Comparison

KoolGround vs SchoolLife.UK

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

Head to head
About

KoolGround

Streamline classroom management with features for attendance, assignments, grading, and communication. This app helps educators save time and paper by centralizing tasks and improving parent-teacher engagement.

Highlights
  • Automated attendance tracking
  • Paperless assignment creation and collection
  • Integrated gradebook with bulk editing
  • Class news and parent communication
  • Parent access to student progress
  • Detailed class and student reports
Features
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KoolGround is the easiest and fastest way to automate your classroom tasks. It is a simple and beautiful app for teachers, students, and parents. * Attendance: record attendance in class and after-school care and activities * Assignments: create, share, collect, review, comment, and grade – all in one place, paperlessly * Gradebook: fully synced with assignments provides easy to use bulk edit and tools to excuse and drop individual grades * Class news: a simple way to improve communication with students and parents and more: * Parent access: to keep parents informed on their child progress * Reports: for the entire class, or only for particular students * Unlimited classes and students * Invite more teachers to teach classes together KoolGround saves time and paper, and makes it easy to create classes, share assignments, communicate, and stay organized. KoolGround contains no ads and never uses your content or student data for advertising purposes. We know - your passion is teaching! Our goal is to work hard to help automate your classroom tasks so you can focus on teaching our kids! Thank you! Privacy Policy: https://koolground.com/privacy Terms Of Service: https://koolground.com/terms

About

SchoolLife.UK

Features
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SchoolLife.UK puts your school data in your pocket. Grades, attendance, timetables, homework, behaviour — all updated in real time from your school's system. IMPORTANT: Your school must be registered with SchoolLife.UK for the app to work. If your school isn't registered yet, you can join the waitlist in the app and we'll let you know when it's ready. Schools can register at www.SchoolLife.uk FOR STUDENTS See your grades update in real time across every subject Check attendance with daily, weekly and termly breakdowns View your full timetable with Week A/B and room numbers Track homework with due dates — tick it off when done Read behaviour records, achievements and learning attitude scores Set your own predicted grades and confidence levels Keep a personal to-do list linked to your subjects Message your teachers directly FOR PARENTS See everything your child sees — grades, attendance, timetable and more Check homework assignments and whether they've been completed Spot attendance patterns early Book parents' evening slots with smart scheduling Message teachers directly from the app Got more than one child? Switch between them from one account FOR TEACHERS One screen for everything: register, lesson plan, homework, grades, praise, incidents and notes Take morning register and send it straight back to your MIS Plan homework with private notes — control when students see it Search any student with full profile, grades, attendance and contacts View class analytics and school-wide data Manage parents' evening availability and bookings Message students and parents HOW IT WORKS Download the app and enter your email address provided by the school. We'll check if your school is registered and match you automatically Verify your email, set a password, and you're in If your school isn't on the platform yet, join the waitlist — we'll notify you when it goes live. GOOD TO KNOW Works with all major UK school systems (SIMS, Arbor, Bromcom, ScholarPack and more) Data syncs both ways — changes go back to your school's system too One account can hold multiple roles (e.g. teacher + parent) Bank-level encryption, 100% GDPR compliant Beautiful native iOS design

Screenshots

KoolGround4 screens
SchoolLife.UK4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SchoolLife.UK at every 3 days against KoolGround's every 9 months. KoolGround's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KoolGround ships an update every 9 months, SchoolLife.UK every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
KoolGround versus SchoolLife.UK: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKoolGroundSchoolLife.UK
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperC FIVE IncEOI 24 LTD

In-app purchases

None

KoolGround

No in-app purchases

None

SchoolLife.UK

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is KoolGround free?
KoolGround is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SchoolLife.UK free?
SchoolLife.UK is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do KoolGround or SchoolLife.UK have ads?
Neither KoolGround nor SchoolLife.UK shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KoolGround or SchoolLife.UK?
KoolGround ships an update every 9 months, and SchoolLife.UK every 3 days. Most recently, KoolGround was updated on October 6, 2026 and SchoolLife.UK on October 25, 2026.

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