SchoolBase vs Edge Grove
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SchoolBase
This app provides a secure platform for schools to communicate with parents and pupils. It offers features like timetabling, event notifications, and a notice board. Staff can also manage registers, pupil information, and send messages.
- Timetabling access
- Event notifications
- Notice board updates
- Register taking
- Pupil and group finder
- Message sending
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Furlong's SchoolBase enables fast, simple and secure access to important school information. Parents and pupils have access to key areas including: - Timetabling - Events - Notice Board SchoolBase helps improve communication between schools, parents and pupils. Staff can: - Take registers - Find pupils and groups - Access timetables - See events - Manage cover requests - Send messages to parents and pupils Even more features are in development and will be available soon!
Edge Grove
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This app is the perfect way for you to follow all that is happening at Edge Grove – on your phone, wherever you are. The app is free to download. It can be personalised to those areas of school life which are of interest to you and provides access to calendar and news items as well as enabling the school to provide relevant information to you easily.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SchoolBase at every 3 weeks against Edge Grove's every 5 months. SchoolBase also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). 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.
SchoolBase ships an update every 3 weeks, Edge Grove every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SchoolBase | Edge Grove |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Furlong Solutions | Sentio Media Limited |
In-app purchases
SchoolBase
No in-app purchases
Edge Grove
No in-app purchases
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