DoodleConnect vs MyLSEC
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.
MyLSEC
This app offers a personalized platform for managing college life, including news, email, calendar, attendance tracking, and access to learning resources. It aims to enhance the educational experience by keeping students informed and organized.
- College news and announcements
- Access to college email
- Timetable and task management
- Attendance tracking and absence notification
- Virtual Learning Environment access
- Progress and assignment monitoring
- Access to English and maths support software
- Office 365 integration
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The MyLSEColleges mobile app provides an easy-to use, personalised platform for you to manage everything you need to succeed at London South East Colleges. The App has everything you need in one place, will notify you of an important updates and will be , your go-to place to enhance your learning and your education experience. Features include: Newsroom – Important announcements and up to date news about the College to keep your informed and up to date Email – Your College email right there on your home screen to keep you informed about your course Calendar – Your Calendar and Task on your home screen, including your timetable Attendance – See and track your attendance eNotify - Be able to notify us of absence or anything affecting your attendance Canvas – Easy Access to Canvas our Virtual Learning Environment to help keep you learning on the move eTrackr – Monitor your progress, see important information about assignments and how you are doing Century – Easy access to our English and maths support software Office365 – Access to your Office 365 account to work and study wherever you are Plus all the information you will need about College life all in your very own MyLSEColleges
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: DoodleConnect at every 2 months against MyLSEC's every 27 months. DoodleConnect also leads on review sentiment (56% vs 33%) and ratings volume (56 vs 1). MyLSEC's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (12.3.0 vs 15.0). 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.
MyLSEC holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DoodleConnect has 56 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 56% of DoodleConnect's written reviews are positive against 33% of MyLSEC's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
DoodleConnect ships an update every 2 months, MyLSEC every 27 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | DoodleConnect | MyLSEC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (56 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 56 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 27 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.3.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Discovery Education Inc. | Collabco |
Customer experience
DoodleConnect
MyLSEC
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
MyLSEC
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
DoodleConnect
No in-app purchases
MyLSEC
No in-app purchases
Questions
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