Firefly for Parents vs Involve Education
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Firefly for Parents
Stay connected with your child's education. Access school announcements, homework assignments, grades, and learning resources directly from your mobile device. Receive important updates and track your child's progress to better support their academic journey.
- School announcements and news
- Homework assignments and resources
- Child's grades and progress tracking
- Access to learning resources
- Important messages from school
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The Firefly for Parents app is your place to go for school announcements, homework, grades, learning resources and much more. Simply log in using the code provided by your school and you will have access to all the essential information you need to support your child’s learning. You’ll be able to see when homework is set, when it is due and have easy access to the same learning resources your child is using. You can also get important announcements and messages, such as for upcoming school trips, or Parents’ Evenings straight to your phone. Firefly for Parents lets you: • Instantly receive the latest news and announcements from school • See your child’s homework and any related resources • Get information on your child’s progress and grades • Keep up to date with all aspects of your child’s learning experience Log in once and you’re ready to go. Available in English, Arabic, Spanish, French, Portuguese (Brazil) and Chinese. Note: The Firefly for Parents app requires your school to have an active Firefly licence.
Involve Education
This app centralizes school-related information for students, teachers, and parents. It provides a single platform to access timetables, notes, messages, and learning resources.
- Timetable access
- Note management
- Message communication
- Resource sharing
- Activity tracking
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Involve is the simple way to keep track of all your school activities. Whether you’re a student, teacher or parent: now you can see all your timetables, notes, messages, resources and more all in one place.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Involve Education at 46% against Firefly for Parents's 1%. Firefly for Parents's advantage is rating (3.2 vs 1.0) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 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.
Firefly for Parents holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Firefly for Parents has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 1% of Firefly for Parents's written reviews are positive against 46% of Involve Education's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Firefly for Parents ships an update fortnightly, Involve Education every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | Firefly for Parents | Involve Education |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (11 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 1.3% of reviews | 46.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Firefly Learning Limited | Practice Pal Limited |
Customer experience
Firefly for Parents
Involve Education
In-app purchases
Firefly for Parents
No in-app purchases
Involve Education
No in-app purchases
Questions
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