
- Fix synching issues with Doodle Connect
- Allow multiple accounts under one login
- Make app more engaging after all questions are done
- Improve accuracy of reports
- Simplify setup process
- Offer combined order discounts
- Improve customer service responsiveness and helpfulness
- Fix login issues
- Improve accuracy of streaks and progress tracking
- Improve message viewing and replying
- Allow switching between sibling accounts easily
- Make app more user-friendly
- Bring back old app features
- Make app more interactive
- Improve data visualization
- Add dark mode
- Improve reporting accuracy
- Fix app freezing issues
- Improve parent app functionality
- Make app more intuitive
- Improve accuracy of Doodle Age
Gradey
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
DoodleConnect
No in-app purchases
Gradey
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is DoodleConnect free?
Is Gradey free?
Do DoodleConnect or Gradey have ads?
Which is updated more often, DoodleConnect or Gradey?
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