Comparison

EarlyWorks vs St Jeromes

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

Head to head
About

EarlyWorks

This app facilitates communication between families and educators for early childhood programs. It offers real-time updates on a child's day, learning observations, and allows for shared insights and contributions to a child's development. Educators can easily document and share progress from their devices.

Highlights
  • Real-time child updates (sleep, meals, nappies)
  • View learning observations and journals
  • Share insights on child development
  • Communicate with educators
  • Educator documentation and progress tracking
  • Photo and document sharing
Features
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EarlyWorks is a comprehensive early childhood programming, documentation, portfolio and family communication system. EarlyWorks provides families with real-time access to important information about their child's day, including details about sleep, meals, nappies, etc. EarlyWorks allows families to view relevant learning observations, daily journals, comments, programmes, images and other documentation from their smartphone or tablet. Families can share and contribute insights and perspectives about their child's learning and development. They can easily communicate important information to all educators working with their child and keep track of those communications in one place. Educators can create and view programmes, record observations and journals, upload images and write comments from their device at anytime, anywhere.

About

St Jeromes

Features
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Bridge the gap between home and school with the St Jeromes app, developed by Digistorm. Receive instant information about St Jeromes, push notifications for urgent updates, school newsletters and more. Key features of the St Jeromes app: Notices: the Notices module provides St Jeromes with the ability to keep their community informed with important information, with push notifications for urgent school notices Calendar: the Calendar module displays all events occurring in the current week or those that are up-and-coming. Events can easily be subscribed to, shared and saved for later Newsletter: the Newsletter module allows St Jeromes to share electronic newsletters, directly to the app Other features such as a quick and easy Contact Directory help you to reach St Jeromes with the tap of a button Settings allows you to manage the frequency and type of notifications that you receive from Jeromes. Developed by Digistorm - Software for Smarter Schools.

Screenshots

EarlyWorks1 screens
St Jeromes2 screens

Verdict

The call

EarlyWorks and St Jeromes are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters โ€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EarlyWorks ships an update every 11 months, St Jeromes every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
EarlyWorks versus St Jeromes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEarlyWorksSt Jeromes
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews30.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 11 months โ€” betterEvery 13 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size9 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEarlyWorks Education Pty LtdSt Jerome's Primary School

In-app purchases

None

EarlyWorks

No in-app purchases

None

St Jeromes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EarlyWorks free?
EarlyWorks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is St Jeromes free?
St Jeromes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do EarlyWorks or St Jeromes have ads?
Neither EarlyWorks nor St Jeromes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EarlyWorks or St Jeromes?
EarlyWorks ships an update every 11 months, and St Jeromes every 13 months. Most recently, EarlyWorks was updated on November 2, 2026 and St Jeromes on November 3, 2026.

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