Comparison

MCB PARENT APP vs Oning IQ

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Oning IQ

Features
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OningIQ Admin is the staff console for your school — the office, carried in a pocket. Open it and the first screen is the day: what came in at the fee counter this morning, who is absent, how many enquiries arrived this week, how many classes are running right now. Numbers as they stand, not last night's export. FEES See collections, pending and overdue across every branch, broken down by payment mode and by how long the money has been outstanding. Collect at the counter, send a payment link, issue a receipt, approve or reject a concession. Fee defaulters are a list you can act on, not a number you have to go and find. STUDENTS The full register with search by name or admission number, filtered by class, section or gender. Open a child and you get their attendance, marks, fee ledger, documents and remarks in one place — the answer to a parent's question before the call ends. ADMISSIONS Every enquiry from first contact to enrolled, with the funnel showing where they stopped. Follow-ups due today, applications waiting on a decision, pre-admission fees collected. Add a walk-in while the family is still at the desk. STAFF AND HR The staff directory with department and employment filters, leave requests waiting on you, daily staff attendance, and payroll. Raise a concern with HR privately from your own phone rather than a shared desktop. CLASSROOM Post photos from a school event straight from your camera roll into the album parents see — an album stays private until you have looked at what uploaded and pressed publish. Share a worksheet as a file, or a lesson video as a link, to one class or the whole school. ATTENDANCE AND ACADEMICS Daily attendance by class, student leave to review, timetable, exams and results, homework, certificates and ID cards. REPORTS 157 reports across finance, students, staff, admissions and transport — read on screen as a chart or a table, and export when you need to send one on. OPERATIONS Gate passes, visitors on campus, live transport, library, health records, hostel rooms, canteen menu and the asset register. Record an expense while you are still holding the bill. AT RISK Students scoring against attendance, marks and fees, each with the reasons behind the score, so a head of year knows which conversation to have this week. It points at a conversation worth having — it is not a judgement about a child. BUILT FOR INDIAN SCHOOLS Rupee formatting and Indian numbering throughout, academic-year scoping, concessions rather than discounts, receipts with sequential numbering and day-close, GST on expenses, and multi-branch support. WHO CAN SEE WHAT Every screen respects the role the school gave you. A class teacher sees their classes and can contribute to their own classroom; fees, payroll and staff records stay with the people who own them. REQUIRES AN ACCOUNT OningIQ Admin is for staff at schools using OningIQ. Your school administrator issues your login. Parents should download the OningIQ parent app instead.

Screenshots

MCB PARENT APP4 screens
Oning IQ4 screens

Verdict

The call

MCB PARENT APP and Oning IQ are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
MCB PARENT APP versus Oning IQ: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMCB PARENT APPOning IQ
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (114 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews11.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings114 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMyclassboard Educational Solutions Private LimitedOning Media Solutions Private Limited

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

Oning IQ

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

MCB PARENT APP

No in-app purchases

None

Oning IQ

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MCB PARENT APP free?
MCB PARENT APP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Oning IQ free?
Oning IQ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MCB PARENT APP or Oning IQ have ads?
Neither MCB PARENT APP nor Oning IQ shows ads.

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