MCB PARENT APP vs School Canvas
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MCB PARENT APP
Stay connected with your child's school. Receive important announcements, view assignments, track progress reports, and manage fees. The app also allows for bus tracking and direct messaging.
- School announcements
- Class assignments
- Progress reports
- Online fee payment
- Bus tracking
- Messaging
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MyClassboard provides communication app for parents using which they can receive school announcements, Class assignments, Events, Progress Report Card, Pay Fee Online, Track the bus and view messages.
School Canvas
This app allows parents to monitor their children's school activities, including attendance, announcements, and exam results. Parents can also communicate with the school and track their child's bus location.
- Attendance tracking
- School announcements
- Exam mark updates
- Bus location tracking
- Direct communication with school
- Daily updates
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School Canvas App helps parents track the daily updates of their kids in school. It provides the facility of attendance, announcement, exam marks, bus location, write to school and lot more features
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: School Canvas at 3.0 against MCB PARENT APP's 2.5. MCB PARENT APP's advantage is ratings volume (114 vs 4) and update cadence (every 11 days vs monthly). 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.
School Canvas holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MCB PARENT APP has 114 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 11% of MCB PARENT APP's written reviews are positive against 0% of School Canvas's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
MCB PARENT APP ships an update every 11 days, School Canvas monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MCB PARENT APP | School Canvas |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (114 ratings) | 3.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 11.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 114 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Myclassboard Educational Solutions Private Limited | Kanhaiya Kumar |
Customer experience
MCB PARENT APP
School Canvas
Bugs and requests
MCB PARENT APP
Reported bugs
39 issues- App crashes frequently
- App is very slow
- Notifications not received or delayed
- Payment status does not reflect
- App does not load
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- Notifications seen but not in app
- Homework not shown completely
- App exits when opening student profile
- App showing absent when child is present
- App crashes when opening image gallery
- Attachments not opening in webview, requires download
- Notifications remain marked as unread
- Links like 'Dairy Updates'/'Latest Announcement' don't work after first click
- App does not work properly on iOS version 17
- App crashes when opening timetable or other options
- App suddenly exits when opening kids profile
- App doesn't work on ITab
- App crashes when trying to open timetable
- Bugs while opening image gallery
- Attachments are not given original names
- App not sensitive to touch on iOS
- Announcements section doesn't work properly on iOS
- Class diary section has scrolling issues
- Unable to attach PDF files on iPhones
- Zoom link window doesn't popup
- Cannot hear audio or pin video
- Academic option not available in mobile app
- Invalid credentials for login after password reset
- App hangs on iPhone 8
- Class diary shows limited entries
- Updates visible after a day or so
- App fails to open unless iPhone is restarted
- Last class not shown fully on iOS
- Join class option goes to parent portal
- App exits when attaching file in assignment
- App does not allow landscape orientation on iPad
- Password reset requires contacting school staff
- Student present/absent days not detailed
- Live sessions list not sorted by latest
Requested features
9 requests- Option to copy homework content
- Class diary share option via WhatsApp
- Feature to access multiple schools
- Display registered email/phone number in masked fashion
- Add 'empty slot' or 'no class' to timetable
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- Academics -> testwise report option available in mobile app
- Parents to register wards once against their email ID
- Timeline mode with filter option for messages/announcements
- Option for parents to send notes to school management
School Canvas
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MCB PARENT APP
No in-app purchases
School Canvas
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is MCB PARENT APP free?
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