Firefly for Parents vs SchoolBase Parent
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.
SchoolBase Parent
Access your children's school information, including timetables, notices, and attendance, all in one place. This app consolidates data from multiple schools for a streamlined parent experience.
- Timetable access
- Notices and announcements
- Attendance tracking
- Multi-school support
- Consolidated information
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SchoolBase for Parents enables fast and simple access to information about your children held by their school in SchoolBase. Parents have access to timetables, notices and attendance information. The app also allows parents with children in different SchoolBase schools to access the information on their children in one place, without having to switch between different apps. This app is the new replacement for the original SchoolBase app, which will be shortly removed from the app stores.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Firefly for Parents at 3.2 against SchoolBase Parent's 1.0. Firefly for Parents also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (11 vs 3). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 1% of Firefly for Parents's written reviews are positive against 0% of SchoolBase Parent's.
Firefly for Parents ships an update fortnightly, SchoolBase Parent every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Firefly for Parents | SchoolBase Parent |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (11 ratings) — better | 1.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 1.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 3 |
| 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 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Firefly Learning Limited | Furlong Solutions |
Customer experience
Firefly for Parents
SchoolBase Parent
In-app purchases
Firefly for Parents
No in-app purchases
SchoolBase Parent
No in-app purchases
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