Klapp vs Parent Digest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Klapp
This app streamlines communication between schools, parents, and students. It enables message and file sharing, appointment management, and absence notifications. Video conferencing is also integrated, replacing traditional paper-based communication methods.
- Private messaging and chat
- File sharing
- School appointment calendar
- Absence notification system
- Integrated video conferencing
- Calendar synchronization
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Klapp is a simple and intuitive solution that simplifies and digitalizes the communication between school, parents and students. Klapp allows the transmission of messages and files in private messages or as a chat. School appointments and absence messages are clearly displayed in the calendar, which can also be synchronized with the local calendar app. Video conferencing is integrated into Klapp. Printed letters, chain telephones, information booklets, absence notification via phone and a clogged pinboard are a thing of the past.
Parent Digest
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Parent Digest shows what changed in your school's Veracross parent portal at a glance, without clicking through every class. • Action items: new attendance entries, changed due dates, and class posts or school messages that mention deadlines ("waiver needed by Thursday", "RSVP by Friday"). • A feed for each child: new, changed and removed assignments (with before → after), teacher feedback shown word for word, attendance, class posts and school messages. • What's due in the next few days. • "Mark all as seen", so next time you only see what's new. Parent Digest is a Safari extension. Turn it on in Safari, log in to your school's Veracross parent portal as usual, then open Parent Digest from Safari's page menu (iPhone and iPad) or toolbar (Mac) and tap Refresh. Want to look first? Tap "Try it with sample data". Private by design: • Uses the login you already have in Safari. It never asks for, sees or stores your password. • Everything stays on your device. No account, no server, no analytics, no tracking. • Only talks to your school's Veracross portal. Parent Digest is an independent project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Veracross. It reads the parent portal the same way Safari does, so a change to the portal can break it until the app is updated.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Klapp at 15.0 against Parent Digest's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
| Parameter | Klapp | Parent Digest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (21 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Klapp GmbH | Jeffrey Wescott |
In-app purchases
Klapp
No in-app purchases
Parent Digest
No in-app purchases









