EduLink One vs Arbor Parent App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EduLink One
This app facilitates seamless collaboration between teachers, parents, and students within a school environment. It streamlines administrative tasks, enhances engagement, and provides access to crucial student information like attendance, timetables, and behavior records.
- Teacher registration and marksheets
- Parent-teacher messaging
- Student attendance tracking
- Timetable and homework management
- Behavior and achievement monitoring
- Parent-teacher evening booking
- Cashless catering balance view
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Edulink One is a powerful new whole school solution designed for teachers, parents and students to effectively collaborate in a user-friendly mobile and web app. It reduces administration and improves engagement and student outcomes. At their fingertips, teachers can take registration and complete marksheets and behaviour. All users have access to messaging (via text, email or push notification), attendance, timetables, achievement, behaviour, homework, exams, student reports, medical and contact information, and more - all configurable to accommodate your school's needs. Manage and book parents' evenings, view cashless catering balances, share resources and collect information using forms.
Arbor Parent App
Manage your child's school life from one app. Track attendance, behavior, and academic progress. Book parent consultations, register for clubs and trips, and handle payments easily. Add medical information and check homework assignments.
- Track attendance and behavior
- Monitor academic progress
- Register for clubs and trips
- Manage payments for meals and trips
- Book parent consultations
- View child's timetable
- Check homework assignments
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Arbor lets you book parent/guardian consultation slots, register your child for a club or trip, and manage payments all from one place. You can also use it to check in on your child’s attendance, behaviour & academic progress. Arbor is only for parents at schools using Arbor Management Information System (MIS). If you’re not sure whether this applies to you, we recommend contacting your school office. Use Arbor to: - Take a look at your child’s key attendance information, including their average attendance for the year so far - Edit contact details for your child such as your home address or phone number - Register your child for an after-school club - Register your child for an upcoming school trip - Take a look at your child's behaviour information, including positive & negative behaviour points awarded this year - Manage your child’s payment accounts and pay for meals or trips directly - Track your child's academic progress, including the targets they’re working towards this year - Download report cards - Book slots at parent/guardian consultations - See your child’s timetable - Add new medical information about your child - Check upcoming homework assignments Having trouble? Please reach out directly to your school office for help.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: EduLink One at 4.3 against Arbor Parent App's 1.9. EduLink One also leads on review sentiment (19% vs 2%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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.
EduLink One holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 19% of EduLink One's written reviews are positive against 2% of Arbor Parent App's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EduLink One | Arbor Parent App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better | 1.9 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 19.2% of reviews — better | 2.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Overnet Data | Arbor Education Partners |
Customer experience
EduLink One
Arbor Parent App
User reviews
EduLink One
From 3 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 User-friendly interface and easy navigation
- 📱 Centralized platform for homework, timetable, and attendance
- ⚡ Fast loading times when working properly
- 🎨 Clean and organized design
- 📊 Clear display of achievement and behavior points
Room to improve
- 🔐 Constant forced logout requiring repeated logins
- 🐢 Slow and laggy performance
- 🔑 Microsoft authentication takes excessive time
- 📱 Poor mobile optimization and responsiveness
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
Arbor Parent App
From 8 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Versatile and has many options
- 👍 Good app for parents to view child's progress
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent login issues
- 👎 Confusing and unintuitive layout
- 🔒 Forced password changes every 180 days
- 💳 No option to add reminders for low meal balance
- 🤯 Complicated to book clubs and appointments
Bugs and requests
EduLink One
Reported bugs
17 issues- Login fails despite correct credentials
- Homework content displays only half the screen
- Cannot close homework popups without reloading app
- Behavior points show as 'NaN' instead of numbers
- Achievement points don't sync properly with notifications
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- Catering tab inaccessible for weeks
- Back button takes users to home instead of previous page
- Messages display unopened when already read
- App logs out when opening messages
- Timetable display shows wrong day (e.g., shows Tuesday when on Monday)
- Password reset required every login despite saved credentials
- Notifications arrive too late or not at all
- Exam timetable information missing or incorrect
- Servers frequently down or unavailable
- App crashes when checking homework frequently
- Links to external systems (iPayImpact) are clunky and slow
- No data loads in areas of poor connectivity
Requested features
14 requests- Implement Face ID or biometric authentication
- Add ability to stay logged in persistently
- Enable password saving functionality
- Add adjustable font size settings
- Implement offline data caching
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- Add dark mode option
- Create widget for quick timetable access
- Add search functionality across app
- Include ability to mark homework as handed in directly
- Show behavior point deduction details with explanations
- Add catering/meal balance information
- Improve back button navigation
- Reduce data consumption requirements
- Add direct teacher contact/messaging feature
Arbor Parent App
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login issues with incorrect password errors
- Inconsistent behavior across web and mobile versions
- Inability to delete or archive old assignments and activities
Requested features
4 requests- Add a calendar view for events and appointments
- Improve messaging functionality with better organization and notifications
- Allow parents to manage multiple children from a single account
- Integrate with digital wallets and enable auto top-up for meal balances
In-app purchases
EduLink One
No in-app purchases
Arbor Parent App
No in-app purchases
Questions
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