Comparison

SchoolBase vs ParentPortal.com

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Timetabling access
  • Event notifications
  • Notice board updates
  • Register taking
  • Pupil and group finder
  • Message sending
Features
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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!

About

ParentPortal.com

Features
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Parent Portal - Your whole school. In one place. Parent Portal keeps schools and families connected. Messages, announcements, photos, payments, parents' evenings, homework and more all live in one simple place, so parents never miss what matters and schools spend less time on admin. FOR PARENTS • Get announcements, messages and reminders from your child's school, with push notifications so nothing slips through. • Report absences, reply to teachers, and book parents' evening slots in a few taps. • See photos and updates of your child's learning, and keep term dates, trips and events in one calendar. • Pay for trips, clubs and events securely, and choose activity clubs and lunches with allergy information to hand. FOR TEACHERS AND SCHOOL LEADERS • Send announcements and messages to a class, a year group, or the whole school. • Capture quick photo, video and voice observations of children's learning, transcribed and tidied up by AI. • Run parents' evenings end to end: bookings, in-app video meetings, and automatic summaries. • Manage homework, clubs, safeguarding, medical needs, payments and more from one platform. ONE PLATFORM, LESS JUGGLING Parent Portal brings together the tools schools usually spread across many separate apps, with optional sync to your existing school information system so pupil data stays in step. If your school already uses Parent Portal, sign in with the details they have given you. To bring Parent Portal to your school, visit parentportal.com.

Screenshots

SchoolBase4 screens
ParentPortal.com4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SchoolBase at none against ParentPortal.com's 1. SchoolBase also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.6). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ParentPortal.com sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SchoolBase asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SchoolBase ships an update every 3 weeks, ParentPortal.com monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SchoolBase versus ParentPortal.com: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSchoolBaseParentPortal.com
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFurlong SolutionsCynapps Limited

In-app purchases

None

SchoolBase

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ParentPortal.com

One-time1
  • Storage Upgrade$12.99

Questions

Is SchoolBase free?
SchoolBase is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ParentPortal.com free?
ParentPortal.com is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SchoolBase or ParentPortal.com have ads?
Neither SchoolBase nor ParentPortal.com shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SchoolBase or ParentPortal.com?
SchoolBase ships an update every 3 weeks, and ParentPortal.com monthly. Most recently, SchoolBase was updated on October 1, 2026 and ParentPortal.com on October 3, 2026.

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